Apprenticeship Scheme

Apprenticeship Scheme

Hosts:; Applicants must be Maltese citizens or be in possession of a Malta residence permit, a Maltese citizenship certificate or a Maltese passport, sole traders, registered maltese entities, public cultural organisations, registered cooperatives, voluntary organisations enrolled with the Commissioner for Voluntary Organisations;

Apprentices:;

Applicants must be creative practitioners who are Maltese citizens or be in possession of a Malta residence permit, a Maltese citizenship certificate or a Maltese passport.

Training and Development Support Scheme

Training and Development Support Scheme

Maltese citizens or be in possession of a Maltese residence permit or of a Maltese citizenship certificate or of a Maltese passport. Entities, groups, collectives and consortia. Registered cooperatives and Voluntary Organisations.

Artistic Research and Development Scheme 2026

Artistic Research and Development Scheme 2026

Open to creative professionals, groups, and organizations in the arts sector

Application requirements:
• Application form
• VAT certificate
• A de minimis declaration form
• Good Standing Certificate
• Acceptance letters
• Applicant Portfolio
• CV
• Letters of intent
• Company’s legal registration

Restoration Funding Scheme

Restoration Funding Scheme

A voluntary organisation enrolled with the Commissioner for Voluntary Organisations in accordance
with the Voluntary Organisations Act requirements

Creative Innovators and Platforms Fund

Creative Innovators and Platforms Fund

An applicant may be an individual, a cooperative, a registered entity or an organisation whose main activity forms part of the cultural and creative sectors. Applicants cannot be employees of Arts Council Malta or be involved in the management of the Creative Innovators and Platforms Fund.

International Participation Scheme

International Participation Scheme

• Creative professionals/individual artists • Entities registered with the Malta Business Registry (including companies, partnerships, foundations and organisations/associations) • Groups, collectives and consortia • Registered cooperatives • Voluntary Organisations enrolled with the Commissioner for Voluntary Organisations.

Artistic Heritage Scheme

Artistic Heritage Scheme

The applicant must qualify as one or more from the below categories: • Band Club or a Feast musical society • Fireworks factory • Feast decoration organisation Furthermore, the applicant must be a Voluntary Organisations.

Micro Grant

Micro Grant

Creative practitioners and/or individual artists who have not benefitted from ACM funding Schemes in the past three years(2023 – 2025). Applicants must be Maltese citizens or be in possession of a Malta residence permit, a Maltese citizenship certificate or a Maltese passport. Also open to applicants that are deemed as undertakings and that carry out an economic activity within the meaning of Article 107 TFEU.

Sabbatical for Artistic Research Grant

Sabbatical for Artistic Research Grant

The scheme may focus on creative and/or practice-based artistic research, led by a creative practitioner. This scheme also encourages community-based research projects. The grant is open to creative practitioners/individual artists who are full-time self-employed

Culture Pass Grant Scheme 2025

Culture Pass Grant Scheme 2025

Individuals aged 18+, groups of creatives, or registered NGOs whose work is culturally & artistically driven; applicants must be Maltese citizens or residents; projects must be cultural events for students (K‑Post‑secondary) including interactivity.