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Make It Happen Fund
What is available: 20 awards of £1,500 each
Who can apply: Alumni within 3 years of graduation
The Make It Happen Fund gives our most recent graduates access to a competitive pot of seed funding to support their career goals and ambitions.
The fund supports a wide range of early-stage development activity in areas such as: training, networking, testing ideas, starting up companies, staging pop-up events or digital performances, and forming new collaborations.
This fund is now closed for 2025-26.
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Ideas Fund
What is available: Two £500 prizes per month during term time
Who can apply: All current students (undergraduate & postgraduate)
The Ideas Fund provides students at RCS with resource and support to explore new ideas, extend their practice, produce their own work, and take their first steps into creative enterprise.
The idea can be big or small. It could be an artistic idea, something you want to produce, an idea driven by social or community impact. The idea could also be related to the development of your career or could help you earn a living as an artist.
Wraparound support and mentoring by the Creative Enterprise Development Office will support awardees to further develop their idea and plan for their next steps.
CEDOxConverge Ideas Fund
What is available: Up to 3 awards of £1,500 each
Who can apply: Current staff members and students
The CEDOxConverge Ideas Fund helps RCS staff and students take their first steps towards the development of an idea for a creative enterprise.
This competitive fund is intended for the earliest stages of company creation and business development. It can support research and development activities related to starting up your
enterprise. It is not intended for creative project development.
You do not need to have any pre-existing skills in running a business. You just need to have an idea and be ready to learn.
This opportunity has been designed by designed by CEDO in partnership with Converge.
This fund will return in early 2026.
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Creative Launch Fund
What is available: Up to £10,000 plus bespoke training and support
Who can apply: Academic staff and tutors
The Creative Launch Fund supports early-stage innovation projects in the Creative Arts and Humanities, funded by Strength in Places Fund from Glasgow City Region, Scottish Funding Council, the University of Glasgow’s Innovation Fund, and the Entrepreneurial Campus.
It is offered in partnership with the University of Glasgow, the Glasgow School of Art and the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
Creative Launch Fund applications are now closed.
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