Questions and Answers Regarding Cultural Funding

Students can, of course, receive advice, but we kindly ask you to take a look at the cultural funding guideline and the guide to cultural funding on our website first.

For international students, we also offer advice in English, if requested.

Almost all applicants receive funding, although not always in the desired amount. It is always worthwhile to file an application! The prerequisite is of course always that the cultural project complies with the cultural funding guideline of Studentenwerk Leipzig.

Here are some examples of projects that are eligible for funding:

• exhibitions,
• carnival events,
• film projects,
• concerts,
• cultural event series,
• country-specific events,
• readings,
• performances,
• semester parties,
• theater productions, and many other projects.

Here are some examples of projects not eligible for funding:

• institute and graduation celebrations and faculty balls,
• alumni projects,
• work of university ensembles,
• presentations of study contents,
• sports events
• events that focus on a political and/or religious agenda.

Applications must be submitted to the Culture Committee of Studentenwerk Leipzig four weeks before the project starts and/or before the event takes place at the very latest. Exceptions must be explained in written form.

The application form from our website must be used, it must have an original signature and can be sent by mail to the Culture Committee, handed in directly at the Studentenwerk Leipzig offices or inserted into the Studentenwerk Leipzig mailbox situated at Goethestraße 6 and in exceptional cases also by e-mail.

You can apply for relatively small amounts (from 50.00 EUR), but under certain conditions very large projects can also be funded with amounts of over 1,000 EUR. In this case applicants should contact us early in order to clarify the financial possibilities.

In any case, however, a maximum of 49 percent of the total costs of a project can be funded.

Once the project has been completed, a statement must be submitted to the Studentenwerk within three months of the end of the project/event. An updated financial plan (actual expenditure and income) and all receipts for all expenditure must be submitted. Cultural funding cannot be transferred in advance.