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 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 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 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