The application period for DigiDemo, CreaDemo and CreMa grants starts on Monday 2 May and ends on Friday 5 August at 16:00. The applications are to be submitted via AVEK’s application system.
There will be two information sessions:
- General information session, online, Wed 18 May at 10:00–11:30. Sign up by 16 May.
- Application clinic, online, Wed 15 June at 10:00–12:00. Registration for the application clinic will open later. Please follow AVEK’s communication channels.
The decisions will be made in early autumn and announced in October.
DigiDemo develops new cultural content
DigiDemo is a product development grant for the development of new audiovisual or other cultural content and its narrative forms. Support can be awarded for the production of a demo or the pilot episode of a serial programme, or for concept planning.
Demo and pilot support may be awarded to legally competent companies, excluding private traders. The company must be registered by the end of the application period. The aim of the demo and pilot support is to develop a content project from a concept into a demo or pilot to present the project to parties such as financiers and distributors for production on a commercial scale. The amount of support is 10,000 or 20,000 euros, depending on the scale of the project.
Concept support can also be awarded to private traders, individuals and working groups. The applicant is the person in charge appointed by the working group. The aim of concept support is to develop the idea of a content project into a finished concept. Concept planning is eligible for a grant of 5,000 euros.
CreaDemo supports product development in the creative industries
CreaDemo grants are awarded for product development projects that seek new product or service innovations in the creative industries and cultural entrepreneurship. The projects can be carried out between companies, industry professionals or associations engaged in professional business, or networks and other forms of cooperation between them. The aim of the appropriation is to create new products, methods or services that are based on or utilise creative expertise.
Demo, proto and pilot support may be awarded to legally competent companies, excluding private traders. The company must be registered by the end of the application period. The aim of the grants is to develop a content plan into a demo, prototype or pilot to present the project to parties such as financiers and distributors for production on a commercial scale. The amount of support is 10,000 or 20,000 euros, depending on the scale of the project.
Concept support can also be awarded to private traders, individuals and working groups. The applicant is the person in charge appointed by the working group. The aim of concept support is to develop the idea of a content project into a finished concept. Concept planning is eligible for a grant of 5,000 euros.
CreMa supports cooperation projects between the creative industries and other industries
CreMa grants are awarded for the launch of multidisciplinary pilot projects between the creative industries and other industries, such as the manufacturing industry or the service industry. The amount of the project support is 10,000 or 20,000 euros, depending on the scale of the project.
CreMa grants may be awarded to legally competent companies in the creative industry or networks of multiple companies. The company must be registered by the end of the application period. Projects should primarily include at least one cooperation partner that is a company in the manufacturing, service or some other industry that is not considered to be part of the creative industries or a network thereof, but networking projects between creative industry companies only will also be considered.