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Challenge Projects

New Modalities of Experience for the Creative Industries

Challenge Projects offer an opportunity for creative and cultural organisations to bring forward challenges relating to their work that require innovative, data-driven solutions.

Challenge Respondents – Apply Now!

Applications for Round 4 Challenge Respondents are open now and close at 5pm on Friday 16th April 2021. You can view briefs for all our Round 4 Challenge Projects below.

Up to £20,000 is available to support successful research and development proposals that answer a Challenge Project. Respondents can be SME’s, teams or individuals that have the skills to answer one of the selected challenges, using data (from the Challenge Holder and/or from other sources) and data driven approaches and technologies.

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Challenge Holders – Apply Now!

Applications for Round 5 Challenge Holders are open now and close at 5pm on Friday 16th April 2021.

Potential applicants can come with unformed or semi-formed challenges that can be co-designed with the Creative Informatics team. Applications should respond to one of the following R&D priorities:

  • Developing access to and engagement with new audiences and markets
  • Developing new modalities of experience
  • Unlocking the value of archives and data sets
  • Exploring new business models for the creative industries

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How it works

Read the Guidelines

Download Guidelines (PDF)

Download Challenge Projects Pipeline

Download a reference copy of the Challenge Respondent Application Form (PDF) 

Download a reference copy of the Challenge Holder Application Form (PDF)

Scottish Ensemble

Creating a new, interactive installation for the Anno project.

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Scottish Opera

Creating a fun and interactive tool for Primary Schools Tour data collection.

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Drake Music Scotland

Developing the world’s first inclusive music hub.

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Pianodrome

Enabling musicians in two separate locations to participate in a unique musical dialogue.

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Applications for Round 4 Challenge Respondents are open now and close on Friday 16th April 2021.

Please read the Challenge Project guidelines before submitting your application.

If you have any questions about the application process for Challenge Respondents please contact us at creativeinformatics@ed.ac.uk.

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TIMELINE

  • 05.03.2021
    Call 4 Applications open
  • 16.04.2021
    Call 4 Applications close
  • 26.04.2021
    Panel meets to select successful applicants
  • 10.05.2021
    Applicants informed of decision

APPLICATIONS

Open calls for Challenge Project applications will happen twice a year in April and October. The application and awarding process for Challenge Projects involves two separate selection processes:

  1. Selection of up to 5 appropriate challenges to take forward.
  2. Selection of an appropriate response to each selected challenge to take forward and fund.

A selection panel will be put in place for both selection processes, with Challenge Holders forming part of the panel for the second phase of selection, where responses to their challenges are reviewed.

DATES

10.03.2021ROUND #5

Applications open for Round 5 Challenge Projects.

13.09.2021ROUND #6

Applications open for Round 6 Challenge Projects.

Challenge Projects

Edinburgh Science

A data-driven approach to interactive fundraising.

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Children’s Parliament

Communicating the impact of Children’s Rights through data

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The Big Light

Creating added value for The Big Light and its users

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National Theatre of Scotland

A new touring tool for Scotland’s theatre sector

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Vintage Vibes

A new platform for training volunteers remotely

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Edinburgh Festival Fringe Society

How can audience insight data and show data be used to provide new ways for attendees to navigate the Fringe programme?

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Edinburgh International Festival

Virtual working spaces for festival venues

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Edinburgh UNESCO City of Literature Trust

Developing digital visitor experiences for Edinburgh’s Literary Quarter.

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Historic Environment Scotland

New viewpoints for Scotland’s historic sites.

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John Byrne Award

Creating dynamic user ‘journeys’ that encourage civic debate.

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Jupiter Artland

An interactive tool for audience engagement.

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New Media Scotland

Developing a data-driven participant journey for multi-sensory cinema experiences.

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The List

How can large collections of images be resized, so they look good across a range of websites, apps and print publications?

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If you require any further information on the application process for Challenge Projects, or have any questions about your application, please contact the Creative Informatics team.

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