Artists’ International Development Fund – United Kingdom

Artists’ International Development Fund – United Kingdom

This programme is one of a number of Support for Individual Artists Programme schemes currently open for application.

You may apply to more than one scheme but you will only be awarded one grant in any funding round. If you choose to apply to more than one scheme:

You must complete a separate application form for each scheme

The projects within each application must be significantly different.

The Artists’ International Development Fund (AIDF) is an annual programme jointly funded by the British Council and Arts Council of Northern Ireland and is open to individual artists and organisations.

Programme Aims

The programme will support early-stage international development opportunities for individual, freelance and self-employed artists and organisations based in Northern Ireland.

It will afford recipients the opportunity to spend time building links with artists, organisations and/or creative producers in another country.

Who can apply?

Eligible applicants to the Artists' International Development Fund are as follows:

Artists of all disciplines and in all types of working practice (including DJs) In a limited number of cases, individual technical staff/administrators of professional artistic companies may also be eligible.

Emerging artists: The Arts Council particularly welcomes applications from emerging artists - an emerging artist is someone who is in the early stage of their career as a professional artist. They are developing their artist ‘voice’ and are in the process of establishing a reputation and recognition among critics, galleries, producers etc, and will have practised as a professional artist for less than 5 years.

Employees of statutory bodies , undergraduates and postgraduates are eligible to apply but they must prove that the funds which they are seeking are for work/costs which are not properly the concern of their employer and/or are not related to their work or academic study. They must submit evidence of this in the form of a letter on headed paper from their Head of Department.

In the case of post-graduate students, the letter must clearly state the title of the student’s PhD thesis and include a declaration by the Head of Department. This declaration must state “The project for which funds are being sought does not form part of any academic work undertaken in relation to the above-titled PhD nor will it be assessed as part of any academic course”.

Applicants undertaking a Masters or a PhD must also include a separate statement which provides information on how the project applied for differs from their Masters or PhD work.

Eligible applicants must also be

Have made a contribution to artistic activities in Northern Ireland for a minimum period of 1 year within the last 5 years.

Live

in Northern Ireland

Be at least 18yrs old and not in secondary education.

What you can apply for

Project assistance

Art materials

”Buying time” to replace other earned income costs lost due to time spent on the intended project/creating new work.* Eg, if you were taking unpaid leave from work to spend time on the proposed project.

Residency costs (NB. Only via specific schemes)

Artistic or technical fees including those towards production or post-production costs associated with presentation or exhibition of work

Venue hire e.g. rehearsal space

Project-related travel costs, including mileage costs (@25.7p per mile) and air travel

Subsistence costs @ £25 per day

Technical equipment related to the project/proposal (equipment requests cannot comprise more than 50% of the value of your request

IT Equipment**: (equipment requests cannot comprise more than 50% of the value of your request; a maximum contribution of £1,200 will be made towards laptops and pcs, and £500 towards tablet computers)

* If you are applying for loss of earnings the Arts Council acknowledges an average of up to £125 per day as a set contribution. We will not award a higher rate per day, so you should apply for costs on that basis if you are applying for replacement costs for up to 5 working days.

If you are applying to “buy time” for a period longer than 5 working days you should set a weekly/monthly rate which reflects a lower per diem cost. You should set out clearly how you have costed your time. It is unlikely that the Arts Council will be able to cover the full value of the replacement costs but will aim to make a contribution towards it.

** If you are including costs for technical or creative equipment as part of your application it’s important you tell us:

Why the equipment is necessary for the project and appropriate for your needs

Why buying equipment is more appropriate than hiring it, where applicable

Your plans for continued use of the asset after the end of the project

Your plans for maintenance, storage and insurance, and any additional ongoing costs after the project ends

How to Apply

For more information and job application details, see; Artists’ International Development Fund – United Kingdom

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