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Prince Claus Fund is currently accepting applications for its Seed Award 2026. Interested candidates are encouraged to click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply with it.
The 2026 Seed Award is an opportunity dedicated to offering support to emerging artists and cultural practitioners that add a new wave of ideas, perspectives, and energy to the force of culture.
Each recipient receives €5,000 as a trust-based grant.
Artists have full autonomy to decide how to use the funds — whether for:
Exploring new perspectives
Building connections
Investing in materials
Experimenting and creating without financial strain
Applicants must:
Be in the early stages of their career (1–5 years, excluding study years).
Have an innovative artistic or cultural practice addressing pressing social/political issues in their local context.
Have received little to no institutional recognition or support.
Be from, living, and working in eligible regions: Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Caribbean, the Middle East, and Eastern Europe.
The application deadline is January 8, 2026 at 17:00 Amsterdam time.
The application form includes questions about your practice and project and requires supplementary materials which include: samples of your work, a C.V. and reference letter, and a pitch video/audio that answers the question: What drives you as an artist?
Apply for Prince Claus Fund Seed Award
