Results of applications for 15th-round funding exercise of Arts Capacity Development Funding Scheme announced
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The successful applications of the 15th round are of a high standard, with a diverse representation covering arts education/appreciation/promotion, community arts, media arts, multi-disciplinary arts, music and theatre. The successful applicants (categories and names of organisations in alphabetical order) are as follows:
| Name of organisation | Title of proposal | Category |
| Springboard Grant | ||
| St. James' Settlement | Our Stories | Community Arts |
| Hong Kong Grand Opera Company Limited | Opera of Fairy Tales - Series II | Music |
| Project Grant | ||
| Asia Art Archive Limited | New Archive: Hong Kong at the Forefront of Preserving Arts and Culture | Arts Education/Appreciation/ Promotion |
| The Hong Kong Virtuoso Chorus | Hong Kong Inter-School Choral Festival 2027 | Arts Education/Appreciation/ Promotion |
| Lost Child Project Hong Kong Limited | City Canopy - The Wing's Embrace (tentative title) Immersive Theatre x Mental Resilience x Sustainability |
Community Arts |
| XCEED Limited | FutureScope 2.0 (tentative title) | Media Arts |
| Clockenflap Festivals Limited | AURALIS | Multi-disciplinary Arts |
| TS Crew Limited | The Last Mile: Road to Long-Running – a Circus-A cappella World Premiere | Multi-disciplinary Arts |
| Hong Kong New Music Limited | Resonant City: Journey Through Hong Kong's Auditory Landscapes | Music |
| Edward Lam Dance Theatre Limited | Inheritance - Reimagine Hong Kong Legacy | Theatre |
| Motion 27 Limited | The Contemporary Expansion of Greek Tragedy | Theatre |
| Reframe Theatre Company Limited | The Project of Reframe Immersive Theatre | Theatre |
The 15th-round funding exercise continues to implement the Incentive Matching Sum initiative to encourage successful Project Grant applicants to seek non-government sponsorships and/or donations during project implementation, offering each successful applicant an extra matching sum up to a ceiling of $800,000.
Introduced by the Government in 2011, the ACDFS aims to provide funding support for innovative and impactful proposals that contribute to the objectives of capacity development of arts practitioners, arts groups, art forms and/or the arts sector; programme/content development; audience building and arts education. The funding scheme is administered on the advice of the Advisory Committee on Arts Development. Members of the Committee take part in the assessment of applications together with Expert Advisers. A total of 95 applications were assessed in the 15th-round funding exercise.
Ends/Tuesday, July 28, 2026
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