Culture Moves Europe Individual Mobility Grant 2026–2027

Culture Moves Europe is the European Union's mobility grant for artists and cultural professionals. Funded by Creative Europe, it pays individuals and small groups to spend 7 to 60 days working with a partner in another Creative Europe country: €85 a day, a travel allowance of €400 or €800, and extra support for green travel, children and visas. The 2026–2027 call has monthly deadlines, with the last one on 30 April 2027.

The grant is broad. Visual artists, designers, fashion designers, architects and people working in heritage, literature, music and performing arts can all apply, and no specific level of experience is required. What matters is a clear project with a partner abroad who invites you.

It is one of the most practical ways for European creatives to fund a research trip, a collaboration or a short residency that does not come with its own money.

Who Can Apply for Culture Moves Europe?

You can apply if you are 18 or older and legally live in a Creative Europe country, including overseas countries and territories and outermost regions. Eligible fields are architecture, cultural heritage, design and fashion design, literature, music, performing arts and visual arts.

You can apply alone or as a group of up to five people. Your host partner, a person or an organisation, must be in a different Creative Europe country from the one you live in.

Each person can receive only one individual mobility grant between October 2025 and July 2028.

What Can the Project Be?

The trip must pursue at least two of four aims: to learn, create, explore or connect. Typical projects include:

• Developing new work with a studio, gallery or collective abroad
• Research for a design or architecture project
• Learning a craft technique from a workshop in another country
• Preparing an exhibition or co-production with a partner

Stays last 7 to 60 days for individuals and 7 to 21 days for groups.

Application Fees

There is no application fee.

What Does the Grant Cover?

• Daily allowance: €85 per day
• Travel: €400 for distances under 5,000 km, €800 for longer distances
• Green travel top-up: €400
• Overseas or outermost regions top-up: €175
• Family top-up: €200 per child
• Visa top-up: €120
• Accessibility support: €30 per day for personal assistance or sign-language interpretation

Submission Requirements

Applications are made online through the Culture Moves Europe page on the European Commission's culture website. You describe the project, your aims, your host partner and your dates. Read the call guidelines before applying, as the form asks you to show how the project meets the learn, create, explore and connect aims.

Important Rules

• The host must be in a different Creative Europe country from your residence.
• Only one individual mobility grant per person between October 2025 and July 2028.
• Groups are limited to five people and 21 days.

When Will Applicants Be Notified?

Results are sent up to eight weeks after each monthly deadline, so apply at least two months before your planned trip.

Things to Consider

• Secure your host first. A clear invitation from a partner makes the project credible.
• Name two aims clearly. Say which two of learn, create, explore and connect your trip serves, and how.
• Travel green if you can. The €400 green travel top-up is significant for a short stay.
• Plan around the timing. With results up to eight weeks after a deadline, choose the deadline that fits your dates.
• Use it once, well. You only get one grant in the period, so pick your strongest project.

Apply for the Grant

Interested in applying?

Apply for a Culture Moves Europe mobility grant

For the full call guidelines, eligible countries and application form, visit the official European Commission Culture Moves Europe website.

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Last verified: October 13, 2026