Currently 6 active cross-disciplinary and social impact grants, fellowships and residencies open to applicants in the Netherlands. Hand-curated and updated weekly. Almost every entry is funded; a few notable unpaid open calls and festival submissions are included as clearly flagged exceptions. Browse the list below, or use the interactive desk for filtering and shortlisting.
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Multi-year grant for cultural institutions whose core task is to contribute to the high quality, development and professionalisation of the contemporary creative industry through a two-year activities programme. Application window: 13 May 2026 15:00 CEST to 15 June 2026 16:00 CEST. Maximum requested amount €125,000 per year; total annual scheme budget €1,850,000.
Travel voucher for Dutch-based professionals in design, architecture and/or digital culture who have been invited by a foreign party to give a presentation, lecture or workshop. To apply you must have submitted an application to the Fund in the past five years that was positively assessed. Round 2 runs 4 May 2026 15:00 CEST to 22 June 2026 16:00 CEST (budget €33,000); Round 3 runs 8 September 2026 15:00 CEST to 27 October 2026 16:00 CEST (budget €33,000).
Emergence at All Scales (EAAS), a Dutch research consortium spanning mathematics, physics, astronomy, chemistry and related fields (funded by NWO), invites artists, makers and collectives to propose new works inspired by the theme of Emergence: how complexity arises from simple ingredients, local interactions or microscopic rules. Selected projects are developed in dialogue with EAAS researchers and premiere at the first Emergence Festival in Amsterdam in June 2027. EAAS studies emergence across scales, from quantum spacetime and the early universe to hydrodynamics, quantum matter, collective behaviour, social segregation, networks and intelligent materials; proposals may connect to one project, several, or the theme broadly. WELCOMED FORMS: visual art, digital art, film, video, documentary, installation, exhibition, sculpture; performance, theatre, dance, music, sound art; and hybrid or interdisciplinary works that translate research questions, concepts, data, simulations, methods or early findings into a public experience, ideally with a life beyond the festival. FELLOWS RECEIVE: up to EUR 20,000 production budget, dialogue with EAAS researchers, support from EAAS curator Marijn Bril, possible university office/meeting space, festival presentation, and possible inclusion in the EAAS digital education and art database. REQUIREMENTS: a clear connection to Emergence and EAAS research that speaks to non-specialist audiences; evidence of contact with EAAS researchers during proposal development; a presentable output at the June 2027 festival; attendance at the EAAS annual meeting in March 2027 in Nijmegen; and a realistic technical/safety plan for festival presentation. TO APPLY by 30 June 2026: a proposal up to 3 pages (concept, research connection, proposed researchers/hosts, audience, work plan), a one-page budget, a CV, and a portfolio. Shortlist interviews July-August 2026. Questions: marijn@d-iep.org.
Do you have an idea you have always wanted to carry out but can never find the space for? Expo Bart in Nijmegen invites you to apply for OPEN HALL. From 13 November to 20 December 2026, Expo Bart makes its project space, technique and helping hands available to help realise your idea, whether that is a week-long exhibition, a one-day workshop, a film shoot, a knitting club, a concert series, a film night, a performance, a dinner, a combination of all of these, or something completely different. PRACTICAL: you can sign up for one or more days between 13 November and 20 December 2026; Expo Bart is open Thursday to Sunday from 12:00 to 17:00 (organising something outside opening hours can be discussed together); the 100 m2 project space is fully blackout-able; limited technique is available, namely two short-throw beamers, a PA set (with mixer and microphones) and light spots; and your event is of course shared via Expo Bart's channels. There is no compensation and no rent is charged. APPLY by sending your idea (max 1 A4, including photos) to info@expobart.nl with the subject line 'OPEN HALL', stating your plan/idea, your preferred day(s), and what you need in terms of production. Deadline: 12 July 2026.
Open call from the Creative Industries Fund NL (Stimuleringsfonds) for cross-sector collaboration projects that offer new perspectives on current challenges such as climate, housing, polarisation, migration or inequality of opportunity. The procedure runs in two phases. In Phase 1, the applicant and partner use the period to prepare and kick off the project, further explore the theme, intended end product and collaboration, and investigate possibilities (including working on a prototype or proof of concept), concluding with a project plan, budget and collaboration agreement. Phase 2, open only to projects selected and fully completed in Phase 1, focuses on implementation and requires both a written application and a presentation to the advisory committee; projects may deliver various end products (an activity, intervention, event, publication, service, product or process) accompanied by a suitable form of knowledge sharing such as a presentation, symposium or publication. ELIGIBILITY: applicants working with at least one partner in cross-sector collaboration; see the fund's open-call page for full eligibility details. Deadline 25 August 2026, 16:00 CEST.
Annual scheme funding festival organisations in the creative industries (design, architecture, digital culture, fashion, e-culture, etc.) presenting a 2027 edition. Application window opens 25 August 2026 at 15:00 CEST and closes 23 September 2026 at 16:00 CEST. Supports both content programming and the organisational/curatorial running of a festival; applicants must be organisations rather than individuals, but the scheme is the natural home for any artist-led collective or platform that runs a critical-AI / digital-culture / surveillance-focused festival event. Note the wider 2026 context: Stimuleringsfonds is restructuring its grant offering for 2027, and several individual schemes (Design, Digital Culture) have been reduced to two rounds in 2026. The Festivals scheme is a separate annual track and one of the cleaner ways to access SCI funding for an event-format project.