COMMISSION: THRIVE RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT FUND 2020

1. Title: COMMISSION: THRIVE RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT FUND 20202. Awarding Authority: Arts Connect, GB Email: artsconnectwm@wlv.ac.uk. Web: 3. Contract type: Service contract4. Description: R&D Bursaries for individual artists and small arts and culture organisations in the Specified LocationThe Awarding Authority has repurposed its funding in order to invest in the cultural sector to innovate in their practice and in particular their digital work with children and young people aged 0-25yrs.Our plan is to deliver a range of interventions that will support individual artists and smaller arts and cultural organisations to use the next 6 – 12 months for research and development work including training.The R&D bursary should enable you to look at new ways of developing your artistic/ creative practice in relation to your work with children and young people. This could be through developing audiences, engagement or participation. We are particularly interested in ideas which link into a digital field or digital practice.5. CPV Code(s): 73000000, 73100000, 73110000, 923120006. NUTS code(s): UKG, UKG3, UKG317. Main site or location of works, main place of delivery or main place of performance: West Midlands.8. Reference attributed by awarding authority: Not provided.9. Estimated value of requirement: Not provided.10. Application deadline: 12.6.2020 (17:00).11. Address to which they must be sent: For the funding criteria and how to apply please find the full details from the website above.Applications received after this deadline will not be considered. 12. Other information: For the funding criteria and how to apply please find the full details here available on the website aboveTKR-2020525-EX-1363313# funding opportunity