Cultural Mobility Funding Guide


Database for international mobility of artists, cultural professionals, and organisations travelling from or to the Netherlands or the Caribbean part of the Kingdom

Finding funding is one of the biggest challenges for artists, cultural professionals, and organisations with international ambitions. This guide helps you explore funding opportunities for your international projects, such as exhibitions, tours, residencies, festival participation, or collaborations abroad. It also includes options for further education abroad, like summer courses or masterclasses. Additionally, you’ll find funding opportunities for international projects within the Kingdom of the Netherlands that involve foreign partners or guests.

The guide lists public and private funding sources at local, national, and international levels. It focuses on regular, online-accessible opportunities for artists and cultural professionals from the Kingdom of the Netherlands, as well as those traveling there.

For questions or feedback, please email infopoint@dutchculture.nl.

30 grant(s) found
Title Description When to apply Upcoming deadline
Culture Moves Europe: Individual Mobility Action Funding for projects of individual artists or cultural professionals in Europe Before a specific deadline
VSB Fund: Scholarships higher professional & academic education Scholarships for graduated (art) students for a follow-up study abroad Before a specific deadline
VSB Fund: Scholarships vocational education Scholarships for graduated (art) students for a follow-up study abroad Before a specific deadline
Netherlands Embassy in Brazil: Open call for Cultural Connections Funding to promote cultural exchange between Dutch culture and Brazilian culture; Before a specific deadline, Within an application period
Attje Jacoba Vixseboxse Fund (Culture Fund) Scholarships for young talent in the field of arts and culture Before a specific deadline
Hans Witjens Fund (Culture Fund) Funding for research and further education abroad Before a specific deadline, Continuously
DNB Fund Funding for initiatives that contribute to reducing the impact of the slavery past on the daily lives of descendants of enslaved individuals Before a specific deadline
Netherland-America Foundation: Cultural Grant Funding for artistic and cultural exchange between the United States and the Kingdom of the Netherlands Before a specific deadline
ANV Funds Foundation: Project grants Funding for small projects around Dutch language and culture Before a specific deadline
Netherlands Embassy in Belgium: Open call for support Funding for Dutch cultural projects in Belgium or Dutch-Belgian co-projects Before a specific deadline
EFL Foundation Funding for international projects that develop and promote urban planning, urban design, and landscape architecture Before a specific deadline
Alliance for Socially Engaged Arts: Fellowship Fellowship for leaders of socially engaged arts organisations Currently closed
Caribbean Culture Fund Funding for cultural projects in the Caribbean Currently closed
Creative Industries Fund NL: Creative Industries Kick-start Grant Scheme Funding for small-scale projects, experiments and preliminary research in the fields of design, architecture or digital culture Currently closed
Creative Industries Fund NL: International Vouchers Funding for a foreign activity such as a lecture, presentation or a workshop Continuously, Within an application period
Creative Industries Fund NL: Internationalization of the Design Sector Grant Scheme Funding for projects in the fields of design, aimed at research and cooperation in an international context Currently closed
Creative Industries Fund NL: Open Call Residency Abroad Funding for a working period in a residency abroad Currently closed
Creative Industries Fund NL: Open Call Residency Van Doesburghuis 2025 Funding for a four month residency program at the Van Doesburghuis in Paris Currently closed
Creative Industries Fund NL: Open Call Venice Architecture Biennale 2025 Funding for participation in the 19th edition of the Venice Architecture Biennale Currently closed
Cultural Participation Fund: Collaboration grant Funding for international collaboration projects in the field of cultural participation. education and/or heritage Currently closed
Cultural Participation Fund: Exploration grant Funding for exploring a potential international collaboration in the field of cultural participation or education Currently closed
Ettijahat: Zad Programme Funding for the mobility of artists from the Arab Region residing in Europe Currently closed
Euregio Meuse-Rhine (EMR): Small Project Fund Grant for small projects aimed at cooperation in the German-Dutch-Belgian border area. Continuously
Instituto Buena Bista X Amarte Fund: Back to Your Hood Funding for site- and community specific projects by artists with roots in Curaçao Currently closed
Interior Design Fund Foundation: Scholarships and travel grants Scholarships and travel grants for students and professionals with a focus on historical interiors Continuously