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Creative Practices Fund (2014-2015)
School of Culture and Creative Arts
Guidelines for bids
About the fund…
The Creative Practice Fund helps to finance extra-curricular artistic initiatives involving
students in the School of Culture and Creative Arts. Consideration of funding will be given to
any student-led creative project relating to the School’s subject areas of theatre, film,
television, music, history of art and cultural policy research. Funding will also be available for
creative practice workshops led by professional practitioners in the relevant disciplines and
to artistic projects devised by staff. In these latter cases, applicants will have to demonstrate
that School students are centrally involved in the funded activity.
Applications must centrally involve students (undergraduate or postgraduate) currently
studying in the School of Culture and Creative Arts. Members of staff and students can
submit jointly for projects.
For the Academic year, 2014-15, we have a total budget of £5500. The fund is distributed by
a committee comprising of staff and students in the School of Culture and Creative Arts and
you can apply for this fund between 1 September 2014 and 1 May 2015 The maximum
award for an individual project is likely to be £500, although in exceptional circumstances,
we will award up to £750 for outstanding projects.
The following crucial factors will be taken into account when assessing applications:
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the relevance of the project to the School’s subject areas;
the originality and imaginativeness of the project
the number of students who will benefit from the proposed activity;
the extent to which the project brings together students from across the School’s
different subject areas;
the extent to which the project will engage with, or be seen by, publics within
and/or beyond the University of Glasgow;
the extent to which the project promotes the school to a wider community;
projects representing ‘work in progress’ may be funded so long as there is some kind
of tangible and visible outcome.
We will also be concerned that:
 the budget for the project is realistic and has been properly thought through;
 you have produced a full and carefully estimated budget for the project;
 the project will be completed within a realistic and stated timescale;
 the amount of awards that have already been given to the applicant from this fund;
 You have produced a clear and explicit plan which explains your strategy for
publicising the project.
The fund cannot be used to support the following kinds of activity or circumstances:
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projects that are assessed as part of a student’s studies at the University of Glasgow;
attendance at a conference;
organising a conference;
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paying yourself;
projects that have already taken place;
duplicating existing funding;
making up for a shortfall in a project previously funded by another source, (although
your grant can be used to extend an existing project).
To help you construct a successful application here are some examples of projects we have
already funded (of course there have been other types of project which were successful
too):
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A concert performance of Verdi's Aida involving students from across the School and
from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
A short series of informal gigs in the west end of Glasgow featuring early Scottish
fiddle music
Costume, props and materials for a staff/student performance of Death Jump at the
Buzzcut festival, Glasgow in March 2013.
A theatrical music project which focused on making a significant social, emotional
and political impact on the audience and creative industries. The 'musical' was a
politically charged piece of theatre which included and expanded upon the music
introduced in the live act.
ctrl.alt, a short film production that involved 8 students and was shown at: Cut!
Filmmaking Gala to 150 spectators; Glasgow Film Theatre, June 2011 to 99
spectators.
The Creative Practices selection committee for this round of bids is: Tim Barker
(Film/Television Studies), Louise Harris (Music), Dominic Paterson (History of Art), Minty
Donald (Theatre Studies), Leila Riszko (History of Art PGR) and Annabel Fleming-Brown
(Music PGR).
If you have any queries please either contact the new convenor of the Creative
Practices Fund, Tim Barker, in Film and Television Studies at:
timothy.barker@glasgow.ac.uk or any other member of the selection committee.
How to apply…
There is no set deadline and as stated above you can apply between 1 September 2014 and
1 May 2015.
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Applications, using the form in this document, should be submitted electronically to Tim
Barker at: timothy.barker@glasgow.ac.uk
If you wish to make use of the School’s facilities in the production or dissemination of your
project, you should consult the relevant academic staff/technical personnel within the
appropriate subject area. This should be done before submitting the application, as the use
of these facilities may be subject to charge.
A condition of receiving funding from the Creative Practices fund is that:
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you must acknowledge this support (e.g. in a film’s credits or a theatrical
production’s programme);
you must publicise your project’s outcome through your subject area’s publicity
channels and through the School of Culture and Creative Arts (further details to
follow);
you must also agree to having extracts from your work used in publicity for the
School and the Chancellor’s Fund.
you must provide the Creative Practices selection committee with a short report on
your project within three weeks of its completion.
Wherever possible you should provide image or sound based evidence of your
project.
Claiming your award
If you are successful then your claim (to Jeanette Berrie) should ideally be made by the end
of May. You will need to supply receipts and we will send claim forms (different for staff and
students) to those who are successful. Disbursement of the award to students will be
through MyCampus and receipts can follow.
All claims must be made by 31st June at the absolute latest. If you think you are going to
need an extension then you must contact Tim Barker & Jeanette Berrie
( Jeanette.berrie@glasgow.ac.uk ) as soon as possible. Further guidelines will be given to the
successful applicants.
Creative Practices Fund: application form
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1.
Name and contact details of applicant
Address:
Mobile phone number:
University e-mail address:
Private e-mail address (so that we can contact you about using your project as
publicity, even if you have graduated):
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Title and summary of project/production
(30 words max.)
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Timetable of project/production
(Please give dates of proposed preparation, production and dissemination period)
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Description of project/production
(Please include – as appropriate – details of involvement of students and staff, the
project’s relationship to one or more of the School’s subject areas (theatre, film,
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television, music, history of art & cultural policy), its aims and objectives, its benefits
to the School. 500 words max.)
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Personnel
(Please list the personnel involved, their roles within the project, and any previous
relevant experience)
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Plans for dissemination and publicity
(Please detail how you intend to ensure that your project reaches the public)
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Budget
(Please supply a detailed budget, including other sources of funding and
sponsorship, income, expenditure and the amount requested from fund: make it
clear what the money from the fund will cover)
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Enclosures
(Please enclose any additional material – CVs, press cuttings etc. – in support of your
application, and list below)