{"id":6572,"date":"2026-07-01T09:23:50","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T08:23:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/distil\/?p=6572"},"modified":"2026-07-01T09:23:51","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T08:23:51","slug":"applications-are-now-open-for-the-british-council-connections-through-culture-2026-apply-by-12-august","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/distil\/applications-are-now-open-for-the-british-council-connections-through-culture-2026-apply-by-12-august\/","title":{"rendered":"Applications are now open for the British Council Connections Through Culture 2026. Apply by 12 August.\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Connections Through Culture (CTC) grants are designed to enable meaningful partnerships, cross-cultural exchange and long-term collaboration between the UK and participating countries.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Grants of between \u00a35,000 and \u00a315,000 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.&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<br>In 2026, CTC incorporates grants programmes formerly known as&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/arts.britishcouncil.org\/projects\/biennials-connect\">Biennials Connect<\/a>&nbsp;(Visual Arts) and Architecture, Design and Fashion&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/arts.britishcouncil.org\/projects\/international-festivals-and-biennials\">Biennials and Festivals Grants<\/a>. Read our application toolkit and FAQs for more information.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is also our major Arts grants programme for 2026, in place of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/arts.britishcouncil.org\/projects\/international-collaboration-grants\">International Collaboration Grants<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On this page you will find full details on how to apply, including information on participating countries, grant amounts, eligibility and assessment criteria, as well as a collection of resources to support you in your application.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/arts.britishcouncil.org\/connections-through-culture\">https:\/\/arts.britishcouncil.org\/connections-through-culture<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Connections Through Culture (CTC) grants are designed to enable meaningful partnerships, cross-cultural exchange and long-term collaboration between the UK and participating countries.&nbsp;&nbsp; Grants of between \u00a35,000 and \u00a315,000 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 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6572","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-musicians","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/distil\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6572","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/distil\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/distil\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/distil\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/distil\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6572"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/distil\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6572\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6573,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/distil\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6572\/revisions\/6573"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/distil\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/distil\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.handsupfortrad.scot\/distil\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}