Mobility Funding Guide: India

The Mobility Funding Guide: Funding Opportunities for International Cultural Exchange in Asia, Guide to India provides an overview of funding available for cultural project to and from India.

In this latest edition for India (March 2025), readers can find funding opportunities by country in most artistic and cultural disciplines. The guide lists national resources when available, as well as regional and international sources of funding, be they public or private.

In this edition, there are 8 India based and foreign trust funds, foundations and cultural institutions listed with a total of 10 funding schemes, with an additional 36 sources of funding that focus on Asia.

To make sure that the publication uses reliable sources, only regular opportunities accessible online are listed. This means that there are a number of resources that are not listed: funds for which information is only available offline, funds that are not based on open calls, and ad hoc or short-term funding.

The development of this updated version of the Mobility Funding Guide 2025 was primarily based on extensive desk and online research, supplemented by direct verification through email and telephonic communication.

The data was categorised systematically to enhance usability, organising funding opportunities by sectors, eligibility types (individuals or groups), and geographic scope.

The guide is an attempt to gather all the resources in one document and is by no means complete. Rather, it is a starting point for research into funding for mobility in the Indian context. You can learn about how to read the mobility funding guides here.

Since 2012, the Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF) and On the Move (OTM) have jointly presented the Mobility Funding Guides for International Cultural Exchange for the 51 countries of the Asia-Europe Meeting (ASEM).

Download the guide to India here and the regional guide here