Scholarship for children's and youth theatre

Course description

In 2027, the City of Munich's Department of Culture will once again be awarding scholarships to professional freelance artists in the field of performing arts for young audiences, offering up to four scholarships of 8,000 euros each. The scholarships are awarded as a lump sum to individuals and are intended to open up important work and further development opportunities for artists in the independent scene and to promote their individual artistic work

• Research, even without direct reference to a planned production
• The development of new concepts and artistic approaches
• Participation in extensive further and advanced training, professional exchanges, visits, etc.

Evaluation criteria Evaluation criteria are in particular

• Relevance of the topic
• Feasibility and comprehensibility of the project
• Significance or recognisable, promising potential of the person in the independent performing arts scene for young audiences in Munich

When the grant is awarded

• The scholarship amount will be transferred in the financial year 2027, among other things after the account details have been provided.
• Scholarship holders are obliged to submit a report on the content of the project carried out by 15 January 2028. The project must be completed by then.
• The scholarship holders undertake to take part in any evaluation by the Department of Culture.

Prerequisites

Applications are open to professional artists in the performing arts for young audiences who live in the Munich S-Bahn area or whose work is centred in Munich.

Required documents

Mandatory

• Overview of professional activity / artistic CV (maximum one page)
• detailed and concrete description of the project that is to be made possible by the scholarship (maximum two pages); answer the following questions:
  • What is the reason for the project?
  • What goals are you pursuing with this project?
  • What are your concrete steps?
  • Which other bodies, persons or organisations are involved?
  • What is your timetable for the project?
• if your registered place of residence is not in Munich, proof that your work is centred in Munich

Optional

• if applicable: proof of your membership of the KSK, artistic associations or other professional artistic networks
• a rough calculation

The application must be submitted via the it@M online portal. The address is: muenchen.de/projektantrag-dk(see also under "Links & Downloads" and at the beginning of the call for applications "Apply online") The general funding guidelines as well as the formal, content-related and qualitative funding criteria of the City of Munich, which you can also find on our website, apply.the date of receipt by the City of Munich, not the date of submission of the application.by submitting the application, applicants declare their agreement with the conditions of the call for applications. Applications that do not comply with the conditions of the call for applications cannot be considered.

The document "Information on the online application" is currently being revised. It will soon be available on this website.

Legal basis

All valid submissions are presented to the jury for children's and youth theatre in the independent scene, which is convened by the City Council. It makes a selection and recommends the selected applicants to the City Council.

The final decision will be made by the Culture Committee, probably at its meeting in September 2026, after which the applicants will be notified.