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Music Export Growth Scheme (MEGS) is sponsored by UK Research and Innovation, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC). Music Export Growth Scheme (MEGS) is a match-funding grant from UK Research and Innovation, delivered by the BPI, that supports UK-based music management companies and record labels to deliver high-quality international marketing and promotion campaigns linked to touring for UK …
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Music Export Growth Scheme - GOV-UK Find a grant Music Export Growth Scheme MEGS provides match-funding grant support to representatives of UK-based music acts (normally music management companies or record labels who meet SME criteria) to help deliver high-quality marketing and promotion campaigns normally linked to international tours to enable these acts to grow their international business.
The scheme is targeted at artists that have achieved reasonable levels of commercial success in the UK and are now looking to break internationally. Successful recipients can claim no more than 50 per cent of eligible expenditure for their projects. No UK activity can be funded.
Opening date : 1 December 2025, 12:01am (Midnight) Closing date : 31 March 2027, 11:59pm (Midnight) Get updates about this grant 1. You are a UK* based music business or organisation trading from the UK. 2.
You are a SME that has fewer than 250 employees and a turnover of less than €50 million or a balance sheet total less than €43 million. 3. You have not and you have not received any other contributions from public funds towards the Project.
4. You can demonstrate that: i) you are selling from the UK; and ii) you are enhancing the Artist’s competitiveness and providing tangible economic benefit to the UK from this trade development activity. 5.
You will only promote the business, trading and brand names detailed in your Application unless you obtained express consent from the delivery partner the BPI, DBT and/or the Grants Selection Panel for a Project Change. (*Excluding businesses/organisations based in the Isle of Man or the Channel Islands unless UK registered.)
To enable UK-based music SMEs and their artists, through using government match-funding to deliver higher-quality marketing and promotional campaigns, to grow their international business through meeting key music industry contacts including record labels, publishers, agents, managers, promoters and sync agents which will lead to new business being secured and enhanced media coverage in the countries the artists tour.
We aim to open the next funding round in December 2025 and there will be further funding rounds up to 31 March 2027. Please apply via the website of the MEGS delivery partner, the BPI, https://www. bpi.
co. uk/news-analysis/music-export-growth-scheme .
According to the current listing, eligibility includes: Public Sector, Non-profit, Private Sector. Confirm the full requirements in the official notice before applying.
The current listing shows up to £225,000. Verify award ceilings, matching requirements, and allowable costs in the official notice.
Music Export Growth Scheme (MEGS) is funded by UK Research and Innovation, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC). Verify program details on the funder's official page before applying.
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