Apply for the Caribbean Mobility Fund

The Caribbean Mobility Fund is a programme of the Ministry of Culture (General Secretariat, Cultural Affairs Departments of Guadeloupe and Martinique and the Department of Culture, Youth and Sports of French Guiana), operated by the Institut français.

Fund Disciplines

• It includes the following disciplines:
  • Architecture, landscape and urban planning
  • Street arts
  • Visual arts
  • Comic strips
  • Circus
  • Storytelling
  • Dance
  • Debate
  • Design
  • Documentary
  • Arts courses
  • Training for cultural professions
  • Video games
  • Books
  • Puppets
  • Art professions
  • Fashion
  • Museum & Heritage
  • Classical and contemporary music
  • Contemporary music and jazz
  • Digital
  • Intangible cultural heritage
  • Photography
  • Multidisciplinary projects
  • Sport and Culture
  • Theatre

Funding Information

• The French Institute provides financial support in the form of:
  • a fixed travel allowance (transport costs, insurance and visa, if necessary) for artists and cultural professionals up to a limit of €2,200 per application and per year (corresponding to a mobility project);
  • project aid for cultural structures or businesses up to €8,000 per application per year (one application corresponding to one or more artist mobilities of €2,200 maximum).
• Note: Plane tickets or other transport are purchased directly by the beneficiaries.

Funding Priority

• Priority will be given to mobility for:
  • participation in leading events
  • trainings
  • markets development
  • professionals’ participations in transnational networks
  • research works and artistic collaborations
  • invitations to debates, conferences or seminars
  • creative residencies

Eligibility Criteria

• This programme is aimed at artists and cultural professionals, as well as cultural organisations and companies based in:
  • one of the countries of the Association of Caribbean States (ACS): Antigua & Barbuda; Bahamas; Barbados; Belize; Colombia; Costa Rica; Cuba; Dominica; El Salvador; Grenada; Guatemala; Guyana; Haiti; Honduras; Jamaica; Mexico; Nicaragua; Panama; Dominican Republic; Saint Kitts & Nevis; Saint Lucia; Saint Vincent & The Grenadines; Suriname; Trinidad & Tobago; Venezuela,
  • one of the French Departments of America (DFA): Guadeloupe, Martinique, Guyana.
  • Mobility projects must have a link with Guadeloupe, Martinique and French Guiana.
• It cannot have incoming mobilities in the French departments of America from the United States, Canada or Brazil.

For more information, visit Institut français.