National fund Austria, Vienna
Run by ÖFI, Österreichisches Filminstitut (Austrian Film Institute)
Austria's national script grant for cinema features and documentary concepts, paid directly to the writer and exempt from income tax. One produced credit or a producer's letter opens the door, EU and EEA citizens included. A second stage funds the rewrite once a company is interested.
Grant up to €15,000Open to writers in EU member states and Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and SwitzerlandA writer alone or a production company
Submission by 17:00 Nov 24, 2026 (closes in 23 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 24, 2026. The dates below are the current cycle's, as the funder states them. Four rounds a year; late or incomplete files roll to the next date.
| Round | Closes |
|---|---|
| Submission by 17:00 | Nov 24, 2026 |
| Submission by 17:00 | Mar 9, 2027 |
| Submission by 17:00 | Jun 29, 2027 |
| Submission by 17:00 | Sep 28, 2027 |
Dates are as the funder states them. Check the time of day and the time zone on the official page.
BMWKMS, Bundesministerium für Wohnen, Kunst, Kultur, Medien und Sport, Filmabteilung (Austrian federal ministry for arts and culture, film department)
For the stage before a project can even apply for development: a few months of paid time to turn a rough idea into a treatment or concept.
BMWKMS, Bundesministerium für Wohnen, Kunst, Kultur, Medien und Sport, Filmabteilung (Austrian federal ministry for arts and culture, film department)
The federal arts ministry's screenplay stipend for the independent, low-budget end of Austrian cinema: features whose production the same department might later fund.
ÖFI, Österreichisches Filminstitut (Austrian Film Institute)
The selective production round of the Austrian Film Institute, where the finished screenplay, cast and budget go in together.
BMWKMS, Bundesministerium für Wohnen, Kunst, Kultur, Medien und Sport, Filmabteilung (Austrian federal ministry for arts and culture, film department)
Production grants for the small, uncommercial film that the ÖFI would not fund: shorts, experimental and avant-garde work, documentaries and features under EUR 750,000.
Artist Trust
Two Washington artists a year receive USD 25,000 for pushing at the edges of their field, with no project report attached.
Illinois Arts Council
Illinois pays working artists USD 10,000 by lottery rather than by jury: show an active practice with two work samples and the state lottery draws the winners region by region.
Artist Trust
Washington State's merit award for working artists: USD 10,000 with no strings, judged on the body of work rather than a project.
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.