Opportunities

Explore the latest opportunities from MusicFutures for artists, innovators and music businesses across the Liverpool City Region.

From funding and business support to skills, programmes and training, this page brings together all current ways to get involved, develop your ideas and grow your career or organisation in the music industry.

PhD Studentship: Mapping and Measuring the Impact of Innovation Across Liverpool City Region’s Music Economy

Call Opens: 9th October 2026 Call Deadline: 9th November 2026

In partnership with University of Liverpool's Department of Music, MusicFutures is pleased to offer a fully funded PhD Studentship to devise and develop mapping and impact measurement methodologies that enable a theorisation of how investment in sustainable innovation, research and development and inclusion effect regional music sectors.

Funding category

Scholarships

Funding available

A successful UK only applicant will receive a stipend towards living expenses at the UKRI rate (currently £21,805 per year) in addition to tuition fees (£5,238), £27,043 in total.

Who it’s for

For candidates interested in theorising, developing, devising, testing and refining new configurations of data driven models that map and measure the impact of innovation on UK regional music sectors.

Project delivery

Start Date: 4th January 2027

Location requirement

Liverpool City Region

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MusicFutures & Future Yard Carbon Literacy Training

Call Opens: 17th September 2026 Call Deadline: 23rd October 2026

Future Yard and MusicFutures have teamed up to make a new Carbon Literacy course, placing an internationally-renowned qualification into the local context of the Liverpool creative industries. Through the support of MusicFutures, the first 100 participants from the Liverpool City Region will access the course for free.

Funding category

Training & Skills

Funding available

The first 100 participants from the Liverpool City Region will access the course for free.

Who it’s for

Music Professionals wanting to drive impactful climate action across the Liverpool City Region

Project delivery

October 2026 – November 2026

Location requirement

Liverpool City Region

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PhD Studentship – Innovating Music Rights: Intellectual Property, Metadata and the Future of the Music Industry

Call Opens: 8th September 2026 Call Deadline: 15th October 2026

In partnership with University of Liverpool's School of Law & Social Justice, MusicFutures is pleased to offer a fully funded PhD Studentship for innovative research on music rights data, intellectual property and the digital music ecosystem.

Funding category

Scholarships

Funding available

Fees (at UK home rate) and an annual stipend (at UKRI rate) covered
Annual personal conference allowance, in line with other Law PhD candidates within the department

Who it’s for

For candidates interested in innovative research on music rights data, intellectual property and the digital music ecosystem.

Project delivery

Start Date: January 2027

Location requirement

Liverpool City Region

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PRS Foundation PPL Momentum Accelerator Liverpool

Call Opens: 28th September 2026 Call Deadline: 26th October 2026

MusicFutures has partnered with PRS Foundation on the PPL Momentum Accelerator Liverpool, a scheme supporting talented self-writing artists, bands, and future industry professionals outside London who face location-based barriers at a key stage in their careers.

Funding category

Training & Skills, Industry Collaborations

Funding available

Up to £5000 for Artists
Up to £1000 for Music Industry Professionals

Who it’s for

Artists and Music Industry Professionals

Location requirement

Liverpool City Region

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