Funding for Work Stays Abroad
Deadline
December 31, 2025
63 days left
Application Fee
FREE
Rewards
Multiple Rewards
Interest
High
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About This Opportunity
Cooperation and coproductions strengthen intercultural exchange and foster international networking between cultural scenes. Individual stipends enable musicians, composers and musical creators to spend two to four weeks working in a host country of their choice, encouraging them to research and familiarize themselves with new aspects of their work and to establish new artistic relationships.
**Funding criteria**
* All project partners are deeply involved in their own local music scenes.
* The application includes a concept for artistic research, international exchange and networking across borders.
* The project can be expected to have lasting artistic and social effects on the music scenes involved.
* Ideally, first results of the cooperation will be visible even during the stay within the scene of the host country.
* Ties to the local music scene may be intensified by collaborating with a Goethe-Institut in the host country, if applicable. In places where a local Goethe-Institut exists, it is recommended to discuss possibilities of project-related events, such as panel formats, workshops, lecture-performances, concerts or similar, before the working stay.
* Sustainability criteria applied to choice of transport: we support train trips, especially those within Europe of up to seven hours of travel time. Additional costs incurred compared to air travel will be considered for eligibility.
What You'll Get
Types: FUNDING
**What we fund** * Working stays lasting two to four weeks in a host country of your choice * Research and preparations for larger artistic projects * Collection of materials for artistic (co-)productions in a host country * Preparation and/or production of first joint compositions/co-productions with those involved in the cooperation project in the host country * Initiation of networks with artists and multipliers Our funding covers travel costs as well as a stipend for accommodation, meals and other expenses **Our funding does not cover:** * Album productions, trips with the sole purpose of touring or giving guest performances, pre-existing invitations to artistic residencies, master courses, summer schools, study stays, commercial further education seminars, scientific research stays, docent stays, travel of a touristic nature or family visits * Travel to German-speaking foreign countries
Application Requirements
- APPLICATION_FORMS
- ARTWORK_PORTFOLIO
- ARTIST_STATEMENT
- PROJECT_DESCRIPTION
- PRODUCTION_SCHEDULE_TIMETABLE
- COST_ESTIMATION
- LETTER_OF_INTENT
- CV
- MOTIVATION_LETTER
- Projects that have already commenced, i.e. undertakings for which bookings (e.g. for flights) have already been made, are generally exempt from funding. Before making non-refundable bookings, therefore, it is necessary to apply for a so-called “early start of the measure”, which can be done by an informal email. An agreement to an early start of the measure does not indicate a binding agreement to the granting of a stipend. After granting funding for a working stay in a host country, regardless of the destination, the artist recipient of the stipend will not be eligible to apply for a stipend for a working stay abroad for three full calendar years.
Eligibility
Geographic Requirements
DE
Other Requirements
Individual musicians and composers active within the German music scene who would like to develop new concepts for projects jointly with artists or institutions in a host country.
Goethe-Institut
Munich, DE
Verified Organization
Active since 2020
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Don't miss out on this opportunity. Applications close on December 31, 2025.