Broadcaster Netherlands, Hilversum
Run by NPO-fonds (fund of the Dutch public broadcasters)
The money behind most Dutch public-television drama and documentary, applied for by the broadcaster rather than the maker. The piece that touches writers directly is Team-up, which pays a beginner to join the writing team of a series alongside a seasoned screenwriter. Grants are listed by round on the fund's site.
Grant, amount not statedOpen to writers in NetherlandsA production company
Advisory round, noon Nov 10, 2026 (closes in 9 days)
That closing date has passed. We check the funder's page every day and add the next dates once they are published.
The next closing date is Nov 10, 2026. The dates below are the current cycle's, as the funder states them. Seven advisory rounds in 2026; the 2027 dates are not yet published. Talent proposals are handled outside the rounds.
| Round | Closes |
|---|---|
| Advisory round, noon | Nov 10, 2026 |
Dates are as the funder states them. Check the time of day and the time zone on the official page.
Team-up pairs the new writer with an experienced writer who is responsible for the scripts, with a paid one-month trial.
Nederlands Filmfonds (Netherlands Film Fund)
The Dutch fund's selective production grant for about twenty features a year, including five children's films and one or two long animations.
Nederlands Filmfonds (Netherlands Film Fund)
The Dutch route from idea to first draft, worth up to EUR 35,000 for the writer, open to an experienced screenwriter without a producer.
Nederlands Filmfonds (Netherlands Film Fund)
Two years of script development money for a producer's whole slate rather than one film: up to EUR 420,000 to write four to six screenplays.
Hubert Bals Fund, International Film Festival Rotterdam, with Creative Europe MEDIA
Production money that follows a European producer into a co-production with the global South. Only 25 percent of the grant needs spending in Europe; the rest can go where the film is made.
Artist Trust
Small, fast and plentiful: 65 Washington artists a year receive USD 2,500 toward a specific project, from research travel to a first draft.
ITVS, Independent Television Service
ITVS's development door, replacing its earlier diversity development fund: a small first payment to shape a nonfiction feature or web series for PBS streaming, with a few months of…
Latino Public Broadcasting
Documentaries and limited series about Latino life for national public television, funded from first research through the final mix.
Film Independent, with the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
Science on screen pays here: three cash grants a year for fiction projects about scientists or technology, awarded inside Film Independent's Episodic Lab, Producing Lab and Fast Track…