Project grant for young art/new media for music

If you are working on a musical project that particularly involves new technologies, you can apply for a project grant.

Description

Every two years, the City of Munich awards a "Young Art / New Media" project grant with a focus on music, endowed with 18,000 euros.

This grant is intended to support a specific, ambitious musical project that particularly incorporates new media or technologies. Unconventional approaches are given special consideration in the awarding process. Scholarships are not awarded for projects within the framework of a degree programme (especially final theses). Applicants must be resident within the MVV area of Munich.

A jury appointed by the City Council of the City of Munich will draw up the award proposal based on the applications received. The grant is paid out in two parts: the first half of the grant is awarded for research and conception, the second half - after approval of the concept - for the production and realisation of the project.

Closing date: 17 February 2025, 11.59 pm

Prerequisites

Applicants must be resident within the MVV Munich area.

Required documents

Applications must be submitted online and must include the following documents:

  • the completed application form
  • a detailed and concrete description of the work project
  • a calculation of the project (costs for technology and materials, artistic fees, etc.)
  • bio and bibliographical information
  • Work samples (e.g. scores, recordings/recordings, ideally in the form of links e.g. to YouTube, Soundcloud or similar services. In the case of links to Dropbox, WeTransfer or similar, please ensure that these links remain valid up to and including 31 May 2025.
  • Professional references (e.g. also reviews)

All documents must be received in a single PDF by 17 February 2025, 23:59 at the latest by e-mail to projektstipendium-jknm-musik@muenchen.de in the Cultural Department. The PDF must not exceed a total size of 5 MB and must be named as follows: Surname_Project_title_JKNM_Music

After sending your e-mail, you will receive an automatic reply from us. This e-mail does not confirm whether the application has been submitted in full and on time. If you do not receive this automatic reply e-mail within 30 minutes, please contact us (bettina.bechtolsheim@muenchen.de).

In exceptional cases
If it is not possible for you to send your application by e-mail as a PDF, you can send your documents by 17 February 2025 ( the date of receipt, not the postmark, applies)
by post to: Cultural Department of the City of Munich, Dept. 1 - Project Scholarship JKNM for Music, Burgstr. 4, 80331 Munich.

Legal basis

By submitting their application, applicants declare their agreement with the terms and conditions of the competition and confirm that they live in Munich (MVV-Bahn area). Applications that do not fulfil the conditions of the call for applications cannot be considered. Applicants will be informed of the outcome once the City Council has made its decision.

Landeshauptstadt München

Kulturreferat
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Kunst, Film, Literatur, Musik,
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Postal address

Landeshauptstadt München
Kulturreferat
Abteilung 1
Bildende Kunst, Darstellende
Kunst, Film, Literatur, Musik,
Stadtgeschichte, Wissenschaft

Burgstraße 4
80331 München

Fax: +49 89 233-21269

Address

Burgstraße 4
80331 München

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