The “Modern Music Space” Program. LOT 1: “Professional Stage”

Organized by the Ukrainian Cultural Foundation (UCF) to support music projects reflecting modern history and the war for independence.

LOT “Professional Stage” is a response to the growing need of the professional music sector in wartime to create high-quality cultural products capable of influencing public sentiment, shaping national identity, and carrying out cultural resistance. Today, the professional stage acts as a kind of creative weapon of Ukrainian culture, as it ensures the recording and reflection of contemporary historical events, transmits Ukrainian values, mobilizes civil society, and strengthens its moral resilience.

The goal is to strengthen the moral stability of society by combining tradition and innovation. The program promotes the development of the professional music sector, the creation of high-quality content (singles, albums, music videos), and the establishment of Ukraine's voice in the world.

The applicant for the LOT may be a legal entity of any form of ownership or an individual entrepreneur, each of which has been registered in Ukraine in accordance with the current legislation of Ukraine for at least three years prior to the date of the competition announcement, with the exception of the temporarily occupied territories of Ukraine*, and has relevant experience in the field of culture, in particular in music:

• organizing concerts and festivals;
• producing music projects;
• creating audiovisual music products;
• developing music groups and implementing educational or cultural initiatives in the field of music. 

* In accordance with the current amendments to the List of territories where hostilities are (were) taking place or which are temporarily occupied by the Russian Federation, approved by Order of the Ministry of Community and Territorial Development of Ukraine No. 376 of 28 February 2025.

The total budget for LOT is UAH 10 million.

• The minimum grant amount (cannot be reduced) is UAH 750 thousand.
• The maximum grant amount (cannot be increased) is UAH 2 million.

Funds may be used to create a cultural and artistic product that combines a musical work and video footage and may include one of the following formats:

• Music singles — at least three singles with accompanying video footage.
• Mini-album (EP) — three tracks with a total duration of approximately 10–25 minutes, with video footage for each track.
• Album (LP) — a full-length music album with a duration of more than 25 minutes, with video footage for each track.

* The Foundation reserves the right not to spend all the funds provided for in this LOT. Please note that the LOT budget may change both upwards and downwards in the event of changes to the relevant regulatory acts.

This LOT supports the following sectors of culture and creative industries:

• audio art;
• audiovisual art.

The priorities for LOT support are:

• current cultural and artistic projects that result in the creation of high-quality professional music products involving experienced performers, groups, and production teams that harmoniously combine traditional and contemporary artistic practices, ensuring a professional level of performance and stage presentation;
• projects that create innovative musical products (singles, albums, music videos) that reflect the genre and stylistic diversity of contemporary Ukrainian music, demonstrate creativity, experimental approaches to composition, arrangement, and sound and video production;
• projects that reflect on historical events and the experience of war, promote cultural resistance, strengthen the moral and emotional resilience of society, affirm Ukrainian values and national identity, and ensure the presence of Ukrainian music in the national and international cultural space;
• projects that open up new forms of interaction with the audience, combining traditional stages, digital platforms, interactive media, and multi-format events for maximum audience reach, ensuring the accessibility, inclusiveness, and comprehensibility of the product for different audience groups, including children, youth, and people with special needs.

1. Register in the UCF system.

2. Fill out the online application.

3. Upload mandatory documents (budget, plan, concept).

Assessment based on priorities: professional performance level, innovation, reflection on war experience, and new audience engagement forms.

Project implementation includes mandatory reporting by 30.10.2026.

Activities must comply with current legislation of Ukraine