British Council Culture Shift Project for Nigerian Developers, Designers, Managers or Entrepreneurs (2012)

British Council Culture Shift Project

Course(s) Offered: Several fields
Course Level: Any level
Provider: British Council Nigeria
Country to study in: Nigeria

Scholarship Description
Are you a software developer, designer, festival manager or entrepreneur? Do you have an idea to create web and mobile solutions for festivals? We can provide access to seed funding and expert mentorship.

Culture Shift is a partnership-led, British Council-managed competitive innovation fund. It will provide an opportunity for emerging creatives to bypass what are often the most inhibiting factors in the progression of good ideas – access to seed funding and expert mentorship.

Selected festival managers will work in collaboration with technology developers and designers, and business experts to create web and mobile solutions for use in festivals, and then compete for seed finance to realise the projects.

The British Council invites applications from interested technology developers, designers, arts and culture festival managers / directors , branding and marketing professionals, and business analysts for participation in its Culture Shift project, themed ‘ICT for Festivals Development.’

Eligibility
The competition is open for Software developers, designers (graphic, web and user-experience), festival managers / directors, branding and marketing professionals, and business analysts

Eligible groups
Qualified Nigerians

Participating Institutions
British Council, Nigeria

Program Schedule:
The project will take place in three phases:

1. Stage 1: 15^th – 19^th March 2012
   
   1. 2 day Festivals Management workshop: 15^th and 16^th March (festival managers / directors only)
   2. 3-day ‘Hackathon’: 17^th, 18^th and 19^th March
2. Pitching for seed funding: 19^th March 2012
3. Mentoring and Fruition: April – September 2012

Program Date and Venue:

• 15^th and 16^th March: British Council, 20 Thompson Avenue, Ikoyi,Lagos (Festival Managers / Directors only)
• 17^th – 19^th March: Co-Creation Hub (CCHub), 6th Floor,294 Herbert Macaulay Way, Sabo, Yaba,Lagos

Fields of study
Project Competition in the following areas: Technology Development, Design, Arts and Culture, Branding and Marketing, and Business Analysis

Number of awards
About three (3)

Scholarship benefits
Winning idea will receive Naira Equivalent of £5,000 and two others £1,500 each.

Method of Application
Interested persons should download application forms from www.britishcouncil.org/nigeria and email completed forms to cep.nigeria@ng.britishcouncil.org on or before Monday 05 March 2012For Software Developers | Graphic Designers | Business Analysts | Branding and Marketing professionals

You may also see the Culture Shift Information Brochure (doc).

IMPORTANT NOTE:
Applicants must:

1. Have a history of and familiarity with technology tools development
2. Be willing to commit a few hours a week to the Culture Shift project, expected to last between 8 – 12 months. Applicants selected to receive the seed fund will be required to develop the final product from prototype stage.

Festival Managers / Directors:

1. Applicants will be required to send a statement of intent, as well as detailed information about the festival they represent, to cep.nigeria@ng.britishcouncil.org, on or before Monday 05 March 2012.
2. Applicants must work part time or full time in a management capacity in an existing *festival in the arts and culture industry inNigeria.
3. Festivals represented by applicants must have taken place at least twice in the between 2007 and 2011, and be scheduled to take place again before the end of 2013.

Contact
For enquiries, call: +234 1 461 5600 – 2 | Ext 4000
or email: cep.nigeria@ng.britishcouncil.org

Application Deadline: 5th March 2012
Open to International students: No(ONLY Nigerians)

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