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Folk music impulse program; application for funding

Funding is provided for biannual or annual courses with external speakers to teach folk music in a variety of stylistic and regional forms.

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Purpose

The aim of the funding is to motivate people throughout Bavaria to get to know folk music and to practice it over a longer period of time. In this way, new musical initiatives and group formations are to be stimulated and sustainably introduced, thus strengthening awareness of folk music.

Object

Funding is available for projects that deal with the communication of folk music in various stylistic, regional and, where appropriate, international forms. The term "folk music" is to be seen as open in terms of musical orientation and thus includes traditional forms as well as fusions with other musical styles.

Regular courses in the field of folk music are considered projects. Annual projects of at least 30 hours or half-yearly projects of at least 15 hours are possible. The annual projects are based on the school year, the half-yearly projects on one of the two school semesters. Block systems are permitted in exceptional cases.

Recipients of funding

Institutions and facilities with state, municipal or private-law sponsorship in the social and educational sector based in Bavaria (e.g. day care centers, elementary schools, secondary schools, adult education centers, retirement homes, educational homes, inclusive, integrative or other social institutions, associations) are eligible to apply and receive funding.

Eligible costs

Eligible costs are fees (including travel expenses in accordance with the Bavarian Travel Expenses Act) of speakers from the pool of speakers, insofar as these are necessary for the preparation and implementation of the funded project during the approval period.

In particular, the following are not eligible for funding

  • Personnel expenses other than speakers' fees,
  • general organizational costs (e.g. for telephone, copies, office supplies),
  • room rents,
  • ongoing expenditure already incurred by the grant recipient, expenditure for municipal management work, flat-rate offsetting of ongoing expenditure for employees,
  • services provided on a voluntary basis.

Type and amount

The funding is granted as a subsidy.

The type of funding is project funding.
The funding period covers the entire duration of the project.

  • The grant is awarded as a non-repayable subsidy (project funding) by way of fixed-amount funding.
  • The Free State of Bavaria contributes a fixed amount to the eligible expenditure after deduction of own funds, up to a maximum of EUR 3,000 for an annual project and up to a maximum of EUR 1,500 for a semi-annual project.
  • The grant recipient's own funds must amount to at least 10% of the eligible expenditure after deduction of grants and financial contributions from third parties.
  • After deducting own funds, the eligible expenditure must amount to at least EUR 2,000 for an annual project and at least EUR 1,000 for a semi-annual project.

Funding will only be considered if

  • the eligible expenditure for the project less the required own contribution equals or exceeds the amount of the grant,
  • the applicant is able to provide evidence of his or her financial capacity to provide the own contribution,
  • the project does not pursue any commercial interests,
  • if it is a new type of activity for the institution. The courses must be held in the institutions on site or in other premises made available to the institutions for this purpose and
  • if the courses are led by external speakers who are registered in the pool of speakers(https://www.heimat-bayern.de/volksmusik/referentenpool/) before the application for funding is submitted.


Exclusion criteria:

Funding is not possible for

  • existing groups in the field of folk music,
  • institutions that are already carrying out such activities in the field of folk music when this guideline comes into force or have done so in the last three years before this guideline comes into force, and
  • pure instrumental lessons outside of ensemble playing.

  • Required Documents
    • Nachweis Referenten-Eintragung im Referentenpool: Nachweis, dass die Referentin oder der Referent im Referentenpool eingetragen ist (vgl. Voraussetzungen).

As a rule, the following procedure is usual:

  • Application via online form at https://www.stmfh.bayern.de/heimat/impulsprogramm/
  • Application for early project start, if applicable
  • Application review by the approval authority
  • In the case of eligible projects, submission of the approval notice by the approval authority
  • Transmission of the confirmation of use by the funding recipient

There are no costs.

The application must be submitted by 30.09.2025. This deadline only applies to the first funding period: For semi-annual projects starting in February 2026, funding applications must be submitted by September 30, 2025 inclusive. For annual or semi-annual projects starting from September 2026, funding applications can be submitted up to and including March 31, 2026. The same deadlines apply for 2027.

The applicant/beneficiary may lodge an appeal against the grant notification within one month of notification. The competent administrative court to which the appeal can be submitted will be indicated in the notification.

Status: 18.02.2026
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