Open Call Collective knowledge creation in architecture

For individual designers, architects and design and architecture agencies with a maximum of five employees who want to work on collectivising their knowledge and expertise in the field of social issues.

closed

closing date passed

€ 20,000

subsidy amount

€ 240,000

total budget

Important information

With this open call, the Creative Industries Fund NL wants to stimulate network creation and knowledge sharing within the professional field of architecture. The call is aimed at individual designers, architects and design and architecture agencies with a maximum of five employees who want to work on collectivising their knowledge and expertise in the field of social issues.

The Fund wants to encourage individual designers, architects and smaller design and architecture agencies to cooperate in knowledge networks as a way to gain more clout. By engaging more actively in unlocking and utilising knowledge, these parties could, for example, make significant progress in fields like upscaling sustainable construction materials and processes, transformation instead of demolition, technological innovation of the building practice or in social issues such as energy and housing security.

This open call is aimed at architects, urban planners, landscape architects and other spatial designers who run a practice within the Dutch area of expertise. The call is explicitly intended for smaller architecture practices, such as self-employed persons, one-man businesses or agencies with a maximum of five employees. The call is also open to architects who are or were employed by a larger agency, but who want, in addition or afterwards, to work independently in the architectural field.

It is not possible to apply for design and architecture agencies with more than five employees. It is also not possible to apply for practitioners who are currently enrolled in an architecture degree.

Within this open call you can apply for a grant to set up and implement projects in which different design practices enter into an innovative collaborative partnership with each other. It concerns projects with social relevance, in which, within a collaborative partnership, the knowledge, issue, theme and/or expertise already developed separately by the practices concerned, will be built on together to reach a higher level.

It is important that the proposal not only discusses the project’s content, but also the steps necessary to set up an innovative collaborative partnership and to position it in such a way that the results are received effectively.

This open call is specifically aimed at setting up collaborative partnerships between equal parties within the architectural field. Those collaborative partnerships with disciplines outside the architecture industry are therefore not eligible for this open call.

In order to prepare the application, it is important for you to acquire the right information based on the following documents:

open call collective knowledge creation in architecture

Applications are assessed on the basis of the Open Call Collective knowledge creation in architecture, which describes the purpose and objective, key questions, criteria and procedure.

open call grant scheme

Applications are assessed on the basis of the Open Call Grant Scheme, which describes the general conditions, grounds for rejection, manner of publication, submission procedure, assessment, the award and any grant obligations.

application form

To get a clear picture of what collaborative project you are working towards, we will ask you the following questions via our application platform.

  • Under which discipline (architecture, urban planning, garden and landscape architecture, interior design or multidisciplinary) does the collaborative project fall?
  • Which parties are going to work together?
  • How many people work for each of the core partners? This includes both salaried and self-employed people who worked on a structural basis.
  • Give a short summary of the collaborative project. (no more than 800 characters)
  • Describe the most important obstacle to continued development. How does the collaborative project offer a solution for this? (no more than 1,200 characters)
  • Substantiate the choice of partner for the collaboration and describe the working relationships in the project. (no more than 800 characters)
  • Describe how the collaborative partnership and your project positions itself within the Dutch professional field. (no more than 1,000 characters)
  • Define the substantive case the collaborative partnership is going to work on. What are the reasons, issue, design method and expected results? (no more than 2,000 characters)
  • Describe the set-up of the collaborative project and the steps to be implemented. (no more than 1,000 characters)
  • Who are the intended target groups and stakeholders? How will they receive the results of the collaboration? And how will the acquired knowledge be shared with the wider professional field? (no more than 2,000 characters)

Grant applications will be submitted for assessment to a committee of independent advisors. This committee assesses the plans based on the following three criteria:

assessment criteria
- the design and substantive quality of the applicants and the proposal;
- relevance and positioning of the identified practice problem and the proposed collaborative partnership;
- effectiveness of the proposal in terms of set-up, method and intended result.

acceptance

When you have submitted your application, the Fund Desk will check if your application complies with the formal requirements of the Open Call Grant Scheme.

assessment

An independent advisory committee will assess your application on the basis of the Open Call Grant Scheme and Open Call Collective knowledge creation in architecture. The committee advises the Fund’s Board.

tender

The assessment of the open call takes the form of a tender: this means that within the available budget, a number of proposals are chosen above the others. Only positively assessed applications will be supported.

decision

The Board takes account of the committee’s advice in its decision on the rejection or provision of the grant. You will be notified about the result in a decision.

accountability

If you receive a grant from the Fund, then you will have to comply with the obligations. Two weeks before the conclusion of your project, you will be asked by email to submit your accountability form in the application platform.

Hoe kom je tot een overtuigende aanvraag?

tip 1

be clear and do not repeat yourself

tip 2

support your proposal with visuals

tip 3

draw up a realistic budget

tip 4

take into your account your fee and those of partners

tip 5

ask for feedback and fine-tune your proposal

Steps to take

Do you want to apply for a subsidy under this open call?

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do you have any questions?

For more information about the open call and the selection procedure, please contact the architecture grant scheme team by emailing architectuur@stimuleringsfonds.nl or by calling +31(0)010 436 1600. If you have a more general question, read the frequently asked questions first.