Ansøgningsfrist: 30. October 2025 kl. 15:00

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L.A. and London Residential

If you are going to London or Los Angeles for sessions, meetings or other projects, you can apply for a stay in one of the houses in these two cities.

The work residences can be applied for by Koda members and are targeted at anyone working in the professional and market-oriented field.
You can also apply for transport costs related to your trip.

The work residences can be applied for by Koda members and are targeted at anyone working in the professional and market-oriented field.

Working accommodation in London and LA is available for songwriters, composers, lyricists and producers in the professional and market-oriented field. DPA supports working residencies in the two cities for meetings, co-writing, networking and creating new music. The project should involve collaborators who can promote the export of the music.

Support for flights and other transport costs such as trains can also be applied for.

 

London:

- Stay is for 1 week - Sunday to Sunday.

- Your stay can start at the earliest three weeks after the application deadline.

- Three people can stay in the house.

- If there are several members going, you must send a joint application.

 

Los Angeles:

- Stay is for 1 week - Monday to Monday.

- Your stay can start at the earliest three weeks after the application deadline.

- You can apply for either one, two or three rooms

- If you are more than one member going, you send an application together.

 

You can see when the houses are available here.

 

NOTE: As the weeks are filled on an ongoing basis, a week you have applied for may well be occupied before you receive a response to your application.

  • A project description
  • A budget
  • Documentation proving your collaboration/interaction with partners in L.A. or London (this may take the form of an email conversation, a Facebook conversation, etc.)
  • All applications for the L.A. and London Residential scheme must be associated with a specific project/purpose and specific collaborators/partners.

You can see the dates of the deadlines below for 2025.

30th January
27th February
27th March
24th April
29th May
28th August
25th September
30th Oktober
27th November

 

 Applications will not be processed from 15 June to 6 August and from 16 December to 7 January, including holidays & public holidays. There will therefore be a longer processing time during this period.

Applications for the L.A. and London residential scheme are evaluated by the DPA Export Committee. In 2025, the committee comprises of:

Committee 1:

Nabiha Bensouda
Joel Hyrland
Simone Tang

Committee 2:

Mette Kathrine Mortensen
Søren Mikkelsen
Lonnie Kjer

When you receive our confirming that you may stay in the relevant house for a given period, the details cannot be changed – this includes the dates of your stay. If changes occur to your project or you become unable to travel during the period assigned, your work residency and grant will cenceled.

When you are given the grant, the actual grant portion will be paid when you submit the relevant documentation (receipts, contract, invoice etc.) (the grant does not cover daily allowances).

You can expect a reply to your application about 3 weeks after the deadline. 

You cannot receive funding for the same project from multiple grant schemes under Koda Culture. This is in accordance with our regulations, section 6.D. You can find the regulation here.

This means that, for example, if you apply for funding for a release, you can only receive support once for your release project. In other words, you cannot receive funding for a release from both the Release Fund and the Publisher Fund. However, you may receive support for other phases of the same project from other funds. For instance, if you have received funding for the release, you may apply for support for the next phase of your project, such as marketing the release, from the PR funds.

An exception to these rules is the Potential Funds, which are not part of the Cultural Funds.

We have funds that support the various phases your project may go through. These phases can – from an overall perspective – be divided into:

  • Create (idea, clarification, writing)
  • Improve/Develop (coaching, camps, education)
  • Release (recording, mixing, mastering)
  • Disseminate (PR/marketing, concert production, trade fairs and exhibitions)

If you have any questions about the L.A. and London Residential scheme, please feel free to contact DPA  dpa@dpa.org

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