Project funding for cultural projects on World Women's Day
The Cultural Department awards project funding for creative projects that strengthen feminist perspectives in culture.
Course description
which projects can be submitted?
Projects from all cultural and artistic disciplines and various analogue and digital event formats can be submitted. The projects should deal artistically with current (queer) feminist issues and take different perspectives into account. Ideas that focus on positive empowerment are welcome.
Digital consultation appointments available in German and English
- Thursday, 2 October 2025, 3 to 4 p.m. To the Webex appointment
- Thursday, 16 October 20225, 1 to 2 p.m. To the Webex appointment
- Thursday, 6 November 2025, 3 to 4 p.m. To the Webex appointment
Due to staff shortages, individual counselling is not possible, please read the FAQs below.
Application deadline
15. November 2025, 23:59
Prerequisites
Requirements for the application
- There is a significant involvement of FLINTA*
- The applicants live or work in Munich (S-Bahn area)
- The project sets positive (queer) feminist impulses
- The project takes place in 2026
- The project fulfils the funding criteria of the Department of Culture
Funding from other donors (third-party funding/co-financing) may be included in the project; this is even a prerequisite for larger projects.
In addition to the funding criteria and a plausible project description, the selection criteria include a comprehensible strategy for reaching diverse target groups. Project proposals that strengthen the networking of the field of actors and are realised in cooperation with other initiatives, associations and/or institutions are particularly welcome. In this case, please enclose a confirmation from the cooperation partner and a description of the cooperation or division of tasks with the application.
Required documents
Mandatory
- a fully completed and signed application for project funding
- a concrete, comprehensible project description of the project (answering all questions from the above application form, page 2 is required)
- a cost and financing plan with all expenditure and income. Plan realistically (see also: Guidance on fair fees).
- If you have applied for co-financing that has not yet been approved, a description of the worst-case scenario, e.g. programme cuts.
Please submit your application: by e-mail feminismus.kultur@muenchen.de Please note the following requirements Write in the subject line: FEM 2026 File size: maximum 8 MBDocuments summarised in a single PDF! PDF file name: Your last name_first name_FEM2026 by post The postmark of the City of Munich City of Munich Cultural DepartmentDepartment 3, FeminismBurgstraße 480331 Munich It is not possible to submit documents in person to the Cultural Department. Alternatively, you can post your documents in the special letterbox at the City Hall gate (Marienplatz 1, near the fish fountain, embedded in the wall on the right) by 11:59 p.m. Incomplete applications or applications received after the application deadline cannot be considered.
Questions & Answers
if your project is funded, please note that the funds are not paid out automatically. You must submit a so-called call for funds to us, which can be done informally, for example by e-mail. You will find detailed information on this in the grant notification that you will receive by post after your project has been approved. Please note that the funds can only be paid out from the beginning of 2026 at the earliest. Please plan this into your project timeline
If you are looking for premises, please use the offer on our website or contact us in advance.
Cultural projects in the context of International Women's Day on 8 March should also be applied for with this call. Due to staff shortages, there will be no further call for proposals for 2026.
We expect co-financing from other organisations for applications of around €5,000 or more. The higher the sum, the higher the co-financing should be.
The Internet provides a number of options and video tutorials for merging documents and PDFs, as well as for reducing/compressing them. Please use these programmes, compress image files as far as possible or do without them. You also have the option of submitting the documents in analogue form by post.
Yes, once your project has been completed, you are obliged to submit a proof of utilisation in which you must provide evidence of expenditure and prepare a factual report. You must collect and retain all invoices, receipts and relevant documents proving the expenditure of the funding. The cultural department has unrestricted auditing rights.
You must also prepare a factual report. This should contain a comprehensive description of the course of the project, the goals achieved and the cooperation with partners. Further details on the requirements can be found in the information you received with your grant notification.
if you are focussing on artistic work in Munich, then yes. Please provide us with an explanation, proof or something similar with your application. This can be a list of past projects in Munich, an artistic CV, a studio/office rental contract, a personal explanation or a confirmation from the Munich initiative in which you are active.
fLINTA* is an abbreviation. It stands for women, lesbians, inter, non-binary, trans and agender people. The abbreviation exists in different variants, the asterisk at the end is intended to include further variations of gender diversity.
Legal basis
The grants are awarded through administrative channels (i.e. without a jury procedure). Applicants for the selected projects will be informed in December. There is no legal entitlement to funding.
Kulturreferat
Abteilung 3
Kulturelle Bildung, Internationales,
Urbane Kulturen
Counselling in English possible.
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Phone number
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Landeshauptstadt München
Kulturreferat
Abteilung 3
Kulturelle Bildung, Internationales,
Urbane Kulturen
Burgstraße 4
80331 München
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80331 München