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Grant deadlines June through December 2025

We have listed the deadlines and continuing arrangements of many funds and grantees for you. Is a deadline missing from the list? If so, please let us know!

Do you have questions about financing your project? We can give you tailored advice in our consulting sessions or during our grant consultations and Monday Club.

Municipality of Arnhem

Municipality of Nijmegen

Province of Gelderland

The Cultural Fund (nationwide)

The Culture Fund deadlines (Culture in Gelderland)

  • July 9, 2025 (Sept. 26, 2025 meeting date).
  • Sept. 24, 2025 (Dec. 12, 2025 meeting date)

Poppunt Gelderland (Music Support Gelderland)

  • Deadline round 3: June 17, 2025
  • Deadline round 4 and XL round: Sept. 2, 2025
  • Deadline round 5: November 11, 2025

fund for cultural participation

Stimuleringsfonds Creatieve Industrie

fund Performing arts

Sena

Mondrian fund

BNG Culture Fund

Lira fund

fund ZOZ

ZOZ Academy

Literary Fund

NORMA fund

Hollyhock Foundation

Amarte

Film Fund

Groeispurt

The Groeispurt is a Nijmegen subsidy scheme for art and culture that supports new initiatives in their artistic development by giving them room for experimentation. The scheme offers a quick and flexible form of support to promote artistic growth and experimentation.

Stroomversneller

De Stroomversneller is een Arnhemse subsidieregeling voor kunst en cultuur die nieuwe initiatieven in hun artistieke ontwikkeling steunt door ze ruimte te geven voor experiment. De regeling biedt een snelle en flexibele vorm van ondersteuning om artistieke groei en experiment te bevorderen.

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