" EFFEA | Fourth Call for two residency categories "
EFFEA | Fourth Call for two residency categories
EFFEA gives more than 50 emerging artists the chance to work with 150 festivals across Europe, offering a total of 23.000 EUR
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The European Festivals Fund for Emerging Artists (EFFEA) is back with its fourth call, running from 1 September to 3 November 2025. The fund will support around 50 residencies in 2026, giving at least 50 emerging artists the chance to work closely with 150 festivals across Europe and beyond.
What is an EFFEA Residency?
An EFFEA Residency is an artist-in-residence programme designed to give emerging artists time, space, and support to develop new ideas or advance existing projects. Each residency is carried out by a partnership of at least three festivals from different countries: one leading festival and two partners.
Emerging artists are not defined by age but rather by their novelty to programmers and audiences and their potential for international breakthrough. Artists can be individuals or groups working across various artistic disciplines.
Two Residency Categories
1. EFFEA Discovery: Festivals support artists at the early stages of their careers with a strong potential to break through internationally.
2. EFFEA Springboard: Festivals support artists established in their own countries and ready to expand internationally.
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AMOUNT
1. EFFEA Discovery: Approximately 40 grants of €8,000 will be awarded.
2. EFFEA Springboard: Approximately 10 grants of €15,000 will be awarded.
APPLICATION DEADLINE
3 November 2025
ELIGIBLE COUNTRIES
ELIGIBILITY
Eligible countries
Festivals and artists should have their official address in one of the following eligible countries: Albania, Armenia, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kosovo, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Tunisia, and Ukraine.
Festivals with their official address from the following countries are allowed to participate as partner festivals only: Israel, Moldova, Palestine, Switzerland, Turkey, and the UK. Artists from these countries can be proposed.
Eligible Artistic Disciplines
The festivals and artists work in one or more of the following artistic disciplines: Architecture, Ballet, Contemporary Dance, Circus, Design/ Applied arts, Digital arts, Film, Folklore and folk arts, Heritage, Interdisciplinary, Literature, Music, Opera, Street Art, Theatre, Photography/ Video, Puppetry, Sculpture, Painting.
APPLICATION DETAILS
For more information and to apply, please visit EFFEA's official website.
NOTE
*The calls that are listed on our website are shared for informational purposes and are sometimes subject to change. Please visit the organization's official open call website for up-to-date information
DEADLINE
2025-11-03
TYPE OF SUPPORT
Public funding
FUNDING COUNTRIES
All EU Countries