The programme will not fund any project more than one-time. Companies receiving funding for developmental programs will be requested to make this clear to artists and give the artists the option of deferring to a later date their application to the Laidlaw Foundation. Artists making application to have their work produced at any Festival will also be advised of this one-time only grant policy. These budget items are ineligible. Foundation grants are earmarked for artists only.
Applications submitted by Festivals that curate the development of new work are eligible.
The Festival receiving funds for commissioned work will be requested to make clear to the artists receiving the commission that they are ineligible for a future Foundation grant for this project. A more flexible definition of creative expenses will be recognised instead of strictly narrowing in on the playwright, choreographer or composer's fee. Projects will continue to be funded on a one-time only basis. The allocation of grants should be made less prescriptive and more flexible perhaps by way of standardised gradations. The Committee continued to feel that the flexibility to award small grants remained an important feature of the Programme.