Culture Moves Europe is the new EU mobility scheme that offers grants to artists, cultural professionals and host organisations in all Creative Europe countries who work in the sectors of architecture, cultural heritage, design and fashion design, literary translation, music, performing arts, and visual arts.

Culture Moves Europe is composed of two action lines:

• Individual mobility for artists and cultural professionals;
• Residencies for host organisations.

This call is open to residency hosts that are legal entities (e.g. non-for-profit, private, public bodies, foundations, etc.) in one of the Creative Europe countries and that are active in the sectors of architecture, cultural heritage, design, and fashion design, literature, music, performing arts and visual arts.

Mobility grant

The residency grant contributes to the costs connected to hosting international artists and cultural professionals and their mobility. Accommodation is provided by the residency host. The grant includes travel allowance and daily allowance for the participating artists and cultural professionals. It is part of the residency grant that hosts will receive. The travel allowance depends on the participants’ travel distance and means of transportation. 

• Travel distance under 5 000 km: standard amount of €400
• Travel distance from 5 000 km: standard amount of €800
• Daily allowance €30 per day, per participant artist or cultural professional.
• Green mobility top-up: €400
• Overseas Countries and Territories or Outermost Regions top-ups: €175
• Visa top-up: €120
• Accessibility needs: €375, €675 or €1.200, based on the residency duration category
• Family top-up: €200

How to apply

Hosts need to submit a residency proposal that includes its objectives, expected impact, and duration. Hosts will act as a mentor to artists and cultural professionals and should provide them with the environment, support, and equipment adapted to their field of expertise so that they can focus on their individual or collective projects.

• Hosts can welcome between 1 and 5 international artists and cultural professionals who must all participate in the residency project on the same dates and for the same duration.

When

The residency can be implemented only between 8 June 2026 and 7 July 2027.

How to apply

Apply here

Deadline: 16 March 2026, 23:59 CET.

Read more here.