Here you will find a number of Amarte’s guidelines in reviewing applications:

The applicant is based in the Netherlands or on the ABCSSS islands (the Caribbean part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands), or has a lasting and demonstrable professional relationship with the Dutch cultural sector or the cultural sector of the ABCSSS islands.
The applicant is a professional in the field of film, theatre, music, visual arts, or literature, or a combination of these disciplines.
The project and/or developmental period has a beginning and an end.
Amarte likes to be reached out to early on in the creative process – applications for projects in a later creative stage therefore have a smaller chance of being granted.
Amarte aims to support the creative development of artists. Cultural organizations can therefore solely submit an application in collaboration with- and on the initiative of an individual creative/artist for the development of one artistic project.
Amarte particularly intends to be there for makers who are often deemed ineligible at other cultural funds.
Amarte supports small-scale projects with a maximum budget of €50.000.
Applicants for projects with a total budget up to €25.000, can make use of the budget tool in the application form. Applicants for projects with a total budget exceeding €25.000, are required to upload an additional, more elaborate budget plan separately. As a guide for structuring your budget plan, you may use this example budget plan.
Amarte does not provide grants to solely cover study fees, scholarships, or organizational costs.
Amarte does not support any projects related to studies and/or scholarships. Amarte solely covers classes or courses if these are a part of the project or the developmental grant for which is applied.
Applications with educational purposes only will not be granted.
Amarte provides a grant for material costs when these stem directly from the project applied for.
Amarte does not provide a grant for ongoing organizational costs and general investments relating to your practice.
Amarte does not provide a grant for residency costs that go directly to the residency organisation; however, you can apply for your fee and material costs.
Applications for dance projects, music videos or live recordings will not be considered. A filmmaker wishing to apply for a music film can submit their application within the film discipline. A music film is a fully developed cinematic production in which music plays a central, but not dominant, role and is accompanied by other cinematic elements such as plot, characters, visual language and editing.
Podcast creators can submit their applications under the theater scheme. Amarte only supports podcasts that have a narrative (documentary or fiction).
Please note that you cannot apply for multiple projects at the same time. If an application is still pending, it must be completed before you can submit a new application. This also means that it is not possible to apply for both a development and a project grant for the same project. However, after completing a development project, you can apply for a project contribution for that same project.

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▸Development grant / writing grant (max. €2.750)

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