UK | Fashion, Textiles and Technology grant 2023

The British Council is calling for applications from designers, design entrepreneurs, and small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) from UK and Official Development Assistance (ODA) countries for the “New Landscapes: Fashion, Textiles and Technology Catalyst Research and Development Grant Scheme”, to take place between April and August 2023.

The pilot programme was launched in October 2021 as a collaboration between University of the Arts London Fashion, Textiles and Technology Institute (UAL FTTI), British Council and 5 ODA countries to promote the cultural, social and environmental values of a sustainable global fashion and textiles sector.

The Grant Scheme will provide 5 collaborative grants of up to 6,000 GBP cash and up to 15,000 GBP in-kind support to proposals that:

Grow global networks to enable development of practice, experimentation and testing of sustainable design and production solutions that inspire positive environmental change
Support small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to exchange methods of designing and producing in a more sustainable and socially engaged way
Support young designers to become advocates for sustainable, ethical and socially engaged fashion, textiles and related technologies

Eligibility

The call is open to all designers, design entrepreneurs, and SMEs from UK and Official Development Assistance (ODA) countries (within the ASEM member countries, this includes: Bangladesh, Cambodia, Lao PDR, Myanmar, India, Indonesia, Mongolia, Pakistan, Philippines, Viet Nam, China, Kazakhstan, Malaysia and Thailand)
Applications must be a partnership between at least 1 UK applicant and a maximum of 2 co-applicants, based in 1 or more ODA country
The lead applicant must be based in the UK and have been in business for at least 3 years
Applicants must provide evidence of true collaboration, knowledge exchange and mutual benefit for all partners (including ODA countries) in their application
Applicants must demonstrate the ability to deliver the project activity between April 2023 to August 2023.

Application guidelines

Deadline: 6 February 2023