Chances

Being in between entails not being there yet and still being somewhere else.The Goethe-Institutes in North Africa and the Middle East, in cooperation with Zentrum für Kunst und Urbanistik in Berlin (ZK/U, Center for Art and Urbanistics) invite six participants for a residency program that asks them to dissect the state of liminality.
Application Deadline: April 27, 2025
 

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’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

The Egyptian capital has inspired poets and writers for a long time. From Mid-June 2025 three writers from Algeria, Germany, Lebanon, Tunisia, or Yemen get the opportunity to spend six weeks in Cairo to develop their poetry or short stories further. The residency organized by the Goethe-Institut Kairo takes place in the “White Villa” in the neighbourhood of Dokki where the three writers share one apartment.
Deadline for submitting:
16 April 2025

ZKM (Center for Art and Media) in Karlsruhe, in partnership with Cairotronica and the Goethe-Institutes in North Africa and the Middle East, invites applications from artists in Arabic-speaking countries for a residency program designed for visual and new media artists working on the intersection of art, society, nature and technology. This residency offers a unique opportunity for one artist to explore the theme ‘Reimagining Connections’, which intersects with the concept of ‘Out-Natured’ and ZKM's focus areas: life cycles, technology-mediated connections, and non-human actors.
Deadline for submitting:
30 April 2025

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)

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 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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.