GSS EU Science Funding Gateway

The Creative Europe Programme supports the culture and audiovisual sectors.

Project budget (maximum grant amount): For creative documentaries, the maximum grant amount is €300,000 per project. For animation works, the maximum grant amount is €500,000 per project. For drama works, the maximum grant amount per project is:

• €500,000 if the eligible production budget is below €10 millions
• €1 million if the eligible production budget is between €10 millions and €20 millions
• €2 millions if the eligible production budget is above €20 millions

The grant awarded may be lower than the amount requested. 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. The amount will be fixed by the granting authority on the basis of the estimated project budget and a funding rate of maximum 20%. 

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).
• be established in one of the countries participating fully in the MEDIA Strand of the Creative Europe Programme and be owned directly or indirectly, wholly or by majority participation, by nationals from such countries. When a company is publicly listed, the location of the stock exchange will in principle determine its nationality
• be independent European audiovisual production companies
• the coordinator must be the majority producer of the work in terms of rights.

In case of equal shares, the coordinator should be designated by the partner(s) as delegate producer.

Consortium composition – Applications by single applicants are allowed (single beneficiaries), as well as proposals submitted by a consortium of at least 2 applicants (beneficiaries; not affiliated entities)