All songwriters who are members of Koda can apply for the Music Market Grant.

This grant provides money to pursue opportunities that can advance your career as a professional music creator. 

• Travel expenses if you are going to work abroad (does not apply to concert activities)
• Travel expenses if you need to invite foreign music creators to Denmark (does not apply to concert activities)
• Participation in writing camps
• Education, courses, and workshops
• Mentoring programs
• Expenses related to synchronization and marketing

You must fill in the following in the application form: 

• Project description (max. 1,500 characters)
• Any partners
• Budget
• Timetable

You must also attach: 

• • CV/mini bio (pdf) 
  • Up to 3 audio files (mp3)

The Music Market Grant accepts applications monthly throughout the year.

The next deadline is 29. January 2026 3 PM

Here below you can se 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

However, please note that there is no deadlines in june, july and dcember. 

Applications for Music Market Grant will be evaluated by two different committees. The committees will evaluate in shifts. In 2025, the committee comprises of:

Committee 1:

Nabiha Bensouda
Joel Hyrland
Simone Tang

Committee 2:

Mette Kathrine Mortensen
Søren Mikkelsen
Lonnie Kjer

As a rule, grants of up to DKK 25,000 are awarded. 

The grant is valid for one year from the date of award. If your project is not completed within one year, you can request an extension. Such an extension may not exceed one year from the date of the request. 

Approval means that the grant will be paid out when documentation (receipts, agreements, invoices, etc.) is available (the grant does not cover per diem expenses).   

You will receive a response approximately three weeks after the application deadline. If there is a particularly large number of applications, the response time may be longer. 

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 regarding Music Market Grant, 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