Crafting Futures India - UK Collaboration Scheme

The British Council will award grants of £10,000 or £20,000, depending on the application and project proposal. Each application must be jointly submitted and have a Primary Applicant based in India and a secondary applicant based in the UK.  

The Grant supports projects that fall under one or more of these themes:

• What are new ecosystems for craft? How can traditional skills, contemporary design and enterprise come together to create new systems?
• How can craft be a route to women’s empowerment and leadership?
• How can craft address global environmental challenges?
• How can craft tourism ensure craft is widely appreciated?
• What possibilities does digital technology bring to craft?

Your projects will need to take place between January 2020 and March 2021.

• Each proposal must have one Primary Applicant from India and one Secondary Applicant from the UK. Only joint applications will be considered;
• Applications must come from organisations and not individuals; and 
• Projects must take place in India.

If you want to apply but do not have a network or contacts in the UK or India, we have set up an online portal where you can find a partner. It’s simple: submit your organisation’s details and the themes you are interested to collaborate on, and once the portal closes you will receive a list of other organisations interested in the same themes. You will be responsible for getting in touch with the organisations you want to connect with and setting up a collaboration in order to submit a joint application together through the application portal.

You an access the portal here. The portal will close on 23 September 2019 at 23.59 India Standard Time (IST), and you will be connected to potential partners within 5 working days. 

Read the full open call document given in the 'Downloads' section below. 

Complete and submit your application online HERE by 11 November 2019, 23.59  India Standard Time (IST).

To gain a better understanding and insight into what we are looking for, attend one of our online briefing sessions on:

• 5 September, 3PM IST / 10.30AM GMT
• 12 September, 3PM IST / 10.30AM GMT
• 25 September, 3PM IST / 10.30AM GMT
• 16 October, 3PM IST / 10.30AM GMT

You can join via zoom on the day: https://zoom.us/j/622344756

If you have not used Zoom before, read the instructions on how to use it and download the application here.