All songwriters, composers, and producers working in the professional and market-oriented field can apply for work residencies in L.A. and London. You must be a member of Koda to apply.  

Work residences in London and L.A. are available to songwriters, composers, lyricists, and producers working in the professional and market-oriented field. DPA supports residencies in the two cities in connection with meetings, co-writing, networking, and the creation of new music. The project must involve partners who can promote the export of the music. No additional financial support can be applied for in connection with the residency.  

London: 

• The residency is for one week – Sunday to Sunday. 
• Your residency can start no earlier than three weeks after the application deadline. 
• Three people can stay in the house at a time. 
• If you are several members who want to go, you must submit one application together.

Los Angeles:  

• The stay is for 1 or 2 weeks – Monday to Monday.  
• Your stay can start no earlier than three weeks after the application deadline.  
• You can apply for one, two, or three rooms. Only one person can stay per room.  

If several members are going, you must submit a joint application.  

You must fill in the following on the application form:  

• Project description (max. 1,500 characters)  
• Collaborators 
• Up to three priorities for periods of stay 

 You must also attach: 

• CV/mini bio (pdf)  
• Up to 3 audio files (mp3) 
• Any documentation of collaborations at the destination 

The next deadline is 29th January 2026 at 3 PM

Below you can see the deadlines for 2026

29th January 2026
26th February 2026
26th March 2026
30th April 2026
28th May 2026
27th August 2026
29th September 2026
29th Oktober 2026
26th November 2026

Please note that there are no deadlines in june, july and december.  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

You will receive a response approximately three weeks after the application deadline.   

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