NEMO – Northern European Mobility Opportunity

NEMO funding has an emphasis on fostering international collaboration, strengthening artistic networks across the region, and supporting more artists and arts professionals in engaging with international partners.

This call focuses on individual artists and arts practitioners in the early stages of their careers, reflecting a shared recognition among the partners that this group has a particular need for additional support and opportunities in the current climate.

What is NEMO? – Aims of the Open Call

As near neighbours, the Nordic countries, the UK and Ireland constitute a shared international space with fertile ground for creative collaborations. However, several developments in recent years, including the pandemic, growing economic uncertainty, and the UK’s exit from the European Union, have contributed to making international working across the region more difficult. The call therefore builds on a reciprocal wish to broaden the possibilities for practitioners across the Northern European cultural scene.

The shared aims of this programme are to:

• Foster international collaboration.
• Develop artistic networks across the region.
• Encourage more artists and arts practitioners to work confidently with international partners.

Who is it for?

The focus of the call is on individual artists and arts practitioners who are in the early stages of their artistic careers, reflecting our shared experience that this group has a particular need for additional support and opportunity in the current climate.

Artists and arts practitioners based in the Nordic countries (Denmark, the Faroe Islands, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, and the Åland Islands), as well as those in the UK, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland, are eligible to apply.

Artists and arts practitioners in the Nordic countries can apply to develop a partnership or collaboration (e.g. with individuals, groups, or organisations) in one of the five nations comprising the UK and Ireland – and vice versa. All parties involved in the application must have clearly agreed on the scope of the partnership before the application is submitted.

Call Details

• Applicant type: Individual artist
• Maximum award: DKK 75,000
• Closing date: Monday 15th September 2025 at 22:59
• Queries to Arts Council Ireland by telephone +353 1 2336500
• Queries to Arts Council Ireland by email to: international@artscouncil.ie

You can apply for this opportunity through the Nordisk Kulturfond website.