Artistic and Design Research for Immersive Experiences Grant Scheme (Netherlands)

This grant scheme is aimed at newly-formed consortiums of makers, producers, institutions and researchers. They can apply for a grant for a two-year programme with a central focus on the quality of artistic and design research into immersive experiences.

Funding Information

• In the first application round, a total budget of € 250,000 is available. In this round, € 50,000 subsidy can be applied for to carry out the planning of a two-year programme. Co-financing is not required here.
• Only consortia that receive support in round 1A can apply for a maximum of € 1,300,000 subsidy in round 1B to implement the related two-year programme. This is subject to a co-financing requirement of at least € 400,000. A total budget of € 6,500,000 is available in round 1B.

Eligibility Criteria

• The following three core groups must be represented in the consortium:
  • Individual or collective makers and designers of IX projects, and IX producers in the cultural and media fields. Both the role of a maker and a producer must be represented in the consortium.
• Organisations in the cultural and media fields that:
  • Facilitate the development and/or presentation of IX productions.
  • Reach the public and/or participants to experience IX productions.
  • Facilitate substantive debate and context around IX.
  • Contribute to artistic and design research (as a client or from a research function embedded in the organisation).
• Researchers working at a college or university who contribute to and apply theoretical and practical knowledge, methodologies and tools in an integral, practice-oriented and possibly also fundamental way within artistic and design research.
• One or more parties may act as international partners of the consortium.

For more information, visit Creative Industries Fund.