The Digital R&D Fund for the Arts is a £7 million fund to support collaboration between organisations with arts projects, technology providers, and researchers. The Fund is a three way partnership between Arts Council England, the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and Nesta, running for three years from 2012-2015.
We want to see projects that use digital technology to enhance audience reach and/or develop new business models for the arts sector. With a dedicated researcher or research team as part of the three-way collaboration, learning from the project can be captured and disseminated to the wider arts sector.
Every project needs to identify a particular question or problem that can be tested. Importantly this question needs to generate knowledge for other arts organisations that they can apply to their own digital strategies. We’re looking for projects that offer valuable learning and institutional knowledge transfer within the arts sector.
The Digital R&D Fund for the Arts is looking for innovative projects under one or more of our key themes:
user generated content and social media: harnessing the power of the internet and social media to reach audiences and to give them a platform for discussion, participation and creativity
distribution and exhibition: using digital technologies to deliver artistic experiences and content in new ways through online and place-based environments, including exploring international distribution and exhibition
mobile, location and games: developing a new generation of mobile and location-based experiences and services, including games
data and archives: making archives, collections and other data more widely available to other arts organisations and the general public
resources: using digital technologies to improve the way in which arts organisations are run, including business efficiency and income generation and the way in which they collaborate with each other
education and learning: developing interactive education and learning resources for children, teachers, young people, adult learners and arts sector professionals
Big Data: Using the burgeoning availability of data to inform new business models. This is a seventh theme specific to the Call for Big Data and Research+ strands
Digital R&D Fund for the arts - worth looking into?
The Digital R&D Fund for the Arts is a £7 million fund to support collaboration between organisations with arts projects, technology providers, and researchers. The Fund is a three way partnership between Arts Council England, the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and Nesta, running for three years from 2012-2015.
We want to see projects that use digital technology to enhance audience reach and/or develop new business models for the arts sector. With a dedicated researcher or research team as part of the three-way collaboration, learning from the project can be captured and disseminated to the wider arts sector.
Every project needs to identify a particular question or problem that can be tested. Importantly this question needs to generate knowledge for other arts organisations that they can apply to their own digital strategies. We’re looking for projects that offer valuable learning and institutional knowledge transfer within the arts sector.
The Digital R&D Fund for the Arts is looking for innovative projects under one or more of our key themes:
user generated content and social media: harnessing the power of the internet and social media to reach audiences and to give them a platform for discussion, participation and creativity
distribution and exhibition: using digital technologies to deliver artistic experiences and content in new ways through online and place-based environments, including exploring international distribution and exhibition
mobile, location and games: developing a new generation of mobile and location-based experiences and services, including games
data and archives: making archives, collections and other data more widely available to other arts organisations and the general public
resources: using digital technologies to improve the way in which arts organisations are run, including business efficiency and income generation and the way in which they collaborate with each other
education and learning: developing interactive education and learning resources for children, teachers, young people, adult learners and arts sector professionals
Big Data: Using the burgeoning availability of data to inform new business models. This is a seventh theme specific to the Call for Big Data and Research+ strands
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