The Content Fund
Ref: GRT-IMVN3D9P
Funding Available
Between £100,000 and £250,000
UK Wide
Creative & Heritage
Not specified
Grants & Funding
About This Grant
Commercial games-for-entertainment content grants funded by DCMS and managed by UKGTF/UK Games Fund as part of the UK Government's Growth for Games strategy to drive growth, build talent, and develop skills across the games sector.
What Can It Fund?
- Hands-on commercial game development
- supporting existing and new PAYE employees and contractors to build entertainment games for scale.
Eligible Costs
- -Staff and contractor costs for hands-on development activity
Ineligible Costs
- -Non-commercial projects
- -non-entertainment games
- -student projects
- -graduation works
- -games incapable of obtaining a PEGI rating
- -corporate or marketing functions
Funding Source
UK Games Talent and Finance Community Interest Company / Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS)
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