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It’s Not Too Late to Get Involved in Being Human Festival 2025

If you’re still thinking about taking part in Being Human Festival 2025 by organising a public engagement event, activity or project, there’s still time to apply. The deadline for the Festival Event (unfunded) pathway is 5:00 PM on Friday 4 July.

This year’s festival will take place from 6 to 15 November, with the theme Between the Lines.

While the deadlines for Institutional Grants and Festival Event Grants have now passed, the Festival Event (unfunded) pathway remains open to those planning activities that do not require festival funding.

Why take part?

Being part of the festival is a valuable opportunity to share your research more widely, connect with different audiences, and be part of a national conversation about the humanities.

This pathway is open to any organisation with a link to humanities research — including universities, museums and galleries, libraries, archives, subject societies, and more.

To find out more, click here to read the full details.