Firstsite Collectors’ Group Bursary Awards 2025
3rd October 2025
The Firstsite Collectors’ Group Bursary Awards scheme aims to support artists working in Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk with their professional career development. These annual awards are made possible through the Collectors’ Group continuing engagement and interest in contemporary visual art in the region.
For the first time, artists from Cambridgeshire are also eligible to apply, expanding the scheme’s reach and supporting even more creative talent across the Eastern region.
Applications to the Bursary Awards scheme should demonstrate ambition, and a commitment to, or development of the applicant’s current artistic practice.
Proposals can be made to contribute towards the costs of making new artwork, purchase of equipment, research and travel, exhibition making and other forms of professional development.
To register, please fill out the form: Firstsite Collectors’ Group Bursary Awards 2025 Application Form
Criteria:
- Firstsite Collectors’ Group Bursary Awards are open to individuals only.
- Applicants must be based in Essex, Norfolk or Suffolk.
- The Collectors’ Group will consider applications for between £100 and £1,000.
- Applications should be made using the Collectors’ Group Bursary Awards application form.
- As an alternative to completing the application form, applications can be made via picture or flow diagrams, a 5 minute (or less) raw video or audio files in response to the questions in the application form, and sent to [email protected].
- The closing date for applications is 5pm, 2 November 2025. Applications received after this time will not be considered.
- We cannot accept applications from anyone who has been awarded a Collectors’ Group Bursary Awards within the past 2 years.
If you have any questions, please get in touch at [email protected] and we’ll be happy to help.
Please note due to the high number and calibre of applications we receive, applicants will be informed of the panel’s decision by the end of November 2025.
