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BRITISH COUNCIL BIENNIALS CONNECT GRANTS

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Application Deadline: September 22, 2024, 23:59 British Summer Time (BST).

LOCATION: United Kingdom

Applications for the latest round of our Biennials Connect Grants are now open. The Biennials Connect Grants support visual artists to participate in UK and international festivals and biennials. The grants directly benefit artists by facilitating opportunities for travel, the production of new work, networking, skill building, and showcasing. 

ELIGIBILITY:

Applications are welcome from UK biennials/festivals wanting to support contemporary international visual artists, and from international biennials/festivals in selected countries wanting to support contemporary UK visual artists.

Organisations applying must:

Be either:

UK biennials or festivals supporting international visual artists’ participation,
international biennials or festivals supporting visual artists’ participation from the UK,
or other visual arts organisations collaborating with a biennial/festival.

Be based in UK or an eligible international country (please see eligible countries below on the program website).

Be primarily a visual art biennial or festival. Multi-art biennials and festivals can apply but they must demonstrate a focus on visual arts within their programme.

Be supporting artists over the age of 18. If artist travel is included in the project, the artists must be able to travel internationally on valid passports (organisations must arrange travel, transport, accommodations, insurance and visas themselves). 

Be supporting artists you have either not previously worked with or supporting new projects with artists you have worked with before.

BENEFIT:

Eligible biennials/festivals can apply for grants of up to £5,000 and £10,000 to support visual artists’ participation in their festival.

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UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA GRADUATE FELLOWSHIP (UMGF)

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LOCATION: Canada

The University of Manitoba and the Faculty of Graduate Studies offer the University of Manitoba Graduate Fellowships (UMGFs). The fellowships are awarded annually to graduate students who have demonstrated intellectual ability and academic accomplishments. 

ELIGIBILITY:

Are enrolled in or plan to enroll in the Faculty of Graduate Studies at the University of Manitoba in either the Master’s or Ph.D. program as full-time students. Not including pre-Master’s or Occasional students, Master’s of Business Administration (MBA), Master of Finance (MFin), and Master of Supply Chain Management (MSCM). These graduate programs do not meet the eligibility criteria for Tri-Agency graduate student awards.

Minimum admission grade point average of 3.00 based on their admission to their current graduate program. Some departments require a higher GPA to be eligible;

Show great promise as researchers and as graduate students.

Are admitted to, or registered in, a program that is eligible for NSERC, SSHRC, or CIHR graduate student awards.

The UMGFs may be held in part or full for the first two years of the Master’s program (from the date of admission) and for the first four years of a Ph.D. program (from the date of admission).

2024-2025 academic year. UM Graduate students must be admitted & registered Full-Time in both September 2024 (202490 term) & January 2025 (202510 term) to be eligible for the 2024-2025 aid year.

Contact your home department regarding the deadline and application details for the 2024-2025 UMGF.

BENEFIT:

The fellowships, valued at $18,000 at the Ph.D. level and at $14,000 at the Master’s level

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