The work grant can be applied for by composers and sound artists who want to immerse themselves in compositional work and who work experimentally and boundary-pushing with music and sound driven by artistic curiosity.

The composer must be a member of Koda. Please note that you must apply with your CPR no. and that it is not possible to apply for a work grant collectively.

The Working Grant provides support for a compositional work process or an artistic process that you wish to initiate, explore and develop.

You can apply for grants on varying scales:

Large working grants of DKK 50.000 or DKK 75.000

Small working grants from DKK 10.000 to DKK 40.000

NB! The grant does not support commission fees and recording/release projekts. See insted these two grants. 

Commission fees

Recording/release grant

** NB on Working Grants: Please note that as long as you have an open application for a working grant, you cannot apply for other working grants. An open application is an application where you have applied but have not yet received a response. Note that there are two work grants under Koda Kultur. Therefore, consider which one of the grants your musical project best belongs to before you apply. 

Find information about the other type of work grant here

• Attach a description of your artistic project and which workflow you want to start (max. approx. 2400 characters)

• CV (pdf)
• 1 - 3 audio files (mp3/mp4) as examples of some of your previous works.

The Work Grant is awarded four times annually. The application deadlines are:

March 1st
June 1st
September 1st
December 1st

Applications for the Work Grant will be evaluated by a committee. In 2025, the committee comprises of:

Jonas Olesen (udvalgsleder)
Xavier Bonfill
Ylva Lund Bergner
Jan Stricker (ekstern)

Successful applicants for the larger working grants will receive DKK 50.000 or 75.000

Recipients of smaller working grants will get from DKK 10.000 to 25.000.

If you received one of the large working grants of DKK 50,000 or DKK 75,000, you cannot receive any additional working grants (including for other purposes) within that year. You may be granted more than one smaller working grants in one calendar year. Please note, always apply for a specific amount.

You will receive a reply to your application within two months after the application 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 regarding the Working Grant, you are welcome to contact Tina Schelle, ts@komponistforeningen.dk

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