Ten Bursaries awarded each year to sculptors of outstanding talent and potential. They welcome applications from artists of any age and nationality, with or without formal training, who are at the beginning of their practice. The 10 winners will participate in a curated exhibition at the RBS Gallery and will enjoy all the benefits of RBS membership for two years.

Roland Penrose and Lee Miller created The Elephant Trust in 1975 to develop and improve the knowledge, understanding and appreciation of the fine arts in the UK. The Trust was set up to help artists present their work and undertake and complete projects when frustrated by lack of funds. It is committed to helping artists and institutions that depart from the routine and signal new, distinct and imaginative sets of possibilities. Grants have usually been limited to £2,000 but larger grants may be considered. 

The Foundation’s trustees are reviewing the priorities for the 2013-2015 grant programmes and plan to tighten further the focus. Full details will be announced in January 2013.

Sponsored by Channel 4, the Turner Prize has turned form a localised art event to one with a huge national and international profile. Often thought of as the most prestigious art award in the UK, its prize money is not the largest (see: Paul Hamlyn Foundation). An annual award of GBP 20,000 goes to 'a British artist under 50 for an outstanding exhibition or presentation in the last twelve months'. Some accuse the prize of promoting novelty over quality, while a growing number believe the increasing media frenzy and first-past-the-post mentality is creating an increasingly artist unfriendly event. Jury of five, led by Tate Director Nicholas Serota (who has casting vote).

Awards include the Jerwood Painting Prize, Drawing Prize, Makers Award and Moving Media Awards in addition to commissions and grants to artists. 

New Contemporaries is an annual exhibition of work by students and recent graduates from the UK's art colleges, offering an important platform for emerging artists' work to be seen and discussed. New Contemporaries is shaped by a process of selection from slides, videos, CD-Roms, photographs and audio-tapes through to a shortlist of actual works. The exhibition tours major UK arts venues each year. For applications information and deadlines, contact New Contemporaries as above and check the London Almanac's deadlines list.

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The award is aimed at exceptional emerging sculptors based in Greater London and it is intended to subsidise the creative work over one year. GBP 6000 goes direct to the receiving artist towards the production of new work and GBP 4000 funds and promotes the solo exhibition held at Standpoint Gallery the following year. The selectors look for ambitious, outstanding work within fine art practice, particularly that demonstrates a commitment to process and material. Selection by panel. Guest selector each year is a different prominent sculptor. Deadline is always 31 May.

AHRC have a range of programmes supporting top-quality research and postgraduate training in the arts and humanities. From around 1500 applications to their seven Research schemes they make around 550-600 awards. From around 5500 applications to their Postgraduate schemes for funding people in Higher education they make around 1500 awards. 

Arts Council England supplies funding through it's Grants programme.  Eligible projects include research and development, travel, networking events and independent projects promoting critical debate on the production and presentation of contemporary visual art.

The European Association for Jewish Culture is an independent organisation which funds visual arts exhibitions, theatre, documentary films and music which address the Jewish experience. This grant programme is designed to provide part-funding for new exhibitions of contemporary art by awarding grants to professional artists to produce new work for exhibition in a recognised cultural venue, and freelance curators for researching and organising an exhibition of contemporary art, which addresses the Jewish experience. The application should be submitted by professional artists or curators in association with an exhibition venue. Grants in the range of Euro 5,000 to 10,000 will be awarded to successful candidates in two instalments.

ROSL arts offers a scholarship (maximum value £3,000) for an artist of up to 35 years of age to spend four weeks in a Commonwealth country of their choice. From 2006 the travel Scholarships are no longer awarded from open submission, nominations are solicited from selected visual arts institutions instead. It is not possible for artists to canvas these institutions.