Applications for this year's ACCELERATE: Indigenous Australian Creative Leadership Programme will be open from Monday 19 March 2012 to Sunday 29 April 2012. Now in its third year, ACCELERATE continues to award talented Indigenous people working in the arts the opportunity to make contact with some of the UK's largest arts organisations. Click here for more info and to apply.

Get ready to dream when British Council Australia's best-known programme turns 10! Realise Your Dream 2012 will be open for applications from Monday 23 April 2012 to 3 Sunday June 2012, marking our 10th year of awarding emerging creatives a unique chance to build their careers in the UK. Click here for more info and to enter.

Big Green Idea is the British Council's annual award for eco-entreprenuers. We grant up to 20K in seed-funding for people with innovative - and achievable - green business (or product!) ideas. Applications are open from Monday 11 June 2012 to Sunday 22 July 2012. Click here for more info and to enter.