GRANTS & COLLABORATIONS

For the past 15 years, one of the core activities of the Prince Claus Fund was to fund cultural initiatives through open calls for project proposals in the field of culture and development.

The Prince Claus Fund firmly believes that culture is a basic need and actively seeks innovative, quality cultural projects in spaces where resources and opportunities for cultural expression, creative production and research are limited and/or threatened.

In addition to being a financial partner, the Prince Claus Fund contributes its expertise and its extensive network to its collaborations and grants recipients.

As of 2012, the Prince Claus Fund will issue two targeted calls to support cultural initiatives in all artistic disciplines. One annual call will target a specific region or number of countries. The second call will be thematic.

Each call remains open for approximately six weeks. After the call closes, the evaluation and selection process takes another four months before grant recipients are announced.

CURRENT CALL

The current call welcomes project proposals for cultural initiatives from organizations and individuals from the following countries:

Cambodia, East Timor, Nepal, Laos, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, The Philippines, Thailand, Mongolia, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan.

The deadline for the submission of projects is 15 March 2012. Only applications received before the deadline will be considered.

For examples of projects funded by the Prince Claus Fund, please check our annual reports.

The development, scripting, production and post-production of short and full-length documentary, animation, experimental and feature films, as well as research and writing of literary works, novels, short stories, poetry and biographies is not included in this grant.

GRANT GUIDELINES

1. About Prince Claus Fund’s Grants

• Proposals submitted after the deadline will not be considered.
• In the event that the grantee does not sign the grant contract within 60 days upon receipt thereof, the grant will be canceled.

2. Eligible Candidates

• The Prince Claus Fund invites all parties working in the cultural and artistic spheres in the countries included in the current call to send their project proposals regardless of age, years of experience, nationality, ethnicity, religion or any other factor.
• This includes individuals and organisations concerned with culture and development.

3. Eligible Expenses

• Prince Claus Fund only covers project-related expenses, and not running operating costs.

4. Place and Duration

• Prince Claus Fund will not provide support retroactively, i.e. to projects already implemented
• The Prince Claus Fund will only accept proposals for activities that start at a minimum 4 months after the deadline of the deadline of the call for proposals.
• The project’s timeframe should not exceed 12 months.

5. Eligible Applications

• Previous grantees may not apply for a new grant unless the previous grant expired before the application submission deadline for this year.

6. How to Apply

• Applicants may file applications online on our website. Links to work samples on sites such as YouTube or Vimeo can also be added directly into the application. Photos, documents can also be directly uploaded in the electronic application form.
• You will receive email confirmation once the online application has been received. You are advised to follow up on receipt for mailed material, as we will not contact you if any part of your application is incomplete.

7. Evaluation and Selection Process

• Please see ‘Procedures’ for more details.
• The grant recipients’ names will be published on our website.

8. Grant Contracts

• Prince Claus Fund will draft a contract to be signed by the selected grantees. The contract will include contract start and end dates, grant amount, financial requirements, payment schedule, general provisions, implementation and amendments, required reports, and project results.

9. Payment Schedule

• A grantee will receive 25% of the grant total amount as a first payment. Once a first progress report has been received, a second installment of 50% will be made. Once the project is complete and the grantee has submitted the deliverables, narrative and financial reports, the remaining 25% will be transferred.

PCF's grant selection aims to ensure that projects are selected in a transparent and fair manner, according to clear criteria and a rigorous selection process where due consideration is given to all proposals that meet our eligibility requirements.