British Council is delighted to launch the International Collaboration Grants, a £3.5m programme of grants now available to support UK and overseas organisations to collaborate internationally. The International Collaboration Grants support UK and international organisations to work together on digital, face-to-face, and/or hybrid artistic projects. In Taiwan, we are collaborating with the National Culture and Arts Foundation (NCAF) to develop exciting cultural collaborations between UK and Taiwan arts organisations.

The grants are designed to support artists to make and develop creative artwork with their international peers and encourage new international partnerships and innovative ways of collaborating. Grants of £5k to 75k are available now to UK and international organisations. Applications must demonstrate genuine international collaboration and an explicit benefit to individual artists and international partners. Projects can address any subject or theme – but in Taiwan, we particularly invite collaborations that focus on gender, race, ethnicity, disability, inclusion, ageing and other areas of diversity.  

 

Grants announcement

The grant is awarded to Taipei Arts Festival in Taiwan and LIFT in London, UK on Bat Feast Lab, a two-year research and exhibition project. Inspired by the ancient Chinese ‘Imperial Manchurian Feast’ ceremony and contemporary fears around the viral controversy surrounding the bat, Bio Artist Kuang-Yi Ku and designer Robert Johnson will create work and public performance events which encourage audiences to confront issues, including racism, colonialism, nativism, environmentalism, food futures, genetic and biotechnologies, global fear, human and non-human relations. The project will culminate in a full exhibition and experience at both LIFT and Taipei Arts Festival in June and August-September 2024 respectively.

  • LIFT (June 2024): Bat Night Market 
    10 – 12 & 14 – 15 June, Science Gallery London
    Address: King’s College London, Guy’s Campus, Great Maze Pond, London SE1 9GU
    Please visit the event site for details and ticket information
  • Taipei Arts Festival (August - September 2024): Bat Night Market《蝙蝠祭》
    31 August, 10:00
    Exhibition - 10:00, 11:00, 12:00, 13:00, 14:00, 15:00 ※ Each session of the exhibition lasts one hour, and the last session ends at 16:00
    31 August, 18:30 
    During the performance, the audience is free to enter and exit. The latest recommended entry time is 20:00
    1 September, 18:30
    During the performance, the audience is free to enter and exit. The latest recommended entry time is 20:00
    Address: No. 1, Jiantan Road, Shilin District, Taipei
    Ticket is free, please reserve your seats here (starting from 1 July)

Please check out the full list of International Collaboration Grant recipients here.

Who can apply?

  • The grants are designed to support UK and international organisations to work on projects in partnership. The international organisations must be based in Taiwan (please refer to the other 44 countries / territories that are eligible to apply here)
  • Each project should include at least one UK-based organisation as part of the partnership.
  • Grant projects should be completed by 31 March 2023. 

Grants

  • Grants of £5k to 75k are available now to UK and international organisations. The grant will be paid to the UK partner on condition that the grant is distributed between them and the country partner/s.

Projects that will be considered for grants

Art forms

  • Proposed projects could include the following art forms: Film, Creative technology (including games, immersive, mixed, augmented and virtual reality), Literature, Visual Arts, Theatre and dance (including circus), Architecture, design & fashion (including craft), Music

Project types

  • Residencies, exhibitions, festivals, showcases, screening programmes, conferences, salons, creative use of archives, research & development of future project ideas

Subjects / Themes

  • Projects can address any subject or theme – but in Taiwan, we particularly invite collaborations that focus on gender, race, ethnicity, disability, inclusion, ageing and other areas of diversity

Application closing date

  • All applicants must submit their application digitally via the application link (available from 15 October) by 4 November 2021, 11:59 PM GMT (5 November 07:59 AM Taiwan Time),

Please visit the 'International Collaboration Grants' site for more information. 

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