Applications Open for Arts and Business NI Investment Programme

Funding is available to support the development of mutually beneficial partnerships between business, the arts and the public sector in Northern Ireland.

The Investment Programme administered by Arts and Business NI with funding providing by Arts Council of Northern Ireland seeks to increase private sector investment into the arts by supporting arts organisations in developing sustainable relationships with business.

The initiative provides a maximum of £15,000 to an artist or arts partner in any one financial year (April to March) or for any one project; a partnership can receive investment a maximum of two times.

The funding is to be used for projects of the following types:

• New - the business partner invests in the arts to deliver business objectives for the first time.

• Deeper - an arts activity that worked in one part of a business is extended to another area of the company, embedding arts activity within the business and its strategy.

Partnerships are required to provide an appropriate amount of match funding for their Arts and Business NI investment. In-kind investment included within a project as an element of the business contribution will be assessed on a case-by-case basis.

Submissions are open five times a year. The next deadline for applications is 7 November 2025. For more information please visit Investment Programme | Arts & Business NI