British Council Biennials Connect Grants 2025 (up to £9,500) – YOA

Deadline: September 14, 2025

Applications are open for the British Council Biennials Connect Grants 2025. The Biennials Connect Grants are actually providing grants of up to £9,500 to UK and worldwide biennials/festivals in eligible international locations. Biennials Connect Grants help visible artists’ participation in UK and worldwide festivals and biennials. The grants instantly profit artists by facilitating alternatives for journey, the manufacturing of latest work, networking, expertise constructing and showcasing via biennial companions.

Priority can be given to tasks that:

• foster collaboration between UK-primarily based and worldwide artists, curators, arts organisations and / or festivals and biennials
• contain visible artists within the early or mid levels of their profession
• are initiated by or partaking with organisations and artists primarily based in international locations that are Official Development Assistance (ODA) recipients. These tasks can apply for grants of up to £9,500. They anticipate to award up to eight grants to ODA associated tasks.

Grants

They have up to £9,500 accessible for: 

• UK biennials/festivals collaborating with visible artists primarily based in ODA international locations 
• worldwide biennials/festivals primarily based in ODA international locations collaborating with visible artists within the UK.

They have up to £5,000 accessible for:

• UK biennials/festivals collaborating with visible artists primarily based in non-ODA international locations 
• worldwide biennials/festivals primarily based in non-ODA international locations collaborating with visible artists within the UK

Eligibility

• Open to UK (England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales) and worldwide biennials, festivals and artwork organisations. Individual artists usually are not eligible to apply. 
• International biennials / festivals should be primarily based in eligible international locations.

Application

Applications needs to be submitted on-line and also you’ll want to create a free account to full your application. An application should be submitted by one lead applicant. The kind has collaboration enabled so it is possible for you to to invite your challenge companion to collaborate on the shape. 

Click here to apply

For extra info, go to British Council Biennials Connect Grants.