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Funding for Contemporary History and Commemorative Culture Projects
Organizations, associations, and individuals may apply for funding for contemporary history and commemorative culture projects with a Berlin connection that are not adequately covered by other Berlin state funding programs.
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Get matched →Funding is available for contemporary history and commemorative culture projects that are not adequately covered by other Berlin state funding programs and reflect Berlin's historical responsibility. Projects must have a Berlin connection and be publicly visible during the funding year.
Applicants must be public or private institutions, associations, subject-specific interest groups, or individuals. The majority of project participants must live and work in Berlin, or the applicant must be a Berlin-based institution providing the Berlin connection. Projects must be publicly visible in Berlin during the funding year.
Projects must have a thematic Berlin connection. Excluded are purely artistic projects, profit-oriented or commercially realizable ventures, multi-year projects, film funding, catering costs, printing subsidies alone, digitization/archiving of collections, website maintenance, acquisition financing, object restoration, purely structural measures, and projects already partially funded by Berlin state administration.
Applicants must request a minimum of €5,000 and a maximum of €40,000. The maximum amount may only be approved in exceptional cases.
Submit the application and all attachments electronically via the online application process. Consult the current information sheet (Informationsblatt zum Projektfonds Zeitgeschichte 2027) for detailed instructions.
Every listing links to the organizer's official page. Always confirm deadlines, fees, and entry rules there before you apply.