Barcelona Crea 2026: 100 grants of €6,000 for artistic and scientific creation

The Barcelona City Council opens the call for Barcelona Crea 2026 grants, with 100 awards of €6,000 each for research and artistic innovation processes.

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The Barcelona City Council, through the Barcelona Institute of Culture (ICUB), has launched the call for Barcelona Crea grants for 2026, offering 100 awards of €6,000 each to support artistic research and innovation in the city.

These grants are intended for pre-production processes such as conceptualization, gestation, research, experimentation, documentation, writing, and essay writing in modalities including literature, music, audiovisual, screenwriting, popular cultures, performing arts, visual arts, community creation, and proposals linking art and science.
The call includes 15 different modalities, such as performing arts creation (theater, dance, circus), visual arts (including the Photographic Archive and La Capella), graphic novel, music, audiovisual, popular cultures, literary creation (Montserrat Roig), dramatic writing (Carme Montoriol), creation and research (Miguel de Cervantes), translation, art and science, and community creation.
Individuals must be over 18 years old, while legal entities must be legally constituted. Only one application per applicant (individual or entity) will be accepted. The literary and research modalities (F.1, F.2, F.3) are exclusively for individuals.
The application period runs from February 2nd to March 20th, 2026. Applications should preferably be submitted online through the Barcelona City Council's electronic office. In exceptional cases, individuals may submit documentation in person at the registry offices.
Based on information from the official source: Institut Municipal de Mercats de Barcelona (16/10/2026)