Are you a Ghanaian Creative looking to fund your upcoming film, music, or community projects? Check out the opportunities below to explore possible opportunities for your projects. The Ghana Music Project dedicates our efforts to providing you useful information, resources and opportunities for your artistic and intellectual contribution to the world!
Fundacion Botin Visual Arts Grant
https://burningman.org/culture/burning-man-arts/grants/global/
Deadline: May 8, 2020
Amount: 23,000 Euros
Type: Visual Arts
Summary: Fundación Botín announces its new call for projects to award 6 Visual Arts Grants meant to support individual art projects that may consist of training (academic or not), research (non academic), and production.
Burning Man Global Arts Grant
https://burningman.org/culture/burning-man-arts/grants/global/
Deadline: TBA for 2021 Cohort
Amount: $500 – $10,000
Type: Art Installation & Community Engagement
Summary: This program funds highly interactive, community-driven works of art that prioritize community involvement in their development, execution and display. We fund art that is accessible to the public, civic in scope and prompts the viewer to act.
International Filmmakers Without Borders
http://filmmakerswithoutborders.org/grants/
Deadline: January / June / August 1st
Amount: $100 – $5,000
Type: Short Film, Feature Film, Documentary Film Research, Production, Post Production
Summary: (FWB) supports independent filmmakers around the world via grants and other funding initiatives. Supported projects include narrative films, documentary films, and new media projects that align with themes of social justice, empowerment, and cultural exchange.
Rogovy Foundation Documentary Fund
http://rogovy.org/film-fund/overview/
Deadline: May 15th, 2020
Amount: up to $25,000
Type: Documentary Film
Summary: The Miller / Packan Film Fund supports documentaries that Educate, Inspire and Enrich. The Fund is financed through the Rogovy Foundation. We believe in the transformational power that comes from enlightening narratives and inspiring characters.
Ghana & US Embassy Public Affair Small Grants
https://gh.usembassy.gov/education-culture/public-affairs-small-grants/
Deadline: May 8 2020
Amount: up to $10,000- $50,000
Type: Journalism, Work Readiness, Women & Girls Empowerment, STEM
Summary: Variety of community development and empowerment grants distributed by the American Embassy. Projects that include significant American content (such as American speakers, American materials, U.S. Embassy participation, or a theme or topic originating in, or inspired by, U.S. history or society) will be more favorably evaluated.
U.S Embassy Exchange Programs
https://gh.usembassy.gov/education-culture/exchange-programs/
Deadline: 2021 TBA
Amount: Varies
Type: Travel, Training, Scholarship
Through the Young African Leaders Initiative (YALI) and other exchange programs, thousands more talented Ghanaians have developed their leadership skills and gotten to know America.
Fulbright Fellowship
https://ghstudents.com/fulbright-foreign-student-program/
Deadline: Per Year
Amount: Full Funding For Research in any Country (Check Eligibility)
Type: Fellowship
Summary: In Ghana, the Fulbright Foreign Student Program (Fulbright FSP) focuses on the academic and professional development of staff, junior faculty, and administrators employed in the following types of institutions: tertiary, research, or government. This includes but is not limited to junior faculty, research assistants, assistant lecturers, technicians supporting classroom instruction, administrators, researchers, and lecturers.Women, individuals from rural areas, and under-represented groups including individuals with disabilities are encouraged to apply (reasonable accommodation will be provided for individuals with disabilities interested in applying.)
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