South of Scotland CreaTech Fund 3.0
Are you an enterprise based in the South of Scotland looking to explore the area of CreaTech?
CreaTech is defined by the Creative Industries Council as where creativity meets technology. CreaTech brings together creative skills and emerging technologies to create new ways of working and to inspire business growth and investment.
CreaTech embraces the commercial and cultural possibilities of immersive technology, virtual reality, augmented reality, virtual production, artificial intelligence, and other developing fields.
The intention of this fund is to allow creative enterprises to invest in technology to develop and test new ideas and realise their potential.
Projects that focus on CreaTech by way of demonstration, participation, training or skills development are also encouraged.
I’m interested, tell me the detail!
- The fund will provide a grant towards equipment for projects that combine creativity with technology in the creative industry sector as defined by Scottish Government
- Projects must be completed by 28 February 2026
- Projects should test and introduce new ideas for your enterprise that lead to new market opportunities, long term sustainability and inclusive growth ambitions
- The minimum grant available is £2,000 and the maximum is £5,000
- Commercial trading enterprises of 10 or more employees can claim up to 50% of the overall eligible project cost, 75% for those with less than 10 employees and 100% for community and not-for-profit enterprises
- Enterprises wishing to access the fund must operate within the South of Scotland
- Where an enterprise employs staff, it should be paying the Real Living Wage to all staff aged 16 and over, including apprentices and will need to provide evidence of effective voice for staff and a Fair Work action plan
- Full criteria and eligibility (Criteria download PDF)
How do I apply?
Read the full criteria and eligibility to make sure you and your project fits.
Express an interest by completing the form below and tell us a little bit about you and what you are proposing and include:
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a quick outline of the project idea and how it links to CreaTech
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a list of the equipment you are thinking of buying with identified costs
If your expression of interest meets the initial criteria SOSE will then send you an application form only if funds are still available.
Applications will be treated on a first-come-first-served basis and once indications show the fund limit is reached, expressions of interest will be paused until initial applicants have gone through a formal appraisal stage.
Demand is expected to be high and therefore not all projects will be able to proceed as the fund amount is limited.