MELT: up to £50k R&D awards for creative media innovation. Emerging media platforms and communication forms are generating a phenomenal demand for innovative creative programming. But where is this content going to come from? MELT is a new £1m programme which gives annual R&D individual grants of up to £50k to leading media, artistic and technical talent to explore the creative and economic possibilities of new and emerging media platforms ‟ for example iTV, broadband, wireless, wearable, mobile and locative media.