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Initiative Musik
Germany's federal funding body for popular music: artist grants, tour support and export programs — real money for German-based acts, application-based.
- Best for
- German-based acts: real grant money for tours and releases
- Skip if
- You are not based in Germany — ineligible. You are not professionally based in Germany, are still pre-professional, cannot provide the required co-financing, cannot submit the application in German or have already started spending on the project.
- First move
- Read the current funding calls and deadlines. Choose the correct program and book a consultation before building the application.
- Watch out
- Applications require detailed budgets, professional documentation and proof of eligibility. Funding is competitive, expenses generally cannot begin before approval, recipients must document spending afterward and rejected applicants do not receive an explanation.
- Reach
- Focused
- When
- Worth it once you are growing an audience.
- Based in
- Germany