The Education grant welcomes applications from all songwriters, producers, composers, and lyricists who are members of Koda.

The Education grant supports songwriters, producers, composers, and lyricists who wish to hone and develop their professional skills; this will typically take place at courses/institutions that are not eligible for support under the Danish Students’ Grants and Loans Scheme (SU).

It is not possible to apply for expenses already incurred, or projects that have been completed before the application deadline.

• A project description
• A budget
• An example of your music

The Training/Education grant is open for applications the following dates

25. January 2024
29. February 2024
21 March 2024
25 April 2024
30. May 2024
29. August 2024
26. September 2024
31. October 2024
28. November 2024

Applications for the Education grant will be processed by the DPA Market committee. In 2023/2024, the committee comprises of:

Committee 1:

• Mathilde Falch
• Waqas Qadri
• Theresa Schæfer

Committee 2:

• Emil Lei
• Sarah Finne Christensen
• Mike Andersen

If you are awarded a grant, you will receive a pledge for support; this pledge will remain valid for one year from the date on which your grant was awarded. If your project is not completed within a year, you can request an extension. Extensions are granted for a maximum of one year from the date of your request to have your pledge extended.

Getting a pledge means that the grant will be paid out when we receive the relevant documentation (receipts, agreement, invoices etc.). Please note that the grant does not cover daily allowances.

If you wish to use the grant for a different purpose than the one stated in your application, you must first get permission to do so from the grant committee.

You will receive a reply to your application approximately one month after the application deadline.

You cannot receive support for the same project from several pools under Koda Culture. This applies according to 6.D in our regulation. Find the regulation here.

This means that if you for example apply for publication, you can only receive support once for your publishing project. You cannot receive support for publication from both The Publishing pool, The Up-and-Coming Grant and The Recording/Release Grant at the same time. On the other hand, you will be able to receive support for other processes of the same project from other pools. For example, if you have received support for the recording/release part of your project, you can apply for support for the next phase of your project, e.g. for promoting your release or from the PR pools.  

We have pools that support the different processes that your project can go through. The processes can – from an overall point of view – be divided into:

• Create (idea, clarification, writing)
• Improve/develop (coaching, camps, education)
• Release (record, mix, master)
• 'Disseminate' (PR/marketing, concert production, fairs and exhibitions)

If you have any questions regarding the Training/Education grant, you are welcome to contact DPA, dpa@dpa.org

If you have any questions regarding the technicalities of your application, please contact Koda, kodakultur@koda.dk