Call for applications: Creativity Pioneers Support Fund in Italy

Selected applicants shall receive €5 000 ($5 900) and will be responsible for any tax associated with the funds.

Eligibility

To be considered, applicants must:

• Demonstrate that they have been negatively impacted by the COVID-19 situation within the last 12 months (financial statements, reduction in capacity or activity and programming compared to the same period a year before, impossibility to implement key steps to launch a new organisation, impossibility to adapt to the new reality, e.g. digitalisation, etc).
• Complete and submit applications in English.
• Officially be recognised in the country of operation.

Election process

Applications will be selected based on:

• Relevance and urgency – The applicant must demonstrate how the grant will help them overcome the current pandemic and project their organisation towards the future. 
• Quality – The applicant’s innovativeness and unconventionality of creative solutions to overcome the pandemic.
• Social transformation and ecosystemic impact – The applicant’s capacity to directly or indirectly foster positive systemic change in relevant individuals and society at multiple levels.
• Influence and integrity – The applicant’s ability to drive growth and change perceptions around the “creativity for social change” field and cultural and creative industries.
• Areas of intervention – The applicant’s education, arts and culture, social justice, minorities inclusion. Priority shall be given to organisations focused on inclusivity, diversity, supporting minority groups and underserved communities.

Note: 

• Each organisation can only apply once.
• Organisations working with young adults aged between 16 and 27 will be preferred.
• Proposals submitted by political parties or religious associations are not accepted.
• All recipients are required to provide a final report by 30 June 2022.

Interested individuals can access the application form here.

The application deadline is 30 June (CAT), and successful applicants will be announced on 2 August.