Our International Collaboration Grants 2024 are now open for the second time. This £1 million grants programme supports the creation of new cultural collaborations between UK artists, arts professionals and organisations and their peers around the world. | British Council International Collaboration Grants 2024
The Grant/Fund:
Our International Collaboration Grants encourage new bilateral and multilateral partnerships, providing funding to enable organisations to make and develop creative artwork with their international peers, and help individual artists find innovative ways of collaborating.
Available grants range between £25,000 and £75,000 and are now open for application.
Applications close: 30 April 2024, 23.59 (GMT)
Participating countries
Each project should include at least one UK-based organisation and one organisation based in the countries listed below as part of the partnership.
Albania, Algeria, Argentina, Bangladesh, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Brazil, Mainland China, Colombia, Cuba, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kosovo, Lebanon, Libya, Malaysia, Montenegro, Mexico, Morocco, Myanmar, Nepal, Nigeria, North Macedonia, Occupied Palestinian Territories, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Serbia, Senegal, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Syria, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen and Zimbabwe.
We are looking for applications that demonstrate genuine international collaboration, an explicit benefit to individual artists and international partners. The programme is designed to support artists to make and develop creative artwork with their international peers and demonstrate clear benefits to individual artists and international collaborators to create new arts projects.
Eligibility:
- The grants are designed to support officially registered organisations, based in the eligible countries and territories, and the UK to work on projects in partnership. Each project should include at least one UK-based organisation and at least one organisation based in eligible countries or territories listed below as part of the partnership.
- We will accept applications for multilateral projects and projects with more than one partner in the same country, with the focus on the programme being delivered mutually. However, the funding should be split between the UK and overseas countries and territories, with at least 50% of the funding benefiting non-UK partners.
- An additional partner, on top of the minimum two, from a non-eligible country or territory can take part in the project but cannot receive grant funding.
- Grants will be awarded to organisations – including consortia, community-based and artist-led – and we will particularly be looking for those that identify specific individual artists for inclusion in the project.
- All collaborating organisations must have a registered business bank account that belongs to an organisation and all necessary registrations in place according to local legislation in which your project will be delivered. For example, all Indian applications must comply in advance with the applicable FCRA regulations; UK-based companies must have a company registration number.
- An application should be submitted by one organisation working collaboratively with all the partners.
Application
All applications must be submitted via the online application form by 30 April 2024, 23.59 (GMT).
An application should be submitted by one organisation working collaboratively with all the partners. An application for one collaboration project can be submitted only once by one partner.
You will need to create a free Submittable account or sign in with Google or Facebook credentials to submit your application form. This form has collaboration enabled so you will be able to invite your project partner to collaborate on the form – the link is visible on the top right-hand corner named ‘Invite Collaborators’.
