Criteria For Music Grants

The Radcliffe Trust supports classical music performance and training especially chamber music, composition and music education. Particular interests within music education are music for children and adults with special needs, youth orchestras and projects at secondary and higher levels, including academic research. The Trustees respond to applications and also initiate their own projects.

1. Applicant must be a registered charity or an exempt charity.

2. Applicant must be based in the UK.

3. Bursaries and other support for fees are normally paid to the education organisation.

4. Applications are considered under eight headings;

i	composition and contemporary music
ii	bursaries for courses and summer schools; limited to U.K. based students
iii	music therapy / special needs
iv	academic research / projects
v	youth orchestras
vi	performance projects
vii	educational projects
viii	miscellaneous

    
Exclusions

i	no retrospective grants
ii	no deficit funding
iii	no general appeals or endowment funds
iv	no operating costs
v	no competitions
vi	no capital projects