Deadline: September 14, 2025.

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. 

ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA

Before making your application, please read the Application Toolkit and ensure your application meets these conditions:   

Organisations applying must: 

• be one of the following:
  • 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 downloads below for the full list of eligible countries)
• be primarily a visual art biennial or festival. Multi-arts 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
• share the British Council’s commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) and will embed best EDI practices into the activity 
• share the British Council’s commitment to paying artists fairly and will ensure artists are fairly compensated for their participation. 

GRANT

They have up to £9,500 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.

They have up to £5,000 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 

* International biennials/festivals must be based in eligible countries.

APPLICATION

1. Applications should be submitted online and you’ll need to create a free account to complete your application. 
2. An application must be submitted by one lead applicant. The form has collaboration enabled so you will be able to invite your project partner to collaborate on the form. 
3. If you would like an offline version of the application form, you can download one from the list below. However, all applications must be made online via Good Grants. The offline form is a sample and may not reflect the final form you must complete. This will be dependent on your answers to some questions.

Find more information on the OFFICIAL WEBSITE