Whatever your discipline, whatever your project, this is your chance to win £500 and make everything a little bit better.

The Top Up Fund is IdeasTap's only member-run fund, which means all the winners will be chosen by a panel of IdeasTap members and previous IdeasFund winners.

Think of the Top Up Fund as a cash lifeline, to get your project off the ground, or help an existing project become bigger and better. From costume and props, to venue hire and a marketing stunt: we want to hear your ideas.

The panel would like to see projects from all over the UK, to celebrate the diversity of the regions. We also encourage you to collaborate on interdisciplinary projects.

Winners will be chosen based on the creativity and innovation of their idea, their budget need or impact of the fund, their project management skills and the quality of their IdeasTap portfolio – so make sure you've uploaded lots of lovely examples to back up your application.

Most importantly, make sure you download and read the brief guidelines and terms and conditions (two separate documents) before applying. For more information on budgets, see our PDF.

This brief closes on Friday 2 March at 5pm and is open to IdeasTap members aged 16 to 30. If you have any technical queries, email info@ideastap.com. Late entries will not be accepted under any circumstances, including technical issues – so make sure you don’t leave your application to the last minute.

Brief image: Spinning top by Guy Fawkes via Flickr under a CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 license.

Follow this brief to download the application form