K 11

Promotion of the independent performing arts / performing arts / dance and theatre

Prerequisites

- You are a professional individual artist or group in the independent scene.

- You are a natural or legal person.

- You live and/or work in Hamburg.

They can ensure proper management and are able to guarantee and prove that the funds are used for their intended purpose.

Documents required

In addition to the necessary general information (name and address of the applicant), the application must contain in particular the following information:

• realistic financing plan that takes into account all expenses and income related to the purpose of the grant; this also includes any own and third-party funds that may be used (e.g. sponsorship funds)
• Project description (short version and long version)
• Schedule and event date(s) and location(s)
• Venue certificate
• Short CV of the main project participants

Please note

- The scope and amount of the grant depends on the recommendation of the expert jury. In principle, efforts to find private and/or public sources of funding are required.

- At the same time, the overall financing of the project to be funded must be guaranteed, i.e. the financing of the expenses not covered by the grant through third-party funds.

- A further prerequisite for any type of funding is, on the one hand, that the planned project cannot commercially support itself despite the corresponding quality and, on the other hand, that the planned project has not previously been submitted in an unchanged form to the Hamburg Authority for Culture and Media for funding.

- Finally, the planned project must not have started before the application is submitted.

Subsequent funding for a project that has already been produced is excluded.

Deadlines

The Department of Culture and Media awards funding once a calendar year. Applications can be submitted online from October 1st to November 15th (midnight).


The grant applies to projects in the coming season (1 August to 31 July).

Procedure

- Timely consideration of the current funding guidelines: https://www.hamburg.de/contentblob/201544/846de6f3a6fe892dcc2f4de5e6ad4dc2/data/foerderrichtlinie-freie-darstellende-kuenste.pdf

- Recommended: Advice by email or telephone on the eligibility of the project from the specialist department

- Before starting the online application process, you should have the following documents ready in PDF format:

o A balanced cost and financing plan (CFP)

o Project description (short version and long version)

o Venue certificate

o Short CVs of the main project participants

During the application process you can upload the documents in PDF format.

- The online service is available from October 1st to November 15th (midnight). Please submit your application in good time and allow approximately 45 minutes for processing (depending on the case).

- As a freelance artist, you should always inform yourself about social security issues such as the application of the minimum fee, retirement provision and tax law.

- After the Authority for Culture and Media has made a decision on the application for a grant based on the recommendations of the expert jury, acceptances and rejections will be sent by email.

- After receiving a confirmation:

o Submit an updated financing plan based on the approved funding amount

o Grant recipients will receive a grant notification by post

o Funding calls by the grant recipients

o Implementation of the project

- After implementation of the project:

o Creating a usage report.

Processing time

Duration: approx. 4 months until the result is announced.

Fees

Toll-free

Legal remedies

no

Legal basis

Funding guidelines https://www.hamburg.de/contentblob/201544/846de6f3a6fe892dcc2f4de5e6ad4dc2/data/foerderrichtlinie-freie-darstellende-kuenste.pdf