R&D MAP Creative Content Exchange pilot: Early Adopters fund

About this grant

The CCE Challenge is developing a platform aimed at creating a trusted marketplace for selling, buying and licensing digitised cultural and creative assets.

Eligibility requirements

All of the following criteria must be met:

• The opportunity is open to UK-based organisations with either standard or non-standard eligibility.
• Organisations with non-standard eligibility may include charities, non-governmental organisations, government departments, third sector organisations, social enterprises, and other educational establishments such as colleges that do not usually undertake research activities.
• Applicants may apply before eligibility checks are completed, but funding will only be awarded after the required checks have been successfully passed.
• Organisations may be asked to begin eligibility checks before the funding decision is made.
• The fund is designed to support early content providers joining the CCE platform.
• Priority is given to content from large cultural organisations, including galleries, libraries, archives, and museums.
• Eligible content may include video, audio, images, text, mixed media, and datasets.
• Organisations that previously received funding through the 'Launch Partners Fund (invite-only)' opportunity are not eligible to apply.
• International applicants and researchers based outside the UK are not eligible to apply in any capacity.

What the funding covers

• Accelerating onboarding of early content providers to the Creative Content Exchange (CCE) platform

How to apply

1. 1Confirm that you are the project lead.
2. 2Sign in to the Funding Service or create a new account.
3. 3Select your organisation, verify your email address, and set a password when creating an account.
4. 4Complete the application questions in the Funding Service.
5. 5Upload any required supporting documents according to the Funding Service instructions.
6. 6Review the application in read-only view before submission.
7. 7Submit the completed application to your research office for checking.
8. 8Make any necessary edits requested by the research office.
9. 9Have your research office submit the final application to UKRI.
10. 10Check more on https://www.ukri.org/opportunity/rd-map-creative-content-exchange-pilot-early-adopters-fund/

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