Arts Projects (Research/Practice) under Project 560 in India

Deadline: 4-Nov-22

Who is the city? What does it mean to be a Bangalorean? Where do the strengths and challenges of the city lie? How has the city transformed during the pandemic? If Bangalore is on your mind, then this call is for you.

India Foundation for the Arts (IFA) invites proposals for Arts Projects (Research/Practice) under Project 560.

India Foundation for the Arts (IFA) seeks to implement Arts Projects (Research/Practice) on Bangalore that critically engage with the city's pasts, presents, and futures.Collaborative projects that bring together artists and scholars are also encouraged. Outcomes of the projects could variously include performances, exhibitions, installations, films, research papers/monographs or interdisciplinary works. The presentation of these outcomes must be public and in physical format, with virtual elements in part, if necessary. (They do not encourage only virtual presentations.)

Who can send project proposals?

Arts practitioners and researchers/scholars can apply. As practitioners, you could be writers, poets, performing/ performance artists, visual artists, filmmakers, new media, and digital artists or practitioners engaged in interdisciplinary work. Applicants must be based in Bangalore and the project has to be undertaken in Bangalore.

Funding Information

Duration of the project: Up to 12 months
Budget: Up to a maximum of Rs 4 lakh

Eligibility Criteria

You are eligible to apply only if you are an Indian citizen. Your collaborators too must be Indian citizens.
India Foundation for the Arts (IFA) implements Projects under its various programmes. The criteria for eligibility to apply under these programmes are as follows:
- Only Indian nationals can apply. This does not include PIO (Persons of Indian Origin) and OCI (Overseas Citizen of India) Card Holders.
- Applicants must have PAN card and one of the following for proof of identity and citizenship – Indian Passport or Aadhar Card or Voter’s ID in India
- Only individuals can apply. Organisations of any kind cannot apply
- If there are collaborators in the projects, they must also be Indian nationals
- Persons who have a past history of financial delinquency with IFA are not eligible
- Persons who have failed to deposit at IFA agreed deliverables from an earlier IFA grant are not eligible
- Persons who have previously received a letter from IFA disallowing them from applying in the future for any reason are not eligible
- More than one individual can apply if they have a joint account. If they do not, then only one among them should apply with the others as collaborators