Current Position of National Lottery Funding Schemes from the Arts Council Northern Ireland: 10 July 2006

• Table 1: National Lottery
• Table 2: Exhequer Programmes

Table 1: The Arts Council National Lottery Funding

Scheme Name	Grant level	Status	Latest News
Awards for All	£500 to £10,000	Open, No deadlines	Level increased from April 2006, Rolling Programme
Equipment	Grants start from £10,001.	Open	Rolling Programme
Building: Minor works / refurbishment	More than £10,001	Open	Rolling Programme
SIAP: General Arts Awards (previously an exchequer funded programme)	Up to £5,000	Open	24 August 2006 deadline for applications
Building: new build / major schemes	More than £10,001	Closed	Stated that an update will be posted on their website in 2006
Business Support Programme	Up to £100,000	Closed	Closed 26 Jan 2006
Multi-Annual Support Programme	Between £10,001 and £30,000	Closed	Closed 17 November 2005
Lottery Arts Projects	£5,001 and £10,000,	Closed	Closed 30 March 2006
Public Art Programme	Grants start from £10,001.	Closed	Closed 30 June 2006
Access	Grants start from £10,001.	Closed	Closed 30 March 2006
New Work	Grants start from £10,001.	Closed	Closed 30 March 2006
Musical Instruments for Bands	Grants from £500	Closed	Under review (results due by end of 2005)
Audience Development	Grants from £5,001 to £100,000	Closed	This programme is still under review.
Crafts, Applied Arts and Design	Grants from £5,001	Closed	Closed 16 September 2005
Early Years Arts Programme	Grants up to £15,000	Closed	Closed 2 February 2006

Table 2: Exchequer funding programmes administered by the Arts Council Northern Ireland.

Re-imaging Communities	Up to £50,000	Proposed	More news to follow
Place, Identity, Art	Up to £5,000	Open	Rolling Programme
Annual Support of organisations Programme (ASOP)	Over £30,001	Closed	Closed 17 November 2005
Support of Individual Artists Programme
TRAVEL AWARDS SCHEME	Up to £800	Open	no deadlines
GENERAL ART AWARDS SCHEME	Up to £5,000	Closed	Opens 10 July 2006 as National Lottery Programme
Major Individual	Up to £15,000	Open	24 August 2006 deadline
ARTS & DISABILITY NETWORKING ABROAD SCHEME	Up to £5,000	Closed	No news
MILTON VIOLIN	In kind	Closed	No news
ARTIST IN THE COMMUNITY SCHEME	£7,500	Closed	No news
INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS’ PROFILE SCHEME	In kind	Open	24 August 2006 deadline
ARTS & DISABILITY AWARD SCHEME	Up to £5,000	Closed	No news
YOUNG ARTISTS’ (Musicians)PLATFORM	Up to £5,000	Open	24 August 2006 deadline
INTERNATIONAL RESIDENCIES SCHEME
New York	$600/month+	Open	24 August 2006 deadline
Winnepeg		Open	24 August 2006 deadline
St James Cavalier Malta		Open	24 August 2006 deadline
Rome		Opens 01 Dec 2006	25 January 2007 deadline
Skidmore		Opens 01 Dec 2006	25 January 2007 deadline
Banff		Closed	Deadlines to be announced
SELF-ARRANGED INTERNATIONAL RESIDENCY SCHEME	Up to £5,000	Open	24 August 2006 deadline
MacDowell Colony		Closed	No News
Studio programme	Up to £3,000	Closed	Closed 17 November 2005