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Residency grants

Create synergies and enable partnerships: By making residencies possible at production houses within the Bündnis internationale Produktionshäuser, flausen+bundesnetzwerk and the Netwerk Freier Theater (NFT), the Fonds is intensifying the cooperation between artistic groups and independent production venues – in urban as well as rural areas. Artistic experiments and the practical exploration of concepts are the main focus.

What is funded?

Funding is available for open-ended projects such as artistic/experimental laboratories and concept development for future productions taking place in a residency, at/or in connection with one of the residency locations listed below.

Who can apply?

Residency grants are aimed at independent professionally producing performing arts groups from all genres and fields of the independent performing arts who are residents and primarily work in Germany, and who have participated in significant artistic or curatorial positions in publicly funded performing arts projects in the independent performing arts in the past and have a certification from one of the production houses in the Bündnis internationale Produktionshäuser, flausen+bundesnetzwerk or Netzwerk Freier Theater (NFT):

Bündnis internationaler Produktionshäuser:

flausen+bundesnetzwerk:

Netzwerk Freier Theater:

How much can be applied for?

9.000 € for the period of one to a maximum of three consecutive months. The funding is intended exclusively for personnel costs.

Application and funding deadlines

Applications to the Fonds Darstellende Künste must be submitted online.

Application deadline:

The possible project period for approved projects begins with the positive funding approval (planned for end of April 2025) and ends on 31.08.2025. A complete where-used list must be submitted no later than one month following the end of the respective project, but by 30.09.2025 at the latest.

For all further information, please read the regulations before submitting your application or before calling the office of the Fonds Darstellende Künste for advice. The FAQs provide further assistance. We strive to make the application process accessible and barrier-free. Please contact beratung@fonds-daku.de to arrange individual advice. 

Forms

All the important documents are available in the Forms section.

Jury

The jury for the production funding program is made up of members of the Fonds' board of trustees. You can find an overview of the members of the board of trustees here.