Creative Industries Fund NL: Creative Industries Kick-start Grant Scheme

Stimuleringsfonds Creatieve Industrie: Startregeling Creatieve Industrie

Funding for small-scale projects, experiments and preliminary research in the fields of design, architecture or digital culture

The Creative Industries Fund is one of the 6 national cultural funds. It provides grants that contribute to promoting high-quality standards, development, and professionalisation of the contemporary creative industry in the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

With the Creative Industries Kick-start Grant Scheme, the fund contributes to kick-start small-scale projects, experiments and preliminary research in the fields of design, architecture or digital culture. These projects may include travel abroad.

A grant may be requested for:

The execution of a small-scale and independent project that results in a final product, event or presentation;
A clearly defined experiment aimed at acquiring new knowledge;
Conducting preliminary research in preparation for a larger-scale project or collaboration.

Destination

Worldwide

Discipline(s)

Architecture

Design

Digital Culture

Who can apply

Individuals

Organisations

Professional makers, observers, design agencies, cultural institutions or organisations in the Netherlands and the Caribbean part of the Kingdom (Aruba, Bonaire, Curacao, Saba, Sint-Eustatius, Sint-Maarten)

For what

Travel

Project

Research

How much

A maximum of € 10,000

Requirements

The applicant is registered in the Trade Register of the Dutch Chamber of Commerce or in one of the Chambers of Commerce within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, or a foreign equivalent thereof;
The project starts within flour months of the decision date ;
The duration of the project is no longer than 12 months;
The project has a budget deficit of a maximum of €10,000 and, in the opinion of the board, the need for a grant has been demonstrated;
The applicant’s methods can be reasonably expected to achieve the goals they have set;
The results of the project will be published or otherwise made public;
Applicants apply the Fair Practice Code in the implementation and justification of the project
If the application is submitted on behalf of a cultural institution, it applies the
Cultural Governance Code 2019;
Applications involving a trip abroad will be assessed on the following points:
- Safety of travel: consideration shall be given to whether restrictions or urgent advice applies to international travel to the country in question at the time of the planned trip. The travel advisories on www.netherlandsworldwide.nl are decisive in this regard. Grants may not be used for travel to an area where a travel advisory code red is in effect at the time of travel.
- Sustainability: the board encourages sustainable travel. If a project trip is no more than eight hours by train, the board will only reimburse costs for land travel.
Project assessment criteria:
- significance of the chosen theme or question for the field
- artistic quality of the project
- effectiveness in design, methodology and the expertise involved