Made in Scotland Funding

Made in Scotland is a curated showcase promoting high quality music, theatre and dance to international promoters and audiences at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. It also supports onward international touring.

About the Programme

Made in Scotland is a curated showcase that promotes high quality music, theatre and dance from Scotland-based artists, to international promoters and audiences at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe each year.

It is a partnership between the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society, Creative Scotland, the Federation of Scottish Theatre (FST) and the Scottish Music Centre (SMC). Made in Scotland is supported by the Scottish Government’s Festivals Expo Fund – awarded to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society.

The purpose of the Programme is to raise the international profile of Scottish artists through the promotion of Scottish work at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, and this fund supports the Made in Scotland Showcase as well as Onward International Touring.

From 2024, the funds are being delivered by the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society.

The deadline for the Made in Scotland Showcase Fund is 21 October 2024.

Applications to the Made in Scotland Onward International Touring Fund are ongoing until funds are allocated.

For more information and to apply, please visit the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society Made in Scotland webpage.

Onward International Touring

Please note information relating to the Onward International Touring fund is historic and remains available for information only.

As well as supporting the actual showcase of work during the Fringe each year, Made in Scotland also has separate funding available to enable artists, bands and ensembles based in Scotland to take up new international touring opportunities for work programmed as a direct result of the inviting promoter seeing the work at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.

This fund exists to support costs linked to flights, freight, visas and the translation of marketing materials. Other costs are expected to be met by the inviting promoter.

We also require anyone applying to this fund to be working with an international promoter who is making a clear financial contribution towards the overall costs. This fund will not support wholly self-produced and self-funded tours.

Eligibility

This fund was open to any individual or company based in Scotland which has presented a professional piece of theatre, dance or music at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe between the years 2015 to 2023 and which, as a result, was seen, and programmed, by an international presenter for the first time.

Only one award per project will be made per funding year (September - August). If you have not presented your work at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe then you will not be eligible to apply to this fund. For other funding to support international touring, you should look at the Creative Scotland Open Fund.

Funding

The total amount available for the Made in Scotland Onward International Touring programme will be in the region of £110,000.

The funding available through this programme is limited, so support will not cover the full costs of the international presentation. We expect proposals to demonstrate significant financial commitment from the international promoter.

The maximum you can routinely apply for is £15k. In exceptional circumstances, and only following a prior discussion with a member of the team, a request for a higher amount may be considered. If you are considering an application for more than £15k, please email madeinscotland@edfringe.com

How to apply

Applications are closed. The available budget for the fund has been fully allocated.

Download the guidance notes below for information.

More Information

If you require more information on the Made in Scotland Showcase visit the Made in Scotland website or email the Festival Fringe Office on madeinscotland@edfringe.com.

If you require further information on the Made in Scotland Onward International Touring Fund, email madeinscotland@edfringe.com

If you require any other general advice about Creative Scotland funding please contact our Enquiries Service.