5. Call for proposals
- Application period opens: November 5, 2026
- Application deadline: April 5, 2027 6 p.m. MEZ
- Jury meeting: Late May 2027
- Project start date: July 1, 2027, with a standard duration of 36 months
- Project end date: June 30, 2030, at the latest
Applications may be submitted starting November 5, 2026, exclusively through the Bureau Ritter application portal. Applications may be updated at any time until the application deadline.
There will be no further call for proposals during the 2025–2030 funding period.
Important points
Applications must be submitted using the online form provided in the portal, which includes a detailed project description that should take the following points into account:
- If you are applying to TANZPAKT for the first time: Describe the initial situation on which the motivation and idea for your project are based.
- If you are applying for funding for the further development of a measure that has already received funding: Based on the status quo described above, reflect on and evaluate your previous work and explain what else you want to achieve with renewed funding.
- Outline the concrete implementation of your project, describe the planned activities that you want to implement together with your partner institutions and outline the rough timeline.
- To what extent will your project open up new fields of work or improve the quality of existing activities?
- Which target groups will benefit from your planned activities and why?
- Describe the mediation measures you are planning.
- In addition, briefly describe the hoped-for impact of the successful implementation of your project.
- If applicable, describe your planned measures for removing barriers for project participants and spectators.
- Explain to what extent the project aims to achieve results that go beyond the interest of the partners and direct participants and that have a potential long-term impact, e.g. with regard to the development of the dance scene in your municipality and/or in your federal state or with regard to the visibility of dance in the (local) public.
Mandatory attachments
- Scan (as PDF) of the self-declaration of the applicant(s) with data protection declaration and the signature of the authorized representative
- Detailed financing plan as an open Excel file
- Confirmation(s) from the co-funding institution(s)
- if applicable, informal letters of intent from the applicant’s partners and collaborating institutions
- Dossier with brief profiles of the partner institutions and relevant project participants, if applicable
Templates
To help you prepare your application, we are providing the mandatory templates for the applicant’s self-declaration, the financing plan, and the confirmation of your co-financing, as well as the document “Guidelines for Preparing the Financing Plan,” in conjunction with the launch of the 5th call for proposals on November 5, 2026.
Up to three additional attachments may be included with the application in an informal format, such as press clippings, cover letters, and/or letters of recommendation from co-funding institutions. Projects that have already received funding may include, for example, existing evaluations.
