Funding

International funding


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EUCLID

Website: www.euclid.info
Website: www.culture.info

Huge collection of information on EU and European funding, country guides, EU funding guides and deadlines for funding and training, with links to relevant sites.
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HMRC (Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs)

Tel: 0845 010 9000
Tel: Self assessment helpline: 0845 60 55 999
Website: www.hmrc.gov.uk
Website: www.hmrc.gov.uk/bst

Government department (amalgamation of old Customs and Excise with Inland Revenue) responsibile both for collecting personal taxation and customs tariffs. Provides comprehensive information on its functions and your legal responsibilities in paying tax. Services for UK companies trading overseas with little or no exporting experience, from initial queries and market research to advice on finding the right contacts, export procedures and legal issues. Information on VAT and exporting of artworks, national insurance, statutory maternity leave, sick pay and all other personal tax matters. It is your responsibility to register if you are self-employed, by telephoning your nearest office or checking the site - your tax office will then send you the relevant forms and on receipt of them will issue you with a tax reference number. For enquiries or help with your tax return outside office hours, telephone 0645 000 444 or see the IR website for general guidance. Local Business Support Teams (for businesses, as opposed to freelancers/sole traders) provide help and advice to new or small businesses and employers, on topics such as payroll, employment and tax. Free workshops and one to one consultations are available.
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Arts Council England - London

2 Pear Tree Court, London EC1R 0DS — Google Maps
Tel: 0845 300 6200
Fax: 020 7608 4100
Minicom: 020 7608 4101
Website: www.artscouncil.org.uk

London's Government-funded visual art and crafts funders, Arts Council England supplies monies via its Grants for the Arts programme, recently cut by 35% in the face of money being redirected by government to the Olympics, making this even more competitive. They run free seminars to answer your questions, and their website (above) provides further advice. In 2003/04, Grants for the Arts distributed £1.78 million to individual artists working in London through 316 awards (and £7.4 million to organisations through 445 awards, and £4 million for touring through 97 awards). In all, ACE received 2,500 application, including some that were ineligible. ACE are currently working to encourage more applications from freelance curators, project organisers and critics, who are currently under-represented in the funding allocation. Eligible projects include research and development, travel (including international), networking events and independent projects. They are also keen to support activities promoting critical debate on the production and presentation of contemporary visual art; for example, events, seminars, conferences, publications (paper based / electronic), periodicals, catalogues and artists' books.
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The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation

98 Portland Place, London W1B 1ET — Google Maps
Tel: 020 7636 5313
Fax: 020 7908 7580
Email:
Website: www.gulbenkian.org.uk
Website: www.gulbenkian.org.uk/innovation-fund

At present (2009) no more funding is available for individuals. The only funding they can provide is for not-for-profit organisations that can apply for Research and Development funding for a new idea that will enable them to work together with other organisations or experts outside their usual practice, or to enable them to undertake active research into areas they would not normally have the time or money to explore.
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Winston Churchill Memorial Trust Fellowships

Winston Churchill Memorial Trust, 15 Queen's Gate Terrace, London SW7 5PR — Google Maps
Email:
Website: www.wcmt.org.uk

The Winston Churchill Trust was set up after Churchill's death by public subscriptions to fund Travelling Fellowships. All British Citizens are eligible for the annual awards. The Fellowships are intended to enable men and women from all walks of life to acquire knowledge and experience abroad. Churchill Fellows can be of any age and in any occupation. Everyone has an equal chance; a lack of qualifications is not a bar to an award as every application is judged on the worth of the individual and the merit of the project. Past award winners have included nurses, artists, scientists, engineers, farmers, conservationists, carers, craft workers, artisans, members of the emergency services, sportsmen and women and people with disabilities. Successful applicants receive a grant to cover all your Fellowship expenses: return air fare, daily living, travel within the countries being visited and, in exceptional cases, certain home expenses. In 2000, the Trust awarded grants in excess of £600,000. You will also be insured against accident, medical expenses and loss of baggage while you are away. Grants usually cover a stay overseas of 4-12 weeks. Categories for applications vary - and change every year - but include, in Performing and Creative Arts, choreographers, composers, writers, painters and sculptors. In 2010 applications open in March and close in October.
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Ars Electronica - International Competition for Cyberarts

Ars Electronica Linz GmbH, Hauptstraße 2, 4040 Linz Austria — Google Maps
Tel: 0043 732 727279
Fax: 0043 732 7272674
Email:
Website: www.aec.at/humannature/en

Organised by the Austrian Broadcasting Company, Upper Austrian Regional Studio. Artists, scientists, researchers and developers are invited to participate in the annual 'cyberarts' competition in its categories available on the website.
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Belluard Bollwerk International

PO Box CH - 1701, Fribourg, Switzerland — Google Maps
Tel: 00 41 26 321 2420
Fax: 00 41 26 321 2421
Email:
Website: www.belluard.ch

The Belluard Bollwerk International started in 1983, and produces and presents projects in all fields of contemporary visual art in Fribourg, Switzerland. An annual contest commissions work to be produced, with artists invited to present it in Switzerland.
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Culture 2007

Website: www.culture2007.info

The main funding programme from the EU is Culture 2007, which replaced the old Culture 2000 programme in 2006. The first call for applications will be in early 2007 with more to follow with the next few years.
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European Cultural Foundation Grants Programme

Esther Claassen, Grants Administrator
Funding Unit, European Cultural Foundation, Jan van Goyenkade 5, 1075 HN Amsterdam, The Netherlands — Google Maps
Tel: 00 31 20 676 0222
Fax: 00 31 20 675 2231
Email:
Website: www.eurocult.org

An independent foundation, the European Cultural Foundation aims to contribute to an open and democratic Europe that respects the basic human rights and cultural diversity of its people. It also aims to enhance the profile of culture in a European context.
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Funders Online / European Foundation Centre

51 rue de la Concorde, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium — Google Maps
Tel: 00 32 2 512 8938
Fax: 00 32 2 512 3265
Email:
Website: www.fundersonline.org

Funders Online is an initiative of the European Foundation Centre Orpheus Programme. The mission of the European Foundation Centre (EFC) is to promote and underpin the work of foundations and corporate funders in the New Europe. Orpheus, the information and communications programme of the EFC, provides a public record and a public information service on foundations and corporate funders active in Europe. Funders Online operates from the European Foundation Centre.
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Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation

43 North Audley Street, London W1K 6WH — Google Maps
Tel: 020 7355 2229
Fax: 020 7355 2230
Email:
Website: www.gbsf.org.uk

The Foundation aims to develop good relations between the United Kingdom and Japan by advancing the education of the people of both nations in each other's culture, society and achievements. It seeks to promote mutual understanding and co-operation through financial support for activities including education, Japanese language, arts and culture, and humanities and social sciences. The Foundation's awards are intended to provide "pump-priming" and not core funding of projects, but even small grants have enabled a wide range of projects to reach fruition, such as exhibitions, performances and creative productions by artists, musicians, film-makers, writers and theatre groups. In advance of any formal application, Foundation staff are always ready to discuss projects with the organisation or individual concerned over the telephone, or, if possible, in person. See their website for more information and online application forms (their preferred method of application).
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Gunk Foundation Public Art Awards

Applications: Nadine Lemmon, Grants Coordinator The Gunk Foundation, P.O. Box 333 Gardiner, NY 12525, New York, USA — Google Maps
Email:
Website: www.gunk.org/criteria.html
Website: www.gunk.org/how_to_apply.html
Website: www.gunk.org/philosophy.html

The Gunk Foundation is a charitable operating foundation that was established in December 1994 to provide a counterbalance to the recent, disturbing trends in funding for intellectual endeavours. Deadline: 30 April annually
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KynnysKINO: International Film Competition

Information: Jaana Arvisto, The Threshold Association, Yliopistonkatu 9 b, 20100 Turku — Google Maps
Fax: Tel: 00 358 2 251 9524
Email:
Website: www.kynnys.fi

KynnysKINO film festival is a forum for alternative points of view on the human mind and body. In 1997, the first KynnysKINO dealt with 'perfection and imperfection', after that they featured 'the depths of insanity and passion'. First prize is €500.
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ROSL ARTS (Royal Over-Seas League)

Over-Seas House, Park Place, St James's Street, London SW1A 1LR — Google Maps
Tel: 020 7408 0214
Fax: 020 7499 6738
Email:
Website: www.roslarts.org.uk

ROSL arts offers a scholarship (maximum value £3,000) for an artist of up to 35 years of age to spend four weeks in a Commonwealth country of their choice. From 2006 the travel Scholarships are no longer awarded from open submission, nominations are solicited from selected visual arts institutions instead. It is not possible for artists to canvas these institutions.
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The Commonwealth Foundation

Marlborough House, Pall Mall, London SW1Y 5HY — Google Maps
Tel: 020 7930 3783
Fax: 020 7839 8157
Email:
Website: www.commonwealthfoundation.com/information/infosheet.cfm?id=93

The Foundation promotes the arts and culture across the Commonwealth. Several awards are available. Information and application pack can be found on their website.
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The Franklin Furnace Award for Performance Art

2003 Proposals, Franklin Furnace Archive, Inc., 45 John Street, Room #611, New York, NY 10038 — Google Maps
Tel: 00 1 212 766 2606
Fax: 00 1 212 766 2740
Email:
Website: www.franklinfurnace.org

Supported by Jerome Foundation and the New York State Council on the Arts, Franklin Furnace awards grants between $2,000 and $5,000 to performance artists, allowing them to produce major works anywhere in the State of New York. Artists from all areas of the world are invited to apply. Franklin Furnace offers artists an honorarium (this year of $5,000) and a residency facilitated by Franklin Furnace, for a 2-4 month duration at a physical or online venue appropriate to your proposed work. For THE FUTURE OF THE PRESENT 2003, they want to continue to expand the technology available to their artists through Parsons and beyond. The residencies may take place in the Spring or Fall of 2003. Artists who are interested in developing new artwork for the Internet are encouraged to apply.
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UNESCO-Aschberg Bursaries for Young Artists

UNESCO-Aschberg, International Fund for the Promotion of Culture, 1, rue Miollis, 75732 Paris Cedex 15 France — Google Maps
Website: portal.unesco.org/culture/en/ev.php-URL_ID=25909&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html

The annual UNESCO-Aschberg Bursaries for artists program aims to promote the professional growth of young artists in different disciplines, through opportunities for further training and residencies in 29 countries. The Programme offers residencies to young artists (between 25 and 35 years old) worldwide. Check on their website the partner organization where the residencies will be based.
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WWIK

Information from: Kunstenaars&CO, Nieuwe Herengracht 119, 1011 SB Amsterdam, Netherlands — Google Maps
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Website: www.artquest.org.uk/international/international-funding.htm

WWIK, or the Work and Income Provisions for Artists (Wet Werk en inkomen kunstenaars) provides temporary financial support for artists resident in the Netherlands. It provides up to 70% of the guaranteed minimum income and can be provided for up to 48 months spread over 10 years, with the aim of allowing artists to establish professional careers. You can do extra work and have no job seeking obligations.
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Fulbright Awards Programme

Distinguished Scholar Awards, Fulbright Commission, 62 Doughty Street, London W1N 2JZ — Google Maps
Tel: 020 7404 6994
Fax: 020 7404 6874
Email:
Website: www.fulbright.co.uk

The Fulbright Commission, an independent foundation which funds international students to study in the USA. It invites applications once a year to facilitate research and/or lecturing in the USA for a minimum of 8 months. Applicants must be EU citizens normally resident in the UK and have, or expect to obtain, an undergraduate degree (minimum 2.1 award). Applicants must draw up a detailed project outline and provide evidence that a US institution will agree to act as host and supervisor. Lecturers and researchers must supply proof of US affiliation and details of its nature. Two £15,000 awards are available.
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The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation

13/14 Cornwall Terrace, London NW1 4QP — Google Maps
Tel: 020 7486 4348
Email:
Website: www.dajf.org.uk

Daiwa Foundation Small Grants are available from £1,000- £5,000 to individuals, societies, associations or other bodies in the UK or Japan to promote and support interaction between the two countries. Grants can cover all fields of activity, including educational and grassroots exchanges, research travel, exhibitions, and other projects and events that fulfil this broad objective. There are two application deadlines each year, 31 March and 30 September.
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