The British Council offers a wide range of funding opportunities and grants designed to foster international collaboration, cross-cultural exchange and research partnerships between the UK and countries worldwide. Funding streams are broadly divided into arts and culture, higher education and research, and specialised alumni networks. Individual grant programmes open and close at different times throughout the year.
Because the British Council operates on a structured, cyclical schedule, individual grant programmess open and close at different times throughout the year. You can track real-time open calls directly through the official British Council Opportunities and Insight Portal.
The Council’s opportunities range from funding and scholarships to professional development and institutional partnerships. The British Council also offers opportunities to enable agencies to reach prospective students and build links with local providers and agents through marketing campaigns and participation in events such as exhibitions, education fairs, conferences or alumni events.
You can search for opportunities using the following filters on the Opportunities page of the Council’s website:
- Training and Development
- Externally Funded Opportunities
- Grant Calls
- Partnership Funding
- Scholarships and Fellowships, and/or
- Consultancies
Theme:
- Partnership/Transnational Education (TNE)
- Recruitment
- Country/Market Intelligenceo Training and Development
- Alumni
- Outward Mobility
- Employability
- Research and Innovation, and/or
- Gender Equality and Inclusion
Sector:
- Higher Education Institutions
- Further Education Institutions
- Schools & Independent Colleges
- English Language Teacher (ELT) Providers, and/or
- Agents/Advisors & School Counsellors.
Region/Country:
- East Asia
- Middle East & Africa
- Europe
- Central Asia
- South Asia
- Americas, and/or
- United Kingdom
Results can be sorted by deadline or publication date.