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Would you like to perform in Germany? We provide funding for ensembles from developing and transition countries. The Goethe-Institut funds festivals, theatres and organizers in Germany that wish to invite ensembles to Germany from “cooperation countries” receiving German development assistance. This gives performing artists an opportunity to present their works to German audiences and to engage with the German arts scene.
Deadline for submitting always open

The Goethe-Institut supports music projects in Germany involving artists and ensembles from developing and transition countries. An invitation and application from collaborators in Germany is a prerequisite for funding. These grants are for professional ensembles and performing artists as well as amateur and newcomer ensembles.
Deadline for submitting always open

The Goethe-Institut’s Visual Arts Project Fund supports the establishment of international networks between cultural professionals from Germany and across the globe. It funds projects that foster artistic and curatorial cooperation across national and continental borders. As such, the program provides opportunities to develop cross-border modes of discourse and research in complex and supra-regional projects and to experiment with collaborative formats, processes and structures. Professional cultural workers, curators, artists, art mediators, art and cultural theorists from Germany and at least one additional country, working on a joint project. In order to be eligible, the project application must be submitted by a minimum of two equal partners. One of the partners’ professional and personal life must be centered in Germany, while other partners must be living and working in at least one other country.
Applications may be submitted from September 1 to mid-October for the following year.

Oberhausen is now calling for entries to the competitions of its 72nd edition. Our focus is on new works with their own visual language, new perspectives and forms. Oberhausen's strength for 72 years has been its openness for the innovative, surprising, and original.
Deadline for submitting: 19 January 2026

In association with the Goethe-Institut, Alfred Toepfer Stiftung F.V.S. (Alfred Toepfer Foundation) and the Kulturstiftung des Freistaates Sachsen (Cutural Foundation of the Free State of Saxony), the European Translators-in-Residence Programme offers residential fellowships for professional translators specialising in the translation of German literature.
Deadline for submitting:
25 January 2026

International coproductions are exemplary of partnership-based, dialogue-oriented collaborations. We promote collaborative work processes and innovative productions involving international cultural exchange. In doing so, we support the creation of new networks and approaches within global contexts, while exploring innovative methods for intercultural collaboration.
Deadline for submitting:
01 April 2026

Project funding supports up to four film and media projects per year. Werkleitz provides these projects with technology (excluding insurance) free of charge for a maximum of 14 days. Requests for project funding can be submitted at any time by e-mail to info(at)werkleitz.de. In addition to the obligatory application form with technical data, the planned project should be presented clearly in the submission. Depending on the scope, this can be in the form of a script, project description, sketches and other visualisations, CVs of the team members involved and references as links.
The application must be received by Werkleitz no later than 30 days before the planned start of the project.

Goethe-Instituts abroad and their partner institutions work with musicians to lay the foundations for diverse forms of cultural exchange: we provide funding for projects to build individual musical skills and encourage participation in collaborative ensemble music activities. The fund supports professional musicians and music teachers based in Germany who are interested in putting on educational music projects abroad.
Applications: always open but should be received at least three months before the project is to start.

In Zusammenarbeit mit dem Internationalen Theaterinstitut (ITI) bietet das Goethe-Institut ein Hospitationsprogramm für Theaterleute aus dem Ausland an, die bereits über umfangreiche Theatererfahrung im Ausland verfügen. Nach der Teilnahme am Programm in Deutschland wird von Ihnen erwartet, dass Sie als "Multiplikator" fungieren, d.h. den Nutzen Ihrer Erfahrungen in Deutschland mit Ihrer Theaterszene in der Heimat teilen. Wir ermöglichen es ausgewählten Theaterleuten aus anderen Teilen der Welt, aus erster Hand zu erfahren, wie mindestens eine Produktion an einem Theater in Deutschland geplant, geprobt und aufgeführt wird. Sie können auch Aufführungen an anderen Theatern besuchen.
Bewerbungen sind ganzjährig möglich

The Pollock-Krasner Foundation provides financial resources for visual artists to create new work, acquire supplies, rent studio space, prepare for exhibitions, attend a residency and offset living expenses. The Foundation welcomes, throughout the year, applications from visual artists who are painters, sculptors and artists who work on paper, including printmakers.
There are no deadlines.

Ford Foundation is offering grants to support artist-driven film and new media storytelling projects that explore aspects of inequality, as well as the organizations and networks that support these projects. They support independent, documentary film, video, and emerging media projects that explore timely social justice issues, with a focus on reducing inequality.
There are no deadlines.

Artists' houses support professional artists of all disciplines by providing them with studio space and accommodation for limited periods of time, often combined with the award of a stipend or grant. They are international meeting places and centres of cultural and creative exchange. On the following pages, the various artists' houses in Germany are listed with an outline of their programmes and selection procedures.

Arab artists and cultural actors face major challenges when it comes to traveling within the Arab region or abroad for professional purposes. Foremost among them are insufficient funding to cover travel expenses, difficulties in obtaining visas and lack of opportunities to network with organizations that could potentially become partners in the creative processes in this region. Wijhat (Destinations) was developed by Al-Mawred Al-Thaqafy to address these concerns. The program provides grants of up to €7,000 to artists and cultural actors from the Arab region to support their travels within the Arab region or to any destination abroad.
Deadline for submitting:
Call is open all year long

Ziel des Programms ist es, internationale Fachkräfte für den deutschen Arbeitsmarkt zu gewinnen sowie die fachlichen und persönlichen Kompetenzen der Programmteilnehmer zu stärken. Es werden Teil- und Vollstipendien vergeben.
Studierende und Berufstätige, Beamte und Angestellte, alle können sich für das Programm LEADERS for FUTURE bewerben.
Frist für die Einreichung:
1- Sommerpraktikumsprogramm LEADERS for FUTURE: Die Bewerbungsfrist beträgt etwa 9 Monate.
2- Laufendes Praktikumsprogramm LEADERS for FUTURE: Die Bewerbungsfrist beträgt ca. 3 Monate.