Horizon 2020

UPDATED 07.07.2022 EGDF celebrates record breaking EU funding for European video game industry  EU funding for the games industry is one of the focus areas of EGDF in its advocacy work in Brussels. In 2022, the European Union will invest roughly 18 million on funding calls dedicated explicitly to the games industry and more than […]

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1. Creative Europe  Creative Europe Call EACEA/06/2019-Bridging culture and audiovisual content through digital Who can apply? The proposal must be submitted by a consortium composed of at least 3 legal entities coming from 3 different countries participating in the Creative Europe Programme What topics the funding focuses on: Projects including an audiovisual and new digital […]

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Download the full EGDF vision on the future of EU funding for games industry from https://www.egdf.eu/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/201801-EuropeanFundingInstruments.pdf  Many thanks to Neogames and Baltic Game Industry project for mapping and summing up different EU funding instruments in a single image. 

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1. Creative Europe  Creative Europe Media funding for training: Funding guidelines are subject to change. This summary is made based on the 2016 call. To who: An organisation from EU or from its neighbor regions (including Iceland and Norway) facilitating the acquisition and improvement of skills and competences of audiovisual professionals and the development of networks including the […]

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1. Grants 1.1 Creative Europe Funding for video game development To who:Any game developer developing a video game concept or project presenting high level of originality, innovative and creative value, cultural diversity and enhanced Europe’s cultural identity and heritage compared to existing mainstream works; high level of commercial ambition and extensive cross-border potential able to […]

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EU Funding available for investors investing in game developer studios in 2017 The European Union has number of different instruments for investors interested in boosting their investment funds with public capital. The main ones are listed below. 3.1 COSME Equity Facility For Growth Investment Who can become a financial intermediary? An entity undertaking risk capital […]

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EU funding for local clusters supporting game developers in 2017   2.1. Grants  2.1.1 Creative Europe Creative Europe Media funding for training: Funding guidelines are subject to change. This summary is made based on the 2016 call. To who: An organisation from EU or from its neighbor regions (including Iceland and Norway) facilitating the acquisition […]

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EU Funding for game developers in 2017 1.1 Grants 1.1.1 Creative Europe Funding for video game development To who:Any game developer developing a video game concept or project presenting high level of originality, innovative and creative value, cultural diversity and enhanced Europe’s cultural identity and heritage compared to existing mainstream works; high level of commercial ambition […]

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Horizon2020 funding for game developers 2016-2017 In this article EGDF summarises, with the kind help of Nordic Game Institute, the most potential Horizon2020 calls for:  The potential funding calls for game developers Potential funding calls for serious game developers The key calls for industry associations supporting game developers 1. The potential funding calls for game developers In […]

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Draft HORIZON2020 work programmes 2016-17 for game developers, serious game developers and organisations supporting game developers Below you will find the most interesting HORIZON2020 drafts for game developers, serious game developers and organisations supporting game developers. The full list of all drafts for the Horizon2020 calls in 2016 and 2017 can be found here.  In addition […]

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