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Funding for your practice: grants, bursaries and awards that do not require an exhibition. Each listing gives the amount, the deadline and who can apply.

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The Hopper Prize Fall 2026

The Hopper Prize · United States

Deadline
Closes in 12 days
Open to
Worldwide
Entry
US$40 ≈ £31
Prize
US$13,000 ≈ £10k
Grant / bursary
Closing soon

Puffin Foundation Grants 2027

Puffin Foundation · Teaneck, New Jersey

Deadline
Closes 20 Nov 2026
Open to
United States
Entry
Fee not stated
Prize
US$3,500 ≈ £2.7k
Grant / bursaryPaintingDrawingPrintmaking+11
Open

Inlaks – Asia Art Archive Art Grant 2027

Inlaks Shivdasani Foundation with Asia Art Archive in India · Mumbai

Deadline
Closes 30 Nov 2026
Open to
India
Entry
Free
Prize
₹200,000 ≈ £1.9k
Grant / bursary
Open

Golden Fleece Award 2027

The Golden Fleece Award (Lillias Mitchell Trust) · Dublin

Deadline
Closes 11 Dec 2026
Open to
Ireland, United Kingdom
Entry
Free
Prize
€30,000 ≈ £26k
Grant / bursaryCeramics & glassTextile & fibreSculpture+6
Open

Visual Artist and Craft Maker Awards (VACMA) 2026/27

Creative Scotland with local authority and arts partners (e.g. Shetland Arts) · United Kingdom

Deadline
Closes 2 Feb 2027
Open to
United Kingdom
Entry
Free
Prize
£1,000
Grant / bursaryPaintingDrawingPrintmaking+8
Open

Manitoba Arts Council – Create Grant

Manitoba Arts Council · Winnipeg

Deadline
Closes 20 Mar 2027
Open to
Canada
Entry
Fee not stated
Prize
CA$15,000 ≈ £8.6k
Grant / bursaryPaintingDrawingPrintmaking+11
Open

Mondriaan Fund – Artist Start grant

Mondriaan Fund (Mondriaan Fonds) · Amsterdam

Deadline
Open, no deadline published
Open to
Netherlands
Entry
Free
Prize
€24,900 ≈ £21k
Grant / bursary
Open

Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant for Artists

The Pollock-Krasner Foundation · New York

Deadline
Open, no deadline published
Open to
Worldwide
Entry
Fee not stated
Prize
Unrestricted grants; ArtRabbit list…
Grant / bursaryPaintingSculptureDrawing+2
Open

Working-Class Creative Grant

Karim Boumjimar · Copenhagen

Deadline
Open, no deadline published
Open to
Worldwide
Entry
Free
Prize
€500 ≈ £425
Grant / bursary
Open

McKnight Visual Artist Fellowships 2027

Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MCAD) for the McKnight Foundation · Minneapolis

Deadline
Opening soon
Open to
United States
Entry
Free
Prize
US$150,000 ≈ £117k
Grant / bursary
Opening soon

CENTER – Project Launch Grant 2027

CENTER (Santa Fe) · Santa Fe

Deadline
Opening soon
Open to
Worldwide
Entry
US$35 ≈ £27
Prize
US$5,000 ≈ £3.9k
Grant / bursaryPhotographyVideo & filmMixed media
Opening soon

Misk Art Grant

Misk Art Institute · Riyadh

Deadline
Dates unconfirmed
Open to
Middle East, Africa
Entry
Fee not stated
Prize
Grant funding, mentorship, technica…
Grant / bursary
Dates unconfirmed