Open Calls

An international competition for short stage works of up to fifteen minutes at the Teatri Riflessi festival in Sicily. Performance fees run from €500 to €1,100 depending on cast size, plus a travel contribution, and prizes include residencies and performance opportunities at partner festivals.

IETM offers up to ten contemporary performing arts professionals five years of free membership, with travel to the network's plenary meeting covered. Applicants need at least five years' experience, and priority goes to regions where IETM has few members.

Funding from the Nordic Culture Fund to test an ambitious idea with partners before it becomes a full project. Up to DKK 50,000 with no co-financing required; it does not cover touring, production or running costs.

Kópavogur awards grants for projects in art, design and architecture. Individuals, artist groups, associations, companies and institutions may apply, and the project must have value for cultural life in Kópavogur.

Grants for culture and community projects as well as business development and innovation in South Iceland. The maximum grant is ISK 2.5 million, and SASS regional development officers offer free advice before you apply.

Grants for culture, innovation and business development projects in the Westfjords. Cultural institutions open year-round can also apply for operating grants, and projects that raise professional standards in the arts locally are favoured.

Grants for culture and community projects as well as business development and innovation in Northwest Iceland. For 2026, thirty-five cultural projects were funded.

Grants for projects that fit the regional development plan for Northeast Iceland, including cultural projects and operating grants. Applicants must be based in the region, and the fund usually covers no more than half the costs.

Grants for culture and community projects, business development and innovation in the Suðurnes region, including start-up and operating grants for cultural work. Projects must fit the region's development plan.

Grants for culture, business and innovation projects in East Iceland, including start-up and operating grants for cultural work. Austurbrú offers workshops and advice on preparing an application.

Grants for culture, business and innovation projects in West Iceland. Applications are assessed by an expert panel and an allocation committee, and are submitted through the Rannís portal.

Perform Europe funds international touring and collaboration in the performing arts across Europe. Artists, companies, festivals and venues apply together, with an emphasis on sustainability, inclusion and reaching new territories.

A three- or six-month studio residency at the Cité internationale des arts in Paris, open to performing artists as well as visual artists. It covers a live-work studio, €1,000 a month, a production grant and travel; five years' professional experience is required.

Landsbankinn awards ISK 20 million a year in community grants, with culture and the arts one of five supported categories. A panel of experts from outside the bank assesses applications, and the bank funds projects rather than international travel by artists or companies.

Grants for projects that widen participation in diverse local arts and culture in Poland, with an emphasis on artistic freedom and on building capacity among independent cultural actors. Each grant runs from €100,000 to €500,000 out of a total of €3.5 million. Polish organisations lead the applications and need a partner from Iceland, Norway or Liechtenstein — they are actively looking for Icelandic organisations working in the cultural or creative sectors.

Choreographers and companies can apply to tour Sweden through the Dansnät Sverige network. The call is open to international and Swedish dance professionals alike.

A project grant of up to ISK 1,500,000 from the Ministry of Culture, Innovation and Higher Education, for projects within the ministry's remit, including culture and the arts. There are three rounds a year; state institutions and municipalities cannot apply, and running costs and study are not covered.

A mobility grant for artists and cultural professionals to work on a project in another Creative Europe country. It pays €85 a day plus €400–800 for travel, and applications are assessed in monthly rounds up to 30 April 2027.