A year-long series of literary salons, contemporary dance and music, film and animation projects are among the plans to benefit from £2m funding from the national arts funding body, Creative Scotland.

Also funded is a new work for the Edinburgh International Festival featuring members of Mogwai, Portishead and The Unthanks, as well as songwriter Karine Polwart, to be premiered at the festival next year.

The work, by composer and accordion player Martin Green, perhaps best known for his work in Lau, has received £14,000 and marks another move into contemporary music for the EIF.

The work will be recorded, and premiered live at Edinburgh International Festival in 2016.

The project is being developed with partnership support from Edinburgh International Festival, Barbican Centre and Sage Gateshead.

The body has announced 99 awards in its latest round of what it calls Open Project Funding.

These awards are worth between £1,500 and £100,000 and were made to artists, organisations and companies in February and March this year.

Among the awards, the Edinburgh based Neu! Reekie! will curate, produce and present 'This Is Scotland' - a year-long programme of "literary salons" showcasing writers and poets accompanied by new animation, music, dance and art.

The project received £40,000.

Michael Pedersen and Kevin Williamson, co-directors of Neu! Reekie! said in a statement: "Our new year-long project intends to raise the bar, with our most diverse programme to date.

"We're spreading our wings to every corner of Scotland and beyond - with unique Neu! Reekie! shows planned from Thurso to Tokyo, and with a batch of new event commissions.

"Creative Scotland's belief in, and support for, this project has been a huge boost for us, has opened up new creative possibilities and collaborations, and will be a solid foundation for us to build on."

George Gunn has received £5000 to research, write and develop a play for the theatre.

Green will "research and develop new work exploring ways to combine and stage live music with animated film" with his collaborators.

Major awards have gone to music, including  Sound: Scotland's Festival of New Music 2015, which received £130,000, Mr McFall's Chamber, £80,000, the Scottish Music Industry Association, £75,000 and AC Projects £79,000.

AC Projects runs annual contemporary music festival, Counterflows.

Alasdair Campbell, director of AC Projects, said:  "It is really encouraging to receive this award from Creative Scotland for our 2015-16 programme of challenging, inspiring and exciting new music.

"This award is a positive step in the development and sustainability of AC Projects and of the networks of international and local artists and audiences that are committed to furthering the exposure and development of new music."

Funding has been awarded to 19 festivals across the country including Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival, Edinburgh Mela, Bloody Scotland: Scotland's International Crime Writing Festival, the Lammermuir Festival, the Merchant City Festival of Glasgow, Africa in Motion: Scotland's African Film Festival and an eight month long Festival of Architecture from March to October 2016.

Deidre Heddon has received funding toward 'May I Have the Pleasure?: The Legacy of Adrian Howells', to mark the work of the pioneering theatre performer, known for his intimate and one-on-one performances, who died last year.

The project will include a publication containing newly commissioned writing alongside republication of existing seminal work, visual documents from Howells' archive and transcripts of his performances and, a new Artist's Award to support continuing experimentation in "intimate performance practice."

In dance, Bodysurf Scotland, in Moray, has received £83,000, Caroline Bowditch, the artist and choreographer, will undertake an extensive tour of 'Falling in love with Frida' which explores the life, loves and legacy of Frida Kahlo

and Company Chordelia will create new work based on Russian ballet dancer and choreographer Vaslav Nijinsky.

Money has also been given to promote Scottish work at fair and festivals including Jazzahead! Bremen, Germany; Art Fair Supermarket in Stockholm, Sweden; Folk Alliance International Music Fair, Kansas, USA; Adelaide Fringe Festival, Australia; Auckland International Arts Festival, New Zealand; and Design Days Dubai.

Janet Archer, chief executive of Creative Scotland, said: "I'm delighted that we are able to support such a creatively rich and diverse range of projects across Scotland.

"Open Project Funding supports organisations and individuals to explore, realise and develop their creative potential, widen access to their work, and enrich Scotland's reputation as a distinctive creative nation.

"From the important work that sound festival undertake in commissioning new work and promoting new music from Scotland to a global audience; to individual artists being able to take time to research, develop and create work, these awards cover a whole range of practice and scale.

"I'm particularly pleased that we are able to operate the Open Project Fund without deadlines.

"Demand is high, so we are allocating budgets across the year, which means that both individuals and organisations can apply at a time that suits them.

"This is something that has been asked for and we are responding to.

"Over £1.7m of these awards have been allocated from National Lottery funds. Alongside funding from the Scottish Government, The National Lottery forms a vital part of funding support for the arts, screen and creative industries in Scotland and it is important to recognise this."