Deadline: 8 October 2018
The British Council has announced the launch of the ‘Creative Spark: Higher Education Enterprise Programme’, a five-year initiative to contribute to the development of the creative economy across Central Asia (Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan), South Caucasus (Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia) and Ukraine through UK support.
Creative Spark Partnership Fund is developed for building partnerships between universities and creative institutions in the UK and those in programme countries in order to support enterprise education and establish enterprise centres/hubs.
The grant is designed to enhance existing partnerships or foster new ones between UK Higher Education Institutions, related national bodies in the creative sector and the equivalent institutions in the participating countries.
Focus Areas
Applications are expected to focus on:
- Skills development for students and young creative entrepreneurs
- Supporting new business activation and incubation
- Knowledge exchange
Funding Information
Funding will be available up to £50,000 per project for Year 1 (October 2018- July 2019). Applications for less than this are welcome.
Eligibility Criteria
- Higher Education Institutions (relevant institutions/institutes)
- Local/National Foundations (with relevant focus and capacity to programme targets)
- Public bodies (Governmental, Semi-governmental organisations working for city/national administrations with relevant focus)
- Non-governmental organisations (working on creative enterprise and entrepreneurship)
- Creative Hubs / Clusters / Innovation Centres
- The partnership must be formed between at least one of the identified organisations in the UK and at least one organisation in the programme country. The final version of the application must be submitted by the UK partner.
- Partnerships may be one-to-one or involve a consortium (i.e. a small group of universities/institutions either from the UK or partner country).
- The partnership should allow for sharing best practice and learning from enterprise education and skills development for all parties.
How to Apply
Applicants can fill out the online application form via given website.
For more information, please visit Creative Spark Partnership Fund.