In 2025 Berlin’s Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion will provide funding for professional artistic collaborations between a Berlin-based cultural institution and professional artists through fellowships. The programme addresses professionals, who have recently left or intend to leave their countries of origin due to the political or humanitarian situation.
The programme focuses on collaborations between Berlin-based cultural institutions and initiatives and professional artists, who have left or intend to leave their countries of origin because:
- They feel personally threatened (due to political persecution or armed conflicts);
- They cannot continue their professional activity due to the current political situation (general repression, climate of intimidation, collapse of professional opportunities);
Berlin-based cultural institutions and initiatives can apply for the fellowships (maximum duration is one year), and should enable the fellows to gain access to work opportunities in Berlin.
For each fellowship, a monthly sum of up to 2,500 EUR will be paid for a maximum of 12 months. Of this amount, a maximum of 500 EUR per month will be available for material/production costs, while a minimum of 2,000 EUR must be used to cover (wholly or partially, as the case may be) payments to the fellow.
