Deadline: 6-Feb-22
Applications are now open for the Swiss Cultural Fund UK (SCFUK) to support emerging and established Swiss artistic talents in the United Kingdom.
The Swiss Cultural Fund UK (SCF) supports Swiss cultural interventions across many artistic fields to British audiences and contributes to an intercultural dialogue between Switzerland and the United Kingdom.
The Fund champions most artistic genres, from music to design, the visual arts to performance and architecture to literature, enabling both emerging and established artists to present themselves to the public through a wide range of cultural institutions and venues in the United Kingdom.
Purpose
SCFUK processes personal data for the following purposes:
- to comply with company and charity administration obligations;
- to conduct fundraising activities for the benefit of artists with a Swiss link and Swiss culture in the UK in general;
- to maintain its financial accounts and records, including the processing of Gift Aid donations;
- to manage cultural projects for which it offers support, and applications for such projects;
- to consolidate the standing of SCFUK in the UK; and
- to respond efficiently to enquiries about SCFUK activities, services and funding possibilities for artists and cultural projects.
Funding Information
Please note that support for one artist or organization will generally not exceed £3000 over two consecutive financial years.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants must fulfil the following criteria in order to be considered:
- Applicants must be Swiss nationals or must have been living in Switzerland for at least five years and have a proven track record.
- Artists can only apply once they have a project planned with a well-established and recognized not-for-profit cultural organization or venue in the UK.
- Priority is given to emerging artists who are at the beginning of their career.
- Artists who are students will not be supported by means of a bursary or similar grant.
- Venues / institutions may apply on behalf of the Swiss artist(s) they are presenting.
- When applying on behalf of Swiss artists, venues / institutions must specify how they intend to allocate the funding they apply for.
- The Project must:
- Demonstrate a high standard of artistic quality or specialist skill
- Be innovative in subject and professional in implementation
- Be accessible to the public
- Promote sustainability and be socially inclusive
- Demonstrate an appropriate cost-benefit ratio
- Be submitted in ENGLISH and one month prior to its start date
- Be submitted by the relevant deadline. Applications submitted at a later stage cannot be considered.
For more information, visit https://www.swissculturalfund.org.uk/apply