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FUNDING INFORMATION

On this page TANZKOOP wants to give bundled information about funding opportunities for dance artists.

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We are trying to keep the page continuously up to date. Feel free to also get in contact, in case you would like to share an opportunity with your colleagues and we will add it to the list.

 

All funding information given is without guarantee of accuracy.

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Frist

08.01.2026 / 18.05.2026 / 08.10.2026

Niedersachsen

Heinrich Dammann Foundation

Participation of young people aged 12-27

Frist

15.09.2026 / 15.03.2027

Niedersachsen

Osnabrücker Land Regional Association

Project funding

Frist

30.04.2026 / 31.10.2026

Niedersachsen

Hameln-Pyrmont Regional Association

Project funding

Frist

31.10.2026

Niedersachsen

Lüneburg Regional Association

Equity

Frist

31.10.2026

Niedersachsen

Lüneburg Regional Association

Regional funds

Frist

31.03.2026 / 30.06.2026 / 30.09.2026 / 31.12.2026

Niedersachsen

Regional Association of Southern Lower Saxony

Project funding

Frist

without a deadline

Niedersachsen

Stade Regional Association

Equity

Frist

31.05.2026 / 30.11.2026

Niedersachsen

Stade Regional Association

Regional funds

Frist

10.01.2026 / 10.05.2026 / 10.09.2026

Niedersachsen

Hildesheim Regional Association

Own funds / Regional funds

Frist

13.04.2026 / 19.08.2026

Niedersachsen

Lower Saxony Savings Banks Foundation

Cultural promotion

Frist

without a deadline

Niedersachsen

Lower Saxony Lottery Sports Foundation

Project funding up to €5,000

Frist

31.03.2026 / 30.06.2026 / 30.09.2026 / 31.12.2026

Niedersachsen

Lower Saxony Lottery Sports Foundation

Project funding up to €20,000

Frist

28.02.2026 / 30.09.2026

Niedersachsen

Lower Saxony Lottery Sports Foundation

Project funding starting from €20,000

Frist

15.07.2026 / 15.09.2026 / 15.11.2026 / 15.01.2027 / 15.03.2027

Niedersachsen

Lower Saxony Foundation

Project funding from €5,000 to €12,000 inclusive.

Frist

15.04.2026 / 15.09.2026 / 30.11.2026

Niedersachsen

Lower Saxony Foundation

Project funding from €12,000 up to and including €100,000

Frist

15.04.2026 / 30.11.2026

Niedersachsen

Lower Saxony Foundation

Project funding starting from €100,000

Frist

October 15, 2026

Niedersachsen

Ministry of Science and Culture

Project funding starting from €10,000

Frist

Expected date: October 15, 2027

Niedersachsen

Ministry of Science and Culture

Concept funding (3 years)

Frist

October 15, 2026

Braunschweig

Braunschweig Cultural Heritage Foundation

Project funding up to €10,000

Frist

Application deadline varies

Braunschweig

Richard Borek Foundation

Project funding

Frist

Application deadline varies

Braunschweig

The Braunschweig Foundation

Project funding

Frist

31.05.2026 / 30.11.2026

Braunschweig

City of Braunschweig

Project funding

Frist

Expected date: August 31, 2026

Braunschweig

City of Braunschweig

Dance promotion program (rehearsal rooms, digitization)

Frist

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Braunschweig

City of Braunschweig

Continuity promotion (up to 5 years)

Frist

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Hannover

Hanover Monastery Chamber

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Frist

30.10.2026

Hannover

Hanover Region

Project funding up to €10,000

Frist

November 1, 2026

Hannover

Cultural Office of the City of Hanover - Dance Fund

Project funding

Frist

01.01.2026 / 15.05.2026 / 15.09.2026

Hildesheim

Friedrich Weinhagen Foundation

Project funding

Frist

November 1, 2026

Hildesheim

City of Hildesheim

Project funding

Frist

Expected date: September 30, 2026

Bremen

The Senator for Culture

Project funding and concept funding

Frist

April 2027

Bundesweit

Dance Pact City Country Federal Government

Structural funding

Frist

15.04.2026 / 15.09.2026

Bundesweit

Performing Arts Fund

Production promotion

Frist

April 15, 2026

Bundesweit

Performing Arts Fund

Network promotion

Frist

May 15, 2026

Bundesweit

Performing Arts Fund

Re-entry funding for rural areas

Frist

July 1, 2026

Bundesweit

Performing Arts Fund

Production Promotion Plus

Frist

October 12, 2026

Bundesweit

Performing Arts Fund

Re-entry funding

Frist

31.07.2026 / 31.01.2027

Bundesweit

Federal Cultural Foundation

General project funding

Frist

February 2, 2026

Bundesweit

National Performance Network (NPN)

Dance co-productions

Frist

February 2, 2026

Bundesweit

National Performance Network (NPN)

Guest performances dance

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