Final Round Now Open: Immersive Arts
The final round of Immersive Arts is now open for applications.
This opportunity supports UK-based artists working with immersive technologies, offering funding to:
- Explore – £5,000
- Ideal for artists who want to:
- Begin early-stage exploration of immersive technologies
- Develop basic skills and knowledge
- Experience immersive artworks
- Meet potential collaborators and partners
- Grow their networks
Ideal for artists who want to:
- Create experimental works, proofs-of-concept or prototypes
- Test ideas with small audiences
- Develop their practice using immersive tech
- Explore access, diversity and inclusion in their project
Ideal for artists who want to:
- Progress an existing project or prototype
- Realise a well-developed concept with full production support
- Deepen audience engagement and reach
- Embed access, diversity and inclusion into their delivery
Deadline: Monday 29 September 2025.
Programme lead: University of the West of England (UWE Bristol)
Programme hub: Pervasive Media Studio – a creative technology research and development space run by Watershed in partnership with UWE Bristol and University of Bristol
Executive producer: Watershed
Research partners: University of Bristol and Innovate UK Immersive Tech Network
Producing partners:
England: Watershed, Bristol
Northern Ireland: Nerve Centre, Derry and Belfast
Scotland: Cryptic, Glasgow
Wales: Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff
UK-wide partners:
Crossover Labs: Immersive media training and artist development, Sheffield
Unlimited: Commissioning disabled artists and changing perceptions of disability, Wakefield
XR Diversity Initiative: Promoting inclusivity in the XR community, London
Funding for Immersive Arts is provided through a collaboration between the UKRI Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), Arts Council England, the Arts Council of Wales (ACW), Creative Scotland and the Arts Council of Northern Ireland (ACNI). Funding from Creative Scotland, ACW and ACNI is provided by The National Lottery.
