Grants are the core of our work. The connecting power of culture is essential for creating open, inclusive and democratic societies: for 'building Europe'. We are looking for projects that have the potential to inspire people to transcend boundaries in this process.
Our grants programme stimulates transnational cultural collaboration, artistic expression and the mobility of artists and cultural actors. Our various grants schemes relate to different ECF focus areas and to specific regions of the European continent.
All of our activities revolve around the three strategic guiding principles outlined below. Applications that tie in with these principles will receive a higher score in the assessment procedure.
ECF has four grants schemes: Collaboration; Balkan Incentive Fund for Culture; STEP beyond mobility and Artistic grants.