You could use the funding for:

• planning, researching and developing, a new immersive arts project
• attending residencies, relevant events and workshops
• accessing training and other forms of support
• buying materials, software licences and other technical tools
• paying artists, technologists and other collaborators
• hiring studio, rehearsal, exhibition or event spaces
• researching accessibility options for audiences’ access need
• making your audience / user testing more accessible, diverse and inclusive (by, for eg, paying for BSL interpreters, accessible formats, captioning, etc).
• marketing your project to a test audiences / users

See our funding guidelines below for a full breakdown of eligibility costs.

Alongside the funding we offer bespoke training and support:

• Development Labs (see our funding guidelines for more information)
• 3 x meetings with an Immersive Arts Producer
• Facilitated peer-to-peer network
• Nation-specific events and opportunities

You are eligible to apply for Experiment funding if:

• you are an individual artist, creative practitioner or creative technologist
  (or)
• you are applying on behalf of an arts-based organisation, small group or collective (10 people or fewer)
• are based in the UK
• are aged 18 or over
• have a UK bank account in your own name
• your application is artist-led and/ or arts-focussed
• your proposal includes prototyping or testing an immersive artwork that uses technology to actively involve the audience (our definition of immersive art)
• you are applying for the full amount
• your budget includes payment for your time and others involved in the project, and does not include any ineligible costs see our guidelines for more details.

Eligible artists can submit one application in this round of funding, to either Explore, Experiment or Expand. You can apply for this round of funding regardless of whether you applied in a previous round.

You can apply by audio, video or text, and in English, Welsh, or British Sign Language using our application portal.

Our funding guidelines are available to download below in English, Welsh, large print, Easy Read, British Sign Language and audio.

The deadline for applications is Monday 29 September 2025 at 14:00.

In some cases, we can help you with your application by supporting access costs, like support workers or interpreters.

The deadline to request access support is Monday 1 September 2025 at 17:00.

You can find more information about access support and how to contact us on our access support page.