Digital Culture Grant Scheme 2024 (Netherlands)

This scheme is open for projects initiated by professional designers, makers, observers, design agencies or cultural institutions active within the field of digital culture.

Scope and Objective

• This scheme applies to applications for projects initiated by professional makers, observers, agencies or cultural institutions. The projects contribute, in the context of digital culture, or in the context of a crossover between digital culture and other disciplines, to strengthening the quality, development or understanding of digital culture.
• The scheme complements the Fund’s following general objectives:
  • promoting the development of artistic quality;
  • stimulating experiment and research;
  • supporting reflection and debate.

Funding Information

• The following grants may be provided:
  • regular project grant, co-financing is required
  • starting grant up to a maximum of € 7,500, co-financing is not required

Eligibility Criteria

• A grant will only be provided when the following conditions have been met:
  • the applicant is registered in the Commercial Register of the Dutch Chamber of Commerce or at one of the Chambers of Commerce that fall within the Kingdom of the Netherlands;
  • the project mainly serves a Dutch interest;
  • the project starts within six months after the date of the decision;
  • the project period is no longer than 24 months;
  • there is a budget deficit and, in the board’s opinion, the need for a grant has been demonstrated;
  • based on the applicant’s working method, it can reasonably be expected that the goals set by the applicant will be achieved;
  • the applicant did not fall short in complying with its grant obligations in the context of a project for which the Fund previously provided a grant;
  • the results will be published or made publicly accessible in another way.
• If the application is submitted on behalf of a cultural institution or organization, the institution or organization will adhere to the following codes:
  • Fair Practice Code;
  • Diversity and Inclusion Code;
  • Governance Code for Culture 2019.

Ineligibile

• No grant is provided to or for:
  • institutions that have a structural grant relationship with the Dutch Government or that have received a grant under the Four-year Institutional Grant Scheme for the Creative Industry 2021–2024 or the 1- and 2-year Activities Programme Grant Scheme from the Fund;
  • projects that have already been subsidized under one of the Fund’s grant schemes, with the exception of a starting grant;
  • projects initiated by applicants who, during the project period, have already received support for the implementation of their development plan under the Talent Development Grant Programme for the Creative Industry from the Fund;
  • projects for which, at the time of the application, an application is already being processed under another Fund grant scheme;
  • activities that have already taken place or started before the date of the decision;
  • projects with no reasonable amount of co-financing given the setup of the project, with the exception of a starting grant;
  • projects that are submitted again, after having been rejected by the board entirely or partially, with no changes in circumstances or new facts being specified by the applicant;
  • projects for which grant applications have already been submitted twice before and which were rejected or negatively assessed;
  • applications that are not submitted on time or are incomplete;
  • educational programmes;
  • higher professional education institutions or universities;
  • educational study trips;
  • study or training course projects;
  • projects concerning a reprise or reissue;
  • serial production;
  • labour costs relating to employees of government, provincial and municipal bodies;
  • acquisition of property, materials or equipment that will have a value after the end of a project;
  • regular construction and restoration costs;
  • drawing up design, interior, restoration and renovation plans;
  • activities and costs directly related to the founding of a company or organization; u activities that do not go above and beyond the regular business activities.

For more information, visit Creative Industries Fund NL.