Short Description
NEMO is a pilot programme for mobility and artistic exchange, supported by the Nordic Culture Fund and the arts funding agencies of Ireland, England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. The programme aims to foster international collaboration, strengthen artistic networks across the region and support more artists and arts professionals in engaging with international partners.
The call focuses on individual artists and arts practitioners in the early stages of their careers, reflecting a shared recognition among the partners that this group has a particular need for additional support and opportunities in the current climate.
Eligibility
The focus of the call is on individual artists and arts practitioners who are in the early stages of their artistic careers, reflecting our shared experience that this group has a particular need for additional support and opportunity in the current climate.
Artists and arts practitioners based in the Nordic countries (Denmark, the Faroe Islands, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, and the Åland Islands), as well as those in the UK (England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales) and Ireland, are eligible to apply.
Artists and arts practitioners in the Nordic countries can apply to develop a partnership or collaboration (e.g. with individuals, groups, or organisations) in one of the five nations comprising the UK and Ireland – and vice versa. All parties involved in the application must have clearly agreed on the scope of the partnership before the application is submitted.
We want to ensure that opportunities are open to all. We particularly welcome applications that reflect the full diversity of identities and communities across all partner countries.
- You are an individual artist or arts practitioner resident in one of the Nordic countries, in one of the four nations of the UK, or in Ireland.
- You want to work with one or more artist(s), arts practitioner(s), or an organisation that is based outside your country of residence and in one of the other eligible partner countries outlined above (artists in Nordic countries can apply to work with a partner in the UK or Ireland and vice versa).
- You can only be involved in one application to this fund.
- You have a bank account in your country of residence.
- You have a background and track record of working as an artist or arts practitioner and can provide a CV which shows this.
- You have had limited opportunities to work internationally so far in your career – this could even be your first step towards working overseas.
- You are applying for a new partnership or collaboration.
- You have approached the person with whom you want to work and can provide a letter to prove this.
- You can complete your collaboration within one year of receiving an award.
Who cannot apply?
- Organisations cannot apply – Only individuals can apply; however, organisations may be included in granted initiatives.
- Individuals with an established track record of working internationally – this fund is for artists and arts practitioners in the early years of their career.
- Individuals not based in, or not intending to work with, the eligible partner countries.
- Students in full-time education (undergraduate or postgraduate).
- Individuals planning to attend residencies abroad.
- Artists’ collectives involving multiple individual artists.
How to Apply
Online Application
Program Benefits & Awards
The call’s total budget would make it possible to fund up to 30 grants of up to DKK 75,000. As this is a limited sum, we expect applications to have a focus on the early stages of partnership and collaboration. For example:
- Travel for partnership development and/or research and development rather than co-production costs.
- Exchange of knowledge, know-how and experience.
- Mentorships e.g. exchange of working methods, traditions, processes.
- Capacity building e.g. strengthening of skills, resources, structures (in order to work internationally?)
- Creation of / Design of a small-scale pilot for a future collaboration.
Applications can be for physical, digital or hybrid activity in response to the programme aims. Expenditure should be on travel, accommodation and allowances for time spent. We do not require any performative artistic output from your award but if you wish, you can spend some of your budget on research and development in preparation for such activity at a later stage.We welcome applications for partnership activities which take into consideration the environmental impact of their plans.
Entry Fee
None
Location
Denmark
Timeline
- Application Deadline: 15 September 2025
Website Link: https://nordiskkulturfond.org/en/funding-programmes/nemo-northern-european-mobility-opportunity
