Artists’ International Development Fund – United Kingdom

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. The aim of the programme is to support individual international developmental opportunities for talent and artistic excellence from Northern Ireland and, thereby, enhance Northern Ireland’s international artistic development, reputation and standing.

Funding Information

• Artists and organisations are able to apply for small grants from £1,000 to £7,000.
• Duration: The Artists International Development Fund will only fund proposals that will take place between 1 October 2023 and 30 September 2024.

Eligibility Criteria

• Eligible applicants to SIAP 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.
  • 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.
    • 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:
  • 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 18 yrs old and not in secondary education.
• AIDF applicants must also:
  • have received recognition for their work in Northern Ireland;
  • not have had extensive international experience;
  • whose work will benefit from launching better international networks – either artistically or in terms of developing an audience for their work; and,
  • who can demonstrate an interest in their work from an overseas partner/host.
• Individual artists, including creative producers, curators and editors, can apply.

Ineligible

• Applicants who have broken the conditions of any previous ACNI award and applicants who remain in breach of any previous letters of offer (regardless of the letter of offer date).
• Applicants who have already received an award within the previous 12 months, under the scheme to which they are applying. This 12-month period runs from the date of the previous award letter.
• Students, for projects related to their course of study or their tuition fees (by student they mean a person following a course of study in a school, a college or a university).
• Small groups who cannot demonstrate that they have a history of working collaboratively.

For more information, visit Arts Council of Northern Ireland.