GSS EU Science Funding Gateway

The Creative Europe Programme supports the culture and audiovisual sectors.

60%

The grant awarded may be lower than the amount requested.

Project budget (maximum grant amount):

• small-scale : projects proposing translation of at least 5 books can request up to €100,000
• medium-scale : projects proposing translation of at least 11 books can request up to €200,000
• large scale : projects proposing translation of at least 21 books can request up to €300,000

The grant will be a lump sum grant: this means that it will reimburse a fixed amount, based on a lump sum or financing not linked to costs.

Financial support to third parties is allowed for grants and prizes under the following conditions:

• the calls must be open, published widely and conform to EU standards concerning transparency, equal treatment, conflict of interest and confidentiality
• the outcome of the call must be published on the participants’ websites, including a description of the selected projects, award dates, project durations, and final recipient legal names and countries

Eligible projects – Each project must include at least 5 eligible works of fiction translated from and into eligible languages. In addition to the minimum number of translated works of fictions, projects may include the printing, promotion and distribution of (non-translated) European or Ukrainian works of fiction in Ukrainian.

Eligible languages

• The source language and target language must be one of the “officially recognised languages” of the eligible countries.
• Translation from Latin and Ancient Greek into officially recognised languages are eligible.
• Translation must have a transnational dimension; hence, the translation of national literature from one official language into another official language of the same country is not eligible if there is no distribution strategy outside the country in question.

Eligible original works to be translated

• Works of fiction, irrespective of their literary genre or format (print or digital book (including audiobook), such as novel, short story, theatre and radio play, poetry, comics and youth literature.
• Works must already be published by the submission deadline.
• Works must be written by authors who are nationals of, residents in, or recognised as part of the literary heritage of an eligible country.
• Works must not be already translated into the target language, unless a new translation corresponds to a clearly assessed need.

In order to be eligible, the applicants (beneficiaries and affiliated entities) must:

• be legal entities (public or private bodies)
• be established in one of the eligible countries, i.e.:
  • Creative Europe Participating Countries:
    • EU Member States (including overseas countries and territories (OCTs)
    • non-EU countries: listed EEA countries and countries associated to the Creative Europe Programme or countries which are in ongoing negotiations for an association agreement and where the agreement enters into force before grant signature (list of participating countries)

Other eligibility conditions:

• Applicants (Coordinator) must have had a legal existence for at least 2 years on the date of the deadline for submission of applications.
• Applicants (Coordinator)must be active in the publishing and book sector.

Both applications by single applicants and proposals submitted by a consortium are allowed. A consortium must be of at least 2 applicants (beneficiaries; not affiliated entities).