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.

140 grant(s) found
Title Description When to apply Upcoming deadline
Popradar The Hague: Music Support Funding for international tours or schowcases of pop musicians from The Hague Continuously
Raphaëlle-Anne Kok-Merlino Fund (Culture Fund) Funding for scientific talent in the field of Mediterranean archaeology Before a specific deadline
SEE NL: Travel Grant Funding for Dutch film directors or producers to attend festival screenings of their film abroad Continuously
Staetshuys Fund Support for young talented classical musicians Before a specific deadline, Within an application period
Stokroos Foundation: Residency Fundaziun Nairs Funded residency in Switzerland for artists and designers Currently closed
Stokroos Foundation: Seed Grant Funding for young and emerging visual artists and designers Continuously
Taalunie: Subsidy for writer visits worldwide Funding for hosting a Dutch-language writer Before a specific deadline, Within an application period
Turing Foundation Funding for exhibiting exceptional foreign loans in the Netherlands Continuously
VandenEnde Foundation: Scholarship Dance Scholarships for young artistic talents in the field of dance Before a specific deadline, Within an application period
VandenEnde Foundation: Scholarship Film & Television Scholarships for young artistic talents in the field of theater Before a specific deadline, Within an application period
VandenEnde Foundation: Scholarship Music Scholarships for young artistic talents in the field of music Before a specific deadline, Within an application period
VandenEnde Foundation: Scholarship Theater Scholarships for young artistic talents in the field of theater Before a specific deadline, Within an application period
VriendenLoterij Fund: Power of Collective Imagination Funding for cultural projects within the Kingdom of the Netherlands Continuously
VSB Fund: Scholarships higher professional & academic education Scholarships for graduated (art) students for a follow-up study abroad Before a specific deadline, Within an application period
VSB Fund: Scholarships vocational education Scholarships for graduated (art) students for a follow-up study abroad Before a specific deadline, Within an application period