Arab Fund for Arts and Culture (AFAC) - Training and Regional Events Grants

AFAC’s Training and Regional Events grant supports training and workshops in the different cultural and artistic fields, in addition to residencies, symposiums, forums, and festivals (multidisciplinary, music, film, performing arts, visual arts, and literature).

Eligible Candidates

AFAC is open to receiving project applications from all individuals from the Arab region working in arts and culture irrespective of age, years of experience, country of residence (the Arab region or the diaspora), race, ethnicity, gender, or religion.

AFAC also accepts proposals from local, regional, and international institutions whose projects are related to arts and culture from the Arab region.

These include artistic, cultural, social and educational institutions, galleries, centers and both governmental and non-governmental organizations that engage with regional arts and culture.

Ineligible Candidates

AFAC will not consider applications submitted by:

• Members of the AFAC board of trustees, their business partners or family members.
• AFAC staff members, their business partners or family members.
• Members of the current year’s reader and juror committees.
• Applicants with a current open grant.
• RRecipients of grants in two consecutive years will not be eligible to apply for the next two consecutive years. For example, if you received a grant in 2020 and another one in 2021, you will only be eligible to re-apply in 2024.
• Applicants whose submission is being processed. They may not submit another application in any category until the result of the current application is announced.
• Each applicant (individual or institution) can submit one application in the same grant cycle.

Eligible Expenses

The AFAC grant covers project-related expenses, including artist fees of up to 30% of the total grant amount. In the case of institutions, up to 30% of the grant amount can be allocated for certain running costs. AFAC and the jury reserve the right to determine whether the proposed running cost items are relevant.

Grant Contract

• As soon as the grant winners are announced, AFAC will draft a grant contract to be signed by the grantees. The contract will include start and end dates, grant amount, budget breakdown, financial requirements, payment schedule, general provisions, implementation and amendments, required reports and project results.

Payment Conditions & Schedule

• If AFAC awards a grantee US $10,000 or less, s/he will receive 70% of the grant amount as a first payment. Once the project is completed and the grantee has submitted the deliverables, narrative and financial reports, the remaining 30% will be transferred.
• For grants exceeding US $10,000, grant installments will be released only after the grantee submits proof of securing 70% of the remaining total project budget. When the latter condition is fulfilled, grantees will receive 50% of the grant amount as the first payment.
• When 80% of the first payment has been spent, the grantee must submit an interim narrative and financial report to AFAC. Once the report is approved, grantees will receive 35% of the grant total amount as a second payment. With submission of the final deliverables and reports, the remaining 15% of the grant total amount will be transferred and the grant will be closed.
• Grantees should provide AFAC with ten copies of the final outputs of the project, when applicable.