Next Level awards
Designed to support musicians ready to pursue a career-changing opportunity

If you’re a musician with a strong track record but lacking the resources to embark on larger and longer-term projects, then our Next Level award might help.
With a programme of one-to-one business advice and peer support, alongside financial support to help you pursue your opportunity, this is designed to help you take your career to the next level.
The Award includes the following:
- 6 hours of one-to-one business advice from industry experts
- Online meet-ups with other awardees and industry guests
- Up to £3,000 towards your own music activity. See what this can be spent on here.
- Invites to online peer drop-in spaces with other musicians (optional)
- Access to a healthy practice session delivered by BAPAM (optional)
To be eligible for this Award, you must:
- Be a working musician who has made at least 40% of your income from music over the past two years. Musicians with a long-term health condition and/or disability that impacts their ability to work as a musician will just need to show some income from music within the past 2 years.
- Be aged 18 or over, live in the UK, with the right to live and work in the UK and with a UK bank account.
- Not have more than £10,000 savings or access to other capital that could fund your planned activity.
Full eligibility criteria can be found here. We strongly recommend you read these before making an application.
Beyond this, you must deliver the activities we’re funding within 12 months of receiving the money. You must also have control over one or more aspects of your career, i.e., self-managing, self-releasing or self-producing
This support is categorised as Band 4.
Application windows
- Monday 3 February — Friday 28 February 2025, 5pm
- Monday 14 April — Friday 9 May 2025, 5pm
- Monday 15 September — Friday 10 October 2025, 5pm