Barcelona City Council

Through the Barcelona Institute of Culture, Barcelona City Council announces the call for applications for “Barcelona Crea” grants. The aim of these grants is to keep driving culture and science in the city by offering resources for carrying out artistic research and innovation.

In 2024 the “Barcelona Crea” grants are aimed at supporting the pre-production processes involved in the creation of artistic initiatives (conceptualisation, gestation, research, experimentation, documentation, writing and editing, etc.) in the categories of literature, music, audiovisual content, script writing, traditional cultures, performing arts, visual arts, community creativity and arts in health, as well as initiatives that link art and science.

A total of 124 grants will be awarded in the 2024 edition, each worth 6,000 euros.

Applicants may be either natural or legal persons. 

Applicants must be at least 18 years old. The calendar year in which the call for applications is published will be used as the reference year.

Legal persons must be legally constituted.

Groups of natural or legal persons, public or private, may also apply for a grant, even if they do not have legal personality.

In the case of groups of persons without legal personality, in order to receive the grant, each of the members of the group must meet the requirements set out in the regulations and the call for applications. Such groups must appoint a representative, and this person will be responsible to Barcelona City Council and the ICUB for the completion of the project and the allocation of resources.

The procedure for awarding grants is by open competition, with the corresponding approval and publication of the call for applications, as stipulated in Article 22 of the General Act 38/2003 on grants.

In order to ensure that these grants can reach as many people as possible, each person or organisation applying for these grants can only present a single application for a single category.

In this sense, consideration will be given to the natural or legal person applying. If more than one application is received from the same person, only the first one registered will be accepted.

The application period will be open from 2 to 22 January 2024