Women Make Music supports women, trans and non binary music creators of all genres and backgrounds and at different stages of their careers, across the UK. Final decisions may be based on achieving a fair balance of supported projects.
We support high quality new music projects and therefore cannot support core organisational costs, salary costs or living costs.

Women Make Music is exclusively available to women, trans and non binary music creators (i.e. solo artists, composers or mixed groups where a woman, trans or non binary artist is the lead music creator).

Anyone applying to Women Make Music must be comfortable with being announced as a Women Make Music grantee or should apply instead to The Open Fund.

If you answer YES to the questions below you may qualify for the Women Make Music and should consider applying.

• be based in the UK, applications can be made on behalf of UK based music creators by their representatives such as a manager, record label, publisher etc.
• Aged 18 or over, unless represented by an adult with a valid DBS check
• Applicants must have a track record of over 18 months
• Music Creators can not be previous recipients of The PPL Momentum Fund, The Writer Producer Fund, Hitmaker or The Composers Fund
• Music Creators not signed to major record label
• Music Creators cannot be in full-time education, unless an exception is made by the Grants Team
• Music Creators must either be a member of PRS or in a position to join.

Please note: PRS Foundation has full eligibility criteria that apply across our funding schemes which you can read on our Applicant Guidance and FAQs page.

Women Make Music supports the development of outstanding women, trans and non binary music creators of all genres and backgrounds at different stages of their career. The fund can support projects by music creators who are writing their own music or commissioning others.
Music Creators’ projects must fulfil all three of our funding priorities:

• To support the creation, performance and promotion of outstanding new music in any genre
We are particularly interested in the quality of the music
• To enable the UK’s most talented music creators to realise their potential
We are interested in how your project will develop the music creators involved. You will need to tell us why this particular activity is so crucial to your creative and/or professional development.
• To reach audiences
You will be asked to outline who you are reaching and how. This includes audiences at a local, regional, national or international level
If you are a solo performer or small performance group commissioning others, you will need to explain why your project is so important to the music creator you are working with.
The following are considered by PRS Foundation to be Music Creators:
• Songwriters
• Composers
• Artists
• Bands
• Producers who are involved in the composition/writing process
• Performers who are involved in the composition/writing process

We are committed to supporting UK based music creators of all backgrounds.

Women Make Music offers grants of up to £5,000.

Our funding includes support of:

• Creation of new music
• Music Creator fee (to cover your time and work)
• Touring and live performances featuring new UK music
• Recording and release
• Creative residency costs
• Fees to creative collaborators
• Promotion and marketing (ONLY when there is also an element of creation and/or performance included in the funding bid)

• Through Women Make Music, we support high quality new music projects which have tangible musical outcomes and a clearly defined start and end date.
• We cannot support organisations, core organisational costs, salary costs or living costs. We can fund administration costs relating to the project at a maximum of 20% of total budget.
• We are only able to support equipment costs that amount to no more than 20% of the overall budget
• We cannot fund Promotion and marketing (when there is NO element of creations and/or performance included in the funding request)
• We cannot fund anything that has happened retrospectively, all activity must start after the decision date.

‘Women Make Music has 2 deadlines a year. Check the deadlines page for the fund opening and deadline dates. Please note applicants can only apply for Women Make Music funding once per calendar year. Applications must be submitted by 6pm on the day of the deadline.

We aim to communicate back to all applicants with a decision within 10 weeks of a deadline passing.

Please contact info@prsfoundation.com should you require any further information.

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How often can we apply to The Open Fund and/or Women Make Music?
Due to high demand, you can only apply once per calendar year to The Open Fund for Music Creators.
Women, trans, non- binary artists and mixed gender groups can apply once per calendar year to Women Make Music. Those applicants are therefore able to apply once per calendar year to each scheme.
For example, if you apply unsuccessfully to Women Make Music in February, you may apply to The Open Fund for Music Creators in June or October but will have to wait until the next calendar year before reapplying to Women Make Music. It is not possible to apply to Women Make Music AND The Open Fund for Music Creators in the same deadline and we will simply reject your applications.

We received a grant already through The Open Fund or Women Make Music. When can we apply again?
No music creator can receive 2 grants in one calendar year through The Open Fund/Women Make Music, and we prefer for applicants to wait until their funded project is complete before reapplying.
Furthermore, Women Make Music grantees cannot reapply to Women Make Music and must instead apply to The Open Fund for Music Creators for suitable projects- something that is actively encouraged.
Please note we may prioritise new applicants and new grantees due to high demand and strategic priorities. Grantees must make a strong case for repeated support and cannot be funded for the same project.

Who can’t apply?
Those unable to apply to Women Make Music include:
• Those not based in the UK
• Those previously in receipt of Women Make Music support should instead apply to The Open Fund for Music Creators or ‘Next Level’ schemes
• Those previously in receipt of The PPL Momentum Fund, The Writer Producer Fund or The Hitmaker Fund cannot apply to Women Make Music or The Open Fund
• Anyone applying for Women Make Music must be comfortable with being announced as a Women Make Music grantee or should apply instead to The Open Fund.

If you have read all the guidance and checked the deadlines page

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