ASEF Mobility First Travel Grant 2019 for Artists & Cultural Professionals

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:

Additional funding is available for people with disabilities and special needs

Eligibility

Mobility First! accepts two types of applications from:

1. Individuals – artists/cultural professionals looking to participate in any of the eligible activity types (outgoing mobility)
2. 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:

Application

• Application form for individuals here.
• Application form for arts organisations here.

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.