2026 Indie Grants

South Carolina Young Filmmakers Project is a grant from the South Carolina Film Commission and Trident Technical College that funds high school students across South Carolina to create original short films as part of a statewide filmmaking competition. The project introduces the next generation to professional video production skills and careers in the film industry. Students must create a short film of up to two minutes incorporating a required creative challenge element; the 2025-2026 cycle required use of a megaphone as a prop. Entries for the 2025-2026 cycle were due February 16, 2026. Independent judges evaluate submissions on specified criteria, and finalists are publicly announced.

Jerome Early-Career Project Grants is a grant from Forecast Public Art, funded by the Jerome Foundation, that funds the creation of new public art projects by early-career artists based in Minnesota. Two grants of $8,000 each are awarded annually to support temporary or permanent public artworks anywhere in Minnesota. Projects may be supported by public or nonprofit agencies but private commissions are not eligible, and a secured project site is required at the time of application. The program places special emphasis on supporting BIPOC and Native artists, LGBTQIA+ artists, women artists, immigrant artists, rural artists, and artists with disabilities. Eligible applicants are Minnesota-based individual artists with 2–10 years of generative experience. The application deadline was October 15, 2025.