Year Grant | Hong Kong Arts Development Council 香港藝術發展局

Overview

Established in 1998, the Year Grant Scheme aims to provide strategic support and to nurture local small and medium-sized arts groups towards artistic excellence.

The Year Grant supports the operation and production needs of distinguished professional arts organisations or representative groups in different art forms for a fixed period of 12 months in pursuit of artistic excellence. The grant supports a full spectrum of arts disciplines including music, dance, drama, xiqu, film and media arts, visual arts, literary arts, multi-disciplinary arts, arts criticism, arts education and arts administration.

The current grant periods of Year Grant are one year and two years.

Eligibility

An arts organisation applicant must be a non-profit company limited by guarantee without a share capital which is registered in Hong Kong. We will not consider an application for the “Year Grant” submitted in the name of an individual, a sole proprietorship or a partnership. We also do not accept any application for this scheme from any arts organisation which is the parent company or subsidiary of the arts organisations currently receiving “Year Grant” from us, or the parent company or subsidiary of any new applicant organisation that applies at the same time.

How to Apply

2025/26 Year Grant

Grant Period
One-Year Grant: 1 July 2025 to 30 June 2026
Two-Year Grant: 1 July 2025 to 30 June 2027

Hong Kong Arts Development Council (HKADC) hereby invites eligible music, dance, xiqu, drama, visual arts, multi-disciplinary arts, film and media arts, literary arts organisations to submit proposals for the 2025/26 Year Grant.

Interested parties can obtain application guidelines and forms from the HKADC Administration Office (5/F, Landmark South, 39 Yip Kan Street, Wong Chuk Hang, Hong Kong) during office hours or download from this website. Applications must be submitted and deposited in the collection box at the HKADC Administration Office marked with “Year Grant” on the envelope, or emailed to [email protected], by 6:00pm on 21 February, 2025 (Friday) the latest. Postal submissions postmarked on or before this date will be acceptable. Email submissions are accepted if the electronic date and time printed is no later than the aforesaid deadline. Submission by courier is also accepted if the pick-up date shown on the bill issued by the courier service provider is on or before the deadline. Late submission or submission by fax or digital means other than email will not be processed.

For enquiries, please call 2827 8786.

Invitation for Proposals – 2025/26 Year Grant

2025/26 Year Grant – Application Form

Application Process

Submission of Application ↓	Applicants must complete the relevant application form and submit on or before the deadline
Assessment of Application ↓	To be assessed by a panel (including Examiners and / or Members of related Artform Groups)
Notification of Result ↓	A written notification of application result will be sent to the applicant The first installment is released after signing of agreement
Project Execution ↓	ADC arranges Assessor(s) to assess project results
Midway of Year ↓	Mid-Year Report of the project must be submitted within the 7th month of each grant year The second installment is released
Project Completion ↓	Year End Report must be submitted within one month after each grant year The third installment is released
Submission of Audit Report	Audit Report must be submitted within six months after each grant year The last installment is released within one month after HKADC has checked the Audit Report