open call fresh perspectives

Open Call Fresh perspectives

For cross-sector collaborative projects that offer new perspectives on current crises including the climate crisis, discrimination, migration and asylum crisis, social and opportunity inequality or the housing crisis.

With the Open Call Fresh Perspectives, the Fund supports makers in offering new perspectives on social, cultural, economic and political issues. In doing so, the Fund stimulates cross-sector collaborations in which makers, designers and architects can, together with other organizations, come to new and surprising approaches.

Note! This application procedure consists of two calls:

Phase 1 (dura_tion: max. 5 months – 10 x € 10,000. Start date: 10 June 2024)_

You are applying to start up the project. This phase can be used to investigate what the possibilities of a project are. In the application, you should describe the activities aimed at refining the substantive and organizational aspects of the project. For example, you further elaborate a formulated problem or research questions, carry out preliminary research or an experiment, build a prototype or proof of concept, you further flesh out the audience or communication plan and consolidate the collaborations and financing.

Besides describing the activities to be carried out during the initial phase, it is important that you provide an outline of the intended follow-up project as well as the plan for sharing the knowledge acquired and the end results.

Phase 2 (duration of max. 12 months – 5 x € 40,000. Start date: 1 January 2025)

You are applying for the follow-up of the preliminary research and/or experiment from phase 1, i.e. for the implementation of the project. For example, the project could consist of an activation, programming, a publication, a service, a product, a podcast, an event or an intervention. At the end of the project, an appropriate presentation or other form of knowledge sharing is to be organized.

Please note: this amount is awarded in two phases. In this open call, co-financing is possible, but not necessary. Any contribution in terms of time and resources, including co-financing, if any, must be specified and quantified in the budget. You can only apply for phase 2 if you have fully completed phase 1.