--- title: "Frappant e.V. Open Call 2027 Hamburg-Altona; deadline 17 Aug 2026" sdDatePublished: "2026-07-29T12:04:00Z" source: "https://kreativgesellschaft.org/en/magazin/posts/subsidies-in-august-2026/" topics: - name: "arts, culture, entertainment and media" identifier: "medtop:01000000" - name: "arts and entertainment" identifier: "medtop:20000002" - name: "visual arts" identifier: "medtop:20000031" - name: "architecture" identifier: "medtop:20000032" - name: "literature" identifier: "medtop:20000013" - name: "music" identifier: "medtop:20000018" - name: "film industry" identifier: "medtop:20000307" - name: "business information" identifier: "medtop:20000170" - name: "business strategy and marketing" identifier: "medtop:20000192" - name: "start-up and entrepreneurial business" identifier: "medtop:20001158" locations: - "Lower Saxony" - "Schleswig-Holstein" - "Hamburg" - "Lüneburg" - "Bremen" - "Germany" - "Frankfurt am Main" --- Frappant e.V. Open Call 2027 Hamburg-Altona; deadline 17 Aug 2026 Grants in August 2026: What’s new? | Hamburg Kreativ Gesellschaft Magazine Grants in August 2026: What’s new? Grants in August 2026: What’s new? Federal, state and institutional funding supports Hamburg's creative professionals in all sectors. The monthly article provides a compact overview of the current funding programmes with all the important information and deadlines. July offers exciting opportunities for creative professionals in the fields of film, literature, the visual and performing arts, architecture and music. Subscribe to our newsletter and receive regular, compact information about calls for applications, programmes and events. Frappant Open Call 2027 The Frappant Open Call 2027 is a call for exhibition proposals at the Frappant Gallery in Hamburg-Altona. We are seeking curatorial and artistic proposals for group exhibitions in 2027.⁠ Applications are open to, amongst others, professional artists, curators, designers and architects. The selected projects will have the opportunity to be presented in the gallery’s physical exhibition spaces and, optionally, in the digital exhibition space ‘Der Vierte Raum’. Frappant e.V. supports the exhibitions through curatorial guidance, public relations, networking and technical support. The deadline for applications is 17 August 2026 . Find out more Innovation programme for business models and pioneering solutions Through the Innovation Programme for Business Models and Pioneering Solutions (IGP), the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs supports the implementation of promising non-technical innovations by small and medium-sized enterprises (including start-ups, the self-employed and social enterprises). Only projects involving at least two participating companies are eligible to apply. Eligible projects include, amongst others, creative industry concepts, organisational models for social start-ups, new platform formats and many other innovations. These include, in particular, cross-sector innovations, such as new organisational designs, services or digital applications developed across sectors or disciplines. Of particular interest are, for example, joint projects between start-ups and established SMEs, the creative industries and medium-sized industrial firms, or the skilled trades and young digital companies. The deadline for submitting applications is 20 August 2026. Find out more HAICA – Hamburg AI Creators Award HAICA – the Hamburg AI Creators Award – is entering its second round. Once again, the awards will recognise projects in film, photography and physical spaces – ranging from campaigns to installations, and from commercial commissions to independent experiments. HAICA is a competition for creative work using AI. You can submit entries in the categories of Moving Image, Still, New Talent and Realities – as an individual, team, studio or agency. The submission period runs from 8 April to 31 August 2026. Find out more Claussen-Simon Fund: Project Funding The Claussen-Simon Fund for Art & Culture supports projects across all disciplines in Hamburg and the surrounding area. The focus is on practitioners in the independent arts scene, emerging artists and projects of high artistic merit that, in particular, provide young people with access to art and culture. Submissions of participatory formats are particularly welcome. The next deadline for applications in 2026 is 30 September 2026. Find out more Workspace promotion Workspace funding from nextMedia.Hamburg is aimed at start-ups and media makers and enables the free use of workspaces and meeting and workshop rooms at SPACE in the Speicherstadt historical warehouse district. The funding covers a period of six months. Applications can be submitted at any time. Learn more Project support for Hamburg Pride e.V. Hamburg Pride e.V. offers project funding. Anyone with project ideas that pursue the same goals as Hamburg Pride e.V. can apply. This includes, for example, the reduction of existing prejudices against the queer community or the (solidarity) support of victims of anti-homosexual violence. Applications can be submitted at any time. Application deadline: ongoing. Find out more "Fund Zero" for climate-neutral art and cultural projects The German Federal Cultural Foundation's "Zero Fund", which is open to applications, is aimed at organisations and actors who are already familiar with the practice of ecological sustainability and at the same time are willing to work with commitment and curiosity on climate-friendly alternatives to cultural production. The fund is intended to support cultural institutions in testing climate-neutral forms of production and new aesthetics with the least possible impact on the climate. The aim is to make a model contribution to a reorientation of the German cultural landscape in order to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions in the long term. Funding of up to 140,000 euros per project is available. Applications can be submitted on an ongoing basis until 2027 . Find out more Project funding from the Rusch Foundation The Rusch Foundation supports individual projects with an amount of up to 7,500 euros. The projects must take place in Hamburg. The founders explicitly mention the areas of music and theatre as well as the promotion of young artists. Higher funding may be approved in individual cases. Applications can be submitted on an ongoing and informal basis. Learn more Project funding from the Cafe Royal Cultural Foundation The Cafe Royal Cultural Foundation supports artistic projects of all categories and genres by people whose primary residence is registered in Hamburg. Projects eligible for funding include, for example, exhibitions, theatre events, concerts, festivals, and music, video and film productions. The foundation awards project grants of up to 6,000 euros. Applicants must provide a brief description of the project, a short artistic CV for each person involved and a budget funding plan. Applications can be submitted at any time . Find out more The Frappant Open Call 2027 is a call for exhibition proposals at the Frappant Gallery in Hamburg-Altona. We are seeking curatorial and artistic proposals for group exhibitions in 2027.⁠ Applications are open to, amongst others, professional artists, curators, designers and architects. The selected projects will have the opportunity to be presented in the gallery’s physical exhibition spaces and, optionally, in the digital exhibition space ‘Der Vierte Raum’. Frappant e.V. supports the exhibitions through curatorial guidance, public relations, networking and technical support. The deadline for applications is 17 August 2026 . Find out more Innovation programme for business models and pioneering solutions Through the Innovation Programme for Business Models and Pioneering Solutions (IGP), the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs supports the implementation of promising non-technical innovations by small and medium-sized enterprises (including start-ups, the self-employed and social enterprises). Only projects involving at least two participating companies are eligible to apply. Eligible projects include, amongst others, creative industry concepts, organisational models for social start-ups, new platform formats and many other innovations. These include, in particular, cross-sector innovations, such as new organisational designs, services or digital applications developed across sectors or disciplines. Of particular interest are, for example, joint projects between start-ups and established SMEs, the creative industries and medium-sized industrial firms, or the skilled trades and young digital companies. The deadline for submitting applications is 20 August 2026. Find out more HAICA – Hamburg AI Creators Award HAICA – the Hamburg AI Creators Award – is entering its second round. Once again, the awards will recognise projects in film, photography and physical spaces – ranging from campaigns to installations, and from commercial commissions to independent experiments. HAICA is a competition for creative work using AI. You can submit entries in the categories of Moving Image, Still, New Talent and Realities – as an individual, team, studio or agency. The submission period runs from 8 April to 31 August 2026. Find out more Claussen-Simon Fund: Project Funding The Claussen-Simon Fund for Art & Culture supports projects across all disciplines in Hamburg and the surrounding area. The focus is on practitioners in the independent arts scene, emerging artists and projects of high artistic merit that, in particular, provide young people with access to art and culture. Submissions of participatory formats are particularly welcome. The next deadline for applications in 2026 is 30 September 2026. Find out more Workspace promotion Workspace funding from nextMedia.Hamburg is aimed at start-ups and media makers and enables the free use of workspaces and meeting and workshop rooms at SPACE in the Speicherstadt historical warehouse district. The funding covers a period of six months. Applications can be submitted at any time. Learn more Project support for Hamburg Pride e.V. Hamburg Pride e.V. offers project funding. Anyone with project ideas that pursue the same goals as Hamburg Pride e.V. can apply. This includes, for example, the reduction of existing prejudices against the queer community or the (solidarity) support of victims of anti-homosexual violence. Applications can be submitted at any time. Application deadline: ongoing. Find out more "Fund Zero" for climate-neutral art and cultural projects The German Federal Cultural Foundation's "Zero Fund", which is open to applications, is aimed at organisations and actors who are already familiar with the practice of ecological sustainability and at the same time are willing to work with commitment and curiosity on climate-friendly alternatives to cultural production. The fund is intended to support cultural institutions in testing climate-neutral forms of production and new aesthetics with the least possible impact on the climate. The aim is to make a model contribution to a reorientation of the German cultural landscape in order to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions in the long term. Funding of up to 140,000 euros per project is available. Applications can be submitted on an ongoing basis until 2027 . Find out more Project funding from the Rusch Foundation The Rusch Foundation supports individual projects with an amount of up to 7,500 euros. The projects must take place in Hamburg. The founders explicitly mention the areas of music and theatre as well as the promotion of young artists. Higher funding may be approved in individual cases. Applications can be submitted on an ongoing and informal basis. Learn more Project funding from the Cafe Royal Cultural Foundation The Cafe Royal Cultural Foundation supports artistic projects of all categories and genres by people whose primary residence is registered in Hamburg. Projects eligible for funding include, for example, exhibitions, theatre events, concerts, festivals, and music, video and film productions. The foundation awards project grants of up to 6,000 euros. Applicants must provide a brief description of the project, a short artistic CV for each person involved and a budget funding plan. Applications can be submitted at any time . Find out more Through the Innovation Programme for Business Models and Pioneering Solutions (IGP), the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs supports the implementation of promising non-technical innovations by small and medium-sized enterprises (including start-ups, the self-employed and social enterprises). Only projects involving at least two participating companies are eligible to apply. Eligible projects include, amongst others, creative industry concepts, organisational models for social start-ups, new platform formats and many other innovations. These include, in particular, cross-sector innovations, such as new organisati