Curatorial Research Programme

Institution: Danish Arts Foundation
Deadline: 26 March 2026, 2:00 PM (Danish time)
Location: Denmark (travel grants for international research trips)

This programme offers travel grants to curators, directors of art institutions, art critics, and other art professionals to conduct research visits in Denmark. It supports networking, exchange, and knowledge of the Danish contemporary art scene. Applicants organize their own program of meetings with artists, institutions, and other professional actors.

Grant Details

• Funding: up to DKK 15,000 per person for travel and accommodation

• Typical trip: 3–7 days; economy class travel and accommodation

• Danish institutions may apply on behalf of foreign curators

• Funding cannot be used for exhibition openings, conferences, fairs, per diems (except for applicants from least developed countries), local transport (<15 km), visas, insurance, or entrance fees

Eligibility Criteria

• Curators, exhibition directors, art critics, or art mediators working with contemporary art

• Applicants must have contacts in the Danish art scene or aim to develop projects involving Danish artists or institutions

• Ability to organize meetings and studio visits independently

• Foreign applicants must provide bank details exactly matching their name and address for transfers

Application Requirements

• Submit via the Danish Arts Foundation Grant Portal (order login first)

• Attach three mandatory annexes:

  1. Goals and day program (official template, max 2000 characters)

  2. Budget (official template)

  3. CV (10 key points only, official template)

• Must also submit official template for international bank wire transfer

• Application can be edited until the deadline; committee only considers the latest submitted version

Evaluation Criteria

• High artistic or professional quality of applicant and project

• Clear aim toward future professional curation, art criticism, or dissemination

• Structured day program

• Promotion of international networks and collaboration between Danish and foreign art scenes

• Consideration of sustainability in travel and project planning

Outcome and Payment

• Applicants notified within 12 weeks after the deadline

• Grants paid via international bank transfer as soon as possible

• Grant usage must comply with the stated project purpose; reporting required to Danish Agency for Culture and Palaces