From 1 September 2006, the practice-led and applied route replaced the Small Grants in the Creative and Performing Arts Scheme. The Research Grants practice-led and applied route provides funding for research where practice is an integral component; or where it is specifically undertaken with a view to generating outputs and outcomes with a defined application beyond the education sector; and/or where it theorises contemporary practice in order to then inform the Principal Investigator’s own individual practice.