Your answers to these questions are assessed against the following eligibility and criteria.

In order to be eligible to apply:

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 time at Cockpit.
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 who are studying in formal education (for example, completing a BA or MA) at the time of the application deadline, regardless of their projected completion date.
You must have the right to live and work in the UK at the time of the application deadline and, if applying for an Award, for the duration of the Award for which you are applying.
You must be able to support yourself financially during the duration of your time at Cockpit. If you get to interview stage, we might enquire about your plans to do so.
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 can be found on the individual Awards’ webpages.

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The selection committee appraises every eligible application against these 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

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