British Council Digital Collaboration Fund 2020

Deadline: 18 November 2020
Open to: arts and culture organizations and higher education organizations with an arts and culture focus
Benefits: grants of between GBP 10-20.000 and GBP 40-50.000

Description:

Applications are open for the British Council Digital Collaboration Fund 2020. British Council is offering grants of up to GBP 50.000 to organizations in the UK and selected countries overseas to collaborate digitally on international projects.

British Council has always supported international artistic collaboration through their work. In response to increasing restrictions on global travel due to COVID-19, and rising concerns about the sustainability of face-to-face collaborations, they are now looking for new ways to foster these international connections.

The Digital Collaboration Fund aims to address this challenge. Through a series of grants, they are supporting organisations to devise new virtual ways of working internationally, in turn creating a climate-friendly approach to international collaboration and artistic exchange.

Eligibility

Open to arts and culture organizations and higher education organizations with an arts and culture focus.
Applications must be a partnership between at least one UK organization and one organization based in one of the countries listed below.
There must be one lead applicant, but this does not need to be the UK organization.
Whilst the funds are designed to benefit the artistic community, applications will only be accepted from legally registered organizations and collectives. Applicants must have a registered business bank account.
They will accept applications for multilateral projects, with the focus on the programme being delivered mutually across the UK and in overseas countries.
In general, funding should be split 60/40 between the UK and the other countries. The lead partner should get no more than 60% of the funding and at least 40% of funding should be distributed in one or more of the countries listed below.

Eligible Countries

UK in partnership with:

Afghanistan, Algeria, Argentina, Bangladesh, Brazil, China, Colombia, Cuba, Egypt, Ethiopia, Georgia, Ghana, Indonesia, Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kenya, Lebanon, Libya, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Nepal, Nigeria, Occupied Palestinian Territories, Pakistan, Peru, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Syria, Tanzania, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, Venezuela, Vietnam, Western Balkans (Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia) Yemen, Zimbabwe.

Benefits

There are grants of between GBP 10-20.000 and GBP 40-50.000 available in the following three areas:

Research and development grants: to research and develop proposals for new virtual collaboration projects.
Restart grants: for existing projects that are currently on pause due to COVID-19, to help organizations restart them via digital means.
Collaboration grants: for new projects with a focus on virtual collaboration and other new ways of working.

Applicants can either apply for a small or large grant for projects that align with the three areas above. The funding will be allocated as follows:

Small grants of GBP 10-20.000 – 4 grants awarded per area (12 total)
Large grants GBP 40-50.000 – 5 grants awarded per area (15 total)

How to apply?

For more information, please visit the official web page.

British Council Digital Collaboration Fund 2020