General Project Funding

General Project Funding accepts applications from creative artists twice a year to finance projects in all artistic fields: visual and performing arts, literature, music, dance, film, photography, architecture and New Media. Up to ten million euros is allocated each year to support large, innovative projects in an international context.

The next jury session will take place in may 2025. The closing date for entries for the 48th jury session is 31 July 2025. 

If you wish to apply for project funding, first make sure your project is eligible for funding by reading the General Funding Guidelines of the Federal Cultural Foundation and the Funding Criteria for General Project Funding.

The Federal Cultural Foundation may award funding to institutions with headquarters in Germany or abroad. Project coordinators must ensure visibility of their projects in Germany. Media produced with project funding from the Federal Cultural Foundation must also include a German-language version.

General Project Funding will only consider projects that require at least 50,000 euros and have at least 20 percent of their entire costs secured through personal capital and/or third-party financing. Only innovative projects with an international context can receive General Project Funding from the Federal Cultural Foundation.

Please note: The application form is only available on our German website and all texts within the form must be submitted in German language.

There is no entitlement to funding. An independent panel of experts recommends projects for funding to the Executive Board from the applications received.

The next jury meeting will take place in spring 2025. Applications received by 31 January 2025 will be discussed there. Please note that the project must not start before the date of the jury meeting.

The jury will decide on projects submitted between 1 February 2025 and 31 January 2025 in autumn 2025. The closing date for entries for the 48th jury session is 31 July 2025. 

Below you will find an overview of the projects that were selected for funding in the 39th to 43nd jury sessions.