" NEMO | Northern European Mobility Opportunity "
NEMO | Northern European Mobility Opportunity
Mobility and exchange grants across the Nordic Region for emerging artists
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Launched in 2025, the Northern European Mobility Opportunity (NEMO) is a programme for mobility and artistic exchange. It is supported by the Nordic Culture Fund and the arts funding agencies of Ireland, England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.
The programme focuses on individual artists and arts practitioners in the early stages of their careers. It reflects a shared recognition among the partners that this group has a particular need for additional support and opportunities in the current climate. Applications open on August 17, 2026.
What you can spend your NEMO grant on
Applications can be for physical, digital or hybrid activity in response to the programme aims. The applications are expected to have a focus on the early stages of a new partnership and collaboration. For example, costs eligible under the call can include, although they are not limited to:
- Artists’ fees (both for yourself and your partners, incl. other participating partners)
- Critical exchange and research
- Mentorships e.g. exchange of working methods, traditions, and processes.
- Capacity building e.g. strengthening of skills, resources, structures
- Creation/design of a small-scale pilot for a future collaboration
- Public engagement, such as participatory events, talks, classes, etc.
- Travel and accommodation costs for partnership development.
It is not required to have any performative artistic output from your grant. If you want, you can spend some of your budget on research and development in preparation for such activity at a later stage.
Applications for partnership activities which take into consideration the environmental impact of their plans are welcome.
INFO
AMOUNT
The maximum amount that NEMO can award to each successful application is DKK 75,000
The total funding available for this round will be approximately DKK 2,500,000 (approximately EUR 345,000, allowing for exchange rates).
APPLICATION DEADLINE
17 August 2026: NEMO application portal opens
18 September 2026 11:59 pm (CEST): NEMO application portal closes
ELIGIBLE COUNTRIES
ELIGIBILITY
To be eligible to apply for this programme you must be an individual artist or arts practitioner who is resident in:
- One of the Nordic countries
- One of the four nations of the UK
- The Republic of Ireland.
The focus of the programme is on artists and arts practitioners who are in the emerging part of their artistic careers.
If you are based in the UK or the Republic of Ireland, your application must include details of how you will develop a collaboration with a partner in the Nordic Region. Conversely, if you are based in the Nordic region, your application must include details of how you will develop a collaboration with a partner in the UK or the Republic of Ireland.
All parties involved in the application must have clearly agreed on the scope of the partnership before the application is submitted.
This programme is only open to applicants who did not receive support under NEMO in 2025.
The project wants to ensure that opportunities are open to all. They particularly welcome applications that reflect the full diversity of identities and communities across all partner countries.
For more information about the eligibility criteria, please visit the official website.
APPLICATION DETAILS
Find all the relevant application details here.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
2026-09-18
TYPE OF SUPPORT
Public funding
FUNDING COUNTRIES
Denmark
Finland
Ireland, Republic of (EIRE)
Sweden