Opið fyrir umsóknir í aukaúthlutun 2025

Umsóknarfrestur er til kl. 16.00, fimmtudaginn 13. nóvember 2025

Safnaráð minnir á, að opið er fyrir umsóknir í aukaúthlutun safnasjóðs 2025. Umsóknarfrestur er til kl. 16.00, fimmtudaginn 13. nóvember 2025.

Í aukaúthlutun safnasjóðs árið 2025 geta viðurkennd söfn sótt um styrki til símenntunar eða til stafrænna kynningarmála. Umsóknir sem berast eftir að umsóknarfresti lýkur verða ekki teknar til greina.  An application form can be found here.

INFORMATION

Eftirtaldir styrkflokkar eru í boði:

a) Digital promotion grant

  • Recognized museums can submit at any time one application about grants in a category a) Digital promotion grant and received at most one grant.
  • The purpose of these grants is to strengthen the digital promotion of the museums, whether on social media or on their own websites.
  • Lögð er áhersla á að styrkurinn efli safnið sem viðkomustað fyrir gesti eða kynni starfsemi safnsins.
  • You can apply for grants, for example, to create content for publication, to cover publication costs, to obtain external services to promote social media or websites, or to promote the museum's activities, to name a few.
  • Each scholarship and application is maximum of 300,000 krónur.

b) Continuing education for museum employees

  • Viðurkennd söfn geta í hvert sinn sent inn eina umsókn um styrki í flokk b) Símenntun fyrir starfsmenn safns og hlotið mest einn styrk.
  • Símenntunarstyrk fyrir starfsmenn safns má nota t.d. til að sækja námskeið eða ráðstefnur hérlendis eða erlendis.
  • Each scholarship and application is maximum of 300,000 krónur.

c) Exchange of funds between museums

  • Viðurkennd söfn geta í hvert sinn sent inn eina umsókn um styrki í flokk c) Vistaskipti milli safna og hlotið mest einn styrk.
  • Vistaskipti milli safna er ætlaður til jafningjafræðslu starfsmanna safna og skal nýtast í ferða- og uppihaldsstyrk.
  • It should be noted which museum will be visited and what will be learned.
  • Each scholarship and application is maximum of 300,000 krónur.

d) Courses/speakers – Museums apply individually

  • Recognized museums can submit at any time eina umsókn about support in a class d) Courses/speakers and received at most one grant.
  • Each museum can receive a maximum of one grant in this category.
  • This category of grant is intended as a grant to the museum to hold courses/symposiums/conferences or to host lectures domestically that could benefit the museum as a whole as well as a larger group of museum members.
  • Each scholarship and application is maximum of 300,000 krónur.

e) Courses/speakers – Collaborative projects of recognized museums

  • Recognized museums can apply in collaboration for a grant in a category e) Courses/speakers – collaborative projectsIf the collaboration is between at least two recognized museums, additional parties may also participate in these grant applications.
  • This category of grant is intended as a grant to the museum to hold courses/symposiums/conferences or to host lectures domestically that could benefit the museum as a whole as well as a larger group of museum members.
  • Each museum can be a party to more than one application.
  • If museums apply in collaboration, each grant and application can be maximum of 600,000 krónur.

​​​​Almennt

  • Grants from the second additional allocation are classified as project grants with emphasis (see Article 3 of the Museum Fund's Allocation Rules).
  • Úthlutað verður úr sjóðnum fyrir árslok 2025.
  • Styrki úr seinni aukaúthlutun 2025 skal nýta fyrir árslok 2026, ekki verður gefin frekari frestur á nýtingu styrkja úr aukaúthlutun 2025 – skilafrestur á nýtingaskýrslu er 2. mars 2027.
  • Please note that it is not possible to apply for grants for projects that have already been completed.
  • Applications will not be accepted after the application deadline.