Connections Through Culture (CTC) grants are designed to enable meaningful partnerships, cross-cultural exchange and long-term collaboration between the UK and participating countries.  

Grants of between £5,000 and £15,000 are available to support creative practitioners, cultural professionals, artists, organisations, festivals, biennials, hubs and collectives to develop and deliver projects across a range of themes and art forms. 

Eligible activity may include:  

• Co-creation and collaborative* artistic development
• Residencies and exchanges
• Workshops, panels, talks and knowledge-sharing activity
• Research and development
• Collaborative exhibitions, performances, presentations and showcases
• Festivals and biennials activity
• Digital innovation
• Showcasing activity (including biennale and festival participation, where the showcase constitutes a collaborative project between partners in the UK and participating countries)
• Public programmes and audience engagement
• Artist, designer, practitioner or participant development
• Capacity building and shared learning
• Interdisciplinary or cross-artform activity