Content Navigaton
User Navigaton
Promotion of the Arts
The Senate Chancellery – Cultural Affairs has many opportunities for assistance for projects. Detailed branch-related information at:
In addition applications for project support may be submitted to: Capital Culture Foundation www.berlin.de/hauptstadtkulturfonds/typo/index.php
Emergency Association for German art Eichenallee 47, 14050 Berlin Tel.: (030) 3043926 fax: (030) 3043926
German Literature Foundation www.deutscher-literaturfonds.de
Various charities support cultural projects. A detailed list of charities for Berlin can be found at:
Berlin Literary Colloquium www.lcb.de Berlin Literature Workshop www.literaturwerkstatt.org Brecht House Literature Forum www.lfbrecht.de Berlin Literature House www.literaturhaus-berlin.de Berlin young booksellers working group www.buchhaendlerkeller-berlin.de Prussian Seehandlung Foundation mail@stiftung-preussische-seehandlung.de Academy of the Arts - Department of literature www.adk.de Emergency Association for German art Eichenallee 47, 14050 Berlin Tel.: (030) 3043926 fax: (030) 3043926 Society of artists and friends of art GEDOK www.gedok.de
Deserving authors who are subject to financial difficulties may obtain help from the Foundation for German Artist Assistance. This Foundation does not offer any financial support. Information on the German Artist Assistance at: www.bundespraesident.de Also the Emergency Association for German Art helps artists in need. You can obtain additional information at: (030) 3043926.
Please refer to our database.
The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) cooperates with the ‘International Parliament of Writers’ in Strasbourg and helps authors facing political persecution in their country stay in Germany within the “City Network”. More detailed information is available at: www.daad.de/deutschland/index.de
Please look up: http://www.berlin.de/sen/kultur/foerderung/informationen/maininfo.html#K5
‘International culture exchange’ comes into play in the allocation of subsidies for such purposes. For this, please refer to: http://www.berlin.de/sen/kultur/foerderung/informationen/maininfo.html
Yes, there is a programme to subsidise artistic projects from migrants who live in Berlin. You will find all important information at: http://www.berlin.de/sen/kultur/foerderung/informationen/maininfo.html
The culture department awards the Moses Mendelssohn Prize and the Grimm Brothers’ Prize for the Promotion of Children’s and Young People’s Theatre. More detailed information at the two prizes is available at:http://www.berlin.de/sen/kultur/foerderung/informationen/maininfo.html
Please see our list of links.
The Senate awards work scholarships for Berlin authors (author scholarships) to writers who have permanently reside in Berlin. The scholarships also give Berlin authors the possibility to begin planned literary works, to complete drafts and to continue and/or complete works already begun. More detailed information at: http://www.berlin.de/sen/kultur/foerderung/informationen/maininfo.html . In addition, Berlin authors may apply for foreign scholarships in the Villa Massimo (Rome); the Casa Baldi (Olevano) or in the Study Centre in Venice. More detailed information at:http://www.berlin.de/sen/kultur/foerderung/informationen/maininfo.html The Culture Department of the Senate Chancellery finances young German-speaking authors under 35 years old for a three-month stay at the Berlin Literary Colloquium. More detailed information is available at: http://lcb.de/autoren/stipendien/aufenthalt.htm
The period is usually 6 months. Please refer to:http://www.berlin.de/sen/kultur/foerderung/informationen/maininfo.html
The application form and the instruction sheet for filing out an application is available at: http://www.berlin.de/sen/kultur/foerderung/informationen/maininfo.html
No, the assistance is only available for authors who have permanently reside in Berlin. More information about the assistance criteria is available on:
The responsible tax office decides on a case by case basis. In principle, you must notify the tax office if you have received a scholarship. The allocation notice serves as proof that the assistance came from public funds. You will find your closest tax office at: www.berlin.de/sen/finanzen/steuern/finanzaemter/
There are residence scholarships for Berlin authors in the Alfred Döblin House in Wewelsfleth - this scholarship is awarded by the Culture Department in co-operation with the Academy for the Arts. More detailed information is available at: www.adk.de Three-month residence scholarships for foreign German-speaking authors under 35 years old in the Berlin Literary Colloquium (BLC) More detailed information is available at: www.lcb.de/autoren/stipendien/aufenthalt.htm In addition in the BLC: Authors Workshop (www.lcb.de/Autoren ) and Translators Workshop (www.lcb.de/Übersetzer ). Berlin artists may apply for a two-month residence scholarship in Ahrenshoop. More detailed information is available at: www.kuenstlerhaus-lukas.de
The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) regularly invites foreign artists from the various fields to Berlin (‘Berlin Artist Programme’). By means of a longer stay (one year, film producer 6 months) and active co-operation with foreign artists, the goal is to stimulate the Berlin scene, allow cultural and artistic exchange and question boundaries. More detailed information is available at: www.daad-berlin.de
