Just to add to Simon's excellent summary, I have it from an excellent source that the AHRC budget is just about to be cut by 50%. Frankly you're better off buying a lottery ticket. Grim days.
--- On Tue, 23/11/10, dave miller <dave.miller...@gmail.com> wrote: From: dave miller <dave.miller...@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [NetBehaviour] funding opportunities To: "NetBehaviour for networked distributed creativity" <netbehaviour@netbehaviour.org> Date: Tuesday, 23 November, 2010, 21:07 thanks for the helpful info Simon, that's very useful - I think the Creative Arts Fellowship programme was the one dave On 23 November 2010 17:39, Simon Biggs <s.bi...@eca.ac.uk> wrote: > The key thing you need to know is that the AHRC only funds research (which > can include practice based work) undertaken by permanent employees of > recognised research institutions (Universities, other HEI's and some > national museums and research institutes). Artists cannot apply. For art > projects you go to your regional arts council. > > What artists can do is develop something like a Fellowship proposal with > somebody who is employed in a University. These can be for up to 9 months. > They require the proposed fellow, who will be hosted by the institution, has > a PhD or experience equivalent to that (this is undefined but usually means > something like 6 years professional experience with a track record of > exhibitions, publications and conference presentations). An early career > fellowship allows those with less experience (but still of post-doc > standing) to apply for similar funds - but then these fellows have a mentor. > > There use to be a Creative Arts Fellowship programme but that was > discontinued last year. Bummer. It was a brilliant programme and probably > the one you have been told about. > > Best > > Simon > > > Simon Biggs > s.bi...@eca.ac.uk si...@littlepig.org.uk > Skype: simonbiggsuk > http://www.littlepig.org.uk/ > > Research Professor edinburgh college of art > http://www.eca.ac.uk/ > Creative Interdisciplinary Research in CoLlaborative Environments > http://www.eca.ac.uk/circle/ > Electronic Literature as a Model of Creativity and Innovation in Practice > http://www.elmcip.net/ > Centre for Film, Performance and Media Arts > http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/film-performance-media-arts > > >> From: dave miller <dave.miller...@gmail.com> >> Reply-To: NetBehaviour for networked distributed creativity >> <netbehaviour@netbehaviour.org> >> Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2010 17:01:22 +0000 >> To: NetBehaviour for networked distributed creativity >> <netbehaviour@netbehaviour.org> >> Subject: [NetBehaviour] funding opportunities >> >> The other day someone told me about the AHRC and that they have grants >> for digital art. It struck me that this could be a solution to my >> problem of doing part-time jobs to make ends meet, which leaves me >> tired and without enough time for creative work. >> >> To get funding to concentrate on creative work sounds perfect. Or is >> it? Seems to me the funding gives you credibility as well as money. >> >> Here's the AHRC website: >> http://www.ahrc.ac.uk/FundingOpportunities/Pages/default.aspx >> >> Does anyone on this list have experience of doing this? >> Is it very difficult to get funding? Do you have to be very established? >> >> cheers, dave >> _______________________________________________ >> NetBehaviour mailing list >> NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org >> http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > > > > Edinburgh College of Art (eca) is a charity registered in Scotland, number > SC009201 > > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list NetBehaviour@netbehaviour.org http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
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