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AwardCycle: Annual open call (previous edition closed Jan 8, 2026)

Prince Claus Seed Award

Prince Claus Fund Remote · open worldwide

Annual award recognising 100 emerging socially engaged artists and cultural practitioners, each receiving unrestricted money plus global visibility and network access.

Free to start · no account needed

Get your nomination packet for this programme, drafted from your own documents in about two minutes.

You look at it first. Nothing is submitted without your tap.

About

What it offers: €5,000.

Also: global recognition; network and opportunities.

Who can apply: Emerging artists and cultural practitioners addressing socio-political issues in their local context; check country eligibility list.

Free to apply.

Annual open call (previous edition closed Jan 8, 2026).

How to apply: through the organiser's own application portal (you need an account there).

What to prepare: application form, reference letter, portfolio.

From the official page (checked 2026-10-21): “Recipients receive €5.000 to freely invest in their practice”

Who can apply

  • Open to creators and freelancers
  • Emerging artists and cultural practitioners addressing socio-political issues in their local context; check country eligibility list.

What you will need

  • Application form answersOnward Scout drafts it from your sourced profile; you approve every line.
  • Recommendation letters (drafts for your referees)Upload yours, or let Onward Scout draft one from your profile for you to edit.
  • PortfolioUpload yours, or let Onward Scout draft one from your profile for you to edit.

How to apply

Applications go through the official page (own portal), which needs an account in your name.

How Onward Scout helps

This one is submitted on the organiser's own site, behind your login. Onward Scout prepares every answer and file in the form's order with one-tap copy, so submitting takes minutes; you mark it submitted when you're done.

Every answer is drafted from your own documents and cites where each fact came from; anything we can’t source is flagged for you, never invented.

Let Onward Scout prepare this application

Get your nomination packet for this programme, drafted from your own documents in about two minutes. Free to start, no account needed: you look at the draft first, and nothing goes to Prince Claus Fund without your tap.

Nothing is submitted without your tap. Logins, CAPTCHAs, payments and interviews stay with you.