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Translation Funding Programme

Funder

Goethe →

Deadline

2026-04-15

About this grant

# Translation grant Translation Funding Programme We seek to give international readers access to contemporary German-language fiction, non-fiction, and books for children and young adults. Since its inception 50 years ago, our funding programme has provided financial support for the publication of roughly 7,000 books in 45 different languages. Anniversary logo for translation funding © Goethe-Institut Anniversary logo for translation funding ## Conditions of Funding ### Whom we fund [...] ### What we fund APPLICATIONS FOR AN INDIVIDUAL SELECTION OF TEXTS (E.G. AN ANTHOLOGY) ### What we do not fund ### What does the funding consist of? ### Information about the application process ### Required documents Application Form(PDF, 179 KB) ### Jury ### Conditions for the payment of the grant ## Next application periods ## Contact Go to the Goethe Application Portal ## Further information Logo black(EPS, 738 KB) ### Recently Granted Grant approvals 2024(PDF, 233 KB) [...] Grant approvals 2023(PDF, 630 KB) Grant approvals 2022(PDF, 162 KB) Back to the overview ## Follow us ## Information and services Contact Goethe-Institut Head Office Oskar-von-Miller-Ring 18 80333 Munich Germany Helpful links Further websites Data protection and accessibility This website is intended to be accessible and useful to as many people as possible. We use personal data in accordance with our data protection policy. © Goethe-Institut 2025

Eligibility

  • International professional publishers
  • Translations of works written in the German language
  • literary fiction
  • poetry
  • picture books
  • comics and graphic novels
  • non-fiction
  • essays

How to apply

Please apply in German or English via the Goethe-Institut’s applications portal. The publisher must create an account on the portal before submitting a first application.

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