How can I apply?

Applications to this years' Media Sandbox scheme opened on 30 June 2010.

- Deadline for applications: 28 July 2010
- Applicants notified for interview: 11 August 2010
- Interviews take place: 18th August 2010

- Development Period: 13th September to 17th December 2010

- Final Showcase: February 2011

The Media Sandbox 2010 application form is available, (download this form for both the B-Open and Pervasive Experiences strands): click here to download

Your project could be multiplatform, you could utilise mobile devices such as phones or sat nav; or wireless and sensory technologies, such as mobile or sensor triggered projection, wearables, technology enhanced objects or sensory environments. You could prototype a new application, or research how existing platforms can be applied in new and exciting ways.

Technology can strengthen experience. Popular multiplatform tools and services such as Nike Sport Kit, Twitter, Spotify and wii, have recently encouraged all of us to approach familiar activities in new and positive ways. These tools and services were born from passionate people recognising a need and responding to a problem. But what makes them meaningful and ultimately successful? Is it their ability to engage communities? Is it the social interactions and experiences they facilitate? Is it the significance of the content and the interactions generated? Or is it all of those things?

Passion is important. Twitter began when a community of keen developers recognised that instant messaging in an open forum would produce a conversation they could all follow and thus speed up workflow. This was a simple development of an existing concept. Now available worldwide, Twitter has become one of the most significant tools on the Internet playing a vital role in PR, politics, protests, education, emergencies and more. So we want to know: what’s your passion? What needs do you or your audience have? We’re not looking for gimmicks or repetition of what’s already out there. We’re looking for inspiring, sustainable, future-facing, creative projects that capture the imagination. Have we captured yours?

The guidelines for submitting an application to the Media Sandbox scheme can be viewed here:

View guidelines on writing your proposal.

What makes a good proposal?
Media Sandbox supports digital media projects from bright, ambitious people, which contain some level of technological or content innovation. It could be a game, a mobile application, or a website. It may have a TV or radio tie-up, but that will not be how it is distributed.