Deadline: January 8, 2026
Applications are open for the Prince Claus Fund Seed Award 2026. Each year, the Prince Claus Fund offers a Seed Award to 100 emerging artists working in contexts where cultural expression is under pressure. The Seed Award provides recipients with the space and support to deepen their artistic interests and inquiries and amplify their practice — helping spark a new generation of changemakers.
The 2026 Seed Award is an opportunity dedicated to offering support to emerging artists and cultural practitioners that add a new wave of ideas, perspectives, and energy to the force of culture.
Award
- Each Seed Award recipient will receive €5,000 to invest in the growth of their artistic and cultural practice on their own terms. As a trust-based grant, the Seed Award places full confidence in the vision and autonomy of its recipients, allowing them to choose how best to use the support for their artistic and cultural development. Whether exploring new perspectives, nurturing connections, investing in materials, or simply taking the time to experiment and create without financial strain, the Seed Award offers the freedom and space needed to let their practice flourish.
Eligibility
They welcome applications from individual applicants who:
- Are in the early and exploratory stages of their career, within the initial 1 to 5 years of their professional career (excluding study years);
- Have established an innovative and interesting artistic or cultural practice that addresses pressing social/political issues that are important within their local context;
- Have received little to no institutional recognition and support for their artistic and/or cultural practices;
- Are from, living, and working in the eligible countries in Africa, Asia, Latin America, the Caribbean, the Middle East, and Eastern Europe.
Application
The application form includes questions about your practice and project and requires supplementary materials which include: samples of your work, a C.V. and reference letter, and a pitch video/audio that answers the question: What drives you as an artist?
For more information, visit Seed Award.