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Cultural Basic Infrastructure (Culturele Basisinfrastructuur, BIS)

Funds Dutch cultural institutions with core multiyear support for arts and culture continuity.

Culturele Basisinfrastructuur (BIS) is OCW's four-year institutional subsidy for the core of Dutch cultural life, covering performing arts, museums, visual arts, film, literature, design, and development and innovation organisations. The ministry makes the allocations and DUS-I handles payment delivery.

The current 2025-2028 cycle was fully allocated in September 2024 after an application window …

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No upcoming rounds verified. Cadence: One-off.

Last verified: 29 May 2026Source: www.cultuursubsidie.nl