CIMAM Travel Grant 2025

The candidate is invited to complete the following online application form and include:

• Short résumé
• Motivation statement
• List of exhibitions and publications produced in the last 5 years
• Two letters or email messages of recommendation - they should be issued by museum professionals or scholars who are familiar with their work and/or qualifications. In english only.

Current Members of CIMAM (2023-25) need to provide the names and contact details of 2 referees but are exempt from providing 2 letters or emails of recommendation.

→ The deadline to apply is Monday, 16 June 2025, at 8 am (CEST)

After successfully submitting your application form, you will receive an automatic confirmation email.

Please note that it is the applicant's responsibility to ensure all the required documents and information are submitted to CIMAM within the deadline. Applications received after the deadline won't be considered. 

Make sure the required documents are uploaded correctly and compulsory fields are filled, otherwise your application will not be processed. 

All applications must be submitted in English only.

Read carefully the list of eligible countries and admission criteria before submitting your application.

All applications to the program, and personal information contained therein, remain confidential.

Should you have any questions about your grant application or membership status please email us before submitting your application to: [email protected]

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Please read the eligibility criteria and purpose of the grant carefully before submitting your application: Click HERE to review the eligibility criteria.

CIMAM Travel Grants are addressed to modern and contemporary art museum directors and curators in need of financial help to attend CIMAM Annual Conference. Applicants must reside in countries with emerging and developing economies - Groups C, D, E of this list - unless otherwise specified by the Travel Grant Funder.

Researchers and independent curators whose field of research and specialization is contemporary art theory, collections, and museums, and most of their field of professional activity is related to the functions of an art museum, are also eligible.

Applicants should not be involved in any kind of commercial or for-profit activity, not dealing (i.e. buying and selling for profit) in the field of visual arts and cultural property, and neither be structurally engaged by a commercial art gallery or a company that produces or sell products to museums.

While professionals of all career levels are encouraged to apply, priority is given to junior directors and curators (with less than 10 years of experience).

Candidates who have previously received CIMAM grants from the same grant contributor may only be considered for a new grant after 3 full years since the previous grant was awarded.

Submission of an application neither guarantees acceptance into the program nor constitutes participation or accreditation.