International Collaboration Grants

Supporting UK and overseas organisations to make connections and create new work around the world.

Our International Collaboration Grants were open, for the second time, between 31 January and 30 April 2024. Applications are now closed and grantees will be announced in late October.

The programme supports the creation of new cultural collaborations between UK artists, arts professionals and organisations and their peers around the world.

Our International Collaboration Grants encourage new bilateral and multilateral partnerships, providing funding to enable organisations to make and develop creative artwork with their international peers, and help individual artists find innovative ways of collaborating. Grants range from £25,000 to £75,000.

Participating countries

Each project should include at least one UK-based organisation and one organisation based in the countries listed below as part of the partnership.

Albania, Algeria, Argentina, Bangladesh, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Brazil, Mainland China, Colombia, Cuba, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kosovo, Lebanon, Libya, Malaysia, Montenegro, Mexico, Morocco, Myanmar, Nepal, Nigeria, North Macedonia, Occupied Palestinian Territories, Pakistan, Peru, Philippines, Serbia, Senegal, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Syria, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen and Zimbabwe.

Case studies for grantees

Our recent research study, Cultural Relations in Action, presents case studies and explores collaboration formed as a result of previous International Collaboration Grants and contains useful insights and learnings for our 2024 cohort of grantees.

Watch our online information session

In February 2024 we ran a webinar, inviting prospective applicants to join us for an overview of the International Collaboration Grants programme. Watch the recording of the session below.

Download the presentation to accompany the information session.

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