International Travel Grant for Individuals

• This grant is for individual professional performing artists.
• You can apply for the grant to (help) cover the travel and accommodation costs of a short international journey that contributes to your artistic orientation or discipline-related development.
• You can apply for a maximum amount of 2500 euros for journeys within Europe or within the Caribbean part of the Kingdom.
• You can apply for a maximum amount of 4000 euros for journeys outside Europe or outside the Caribbean part of the Kingdom.
• You can apply from 16 weeks in advance to not later than 4 weeks in advance of the first activity.
• Applications will be processed in the order that they are received, for as long as the budget lasts.

The grant scheme is for individual professional performing artists active in the Dutch performing arts sector. You could be an actor, dancer, musician, vocalist, conductor, circus performer, composer, playwright, librettist or choreographer. General conditions

Applications to this grant scheme can be submitted if:

• The applicant is an individual professional performing artist;
• The journey will contribute to artistic orientation and discipline-related development;
• The application is not intended for performances, promotional activities or retraining;
• The application is submitted in time, from 16 weeks to not later than 4 weeks before the journey starts.

If the goal is to attend or participate in activities, the following criteria are assessed:

• The contribution to your artistic orientation or discipline-related development;
• Having at least one concrete appointment, with written confirmation;
• Whether the costs are realistic and in line with the market.

To attend the performance of your own work, the following criteria are assessed:

• Having an invitation to attend the performance of existing own work;
• The contribution to your artistic orientation;
• Performing at least one complementary activity such as a rehearsal, lecture or workshop.

The amount you can apply for depends on where you live and where you are travelling to. You can apply for a maximum amount of 2500 euros for journeys within Europe or within the Caribbean part of the Kingdom. You can apply for a maximum amount of 4000 euros for journeys outside Europe or outside the Caribbean part of the Kingdom.

You can apply for the grant to (help) cover travel and accommodation costs that follow directly from one of these two types of working visits.

1. Attending or participating in activities

For example:

• A conference;
• An international networking meeting that is open to non-members;
• An international festival, without the goal of sales or a performance;
• A lecture;
• A workshop;
• A panel discussion.

You need to have at least one concrete appointment that is directly relevant to your working visit. You must demonstrate this with a written confirmation.

2. Attending performances of your own work

Are you a creative performing artist such as a composer, playwright, librettist or choreographer? Then you can apply for the grant to attend a performance of your own work.

Applicable conditions are:

• It involves the performance of existing own work;
• You have been invited personally by an organisation abroad;
• You do not participate in the performance or the concert;
• You also perform a supplementary activity during your stay abroad such as a rehearsal, lecture or workshop.

This grant is not intended for:

• giving performances or concerts abroad;
• fulfilling direction, choreography, conducting or performative assignments;
• fulfilling guest roles or guest contributions;
• promotional activities, including pitches or showcases;
• activities that include the sale of your own work;
• networking meetups of a network of which you are a member;
• training sessions, courses or education programmes aimed at retraining.

To give performances or concerts abroad, you can apply for a grant through the grant scheme for Dutch performances or concerts abroad (via fast-track application). For international promotion and sales you can apply to the International Promotion Programme.

This is a rolling grant scheme, which means that you can submit an application at any time of the year for as long as the budget lasts. Applications are processed in the order in which they are received.

You can apply from 16 weeks before the first activity. Your fully completed application must be submitted by not later than 4 weeks before the first activity. The Fund will reach a decision within 8 weeks at most from the date of receiving your fully completed application. The Fund strives to reach a decision within 4 weeks.

Before submitting an application, be sure to read the regulations on wetten.overheid.nl, available online from 1 June 2026.

You must submit your application via My Fund. You need a My Fund account to do so.

• Already have an account? Then sign in via My Fund.
• Don’t have an account yet? Bear in mind that it takes two office days on average for your account to be activated.

• You can submit a maximum of four applications per calendar year. If you are awarded a grant through this scheme once during a calendar year, then you are not eligible to receive another grant through this scheme during that same calendar year.
• Your application will be rejected if your journey is already supported through another grant scheme of the Performing Arts Fund NL. In this way we avoid awarding double funding.

Be sure to notify the Fund immediately if your journey is cancelled or your plan or schedule changes, or if you are unable to fulfil all the obligations.

You are not required to provide an accountability report afterwards, in principle. However, the Fund does perform random checks. In that case we might ask you, for example, for a brief report or proof of the journey you made.

Header Photo © Niels Knelis Meijer