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Creative Europe Programme
Subsidy or grant
Are you active in the audio-visual or creative sector? You can apply for a subsidy via the Creative Europe Programme. The Creative Europe Programme contains 2 sub-programmes: the Culture strand and...
Culture Capital Loan
Credit, loan, or guarantee
Are you an entrepreneur in the cultural sector and did your organisation suffer losses as a result of the corona pandemic or another crisis? You can apply for a Culture Capital Loan (Cultuur Vermogen...
Dutch journalism subsidies
Subsidy or grant
Are you a media organisation, do you produce printed, or digital media publications with journalistic content? Or are you a media startup or investigative journalist? You may be eligible for a subsidy...
Flemish-Dutch Journalists Bursary
Competition
Are you a Flemish or Dutch journalist? You can apply for a bursary to take part in a Flemish-Dutch exchange programme. This gives you the opportunity to live and work across the border for up to 2...
Loan for cultural enterprises (Cultuurlening)
Credit, loan, or guarantee
Are you a professional artist or do you own a cultural enterprise or organisation in the creative sector? And do you want to invest in your professional future? You can apply for the Cultuurlening...
Performing arts subsidy schemes
Subsidy or grant
Do you work in the field of music, theatre, musical theatre, or dance in the Netherlands? You can apply for subsidies from the Performing Arts Fund (Fonds Podiumkunsten). The fund offers subsidies for...
Plus loan for cultural enterprises (Cultuurlening Plus)
Credit, loan, or guarantee
Are you a professional artist or do you own a cultural enterprise or organisation in the creative sector? And do you want to finance a professional cultural production? You can apply for the...
Start-up loan for cultural enterprises
Subsidy or grant
Do you have an enterprise in the cultural sector? And do you need funding for new projects, programmes, productions, or products? You may be eligible for the Start-up loan for cultural enterprises...
Subsidies for designers and cultural institutions
Subsidy or grant
Are you a designer, do you work in the field of digital culture, or do you run a cultural institution? You may be eligible for a subsidy from the Creative Industries Fund NL (Stimuleringsfonds...
Subsidies for literary publishers
Subsidy or grant
As a publisher of literary works, you may be eligible for a subsidy from the Dutch Foundation for Literature (Nederlands Letterenfonds). They offer subsidies for: production costs for special...
Subsidies for visual arts and cultural heritage
Subsidy or grant
Do you work in the field of visual arts or in the cultural heritage sector? If so, you can apply for a grant from the Mondriaan Fund (Mondriaan Fonds). The fund has several grant schemes for cultural...
Subsidies for writers and translators
Subsidy or grant
Are you a writer or translator of literary works? You can apply for a subsidy from the Dutch Foundation for Literature (Nederlands Letterenfonds). Among others there are subsidies for: project...
Subsidy for a nationally or locally listed building
Subsidy or grant
Do you own a monument or a building of cultural or historical significance? You may qualify for a loan or subsidy for conservation (maintenance), a new designation for or restoration of your monument....
Subsidy for film productions
Subsidy or grant
Film producers, directors, screenwriters, and distributors in the Netherlands may be eligible for a subsidy from the Netherlands Film Fund (Nederlands Filmfonds). Funding options are available for the...