Being Human Festival Grant Program in the UK

Deadline: 29-Apr-22

Being Human is seeking applications for its Festival Grant Program.

Being Human festival is the national festival of the humanities and returns in November 2022, delivering a celebration of the humanities that inspires people and shows the resilience, creativity and imagination in communities across the UK.

They are especially keen to support projects that respond in innovative, creative ways to the challenges of planning public engagement in the era of Covid-19. All applications for in-person activities must include a back-up option to allow for changes in Covid-19 guidance. Being Human festival is led by the School of Advanced Study, University of London, with generous support from Research England, in partnership with the Arts and Humanities Research Council and the British Academy.

Theme

Their festival theme in 2022 is 'Breakthroughs,' which can be used as broad inspiration for shaping events around research and will help promote connections within a very diverse programme. Humanities research is shaped by endless fascinating breakthroughs —from the literal breaking of ground in archaeology, to radical new thinking in literature or philosophy, to new archival discoveries in history.

Funding Information

There are four ways to take part:

Hub Award – Hub Awards are intended to support the development of institutional capacity for public engagement activity in the humanities (e.g., by offering opportunities for public engagement teams to do something humanities focused, to try something new or to work with new communities). Apply for a larger institutional grant of £2,000–£5,000 to coordinate multiple activities
Small Award – Small Awards are designed to support ambitious/best practice activities that would not run without financial support from the festival. These projects are usually led by Individual researchers, unlike institutionally led Hub Awards. Apply for funding of up to £2,000
Open Call – The Open Call offers a great way to get involved in the festival for anyone who is not seeking additional festival funding, and has a connection to humanities research, including universities, museums, archives, galleries, publishers, subject associations, societies, libraries and more. Organise an activity that does not require funding from them
Being Human Café – Being Human Cafés offer a simple, fun and 'ready to go' format for people to get involved in the festival. A simple 'off-the-shelf' format

Eligibility Criteria

Each year, they invite humanities researchers and other staff from universities, independent research organisations and cultural organisations to apply to take part in the festival by organising an event, activity or project.