CreaTech Frontiers (led by Birmingham City University, funded by AHRC/UKRI)

CreaTech Frontiers — Foundations 2026 Funding Call

About this grant

CreaTech Frontiers is a 5-year £7.2 million AHRC/UKRI-funded project driving R&D, business innovation, and skills in the creative industries across the West Midlands. The Foundations 2026 Funding Call awards 20 grants of £10,000 each (total budget £200,000) to freelancers, microbusinesses, and SMEs working across creative technology capabilities including immersive/spatial media, AI for creative work, virtual production, gaming, animation, screen and moving image, live performance, museums, and heritage. Applications are particularly encouraged from Black, Asian and ethnically diverse communities, disabled people, and socio-economically disadvantaged communities, as well as from underrepresented areas such as Herefordshire, Shropshire, Worcestershire and the Black Country.