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.

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224 grant(s) found
Title Description When to apply Upcoming deadline
Creative Industries Fund NL: Open Call Residency Jatiwangi art Factory Residency for designers, architects, and spatial practitioners in Indonesia Before a specific deadline, Within an application period
Creative Industries Fund NL: Open Call Residency Suriname Residency in Suriname for designers, architects and spatial practitioners Before a specific deadline, Within an application period
Creative Industries Fund NL: Open Call Residency Think Tanger Residency in Tanger for makers to conduct research and develop new work focusing on design, urbanism, and social and spatial dynamics Before a specific deadline, Within an application period
Creative Industries Fund NL: Open Call Residency Videotage Residency in Hong Kong for designers, makers, and observers working in digital culture Before a specific deadline, Within an application period
Perform Europe: Open Call 2026-2028 Funding scheme for the performing arts sectors in Creative Europe countries Before a specific deadline
Stroom Den Haag: PRO Art Program Funding to increase the visibility of artists from The Hague abroad and to promote interaction between foreign artists and The Hague Before a specific deadline
Netherlands Film Fund: Cinema Release of Foreign Arthouse Film or Documentary in the Netherlands Funding for Dutch film distributors who want to release foreign arthouse films in the Netherlands Before a specific deadline, Within an application period
EFL Foundation Funding for international projects that develop and promote urban planning, urban design, and landscape architecture Before a specific deadline
Johan Ferrier Fund Funding for educational and cultural projects in Suriname Before a specific deadline
Culture Moves Europe: Individual Mobility Action Funding for projects of individual artists or cultural professionals in Europe Before a specific deadline, Within an application period
Flemish Department of Culture, Youth, and Media: Subsidy for an International Presentation Project Funding for international presentation projects Before a specific deadline, Within an application period
Mori Contemporary Art Foundation: Curator Residency Program 2027 A fully funded residency in Japan for international curators to research Japanese contemporary art and develop professional networks Before a specific deadline, Within an application period
Stokroos Foundation: Seed Grant Funding for the professional development of emerging visual artists, designers and craft practitioners Before a specific deadline, Within an application period, Currently closed
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
Nordic Co-operation: Open Call Nordic Currents 2027-2028 Initiative to spread contemporary Nordic culture while also promoting long-term collaboration between Nordic and European actors Within an application period
Ukrainian Institute: Visualise – international exhibition support programme Funding for international exhibitions of Ukrainian art outside Ukraine Before a specific deadline, Within an application period
European Festivals Fund for Emerging Artists: Call 5 Funding for festivals to organise residencies of emerging artists Before a specific deadline
Lira Fund Funding for contributions of Dutch-language authors to public events abroad 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, Within an application period
AFK Fund: Project Grants Funding for a wide range of projects and cultural activities by Amsterdam-based makers 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
Culture Helps Solidarity: Collaboration Grants Funding for cross-border cultural collaborations between Ukrainian and European organisations Before a specific deadline, Within an application period
Poppunt Gelderland: Music Support Gelderland Funding for international tours of pop musicians from the province of Gelderland Before a specific deadline
UNESCO: Project Grant Funding for small-scale projectsprojects related to education in developing countries Before a specific deadline, Continuously
ANV Funds Foundation: Project grants Funding for small projects around Dutch language and culture Before a specific deadline