Our Opportunities

Scholarships

Every year CWIT offers two long term awards. These scholarships are for artists (all disciplines) and are usually for 10 months. The scholarships are very competitive and each year the grants panel has a tough job trying to identify the two people who are likely to benefit the most.

The scholarships are for artists and heritage professionals aged between 28–38 years and enables them to gain expertise in their chosen fields through postgraduate study (one year course) at a UK university. CWIT tends to favour those who wish to study at universities outside London. Please check the eligibility criteria before applying. Read more

Visiting Fellowships

There are more than a dozen fellowships to enable academics (historians and social scientists) as well as writers and translators to spend around three months, at a specified host university in the UK.

In addition, there are currently two artists’ residencies (visual arts) supported by CWIT at Gasworks and the Delfina Foundation. Read more

Research

There are approximately 20 grants awarded each year for short-term research. These grants are primarily for academic research scholars, however, professionals working in the arts or heritage conservation sectors may also apply to do short-term research.

CWIT provides £1,750 to each researcher, towards the costs of their stay in the UK. The funding is usually enough for a period of about three weeks. The grants are payable in the UK and do not cover the international travel costs. Read more

Our Grant Monitoring

As with all grant-making Trusts, CWIT is obliged to monitor the grants made. Our trustees enjoy reading the final reports from grantees and relative to other funders, we think that our grant conditions are fairly light touch. We do not have a template for the final report (which should not exceed 4 or 5 sides of A4), however, there are certain things that should be included. Read more with examples.

Testimonials

“My experience led to some long-lasting friendships, not least my relationship with the previous CWIT Secretary Richard Alford. I hope that CWIT will continue its grants programmes particularly at a time when the humanities and social sciences are facing a major crisis the world over”

Siddarth Pandey is a researcher, writer and artist

“My life wouldn’t be the same if I had not got the support from CWIT then. It gave me an opportunity to work at Edinburgh Printmakers Workshop. What I learnt there will stay with me forever.”

A. Balasubramaniam, Sculptor and Printmaker

“Studying screen writing for a year in one of the best universities of UK, watching the best of European and World Cinema, having invigorating discussions about films and scripts… sounds like a dream; it was one, till CWIT made it possible for me… and gave me the most memorable year of my life.”

Nidhi Tuli, Scriptwriter, Royal Holloway College

“It is truly a blessing to have one scholarship that believes in the arts and realises the dreams of so many gifted and talented artists in the country. I had this dream to train since I was 18 and Charles Wallace helped me fulfil it 20 years later! I am today not only a more complete and confident performer with a wider world view but am also enjoying imparting this training to other young and aspiring actors. None of this would have been possible without this brilliant scholarship. Thank you.”

Shernaz Patel, Theatre and Film Actor, Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama

“The scholarship made it possible for me to be a Writer in Residence at Kent University, gave me the time to work on my play and, at the same time, several opportunities to interact with students and faculty at Kent and other universities It was a wonderful eight weeks.”

Mahesh Dattani, Playwright, University of Kent

“The work I did on voice and breath with Patsy Rodenburg through the CWIT support was seminal… for it continues to be at the root of Adishakti’s investigations into performance methodology today.”

Veenapani Chawla, Artistic Director (Adishakti Laboratory for Theatre Art Research), trained under Patsy Rodenburg, Voice Coach of Royal Shakespeare Company

“The two people who have influenced me are Declan Donellan and Simon McBurney and it was during the visit under CWIT scholarship that I saw them, and my work took a different form.”

Roysten Abel, Theatre Director, observed The Royal Shakespeare Company and Theatre de Complicité

“College in the UK helped me channel new experiences and perceptions into my artwork and develop knowledge through analysis, reflection and argumentation in situations of encounters with art of all kinds. Taking risks was encouraged as was reading but without privileging theory over practice.”

Ranbir Kaleka, Visual Artist, Royal College of Art

“The CWIT award broadened my vision, helped enlarge a vocabulary and opened the gates – the world became my stage, and the settings that I create, though rooted in my Indian heritage, yet now communicates across cultures. It is a cherished gift that I similarly try to pass on to others around me in my many different contexts.”

Sumant Jayakrishnan, Scenographer,  Royal Academy of Dramatic Art

“Charles Wallace India Trust transformed my work practice and transported me from the local to the global.”

Alka Pande, Curator, Goldsmiths College