The Fund pro­vides fund­ing for com­mon cul­tural, sci­en­tific, research and edu­ca­tional projects, youth exchanges, pro­mo­tion of tourism and cross-border coop­er­a­tion. Most of the grant recip­i­ents are non-governmental orga­ni­za­tions, munic­i­pal­i­ties and local gov­ern­ments, uni­ver­si­ties, schools and other pub­lic insti­tu­tions and also indi­vid­ual cit­i­zens. The Fund also awards indi­vid­ual schol­ar­ships and artist res­i­den­cies. Throughout 21 years, the fund has sup­ported more than 6.500 grant projects and awarded over 2.350 scholarships and artist residencies in total worth of more than €110 million.

The bud­get of the Fund (€ 10 mil­lion since 2021) con­sists of equal con­tri­bu­tions of the Visegrad Group’s gov­ern­ments.

The Fund runs three reg­u­lar grant pro­grams (Visegrad Grants, Visegrad+ Grants, Visegrad Strategic Program – Strategic Grants and Strategic Conferences) and three major mobility programs – scholarship schemes, a multi-chapter artist-in-residence pro­gram and a new V4 Generation program dedicated to the youth exchange.

Non-governmental orga­ni­za­tions (NGOs), civil soci­ety orga­ni­za­tions (CSOs), munic­i­pal­i­ties and local or regional gov­ern­ments, schools and uni­ver­si­ties, but also pri­vate com­pa­nies or indi­vid­ual cit­i­zens are eli­gi­ble for grant sup­port, pro­vided that their projects deal with the region and fur­ther develop coop­er­a­tion among project part­ners based in the region.

For more information see the website of the International Visegrad Fund.