CLOSEUP Bremen | the media scholarship in the Hanseatic city

Application deadline 31st January

Since 2018, nordmedia - Film- und Mediengesellschaft Niedersachsen/Bremen mbH, together with the Senator for Economics, Labour and Europe, has been offering annual media grants for four project teams.

You've come to the right place if you can tick off this checklist:

You have:

• ideas and know-how in the field of innovative, cross-media formats
• fun, pleasure and intrinsic motivation in experimenting with new media (techniques)
• A strong sense for implementation options and feasibility 
• A high standard of quality in the result
• Already looking at how your idea can become marketable and scalable 
• Open-mindedness, curiosity and team spirit
• Willingness to work collaboratively, as well as enthusiasm for getting involved in the Bremen film and media network
• The necessary energy/endurance/commitment to take your project from idea to format within nine months

Scholarship provider benefits

From the funding allocation of the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen at nordmedia, the scholarship teams receive a monetary amount of up to 20,000 euros for a project for a period of up to nine months. Up to four team scholarships, each of up to 20,000 euros, are awarded per year, making a total of up to 80,000 euros annually. The annual release of the funds requires a resolution by the allocation committee.
The payout is made in four instalments and is dependent on project progress, programme participation CLOSEUP Bremen and tied to attendance of the workshops. Project progress is certified to nordmedia by the respective supervising experts. If a project is discontinued, the entitlement to payment of any outstanding instalments is forfeited. Further details will be governed by the individual contracts to be drawn up with nordmedia. 

scholarship provider

CLOSEUP Bremen is a programme for media professionals in the greater Bremen area who are carrying out their project in the region with local experts. The accompanying workshops and events also take place in the state of Bremen.

Requirements of the scholarship holders

The fellowship is open to media professionals from all over Germany. However, preference is given to project teams that are already resident in Bremen and can implement their project locally.

Up to four team grants are awarded annually. The teams are expected to work on the further development of their project for a specified period of a maximum of nine months while maintaining exchange and communication with the experts. The teams' willingness to present their project progress and to participate in the workshops offered and conducted by nordmedia as part of the programme is compulsory.

Application conditions

We are looking for (cross-)media projects that

• Innovative
• high quality
• scalable
• and are marketable, i.e. aimed at a concrete realization and commercialisation
• and contribute to the development and strengthening of Bremen as a media hub.

Furthermore, a requirement for the application is:

• Connection to Bremen (for at least two team members, the Bremen area is their place of life and work)
• practical media background (sufficient project experience and know-how)
• Commitment, accountability, reliability, independence
• willingness, time and desire to participate in networking meetings with the experts, workshops, kick-off and final events

To be submitted with the application is the outline of a project that can and must be realised in the Bremen region during the duration of the scholarship (nine months).

You can find all application documents to download here here!

The presentation result of the scholarship project after the period has expired can be, for example: mockup, pilot episode, app, prototype, ...

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