Regulations (Deadlines: 10.07.2023, 01.12.2023)
Production Grant
01. Production grants are aimed at the creation of new, nationally noteworthy production projects and longstanding professional, independently producing performing artists and groups from all disciplines and genres of the performing arts.
02. Funding is awarded to all artistic (also digital) work processes to create and present productions. Premieres and performances that immediately follow them are, as a rule, part of a project in the production grant program.
03. Applicants must have been professionally active in the independent performing arts for at least two years and have their headquarters and main focus of their work in Germany.
04. Projects in the context of productions grants must be predominantly realized and presented in Germany. Any exceptions to this regulation based on artistic reasons must be presented in the application.
05. Applicants must be in the position to guarantee proper management of the company as well as to prove the appropriate use of the funding.
06. Applications are
- in the first application round by 10.07.2023
- in the second application round by 01.12.2023
to be submitted online by 23:59 in each case.
07. Applications must be submitted using the appropriate online form at https://onlineantrag.fonds-daku.de/benutzer/anmelden
A complete application shall also include
(a) a cost and financing plan using the form provided by the Fonds Darstellende Künste and in accordance with the provisions of points 12 to 17 of these regulations
(b) a two-page detailed presentation of the artists/group and their previous artistic activity as a pdf document
(c) a three-page project description as a pdf-document
(d) internet links for self-presentation
(e) proof(s) of all approved co-financing (in form of an approval notice) as a combined pdf document (see point 13)
08. An application is deemed to have been submitted on time if all documents (see point 07) are uploaded to the database of the Fonds Darstellende Künste by the end of the day of the application deadline at 23:59 at the latest. Late or incomplete applications cannot be considered.
09. There is no entitlement to the grant. Payments will be made on the basis of a current cost and financing plan after the conclusion of a grant agreement. In addition, a project account must be used or set up to receive the funding. Otherwise, funding cannot be ensured.
10. In the case of funding, the project must be carried out between (expected)
- 01.10.2023 and at the latest by 30.06.2024 for projects submitted with the application deadline of 10.07.2023
- 01.03.2024 and at the latest by 30.09.2024 for projects submitted with the application deadline of 01.12.2023
11. A source and disposition statement must be submitted
- in the first application round within two months after implementation of the respective project.
- in the second application round, to be submitted within two months of the implementation of the respective project, but no later than November 15, 2024.
12. The Fonds supports projects in the field of the independent performing arts in the amount of at least 10,000 euros up to a maximum of 50,000 euros, within the framework of production funding.
13. Balanced cost and financing plans are a prerequisite for a network grants.
14. Co-financing with public funds (from federal states and/or municipality) at a level of at least 50 percent of the Fonds application sum must be demonstrably secured upon submitting the application.*
15. Personnel and material expenses are eligible for funding in accordance with the general ancillary provisions for project funding (ANBest-P). Any travel expenses incurred are reimbursable in accordance with the Federal Travel Expenses Act (BRKG). As a rule, investment costs for technology, presentation and other purchases may not exceed 30% of the application sum.
16. VAT, deductible in accordance with § 15 UStG, is not eligible for funding. Similarly, ongoing non-project-related material and personnel expenses are excluded.
17. Proposed fees should be based on the recommended levels for minimum fees for independent theaters.**
18. Funding is precluded if projects or productions or parts thereof have already begun before the funding decision, i.e. if expenditures have already been made for them or contracts have already been concluded.
19. A funding application for a project may only be made to one single funding program within the Fonds Darstellende Künste; parallel applications are not permitted. A project that has been previously rejected due to a Board of Trustees decision cannot be applied for again at the Fonds Darstellende Künste.
20. Applicants may apply for only one project in any one funding round of the program.
21. An application to the Fonds Darstellende Künste excludes co-financing of the proposed project from another funding institution that awards federal funds. This applies, among other things, to the Kulturstiftung des Bundes, the Hauptstadtkulturfonds, the Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung, the Fonds Soziokultur, the Tanzpakt, the Musikfonds, usually the Goethe-Institut and co-production funding through the Nationale Performance-Netz (NPN).
These regulations are valid as of September 28, 2023. Subject to change without notice.
Berlin, September 28, 2023
Fonds Darstellende Künste e.V.
Board of Directors and Management
* In this program, public funds are defined as subsidies from German municipalities and states in direct or indirect form.
** Recommendation of the Bundesverband Freie Darstellende Künste e.V. for a lower fee limit for the independent performing arts in Germany: 2,490 euros gross per month for professional groups with compulsory insurance in the Künstlersozialkasse (KSK) and 2,875 euros per month for professional groups for which social security via the KSK is not possible.