Global exchange grants of the Federal State of Berlin – for all disciplines

Deadline for submission/application: 14 October 2025 at 2pm (CET)

Online applications need to be fully submitted by 2 pm. After that, submission is no longer possible and transmissions which started are automatically cancelled.

Online Infosession

The Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion invites interested artists to an information session on the Global Cultural Exchange Grants. Applicants will receive information about the programme and will get the chance to ask specific questions to the responsible staff.

When? Monday, 15 September from 11 am to 12:30 pm

Where? Online via Webex. To participate, please send an informal email to [e-mail] and you will receive the meeting link.

The information session will take place online and in German language. Questions can be asked in German or English in the chat.

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Target group / Purpose of funding

Grants are intended for artistic collaboration with one or more cooperation partners at locations of the artist’s choice worldwide. The duration of the international grant for artistic/curatorial collaboration can vary from 1 to 3 months, with at least 50% of the scholarship period to be spent at the destination.

Applications are open to individual artists and artist groups. The group must confirm the association of artists by means of a joint declaration or submit a GbR contract.

Eligibility and conditions

• The artists are recognised for their artistic work and can demonstrate this with relevant samples of their work.
• They have an invitation letter from the cooperation partner.
• The collaboration should pursue common goals of the partners and have a mutual impact. Projects that do not involve any cooperative aspects, including pure research trips, residencies without artistic collaboration on site, and presentations of existing works abroad, are not eligible for funding.
• Applicants live and work in Berlin and are registered with their main residence in Berlin.
• Applicants are not enrolled at any university and are not employed as professors at a university.
• Artists from non-EU countries can only apply if their passport or residence permit contains a note from the immigration authorities allowing them to work independently.

Funding volume

The grants are awarded in steps of €500. Depending on the number of travellers, the destination and the period, grants ranging from € 1,000 to a maximum of € 10,000 can be awarded. A monthly amount of € 2,500 for travel within Europe and € 3,000 for travel outside Europe serves as a guideline for the amount.

Call for applications

The call for applications to this programme usually opens in August of each year for the following year.

Jury

An independent expert jury constisting of Tom Arthurs, Celina Basra, Luzie Meyer, Felizitas Stilleke, Joshua Wicke and Stephan Winkler decides on the applications to be funded.
Due to budget negotiations, communication of the results of the jury process is expected to be delayed until January 2026.

Application procedure

Please read the current information sheet before submitting your application!

• Informationsblatt Globalstipendien

  PDF-Document (107.3 kB) - As of: Juli 2025

• Information sheet Global exchange grants

  PDF-Document (103.3 kB) - As of: August 2025

• Erklärung Zusammenschluss von Künstler*innen

  PDF-Document (52.7 kB)

Please submit your application together with all relevant documentation online:

Submit an application online