Videos, large-format transparencies and other types of visual material may be submitted where slides are considered an inappropriate means of assessing the work. 3.4 Where acknowledgement of the application's receipt is required, a self-addressed postcard should be included. Applications are considered at a meeting of the Grants to Artists sub-committee taking place approximately three weeks after each closing date. Applications can be considered a maximum of nine months in advance of the exhibition. The Grants to Artists sub-committee is drawn from the Council's Visual Arts Advisory Committee, which includes museum directors, art critics and art historians as well as representatives from the Arts Councils of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Selection is made on the basis of the applicant's slides, r sum and proposal.
The sub-committee will also take into account the comments of the British Council Directorate in the country concerned, as to the standing of the gallery and the value of the exhibition in terms of Council policy for that country. Applicants are informed of the result of their application as soon as possible after the date of the meeting. The British Council shall not be required to give reasons for the rejection of applications. Successful applicants are sent an official letter of offer and accompanying acceptance form. Processing of payments may take up to one month from receipt of the applicant's completed acceptance form.