British Council Biennials Connect Grants 2025
The British Council Biennials Connect Grants are now offering grants of up to 9,500 GBP to UK and international biennials/festivals in eligible countries.
Biennials Connect Grants support visual artists’ participation in UK and international festivals and biennials. The grants directly benefit artists by facilitating opportunities for travel, the production of new work, networking, skills building and showcasing through biennial partners.
The core activity or biennial/festival presentation will be from February 2026. The final activity and evaluation must take place before February 2027. Grant applications can be made for projects involving multiple artists, but only one application per biennial organisation can be submitted. Festivals can receive a maximum of one Biennials Connect Grant per edition.
Eligibility
The Biennials Connect Grants are open to UK (England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales) and international biennials, festivals and art organisations. Individual artists are not eligible to apply.
International biennials/festivals must be based in eligible countries (organisations and artists based in countries which are Official Development Assistance recipients are a priority), including the following ASEM countries:
China, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Viet Nam, Thailand, Australia, Japan, Korea, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Poland, Romania and Spain.
Grant
9,500 GBP available for:
- UK biennials/festivals collaborating with visual artists based in ODA countries
- international biennials/festivals based in ODA countries collaborating with visual artists in the UK.
5,000 GBP available for:
- UK biennials/festivals collaborating with visual artists based in non-ODA countries
- international biennials/festivals based in non-ODA countries collaborating with visual artists in the UK
Biennials Connect Grants application guidelines
Deadline: 14 September 2025