Resources for International Funding by Artistic Discipline

Are you looking for (international) funding? Check our general funding page for different funding guides, grants and open calls, or the digital Cultural Mobility Funding Guide for the Netherlands for regional, private and international (mobility) funding.

In the Netherlands, the means for international cultural cooperation are delegated to the national funds. The fund that works for your art form or artistic discipline has one or several subsidy schemes for internationalisation. To make sure the program fits your project, you can contact the advisors of the fund before starting the application process.

Design, Creative Industries, Architecture, Digital Culture

Creative Industries Fund NL
> International Vouchers
> Internationalisation of the Design Sector Grant Scheme
> New Procedures in Collaboration with Embassies Abroad

Nieuwe Instituut
>International Visitors Programme
 
Visual Arts, Heritage

Mondriaan Fund
> Subsidy for International Art Presentation to present work by living artists based in the Kingdom of the Netherlands

Theatre, Dance, Music

Performing Arts Fund
> Grants for foreign organisations to invite artists based in the Kingdom of the Netherlands
> Internationalisation grants for artists based in the Kingdom of the Netherlands

Audiovisual media, Film, Documentary

Dutch Film Fund
>The Film Fund has several subsidy schemes to support co-productions and distribution (film & documentary).

Literature

Dutch Foundation for Literature
> Translation grants for foreign publishers
> Travel grants
> Literature beyond the book (e.g. performance, podcast, spoken word, virtual reality and more)

Journalism/media

Fonds Bijzondere Journalistieke Projecten 

Stimuleringsfonds voor de Journalistiek

Netwerk Mediawijsheid (Dutch Media Literacy Network) provides an extensive overview of funding possibilities for media and journalism.

The Dutch Foundation for Literature provides a grant called Literature beyond the book (e.g. performance, podcast, spoken word, virtual reality and more).

Participation, Education, Communal arts, Cooperations, Projects with non-professionals

Cultural Participation Fund
> Fundings

Heritage

International Heritage Cooperation is part of the Netherlands’ international cultural policy. The embassies of the Netherlands in the partner countries have a budget for supporting local cultural heritage projects. DutchCulture manages a Matching Fund. Dutch legal entities (companies and registered freelancers) can apply for partial funding for an international heritage cooperation project.

DutchCulture supports international heritage cooperation between the Kingdom of the Netherlands and Europe. The Europe + Heritage programme offers advice, a Travel Scheme (vouchers of €350-€1000) and a General Support Scheme (maximum €5.000) for heritage professionals and heritage organisations based in the Kingdom of the Netherlands who wish to visit a European partner, invite a European partner or set up a cooperation with a European partner. Heritage can be both tangible and intangible.

Other

The Netherlands Enterprise Agency is not a national fund but also offers, on behalf of various ministries and the European Union, subsidies for companies in the creative industries.

Cultuur+Ondernemen offers the Culturele Financieringswijzer (Cultural Funding Guide). In a few steps, you can find out where to find out where to find funding for your (international) project.