ICELAND MUSIC EXPORT FUND IS TRANSITIONING TO THE NEW MUSIC FUND.
The New Music Fund takes over the role of the Export Fund to provide travel and marketing grants for music export projects.
The application deadline will be announced in April. It is no longer possible to apply for grants from this website. New Iceland Music website is on the way.
Iceland Music Export Fund
The Icelandic Music Export Fund operates in accordance with regulations that were approved by the Minister of Education and Culture on February 5, 2013.
The export funds role in the Icelandic music industry is to provide support to Icelandic musicians in their endeavors to reach a wider audience, expand their market, and enhance their prospects for success beyond Iceland.
The fund offers support to musicians and music industry professionals who seek to promote their musical projects through concert tours and marketing efforts abroad. The Funds objective is to enhance the visibility of Icelandic musicians and to create valuable connections beyond Iceland, thereby increasing the number of opportunities available to them.
See the distribution rules of the Icelandic Music Export Fund
Operation in 2024, transition into New Music Fund
The New Music Fund will take over the functions of the Iceland Music Export Fund (Útflutningssjóður), the Recording Fund (Hljóðritasjóður and the Music Fund (Tónlistarsjóður) in accordance with the rules of the Music Fund in May 2024, which states:
Export: The department supports Icelandic musicians in bringing their music to a larger audience, in a larger market and increasing their chances of success outside of Iceland. Travel grants and grants for marketing abroad are awarded.
The operation of the Icelandic Music Export Fund will then transition into the New Music Fund. In April, Iceland Music will announce the full scope of the New Music Fund with the first round of application deadlines in May with grant allocations across all departments.
Until then Iceland Music Export Fund will operate as is for the first months of 2024. That means in 2024:
Application deadline for Marketing Grants is BEFORE 1 February
Application deadline for Travel Grants is BEFORE 1 January, 1 February, 1 March and 1 April.
For any questions, you can write to styrkir@icelandmusic.is.
Marketing Grants
Travel Grants
Marketing grants are awarded for promotional campaigns abroad, and are awarded no less than four times a year.
In 2024, apply BEFORE February 1.
New Music Fund will be announced in April, more here >>
Travel grants are awarded for concerts or participation events abroad with the aim to increase opportunities and visibility outside of Iceland. The grants are awarded monthly during the first half of the year.
In 2024, apply BEFORE January 1, February 1, March 1, April 1.
New Music Fund will be announced in April, more here >>
Application process
ÚTÓN and the Icelandic Music Export Fund encourages applicants to carefully review the application guidelines and ensure that their project aligns with the fund's criteria before applying. Applications that do not meet the criteria will not be considered.
For further information, Inquiries may be directed to utflutningsssjodur@icelandmusic.is or by calling Iceland Music.
Interested applicants are required to complete the application forms that can be found here on the ÚTÓN website. Applicants will receive notification of the applications result via email, while the recipients of the marketing grants are also announced on the ÚTÓN website.
Please note that ÚTÓN has an automatic application process, so if an application is received after the 1st day of the month (at midnight), the application will automatically move to the next allocation.
If you are not going on a concert tour or marketing work abroad, the Iceland Music Export Fund may not apply to you. ÚTÓN kindly suggests other grants for Icelandic musicians and their partners, which can be found on the website of the Music Center.