Roberto Cimetta Fund Emergency Mobility Grants 2027

About this call

The Roberto Cimetta Fund, based in Paris, France, is opening an emergency call to fund professional travel for artists and cultural professionals from, or living in, Lebanon, Syria, Palestine, Yemen and Sudan, with a focus on countries and artists living through a crisis or a state of emergency. Each grant can reach EUR 600 and covers international and national travel, visa and consular processing fees and a basic daily allowance. Where the host structure can provide it, accommodation is covered by the host, and the Fund introduces beneficiaries to its partners on the ground; neither comes out of the grant. Supported activities are professional training, creation and residency, and dissemination and networking. The call document lists the approved travel corridors as the five countries, Europe, and artists living abroad returning to their country of origin; travel between European cities by artists living abroad is not eligible. Results are announced on 30 November 2026 and travel can take place between 16 January and 30 June 2027. The call is supported by the French Ministry of Culture.

Who can apply

• Regional applicants
• Medium: Performance / Mixed Media
• Entry fee: See official site
• Open to artists and cultural professionals from, or living in, Lebanon, Syria, Palestine, Yemen or Sudan, including those from these countries who live elsewhere. Individual artists and constituted groups are eligible; cultural structures can take part only as hosts or inviting partners within a professional collaboration. Applicants must be 18 or over; there is no upper age limit. Restricted to performing arts and multidisciplinary practices. Send the completed application form, an updated CV of one or two pages and the invitation letter or agreement from your host to administration@cimettafund.org by 1 November 2026; one to five links to your work (video, sound, press, documentation) go inside the form and there is nothing else to attach; the form and the attachments can be separate files in the same email. Applicants at the start of their career without a body of work yet can show the project they are working on now. Applications are accepted in English, French and Arabic. An independent committee scores applications on relevance to the emergency context (40 points), project quality and feasibility (40) and professional background (20). Beneficiaries submit a narrative report, financial report and visual documentation within two weeks of returning; the grant balance is paid after the Fund approves the report, and the RCF logo and a mention of the Fund are mandatory in all digital and press communications. Results are announced on 30 November 2026, contracts are issued in December, the first payment is made between 2 and 15 January 2027, and travel takes place between 16 January and 30 June 2027.