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The call for residency hosts provides financial support to legal entities wishing to host artists and cultural professionals for a residency project.

Culture Moves Europe promotes cultural and artistic mobility by supporting individual mobility and residency projects across all Creative Europe countries.

It supports artists and cultural professionals by giving them funds to travel and carry out a project in another Creative Europe country.

The scheme consists of two call types: The Call for Individual Mobility, for artists and cultural professionals (individuals or groups of individuals), and the Call for Residency Hosts, for legal entities who want to host residencies.

Grants for hosting organisation

Hosting allowance at 50 € per day, per resident. Accessibility support (if applicable): a fixed amount of €375, €675 or €1.200, based on the residency duration category, to help cover possible extra costs related to the resident’s accessibility needs.

Grants for each resident

Daily allowance: 30€ per day, per resident. Travel allowance: 400€ for travel distances under 5000 km, or 800€ for travel distances from 5000 km.

If applicable, there is additional funding available. For more details, please check the official website.

Eligibility

This call is open to legal entities that:

• are registered and based in one of the Creative Europe countries, including the overseas countries and territories and outermost regions
• have the capacity to host the proposed residency project with artists and cultural professionals from other Creative Europe countries
• regardless of being a newly or well-established entity, applicants must be active in one of the eligible sectors: architecture, cultural heritage, design and fashion design, literature, music, performing arts, or visual arts.

Application

The call closes on 16 March 2026. For more information about the application process and detailed eligibility criteria, please read the official open call document and visit Culture Moves Europe official website.