Your answers to these questions are scored against the following eligibility and criteria:

Eligibility

Your work must have a craft basis.
The work you apply with must be your main body of work and the one you intend to work on during your Award
You don’t need to have a formal education, but if you do, you must have completed it; we can’t accept applications from makers currently doing their MA or BA
You must have the right to live and work in the UK for the duration of the Award.
You must be able to support yourself financially during the duration of your Award.
You must be able to use the studio at least 2 days in the working week, in order to be able to access business support
Additional Award-specific eligibility (see the individual Awards’ webpages for more details)

Criteria

Quality of making
Quality of ideas
Vision and awareness required to further the business
Capability for and commitment to creative development
Case for Cockpit (including developing a reciprocal relationship, timing, and meaningful engagement with social enterprise and/or our Business Incubation Programme)
Need for an Award

Award or Bursary Application

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