Deadline: January 31, 2019
Are you an artist or cultural professional looking to go for a festival, residency, training or research trip? Apply to Mobility First! – ASEF Cultural Mobility Initiative, the Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF)’s travel grant for artists and cultural professionals.
Mobility First! supports a wide variety of activity types (workshop/training, conference/forum, festival/biennale, residencies, partnership meetings, research trips, short-term exploration/networking) with particular focus on these areas:
- Skills transfer / knowledge exchange
- Innovation in arts & culture
- Local development
- Art and social issues: the role of art & artists in society
Grants
The grant amounts for 2019 are as follows:
| Grant amounts (up to these maximum caps) | |
| Asia to Europe and vice-versa | SGD 2,000 |
| Australia/New Zealand to Europe and vice-versa | SGD 2,300 |
| Russia to Europe and vice-versa | SGD 1,000 |
| Intra-Asia | SGD 1,000 |
Additional funding is available for people with disabilities and special needs
Eligibility
Mobility First! accepts two types of applications from:
- Individuals – artists/cultural professionals looking to participate in any of the eligible activity types (outgoing mobility)
- Organisations – arts organisations applying for up to 5 artists/cultural professionals they want to invite to an activity they are organising
Mobility First! prioritises cultural mobility from Asia to Europe; from Europe to Asia; and, within Asia. All travel must be international. Eligible nationalities and destinations are Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM) partner countries:
| Asia | Europe | |
| Australia | Austria | Poland |
| Bangladesh | Belgium | Portugal |
| Brunei Darussalam | Bulgaria | Romania |
| Cambodia | Croatia | Slovakia |
| China | Cyprus | Slovenia |
| India | Czech Republic | Spain |
| Indonesia | Denmark | Sweden |
| Japan | Estonia | Switzerland |
| Kazakhstan | Finland | United Kingdom |
| Korea | France | |
| Lao PDR | Germany | |
| Malaysia | Greece | |
| Mongolia | Hungary | |
| Myanmar | Ireland | |
| New Zealand | Italy | |
| Pakistan | Latvia | |
| Philippines | Lithuania | |
| Russian Federation[1] | Luxembourg | |
| Singapore | Malta | |
| Thailand | Netherlands | |
| Viet Nam | Norway | |
Application
Note: please ensure that you read the Application Guidelines and the Frequently Asked Questions on the Documents Section of this page before you apply
For more information, visit ASEF Mobility First.
