Deadline: 21 February 2018
The Arts Council England in partnership with the British Council is seeking applications for its programme entitled “Artists’ international development fund (AIDF)”.
Programme Aims
The fund aims to:
- offer artistic and/or market development for artists and creative practitioners
- develop a cohort of artists and creative practitioners who have experienced the benefits of international working between the UK and other countries, and who advocate for it among their peers
- increase the amount of international collaboration among artists and/or creative practitioners between the UK and other countries
Type of Artforms
Proposal can be in any of the following artforms:
- combined arts
- literature
- music
- theatre
- dance
- visual arts
- crafts and design (including architecture and fashion design)
Funding Information
Grants for individuals range from £1,000 to £100,000 and can cover activities lasting up to three years.
Eligibility Criteria
- Individual artists and/or creative practitioners (including, for example: producers, curators, publishers, editors, translators, choreographers) can apply.
- Although the Artists’ international development fund is aimed at individuals, small groups of artists and/or creative practitioners (including the applicant as ‘lead artist’) who normally collaborate in their work can also apply.
- Individual applicants who are employed by an arts and culture organisation will also be eligible to apply; a limited number of awards will be made to individual applicants working for organisations.
- Applications should include either:
- one or two international visits, outside the UK (by the applicant)
- one international visit, outside the UK (by the applicant) and one visit to England (by the overseas partners/collaborators)
- The following cannot apply:
- anyone under the age of 18 at the time of application
- students, for projects related to their course of study or their tuition fees (by student they mean a person following a course of study in a school, a college or a university)
- individuals based (living) outside England
- small groups who cannot demonstrate that they have a history of working collaboratively
How to Apply
Applications must be submitted online via given website.
For more information, please visit Arts Council England.