• Regulamento (PDF - 491 KB)

The Foundation will award grants of up to £30,000. Grants may cover up to 50% of total project costs. Up to 15% of the grant may be allocated to core organisational costs directly related to the project.

The grant will not cover:

• Costs covered by another source.
• Costs incurred prior to the project start date.
• Costs for the acquisition of art works.

Funding can be used for solo or group exhibitions and showcases, multidisciplinary presentations, art film retrospectives, touring or site-specific projects, new commissions or presentations of existing work.

Eligible artistic fields are visual arts, moving image (including film), performance and performing arts when presented within an exhibition context. Projects focused primarily on architecture and design are not eligible.

Projects may involve one or multiple partners, but must take place in a single UK institution that receives the grant.

The requirements are:

• Projects must take place in physical venues open to the general public; purely online or private initiatives are not eligible.
• At least one living artist from or based in Portugal or Portuguese-speaking African countries must be prominently featured.
• Projects should be led, hosted and organised by the institution. Grants will be awarded directly to the hosting institution.
• Artists should be featured intentionally, not incidentally.
• Projects must take place between June 2026 and August 2027.

Organisations with an active grant from the Foundation at the time of application are not eligible.

Applicants should read the Guidelines for Applicants document (linked above in Documents) for full details on eligibility.

• Register to apply;
• Before submitting the application form, check all the eligibility criteria. We advise you to read the Regulations and Frequently Asked Questions (available in the Documents area);
• Applications can only be submitted once all the mandatory fields of the form have been completed and the documentation required by the Regulation has been uploaded;
• At the end, click on the ‘submit application’ button. In order to prevent difficulties in submitting applications, avoid submitting your application in the last few days of the deadline.

Please read the frequently asked questions and the Guidelines for Applicants (above in Documents) first. If you have any unanswered questions, you can reach the UK Branch team at [email protected].