Project funding in the field of new music

Program description

With its project funding, inm supports Berlin's independent contemporary music scene and contributes to maintaining and strengthening Berlin as an international center of contemporary music.In total, the inm has around € 420,000 available annually from the Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion. Distribution is the responsibility of the jury, but the maximum funding amount of around €20,000 per project is only exceeded in exceptional cases.

Funding is provided for artistic and artistically mediating event projects by professional artists, curators and independent groups, including concerts with premieres and re-performances, smaller festivals, composition commissions, sound installations and sometimes mediation projects that focus on the artistic approach. Special attention is paid to the promotion of concerts and singular projects. The inm is aesthetically and structurally open and supports projects in the fields of new music, sound art and sound art, real-time music and improvisation, scenic concerts or concerts with a music-theatrical approach as well as electronic and electro-acoustic music.

International collaborations are possible and encouraged.

Institution

Initiative neue Musik e.V

The inm - initiative neue musik berlin e.V. bundles and represents the interests of the independent scene of new music towards politics and administration. It has established itself as a mouthpiece and partner in dialogue, and as a funding institution it is an important part of Berlin's cultural landscape. As the sponsor of the marketing campaign for new music in Berlin, it contributes to strengthening the visibility of contemporary music in Berlin's cultural life.

Deadline

The call for applications is issued annually. The application deadline for the following year's project funding is October 15 (by 6 p.m.).

Funding period

The project period is limited to the calendar year. An application is therefore submitted in October for the realization of a project within the next calendar year.

Funding criteria

Musicians, ensembles and independent groups with their primary residence in Berlin as well as all institutions with a permanent residence in Berlin are eligible to apply. One project application per applicant (natural or legal person) can be submitted in one funding round.

Prerequisites:

• Applicants (natural persons) must have their primary residence in Berlin.
• Applicants (legal entities) are registered in Berlin and have their first place of business in Berlin.
• The project applied for takes place in Berlin.
• The application is written in German.
• The majority of project participants live and work in Berlin.
• The projects are limited in time, e.g. concerts or multi-part projects.
• The project must not have started yet.

Additional conditions

Artists who are enrolled at a university at the time of application (also with the aim of obtaining a doctorate) or who are working as professors at a university are not eligible for funding.

Application type

Registration in advance, electronic application system

Application procedure/documents

Applicants can submit one project application per funding round. The application is purely digital. Submit the application and all attachments electronically.

The following information is requested in the online application form:

• Information about the applicant/association/company
• Information on the funding of the project
• Information on past funding from the inm
• Information on the last 5 grants
• Information on the project
  • Project name
  • Project format
  • Project period
  • Event dates
• Brief description of the project

Further information on the documents to be submitted can be found here.

Jury/Decision-making body

The applications are assessed by a jury , which makes funding recommendations. The jury is elected every two years by the inm general meeting.

The jury meeting takes place at the end of the year to decide on the funding for the next calendar year. The funding decisions of the Board of Trustees are then announced by e-mail.

Assistance/Downloads

Consultation appointments can still be arranged and held until October 05, 2024 at marion.czogalla@inm-berlin.de.

Funded by

Senate Department for Culture and Social Cohesion

Funding area

State of Berlin

Funding source of the institution

state/district