
Grant deadlines January through June 2023
We have listed the deadlines of many funds and grantors for you. There are many funds that do not work with deadlines. That is why they are not on this list. Is a deadline missing from the list? Please let us know via info@cultuuracademy.nl!
Do you have questions about financing your project? We can give you tailored advice in our consulting sessions or during our grant consultations.
Municipality of Arnhem
- March 1: Grants Scheme for Productions, Events and Festivals.
- 1a. public event applications (up to €10,000).
- 1b. applications for public events (€10,000 to €60,000)
- 2. applications for cultural productions and festivals (project grant)
Municipality of Nijmegen
- March 15 to April 25 : Resilient agile
- Supplement PPO scheme for self-employed workers, ongoing through 2023, apply before start of study.
Province of Gelderland
- December 31: Cultural and heritage participation
- Dec. 31: Youth Performing Arts (open from Jan. 9)
- Dec. 31: Talent development of professionals (open from Jan. 9)
Prince Bernhard Cultural Fund (national)
Overview of all submission deadlines. Upcoming deadlines:
- Jan. 12: Theater, Dance & Film
- Jan. 13: History & Literature
- Jan. 13: Music
- Jan. 26: Tijl fund, Josine de Bruyn Kops fund and fund Unforgettable - for individual, female visual artists.
- March 30: Visual Arts
- April 1: Scholarships general, visual arts, music (+ purchase instruments) - open from February 1.
- April 3: Theater, Dance & Film
- April 7: History & Literature
- April 10: Music
- June 30: History & Literature
Prince Bernhard Culture Fund (Gelderland)
Overview of submission deadlines. Upcoming deadlines:
- Jan. 16
- April 10
- June 10
fund for cultural participation
Subsidy Scheme Making Culture Together 2022-2024. Application periods:
- Jan. 18: Open call Mental health youth
- March 1: Open call Young people make culture (open from Jan. 23)
- March 29: Track 1 - Try-out and Track 2 - Development Track (open from March 6).
- June 28: Track 1 - Try-out and Track 2 - Development Track (open from June 5).
Stimuleringsfonds Creatieve Industrie
- Jan. 10: Open Call Salone del Mobile 2023
- Jan. 11, April 5: Scheme Design
- Jan. 18-April 12: Scheme on Digital Culture
- Jan. 19-April 20: Scheme architecture
- Jan. 23: Open Call Resilient Communities / Inclusive Cities / Just Societies
- Jan. 31: Scout Nights 2023
- Jan. 31: Talent Development Scheme
- Feb. 6: Regulation Immerse / Interact
- Feb. 22: Festivals and public programs regulation (open from Jan. 10)
- Feb. 27: Open Call for Ways to Wellness
- March 13: Open Call Residency Van Doesburghuis 2023 (link will follow later)
- n.t.b.: Experiment scheme (open from mid-February)
fund Performing arts
- Jan. 4: Production grant
- Jan. 4: Assignment composition or libretto
- Jan. 11: New creators
- Jan. 11: Foreign performances or concerts in the Netherlands
- Jan. 11: Grant for Dutch Presentations Abroad
- Jan. 11: International Coproductions
- March 22: Production grant
- March 29: Work contribution music author
- March 29: Foreign performances or concerts in the Netherlands
- March 29: Grant for Dutch Presentations Abroad
- March 29: International Coproductions
- April 5: Work contribution theater text
- May 31: Series of assignments composition or libretto
Film Fund
The Netherlands Film Fund has multiple application rounds and deadlines for a number of schemes. We list the deadlines for each scheme:
- Jan. 16-April 11: Film Festival
- Jan. 16-Apr. 24: Realization minority co-production in collaboration with VAF
- Jan. 23, March 20, May 8: Realization minority co-production feature film, feature-length animated film and documentary
- January 23, March 13, May 1: Development of feature film and long animated film (production)
- Jan. 23, March 13, May 1: Realization Research & Experimentation
- Jan. 23, March 20, May 8: Realization minority co-production short animation and research & experimentation
- January 23, March 13, May 1: Realization long documentary
- January 23, March 13, May 1: Realization of feature film and long animated film
- January 23, March 13, May 1: Realization of short animation
- Jan. 30-May 8: Netherlands Film Production Incentive High-End Series
- Jan. 30-May 8: Netherlands Film Production Incentive
- Feb. 6: Immerse (Interact
- Feb. 13, March 27, May 8, June 19: Development of feature film and long animated film (screenplay and artistic development)
- Feb. 13, March 27, May 8, June 19: Development long documentary
- Feb. 13, March 27, May 8, June 19: Development of Short Animation
- Feb. 13-May 8: Cinema release of foreign quality children's and youth films in the Netherlands
- Feb. 13, March 27, May 8, June 19: Development Research & Experiment
- Feb. 13-May 8: Cinema release foreign arthouse film or documentary in the Netherlands
- Feb. 20: Realizing minority co-production in collaboration with IBF
- March 6: Film Education Hub
- March 6: Realization minority co-production in collaboration with HBF
- March 13: Cinescope
- March 13-May 1: Realization of feature film and long animated film
- March 13: CineDoc
- March 13-May 1: Realization of short animation
- April 3: Development Oasis
- April 3: New Dawn
- May 8: The Imagination
Sena
- November 14 to March 12: Sena Music Production Fund (application round 1)
- March 13 to June 25: Sena Music Production Fund (application round 2)
Mondrian fund
- January 16: Open Call Commemorative Year of Slavery Past
- Jan. 30: Publication
- April 3: Heritage Innovation
- May 1: Publication
- May 8: International Cooperation Projects Heritage Institutions
BNG Culture Fund
For projects in the field of arts and culture. Deadline:
- Jan. 27
Lira fund
For writing assignments and readings. Deadlines:
- Jan. 13
- March 24
- June 2
fund ZOZ
For projects, and pilots, try-outs or prototypes. Deadlines:
- Feb. 20: Project grant
- Feb. 20: Pilot, tryout or prototype
Literary Fund
- Jan. 15: Project grants for publications
- Jan. 15: Development grants authors (experienced writers)
- Jan. 23: Project grants for literary and literary-educational activities
- Feb. 1: Schwob
- March 15: Project grants for publications
- March 16: Development grants authors (startups)
- April 5: Work contribution theater text
- April 10: Digital literary projects
- May 2: Literary Border Traffic
- June 15: Project grants for publications
- June 15: Development grants authors (oeuvre builders)
Hollyhock Foundation
Donation program and talent development program. Deadlines:
- Feb. 24
- May 19

Subsidiedeadlines juni t/m december 2025
We have listed the deadlines of many funds and grants within the cultural sector for you. Take a look now and prepare your application!

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