Musicboard-Berlin > Funding

Musicboard’s funding programmes support Berlin’s pop-music scene, serving to strengthen its cultural, creative and economic standing. Through calls for concepts and subsequent jury-based selection procedures, the thematically diverse programmes fund musicians directly as well as various projects in the city’s music landscape producing innovative, diverse and relevant content.

FUNDING FOR MUSICIANS

Scolarships

Scholarships

Next Application Deadline 1.3.2023
Musicboard's scholarships support Berlin pop musicians and bands aiming for artistic or professional development with a certain music project.
Residencies

Residencies

Next Application Deadline 1.3.2023
Musicboard, along with national and international partners, places Berlin pop musicians in residencies to work in different settings, whether in Germany or abroad.
Support Tour Funding

Support Tour Funding

Ongoing application until 30.11.2023
Musicboard's Support Tour Funding programme supports up-and-coming Berlin musicians in their plans to tour with a more established act.

FUNDING FOR LABELS

Label Funding

Label Funding

Ongoing application until 15.2.2023
Musicboard's Label Funding programme supports Berlin labels in the implementation of specific steps to establish newcomer artists working mainly in Berlin.

FUNDING OF PROJECTS

Karrieresprungbrett

Karrieresprungbrett Berlin

Next Application Deadline 1.4.2023
Musicboard's Karrieresprungbrett programme gives funding to projects and platforms that support the advancement of up-and-coming musicians in Berlin.
Pop im Kiez

Pop im Kiez

Next Application Deadline 1.4.2023
Musicboard's Pop im Kiez programme supports pop-cultural pilot projects, campaigns and activities that focus on the interaction between live music and its local surroundings.
Festival Funding

Festival Funding

Last Application Deadline 1.11.2022
Musicboard's Festival Funding programme provides funding to pop-music festivals in Berlin and offers perspectives on organisation.