Deadline: 02-Sep-2024
The British Council is pleased to announce the Connections Through Culture grants that support creative collaborations between Asia-Pacific and the UK.
Their Connections Through Culture grants help artists and cultural organisations to bring their ideas to life – with projects eligible at any stage of development and across artforms. The collaborative projects can include digital, face-to-face, and hybrid artistic projects.
Theme
- They accept applications from all artforms, however, proposals responding to the following themes may be prioritised during final decision making.
- Diversity and Inclusion.
- Climate Change.
Funding Information
- Australia, New Zealand
- Up to £5,000
- Bangladesh, the mainland of China, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Viet Nam
- Up to £10,000
Eligibility Criteria
- Each application must comprise of at least one (1) UK partner and one (1) Asia-Pacific partner from countries listed in the table above
- Organisation applicants should be registered in the UK or in any of the listed Asia-Pacific countries (Australia, Bangladesh, the mainland of China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, New Zealand, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Viet Nam).
- Asia-Pacific individual applicants should be nationals living inside any of the listed Asia-Pacific countries (Australia, Bangladesh, the mainland of China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, New Zealand, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, and Viet Nam).
- UK individuals should be living and/or working in the UK at the time of the application and for the proposed project duration.
- Thailand: Due to their office’s foundation status in Thailand, grants can only be processed through the Thai partner (Lead Applicant or Counterpart Applicant) of the CTC UK-Thailand grants.
- Funding bodies are not eligible
- The size of grant requested is within the thresholds of funding as in the table above
- Project proposals should have a timeline ending no later than 31 October 2025
For more information, visit Culture Helps.