Apply for subsidies

Each year, ICOM Netherlands provides funding to facilitate international exchange and the cross-border sharing of museum expertise. Are you an ICOM member and do you intend to play an active role at an ICOM conference, do you participate in a Standing Committee or Working Group on behalf of the Executive Council, are you conducting international research in a museum-related field of expertise, or are you planning to organise an event involving the international exchange of knowledge? Then submit an application.

You can submit only one application per year. A maximum amount of 1000 euros is granted per application, 75% of which is paid in advance and 25% after receipt of a final report and the bookkeeping.

What requirements do applications have to meet?

  • Travel grant: If you actively participate in an ICOM conference, or in an activity of an International Committee, Standing Committee or International Working Group, we can contribute to travel and accommodation costs.
  • Research grant: If you are conducting international research in a museum-related field of expertise, with the intention of sharing the results openly (in any event via ICOM Netherlands), we can contribute to costs related to contact/exchange with other ICOM members.
  • Activity grant: If you organise an international meeting/webinar or other form of active knowledge exchange, and this meeting is widely accessible and contributes to professional contact between several (international) ICOM members, we can contribute to this.

In advance, we ask you to submit a short project description via the application form, with a substantiated budget. Please note: when travelling, we contribute for travel and accommodation costs, please also add documentation of the planned booking.

Application form

Within one month after the trip/presentation/meeting/publication, we ask you to send us a short report and a financial justifcation (budget, supplemented by realisation). In the report, you answer the following questions:

  • What did you use the grant for? (max 150 words)
  • What are the main 'lessons learned' in terms of international exchange? (max 150 words)
  • What would you like to share with Dutch ICOM members? (max 150 words)

We also ask you to send along four royalty-free photos. We share these reports through our communication channels. Finally, we ask you to include the logo of ICOM Netherlands on all relevant communications.

Submit report form

General information

Apllications for grants are accepted throughout the year. Please take not we need arount six weeks to process your application.

Questions about subsidies and applications? Contact us at beurzen@icom.nl