NI Organisations Digital Evolution Awards Programme Invites Applications

Funding is available to provide arts organisations in Northern Ireland with skills in the use of digital technology to create digital art.

The Organisations Digital Evolution Awards programme aims to support those arts organisations who are making digital art for the first time or are working with digital or immersive technology which they have not used previously.

Applications will be accepted from arts organisations, registered charities and other non-profit organisations. Collaborative applications from organisations working together in cross-discipline projects and activities are encouraged.

Examples of the types of projects that the programme will support include:

• Creation of a virtual environment or augmented reality environment, such as augmented reality visual arts or sound overlay on venues or geographical spaces.
• Using technology to translate data into artistic content; for example, algorithms/Artificial Intelligence that create music or visual content from data input.
• Series of events or exhibitions which showcase emerging and immersive artwork to NI audiences.
• App development for the delivery of artistic content; this could include gamification or making an artistic experience for consumption on digital devices.
• Piloting new forms of support to individual artists or organisations that results in the creation of digital art.

Supported projects must take place between 1 March 2026 and 28 February 2027.

Grants of up to £10,000 are available.