Call for entries for the 2024 “Art4Resilience: Knowledge Into Use” awards now open!
This year, Global Resilience Partnership is excited to announce the third round of awards! The “Knowledge into Use” awards provide a unique opportunity to ignite resilience, celebrate creativity, and embrace innovation in engaging with the latest resilience evidence.
Creative expression and art have the power to convey complex issues such as the impacts of climate change, food crises, pandemics, and economic uncertainty into accessible and compelling forms. Creative expressions like murals can visually represent the challenges communities face and the resilience strategies they employ to navigate through change. Performing arts can communicate stories of resilience, evoking emotions and inspiring action. Sharing recipes and showcasing indigenous, climate-smart meals and ingredients not only highlights the importance of local knowledge but also fosters a deeper connection between culture and climate resilience. Citizen science engages communities in data collection, making evidence more accessible and participatory, while filling crucial data gaps.
The “Knowledge into Use” awards identify innovative and creative ways of showcasing resilience evidence. This year’s contest focuses on the themes of food, Finance, and/or Communities. Global Resilience Partnership calls upon individuals and organizations to tap into their artistic potential, merge it with sound evidence, and showcase it through art. Prizes of 100,000 Swedish Krona will be awarded to the winners across three categories: performing arts, visualizing evidence, and participatory approaches connecting arts and science. Entries ideally connect people and nature, and clearly build on and cite peer-reviewed articles, grey literature, and/or peoples’ experiences.
Examples of former Knowledge Into Use award-winning projects:
Youth Innovation Lab (YI-Lab) created a Flood Mural based on data from their Bipad Portal Platform to visually represent risk and convey the significance of data-driven decisions. In their theatre performance, ‘Burnt’, Noble Arts communicated the challenges of climate change and conflicts while showcasing the resilience of individuals and communities.
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OnlineBenefits
- Receive a grant of 100,000 Swedish Krona to develop their creative resilience project.
- Exhibit their creative art work during Gobeshona 2025 or New York Climate week 2024.
- Become a part of a growing community of practice on resilience evidence, called the Resilience Evidence Coalition.
- Get invited to participate in GRP and partner events like CBA, Gobeshona, etc.
- Get support from the GRP communications team to write stories on the progress made in the project and publish in the Resilience Platform and GRP website.
- Coordinate with the GRP communications team to create social media products for outreach of their organisation and products.
Eligibilities
To qualify for the Art4Resilience: Knowledge Into Use Awards, applicants must meet the following minimum requirements:
- Entries should be submitted by registered organizations. Individual artists, science communicators, or knowledge brokers can partner with registered organizations for submission, but the grant contract can only be awarded to a registered organization.
- Organizations and candidates based in the Global South and youth-led organizations are strongly encouraged to apply.
- Submissions must be based on sound evidence, citing peer-reviewed articles, reports, or research papers to support the case for resilience. The proposed project should enhance resilience through innovative and creative means.
- The funding award should be used to develop new pieces of artwork that build on results from existing research. Projects should propose innovative ways of visualizing resilience evidence using mediums such as games, comics, graphic arts, or performing arts.
- The team composition should demonstrate a collaborative effort between research experts, artists, and innovators. Applicants should provide details about the individuals involved in the project and what sparked their journey as collaborators.
- Projects should harness the power of artistic expression to convey resilience evidence in a compelling and emotive manner. The artistic approach should be innovative and unique in visualizing resilience evidence.
- The proposed arts-based approach should be effective in disseminating, capturing, or driving collaboration for resilience building. Projects should engage with individuals or communities and have a positive impact on resilience.
By meeting these minimum requirements, applicants can qualify for the Art4Resilience: Knowledge Into Use Awards and be considered for the grant and exhibition opportunities provided by the Global Resilience Partnership.
Eligible Regions: Open for AllApplication Process
To apply for the Art4Resilience: Knowledge Into Use Awards, follow these steps:
- Familiarize yourself with the contest guidelines outlined on the official website. Pay close attention to the submission requirements, eligibility criteria, and judging criteria.
- Craft a concise concept note outlining your project background, evidence behind the art, art approach/methodology, and team composition. Ensure that your concept note is backed by relevant literature, including both peer-reviewed and grey literature, to support the evidence-based approach.
- If you have any existing prototypes, such as pictures or videos, include them in your submission to provide a visual representation of your project.
- Complete the submission process by filling out the Google form provided on the website. Make sure to submit your concept note and any supporting materials by the specified deadline, which is typically by the 26th of May 2024.
- After submitting your application, your project will be reviewed by a panel of experts based on the judging criteria. Be patient during the judging process, as decisions may take some time.
- Keep an eye out for updates regarding the contest timeline and results. Winners will be notified accordingly.
By following these steps and adhering to the guidelines, you can effectively apply for the Art4Resilience: Knowledge Into Use Awards and showcase your innovative approach to addressing resilience challenges through art.
Application Deadline: May 26, 2024
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