Goethe-Institut Nigeria Grants for Nigerian Artists and Cultural Experts 2022

For the past years, the Goethe-Institut Nigeria has supported a wide range of projects created and implemented by Nigerian artists and initiatives in various art forms: Music, contemporary dance, photography, films (documentary), theatre, visual arts and many more. Goethe-Institut also supports artists, who are invited to festivals in Germany or on the African continent but do not have enough funding to join.

• Table of Content
• About Goethe Institut
• Goethe-Institut Nigeria Grants
• Aim and Benefits of Goethe-Institut Nigeria Grants
• Requirements for Goethe-Institut Nigeria Grants Qualification
• Interview date, Process and Venue for Goethe-Institut Nigeria Grants
• Documents Required for Application
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

About Goethe Institut

The Goethe-Institut is the Federal Republic of Germany’s cultural institute, active worldwide. We promote the study of German abroad and encourage international cultural exchange.

Goethe-Institut Nigeria Grants

Aim and Benefits of Goethe-Institut Nigeria Grants

The call is open for all artistic and cultural initiatives in the country. This year, the Support and Connect Initiative is taking entries from these three categories of projects:

• Larger scale projects (with maximum budget of 5.000 Euros)
• Regular entries for first time projects (with maximum budget of 2.000 Euros)
• Entries for project’s sustainability i.e. recurring projects that already had funding from the Goethe-Institut (with maximum budget of 2.000 Euros)

Requirements for Goethe-Institut Nigeria Grants Qualification

• individuals, who already received an official invitation to a cultural festival
• artists and cultural initiatives (no individuals) that work professionally (with at least 3 years of experience), who want to organize a cultural project in Nigeria
• the project idea has to be already developed and has reached a certain level of preparation
• the project has to be implemented during the year 2022 and latest be completed by December 10, 2022
• only completely and correctly filled out application forms will be considered
• the initiative has to be registered and has a bank account

Interview date, Process and Venue for Goethe-Institut Nigeria Grants

• Application deadline: 15. February 2022
• An independent jury will select the projects until the end of February
• Project implementation: 15. March – 10.December 2022
• Submission of a project report: by end of January 2023

Documents Required for Application

• Application Form including budget plan:

• Application Form Support & Connect 2022 (PDF, 778 kB)
• CV of the project leader
• Further references and material
• Passport copy

Check also:
Commonwealth Master's Scholarship to Study in UK 2027/2028
Mandela Washington Fellowship for Africans 2027 (Fully Funded to USA)

Application Deadline

How to Apply

Please send your documents as PDF to Oludamilare Kolawole:
 [email protected]

For more details, visit Goethe-Institut website.