Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation announces Grants for Artistic Creation (Portugal)

Objectives

• Support will be granted for the execution of creative projects that demonstrate its uniqueness and relevance in the context of contemporary artistic practices, namely:
  • Projects for the complete creation of a work registered in the Visual Arts, Performing Arts, Cinema or Disciplinary Crossings;
  • Projects for the partial implementation of the creative process in the areas referred to in the first point.

Funding Information

• The amount of support is variable and is divided into four levels: €4,000, €8,000, €12,000 and €16,000. Entities (artists, authors or private non-profit organisations) may choose the level they apply for depending on the nature of their projects, and the amount requested may be any amount.
• Duration:
  • Projects must be executed between 1 July 2025 and December 31, 2027;
  • Projects must begin within 12 months following the date of July 1, 2025.

Eligibility Criteria

• The following may apply for support:
  • Portuguese artists, in their individual name, or through private Portuguese non-profit organizations with which they collaborate in the execution of the project that is the subject of the application;
  • Foreign artists and authors with tax domicile in Portugal, in the name individual, or through private Portuguese non-profit organizations with which they collaborate in the execution of the project subject of the application;
  • In the case of projects involving several author artists, the following must be indicated:
    • the responsibility of each one and the representative identified (artist author or private non-profit organization with which it collaborates in the execution of the project) which will assume the quality of Beneficiary Entity;
  • Each candidate artist (individually or collectively) may only present an application within the framework of this competition;
  • Projects must provide for a documented record of the work carried out, including public presentation, if any, as well as the respective reflective and critical self-evaluation.

Ineligibility Criteria

• The following will be exclusion criteria for the competition:
  • Projects of a commercial nature;
  • Projects with an academic or school nature;
  • Curatorship projects in any of the disciplines in the competition;
  • Projects exclusively in the fields of Architecture, Design, of Editing and Music;
  • Applications from Entities (artists, authors and/or private non-profit organizations) profitable) that are in a situation of unjustified non-compliance with the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, especially with regard to the presentation of reports on material and/or financial execution, or return of balances, or which already simultaneously benefit from other support granted by the Foundation;
  • Applications from Entities (artists, authors and/or private non-profit organizations) profitable) that benefit, at the date of application, from biennial or quadrennial support from DGARTES/Ministry of Culture.

For more information, visit Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.