We are platform member in EFFEA - the European Festivals Fund for Emerging Artists

The European Festivals Fund for Emerging Artists - EFFEA is an initiative of the European Festivals Association co-funded by the European Union. It offers emerging artists a platform to develop their careers on an international level through festivals.

The third call of EFFEA for festivals to support emerging artists was launched on 15 January and will close on 19 March 2024. Approximately 50 residencies will be selected, involving 50 emerging artists in the seat of 50 leading festivals in collaboration with festivals from other countries. The implementation period for the residencies will be between 1 June 2024 and 31 May 2025.

The fund will include 50 residencies for emerging artists in the seat of 50 festivals - including the collaboration with at least two other festivals per project per year, based on an annual call to festivals. The Fund will foster and enable European visibility of emerging artists. It will address the needs of artists at different levels (research, capacity building, network, presentation platforms), the needs of festivals (programmers capacity building, alertness, internationalisation, collaboration), and audiences (access to diverse artists and arts works).

What are the fund categories?

• EFFEA “Discovery” Category: artist-in-residence grant of €8.000 (40 grants available) for early career artists with exceptional talent and ready to break through internationally.

• EFFEA “Springboard” Category: artist-in-residence grant of €15.000 (10 grants available) for mid-career artists, established in their own country and ready to develop their career internationally.

Interested to apply?

• Read the call and apply by 19 March 2024.
• Browse through previously funded residencies for inspiration and research.
• Register to join the EFFEA info sessions.
• Register to join the ARC info session for festivals in Malta & Gozo.
• Register to join the ARC Open Hour [Application Q&A] for festivals in Malta & Gozo.

For more information, email:

• Stephanie Bonnici, EFA Hub Malta: [email protected]
• Donika Rudi Berishaj, EFFEA Coordinator: [email protected]

EFFEA is an initiative of the European Festivals Association, co-funded by the European Union, implemented in partnership with 14 EFFE Hubs: Croatian Composers Society (Croatia), Culture Matters (Czech Republic), PLMF Arts Management (Estonia), France Festivals (France), Festival Friends (Germany), Stichting Caucasus Foundation (Georgia), Summa Artium Kultúra Támogató Nonprofit Kft. (Hungary), Association of Irish Festival Events (Ireland), ItaliaFestival (Italy), ARC Research and Consultancy Ltd. (Malta), Asociația Centrul Cultural Clujean (Romania), ArtLink (Serbia), Sweden Festivals (Sweden), Development Centre "Democracy through Culture" (Ukraine).