Chancen

Mit der Seite „Chances“ möchten wir auf eine Auswahl von Residenzprogrammen, Finanzierungsmöglichkeiten, Mentoring-Angeboten, Koproduktionsaufrufen und anderen Chancen aus unserem Netzwerk aufmerksam machen, die für Künster*innen in Ägypten von Interesse sein könnten.

Chances © Karim Farah

Bitte beachten Sie, dass Bewerbungen über die ausschreibende Institution und nicht über das Goethe-Institut Alexandria oder Kairo eingereicht werden müssen, sofern nicht anders angegeben.

Hier ist unsere regelmäßig aktualisierte Auswahl von Chancen für Sie.

Chancen in Ägypten

Ausschreibung

Kulturgarage

Die Kulturgarage in Alexandria bietet einen Arbeits- und Präsentationsraum für kulturelle Akteur*innen und Organisationen.

Kulturgarage © Goethe-Institut Alexandria/ Butheina Shalan © Goethe-Institut Alexandria/ Butheina Shalan

Translators-in-Residence programme

In association with the 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:
31 January 2025

Dresden-Hellerau © Peter Hausdorf © Peter Hausdorf

PACT Zollverein Residency

Running all year round since 2002, the residency programme is at the heart of PACT Zollverein’s day to day work. Open to professional artists from home and abroad who work in the areas of dance, performance, media arts or music and closely linked to PACT’s two other core strands of activity in presenting work and facilitating research and development, the programme is a key element in PACT’s profile as an Artists’ House supporting lively exchange between practice and theory.
Deadline for submitting:
25 February 2025

PACT Zollverein Residency © PACT Zollverein © PACT Zollverein

AFAC Performing Arts Grant

AFAC’s Performing Arts grant supports the production and distribution of classical, folk, and contemporary forms of theater and dance performances for all age groups. The grant also supports public and site-specific interventions, performance art, and festivals, as well as training and workshops in playwriting, acting, directing, dancing, and choreography. AFAC welcomes proposals from individuals from Arab countries (22 member states of the Arab League), regardless of their place of residence, citizenship, or ethnic and national identification and also accepts proposals from local, regional, and international institutions and organizations whose projects are related to arts and culture from the Arab region. These include artistic and cultural institutions, galleries, venues, and both nonprofit and for-profit entities.
Deadline for submitting:
04 April 2025

AFAC Performing Arts © We the Lions © We the Lions

AFAC Visual Arts Grant

AFAC’s Visual Arts grant supports the production and exhibition of painting, sculpture, photography, installations, video and sound art, art publications, and multimedia works. AFAC welcomes proposals from individuals from Arab countries (22 member states of the Arab League), regardless of their place of residence, citizenship, or ethnic and national identification and also accepts proposals from local, regional, and international institutions and organizations whose projects are related to arts and culture from the Arab region. These include artistic and cultural institutions, galleries, venues, and both nonprofit and for-profit entities.
Deadline for submitting:
04 April 2025

AFAC Visual Arts © Bouchra Khalili © Bouchra Khalili

International Coproduction Fund (IKF)

IKF supports coproductions worldwide that grow out of collaborative and dialogue-based working processes in the fields of music, dance, theatre and performance art. We use this fund to promote innovative productions and international cultural exchange as well as new approaches to intercultural collaboration and networking.
Applications for the year 2025 can be submitted via the application portal until 15 May 2025 at 23:59 pm (CET - Time in Germany)

Po víťazstve (It all started with a winner) © Divadlo Štúdio tanca, Martin Dubovský © Divadlo Štúdio tanca, Martin Dubovský

Music-Teaching Projects Abroad

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.

Guitar Player © Goethe-Institut © Goethe-Institut

Shadowing Programme for Young Theatre Professionals

In association with the International Theatre Institute (ITI), the Goethe-Institut runs a shadowing programme for theatre people from abroad who have substantial prior experience in theatre abroad. After participating in the programme in Germany, you are expected to serve as a “multiplier”, i.e. to share the benefits of your experience in Germany with your theatre scene at home. We make it possible for selected theatre people from other parts of the world to get to know first-hand how at least one production is planned, rehearsed and performed at a theatre in Germany. They can also attend performances at other theatres.
Deadline for submitting:
Always Open

Shadowing Programme for Young Theatre Professionals © Goethe-Institut © Goethe-Institut

Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant

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.

POLLOCK-KRASNER FOUNDATION GRANT Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner in Pollock’s Studio Photo: Hans Namuth, 1950. ©Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center Jackson Pollock and Lee Krasner in Pollock’s Studio Photo: Hans Namuth, 1950. ©Pollock-Krasner House and Study Center

JustFilms Grants

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.

JustFilms Grants © Ford Foundation © Ford Foundation

Promotion of Music Residencies in Germany

This grant is to enable performing artists working in the field of music from developing and transition countries to prepare new international programmes and productions with partners in Germany. The object of the programme is to promote international artistic collaboration and intensive cultural exchange on a partnership basis.

Promotion of music residencies in Germany - Gasteig München GmbH © Pexels Papa Yaw © Pexels Papa Yaw

Fine Arts Residencies in Germany

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.

Fine Arts Residencies in Germany © Goethe-Institut Libanon © Goethe-Institut Libanon

Schloss Solitude Fellowship

The Akademie Schloss Solitude is an international and transdisciplinary artists’ residence. It supports young artists, scholars, scientists, as well as cultural and economic professionals via residential fellowships only. Are you interested in applying for a residential fellowship? The candidates should not be older than 40 or have completed a university degree within the past five years. You will find all information on conditions, benefits and the selection procedure on this page. Scholarships are usually awarded for a period of six, nine or twelve months.
Deadline for submitting:
Always open

Schloss Solitude Fellowship © Akademie Schloss Solitude © Akademie Schloss Solitude

Wijhat Travel Grant

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

Wijhat Travel Grant © Al-Mawred Al-Thaqafy © Al-Mawred Al-Thaqafy

Internship Program - Leaders for Future

The goal of the program is to attract international qualified specialists to the German labor market as well as to strengthen the professional and personal skills of the program participants. Partial and full scholarships are available.
Students and professionals, civil servants and employees, all are welcome to apply for the LEADERS for FUTURE program.
Deadline for submitting:
1- Summer internship program LEADERS for FUTURE: the application period is approximately 9 months.
2- Ongoing internship program LEADERS for FUTURE: the application period is approx. 3 months.

Internship Program - Leaders for Future © Copernicus Berlin © Copernicus Berlin