Content is Queen Micro-Grants for Podcasters Programme 2025.

We’re thrilled to open the next round of our applications for Micro-Grants for Podcasters Programme for creators around the globe, which for the first time, will be via CIQs marketplace – the community and platform where creators, advertisers, and commissioners converge to redefine the audio industry. Whether you plan to create a captivating trailer, launch an original pilot, or produce a standout episode for an existing series, this initiative is there to help you overcome the obstacles in turning your podcast ideas into reality.

Benefits

Here’s what’s you’ll get:

Receive a Cash Grant: We’re awarding 20 creators with cash grants up to £1000 aimed at helping you develop trailers, original pilots, or special episodes within your existing series.
Production Support: The selected creators will receive production support from Content is Queen. You’ll have access to our studios, producers and editors, and Epidemic Sound library.
Pitch to Audible: Creators will have the opportunity to pitch their show to Audible for commissioning and further development.

Requirements

Individuals based anywhere in the world.
New or existing podcasters.
Disabled individuals.
Racialised individuals.
LGBTQIA+ community members.
Those from low-income backgrounds.
Applicants must be 18 or older.

Who cannot apply:Registered commercial businesses or organisations with over ten employees or turnover greater than £50k. Schools or charities.

Selection Process

Application Window: Opens on Monday 24 November at 16:00 GMT and closes on 3 January 2025 at 18:00 GMT.
Successful applicants will be informed by 14 February 2025.
Commitment: A minimum of 1 hour per week for production calls.
Payment: Successful UK applicants must be able to supply a UK Bank account in the lead applicant’s name. For international applicants, you must have an active and valid PayPal account that matches the name and email on the grant application. We will not make payments to bank accounts/PayPal with mismatched names or details. If the applicant is unable to provide a valid payment account within 14 days of the request, the grant will be forfeited.
Grants will be disbursed based on achieving critical milestones defined at the project’s outset.
Successful applicants will need to commit to completing their project within 12 weeks of the first instalment of their grants. You’ll need to commit to a weekly check-in call or email for the first six weeks. You’ll also need to deliver your project by 18:00 Friday, 30 May 2025 and provide evidence of how the grant supported the podcast and a summary production budget of how the funding was spent. (Evidence includes audio files, artwork, social media ad reports, a recorded pilot, equipment receipts etc.)
Intellectual Property: Content is Queen will not own any part of the developed podcast. Successful applicants have no obligation to work with or further develop their ideas with Content is Queen or our partners once the project is complete.
Crediting: Content is Queen will need to be listed in audio/written credits as a supporter, partner or funder for any published work that results from the administered grant.
Successful applicants may receive their grant in instalments to be determined at the start of the project based on the individual/group reaching key milestones outlined at the beginning of production.