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• Rules (EN)

• Announcement (EN)

• 2nd Announcement (EN)

To carry out the following activities within the grant-award year:

a) Promotional events abroad focusing on Catalan or Aranese literary works that take place outside the linguistic domain of Catalan and Aranese: International literary festivals, international book fairs open to the general public, book launches and promotional campaigns for translated works. Digital promotion events (webinars, podcasts, interviews, recorded promotional videos and others) are eligible.

b) Translated texts of Catalan and Aranese literature published in cultural journals (in print and/or digital format) for broader exposure outside of Catalan and Aranese speaking areas (special issues, booklets or individual articles).

c) Promotional events abroad focusing on illustrated works by an illustrator residing in Catalonia or the Balearic Islands, to be published in languages other than Catalan and Occitan (in its Aranese variety).

Self-employed individuals or legal entities, public or private, Spanish or foreign which organize literary activities on a regular basis.

The following is considered grant-supported expenditure:
a) Promotion of literary works:

- Travel expenses for the writer, translator or presenter specialising in the work or other participants not on staff with the applicant.

- Accommodation for the writer, translator or presenter specialising in the work or other participants not on staff with the applicant.

- Professional fees (writer, translator, presenter or other participants not on staff with the applicant).

- Professional fees for writing a prologue or epilogue

- Graphic materials:

• - Layout costs
• - Printing costs
• - Design costs
• - Distribution of graphic materials

-Audiovisual materials:

• -Technical production costs
• -Translation costs
• -Subtitling costs

- Fees due external communication firms

- Costs of the marketing campaign (also includes adverts on digital media and social media)

- Rights to show films or documentaries

b) Literary texts in cultural journals:

- Fees for the writer(s), translator(s), editor(s) and other external contributor(s)

- Image copyrights

- Design and printing costs are only considered eligible expenses when publishing separates or special issues.

c) Promotion of illustrated works:

- Travel expenses for the illustrator and/or presenter and other participants not on staff with the applicant.

- Accommodation for the illustrator and/or presenter and other participants not on staff with the applicant.

- Professional fees (illustrator, presenter or other participants not on staff with the applicant).

- Graphic materials:

• - Layout costs
• - Printing costs
• - Design costs
• - Distribution of the graphic materials

-Audiovisual materials:

• -Technical production costs
• -Translation costs
• -Subtitling costs

- Fees due external communication firms

- Costs of the marketing campaign (also includes adverts on digital media and social media)

- Rights to show films or documentaries

-Online:Spanish applicants, self-employed individuals and legal entities.

-Online:Foreign applicants (self-employed individuals and legal entities) who have applied for a grant to the Institut Ramon Llull in the past.

- Foreign applicants (self-employed individuals and legal entities) requesting an Institut Ramon Llull grant for the first time. In this case, accreditation is required. The Ramon Llull Institut is responsible for generating and sending this after having verified the documentation accrediting the applicant’s identity.

The accreditation (user and password) is valid for five years from the date of issue, unless there is some change in the documents provided, of which the IRL must be informed.

When filling out the accreditation form you must select “Literature and Thought” as the recipient department.

Please take into account that you should request your accreditation at least 48 hours before the application deadline.

First Call: From February 12th to May 16th, 2024

Second Call: From July 1st to October 8th, 2024

The Director of the Ramon Llull Institute will make a decision within a maximum period of six months from the date of the publication of the call.

If the maximum period has elapsed without a final decision of the procedure being issued and notified, applicants may consider their applications rejected due to administrative silence.

The decision does not exhaust the administrative process. An appeal can be filed with the head of the Department of Culture within one month from the date of publication.

The applicant must substantiate at least 60% of the requested (and eligible) amount in order to receive the awarded grant, or the grant will be revoked.

If the supporting documentation substantiates only 60-80% of the amount requested or budgeted, the awarded grant will be adjusted proportionally.

If the amount substantiated by the applicant is more than 80% of the amount initially requested, there will be no reduction in the amount awarded.

Proof of expenditure must be submitted before the following dates:

-November 15th, 2024 as per the first call

-January 31st, 2025 as per the second call

Documents can be consulted online at the IRL virtual office.

Additional documentation, when necessary, and supporting documents can be uploaded to the IRL website through the virtual office.

For more information, please refer to this guide.

The grant applicant must be the holder of the bank account indicated on the form.

 Form

• Literary texts in cultural journals justification (EN)

• Promotion of literary works justification (EN)

• Illustrated works justification (EN)

• Promotion of literary works

• Literary texts in cultural journals

• Promotion of illustrated works

Maria Jesús Alonso (mjalonso@llull.cat).