Culture Moves Europe

Culture Moves Europe is a mobility scheme that supports individual mobility and residency projects across Creative Europe countries, territories and regions. It gives grants for artists and cultural professionals to travel and carry out a project in another Creative Europe country.

It covers the sectors of architecture, cultural heritage, design and fashion design, literature, music, performing arts and visual arts.

With a budget of €25 million, it aims to support around 7.000 artists, cultural professionals and host organisations from 2025 to 2028.

Culture Moves Europe is funded by the Creative Europe programme of the European Union, and is implemented by the Goethe-Institut.

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Calls

Culture Moves Europe Call for Individual Mobility 2025

Call for Individual Mobility:

Applications open from 1 October 2025 to 30 April 2026.

The call is open to artists and cultural professionals who want to develop a mobility project with an international partner between their country of residence and another Creative Europe country.

Covering 7 different sectors, with a straightforward application process, the scheme aims to expand access to artistic and cultural mobility across Europe and neighbouring regions.

The applicants can apply individually or as part of a group of up to 5 people.
Projects can be implemented in one country and must be between 7 and 60 days long for individual projects and between 7 and 21 days for group applications.

To be eligible, applicants must be 18 years of age or older, be active in one of the eligible sectors and legally reside in one of the Creative Europe countries. Applications are welcomed from people with all educational backgrounds and levels of experience.

This is a rolling call with monthly deadlines. At the end of each calendar month, applications submitted are reviewed and either approved or rejected.

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CALL FOR RESIDENCY HOSTS

A new call will be announced in December 2025.

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Contact

Given the extremely high number of contacts we receive every day, please note that if the answer to your question can be found on the website or call document, the Culture Moves Europe team won’t reply to your request. It is therefore recommended to use the other available information channels. For individual questions, you can contact the following address: culturemoveseurope@goethe.de