Government Grants for Artists
Government Grants for Artists serve to secure diverse and innovative arts activity by providing stipends for individual artists. The grants are awarded based on artistic quality and activity.
Applicants must primarily reside and work in Norway. Applicants must be active professional artists and must have published, exhibited or shown their work in a public context. Students on BA and MA level are not eligible for grants from Government Grants for Artists.
- Work grant: 1-5 years. 318 352 NOK per year disbursed in monthly payments.
- Work grant for younger and newly established artists: 1-3 years. 318 352 NOK per year disbursed in monthly payments.
- Miscellaneous grant: One-time payment of a maximum of 100 000 NOK for artistic activity.
- Miscellaneous grant for recently graduated artists: One-time payment of a maximum of 100 000 NOK for artistic activity.
- Grant for established artists: 10 years (or until the recipient reaches 67 years). 318 352 NOK per year disbursed in monthly payments.
- Grant for senior artists: 10 years (or until the recipient reaches 67 years). 318 352 NOK per year disbursed in monthly payments.
There is only one application deadline per year. The application form normally opens in mid-September, with a deadline of mid-October. The decisions are published at the end of March the following year.
The Committee for Government Grants for Artists, 5 members appointed by the Ministry of Culture, make the final decision on allocation of grants. 20 selection committees, with 115 members appointed by artists' organizations, evaluate the applications. Head of the committee is Trude Gomnæs Ugelstad.
Arts and Culture Norway recieved 12 237 applications for artist's grants in 2023. 1003 grants were awarded.