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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184 grant(s) found
Title Description When to apply Upcoming deadline
Terra Foundation: Convening Grants Funding for international convenings related to the visual arts of the United States and Indigenous arts of North America Before a specific deadline, Within an application period
Performing Arts Fund NL: Open Call International Networking Trip to dunaPart, Budapest Funding for dance, performance and theatre makers with international ambitions Before a specific deadline
Tokyo Biennale 2027: Social Dive Funding to accomodate artists and curators in Tokyo for the Tokyo Biennale 2027 Before a specific deadline
Erasmus+ Short-term mobility projects Funding for international adult education projects Before a specific deadline
The Netherlands Embassy in Australia: Call for Proposals Funding for cultural projects initiated by Australian artists, groups, and organisations Before a specific deadline
The Supporting Act Foundation: Artist Grant Funding to support emerging artists from underrepresented groups, allowing them to dedicate more time to their art Before a specific deadline, Within an application period
The Supporting Act Foundation: Impact Grant Funding to help nonprofit organizations that provide non-financial support to emerging artists from underrepresented groups Before a specific deadline, Within an application period
Netherlands Embassy in China & Making Space: Residency in China Residency programme in China for artists and cultural professionals Before a specific deadline
Performing Arts Fund NL: Open Call Work Trip YPAM & Theatre Commons Funding for professionals in the performing arts to participate in an exchange program Before a specific deadline
International Heritage Cooperation: Matching Fund Funding for projects that contribute to the visibility of the history and heritage that connects the Kingdom of the Netherlands to other countries. Before a specific deadline, Within an application period
Culture Helps Solidarity Fund: Project Grants Funding for small-scale cultural projects supporting communities affected by the war in Ukraine Before a specific deadline, Within an application period
Dutch Foundation for Literature: Caribe Literature Funding for literary projects, activities and talent development in the Caribbean part of the Kingdom Within an application period
Netherlands Film Fund & National Film and Video Foundation: Thuthuka Funding to promote cooperation between South Africa and the Netherlands. Before a specific deadline
Netherlands Film Fund: Realisation of Minority Co-production Feature Film, Feature-length Animated Film, and Documentary Funding for international film productions with a Dutch minority co-producer Before a specific deadline
Creative Industries Fund NL: Architecture Kick-start Grant Scheme Funding for small-scale projects, experiments and preliminary research in the field of architecture Before a specific deadline, Within an application period
Nieuwe Instituut: Tilting Axis Fellowship 2027 Fellowship for applicants based in the Caribbean part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands Before a specific deadline, Within an application period
Netherlands Film Fund & Hubert Bals Fund: Co-production Scheme Funding for the realisation of an international co-production with a Dutch minority co-producer Within an application period
Creative Industries Fund NL: Open Call Residency Jatiwangi art Factory Residency for designers, architects, and spatial practitioners in Indonesia Before a specific deadline
Creative Industries Fund NL: Open Call Residency Suriname 2027 Residency in Suriname for designers, architects and spatial practitioners Before a specific deadline
Creative Industries Fund NL: Open Call Residency Think Tanger 2027 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
Creative Industries Fund NL: Open Call Residency Videotage 2027 Residency in Hong Kong for designers, makers, and observers working in digital culture Before a specific deadline
Dutch Music Export: Marketing Regulation Funding for the international release of music albums 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 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
Stokroos Foundation: Seed Grant Funding for emerging visual artists and designers Before a specific deadline, Within an application period