Cultural promotion in Germany

Scholarships and residencies can also be taken advantage of for artistic production, as can studio or rehearsal space grants. Funding for a specific project can, for example, be used to cover fees, room rental, technical costs, travel and transport costs or public relations work – usually until the premiere, exhibition opening, or the like. Finally, catalogue grants or support for video documentaries, for example, enable artists to document their work. ## How is funding provided? [...] Production grants – Production grants are used to subsidise an individual theatre or dance production up until its premiere. Studio grants – Studio grants are often part of municipal cultural promotions. In the visual arts sector, these grants are used to partly fund studios or workshops. They serve to support individual artists temporarily and preserve places of art production in cities/regions. [...] Funding = financial support. This section explains some types of funding, although many funding programmes combine several types of support (e.g., residency and travel allowance). Project funding – Project funding is a financial contribution to individual projects that are limited in terms of time, content and the funding required. The grant is used to cover the expenses of the applicant (referred to as the grant recipient).