Deadline: 7/5/2010
The Fundación Marcelino Botín awards 220.000 euros for Visual Arts Grants for study, research and the undertaking of individual projects in the sphere of (non-theoretical) artistic work. Artists may be any nationality.
The Fundación Marcelino Botín may award one grant to an artist from, or resident in, Cantabria, as long as this application involves a change of residence. The grants are individual, indivisible and non-transferable. They do not cover family provisions.
The grants are incompatible with any other institutional funding.
Duration
The period covered by the grants will be 9 months. Grants involving relocation can be extended for a second period, depending on the outcome of a further application made before the closing date of the annual edition of the grants.
Stipend
Not involving a change of residence: 16.000 euros.
Involving relocation in a country other than your current residence: 24.000 euros.
Involving relocation in United States of America: 28.000 euros.
The aforementioned amounts include trips, accommodation, maintenance, studio rent, etc.
These amounts will be incremented to include medical insurance and, in cases of study, the registration fees of the chosen Education Centre, pending approval, will be covered by the Fundación Marcelino Botín.
These grants are subject to applicable taxes.
Payment: 45% at the beginning of duration, 25% in the two following quarters and 5% on receipt of the final report (section 4, point 4).
Conditions
Applicants for study grants must be between 23 and 40 years old.
There is no age limit for the research grants.
After being awarded, the grants shall be effective for the stipulated period and without interruption. Grants must be initiated before the end of 2010.
The grants are considered definitively designated when the Fundación receives the written acceptance from the applicant.
Participation in Fundación Marcelino Botin Grant Awards implies total acceptance o rules and conditions.
Obligations
- Grants awarded by Fundación Marcelino Botín must be mentioned in any documentation produced during the period covered by them.
- If the possibility of a publication should arise thanks to the grant, the Fundación Marcelino Botín will have the first option to produce it.
- Should the Fundación decide to waive this option, the publication must refer to the artist as a Fundación Marcelino Botín grant-winner.
- The Fundación Marcelino Botín may, during the period covered by the grant, directly or through its delegates, assess the progress and development of the project submitted.
- In the month following the end of the grant, the grant-winner agrees to send to the Fundación Marcelino Botín a paper and PC compatible media report which, referring to the aims outlined in the application, makes a final evaluation of the results and the use that has been made of it, together with visual documentation of the works executed. On receipt of this report the grant is terminated, and the remaining 5% will be tendered.
- The exhibition agenda of the Fundación Marcelino Botín will include an exhibition which premieres the works realized by the artists during the period covered by the grant. To this end the grant-winners must facilitate the Fundación with all the information, documentation and loans of the works that may be required, as well as making sure they do no take part in any one-person shows in Cantabria before this date.
The Fundación Marcelino Botín will select one of the grant-winner’s works to form part of its collection. - Failure to comply with the rules outlined here empowers the Fundación to pursue the matter in the manner it considers necessary.
Necesary documents:
- Application form correctly filled out. (PDF)
- Photocopy of identity card or passport.
- Passport size photo of applicant.
- Full address and telephone numbers of both place of origin and destination.
- Curriculum vitae, indicating academic qualifications, professional activities, exhibitions, prizes, scholarships, etc. (3 DIN A4 maximum).
For Individual Projects and Research:
• Project title and summary (one hundred words maximum).
• Memory of the Project: goal, action plan (stages of development and schedule) and your personal reasons for wanting to carry it out. (10 DIN A4 maximum).
For Study Grants:
• Information about the Educational Center or Residence Center elected (location, dates, fees, etc.).
• Memory of personal reasons about the convenience of the stay and its relation to current projects (3 DIN A4 maximum).
Graphic Documentation, prints or color photocopies of the work of the artist (originals will not be accepted, as well as accompanying documentation such as catalogs, brochures, original works, etc.).
The Foundation reserves the right to request, upon indication from the jury, the submission of documents.
The documentation provided with the application should preferably be in Spanish; English will be accepted in exceptional.For organizational issues and valuation, the documentation of the applicant must be submitted in DIN A4 format occupying a maximum of 40 DIN A4 (should not have staples, nor be bound). Any application that does not conform to this standard will be rejected. In case of audiovisual projects, the artist can make a DVD accompanying the dossier required.
Please note that Beca de Artes Plásticas should be written on the envelope. The dossier submitted will not be returned after the resolution.
Selection
A jury appointed for the task will make the selection. The decision of the Fundación Marcelino Botín will be final. Once the date for applications is closed the jury will be published.
Admission
The closing date for applications is 2.00 p.m. on Friday 7th of May 2010 at the Fundación Marcelino Botín. Applications received at the Fundación Marcelino Botín in the week after the closing date will be accepted if they bear a postmark prior to 7th of May 2010.
The decision will be made public after the 25th of june 2010.
More info can be found here.