The "Start-up Subsidy" supports new artistic creative activities by up-and-coming artists and artistic groups who are trying to develop activities in the Tokyo art scene. Targeting performances held in Tokyo or overseas, exhibitions, art projects, participation in international festivals, international collaborations, etc., the program supports start-ups in order for young talents to establish a foothold in future artistic activities.
Application period
From 10:00 on Monday, August 25, 2025 to 18:00 on Thursday, September 25
Applications for the public offering are available online. Please use the application form to register the applicant, fill in the fields, and upload the necessary documents.
*Public application has ended.
- public offering guidelines
- 2025年度第2回スタートアップ助成 公募ガイドライン
- Q＆A
- 2025年度 第2回「スタートアップ助成」に関するよくある質問Q＆A
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Consumption Tax in the Budget - 収支予算書における消費税について
Public Offering Briefing (Online)
2025年度 第2回「スタートアップ助成」について、助成申請を検討されている方を対象にオンライン公募説明会を開催します。参加を希望される方は、締切日までに申し込みフォームからお申し込みください。
※参加に際しては、公募ガイドラインを必ず事前にお読みください。
※公募説明会への参加は助成の採否には影響しません。
※申請にあたってのご質問は、お問い合わせフォームや電話【03-6256-8431】でも随時承ります。
- Date and Time
- Part 1: Tuesday, September 2, 2025 18:00~20:00
Part 2: Thursday, September 11, 2025 14:00~16:00 (Sign language interpretation planned)
* The contents of the explanation are the same each time. - method of implementation
- Online Meeting via Zoom
* Those who have decided to participate will receive an email from Arts Council Tokyo by the day before the meeting. (Forwarding to non-participants is prohibited.) - capacity
- 60 persons each time (If the number reaches the maximum before the deadline, the application will be closed at that time.)
- How to apply
- Please fill out the application form and apply.
* If you need a sign language interpreter, please let us know "Sign language interpreter requested" in the form.
Sign Language Interpreter Application Deadline: Thursday, September 4, 2025 18:00 - application deadline
- The 1st meeting: Monday, September 1, 2025 13:00
The 2nd meeting: Wednesday, September 10, 2025 13:00
* Registration will be completed by the e-mail from Arts Council Tokyo.
* If the number of participants reaches the maximum before the closing date, we will close the application at that time. - Notes
- ・You will receive an email from < setsumeikai*artscouncil-tokyo.jp > with information on how to register and join the meeting. Please set up so that I can receive emails from this address. (Please replace * with @)
- If you do not receive an email from Arts Council Tokyo by the day before the event, please contact us.
・ Participation in the explanatory meeting does not affect the acceptance or rejection of the grant.
・ The personal information we receive will be strictly managed and used only for communications related to the operation of this Public Offering Briefing.
Application Guidelines
- Implementation period of the target project
- Projects beginning on or after January 1, 2026 and ending by December 31, 2026
- target business
- (1)Creative artistic activities in Tokyo
Performances, concerts, exhibitions, screenings, art projects and other creative activities in Tokyo
(2) International creative artistic activities
Overseas performances and exhibitions, international collaborations, international festivals, invited performances and exhibitions, etc. - Applicants who are eligible
- Individuals (Emerging artists, producers, planners and producers, etc.) or up-and-coming groups (Arts organizations, executive committees, etc.) who are engaged in artistic activities based in Tokyo and are expected to play a role in the next generation of the Tokyo art scene.
*For individuals: In the field for which the applicant is applying, it has been less than three years since he/she first organized a public activity in Tokyo, or he/she has organized no more than five public activities in Tokyo.
*For organizations: less than three years have passed since the organization was established. It does not matter whether you have a corporate status or not, or whether you are classified. - Place of implementation
- Tokyo or overseas
* Including online publication - Artistic fields covered
- Music, theater, dance, art and video, traditional performing arts, and mixed arts (art activities whose core field cannot be specified)
- application ceiling
- Group: 1 million yen
Individual: 300,000 yen
and within the scope of subsidized expenses
* From FY 2025, all amounts equivalent to consumption tax and local consumption tax will not be subsidized. Please be careful. - How to apply
- Application documents can be submitted online.
Please use the application form to register the applicant, fill in the fields, and upload the necessary documents. - Application period
- From 10:00 on Monday, August 25, 2025 to 18:00 on Thursday, September 25
- public offering guidelines
- 2025年度第2回スタートアップ助成 公募ガイドライン
- Q＆A
- 2025年度 第2回「スタートアップ助成」に関するよくある質問Q＆A
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Consumption Tax in the Budget - 収支予算書における消費税について
Notes
*Projects co-sponsored or affiliated with facilities managed by the Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture are not eligible for subsidies.
* Projects sponsored or co-sponsored by the Tokyo Metropolitan History and Culture Foundation and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, or projects that have received or are scheduled to receive subsidies, subsidy, subsidy, commission fees, etc. from the Tokyo Metropolitan History and Culture Foundation and the Tokyo Metropolitan Government are not eligible for subsidies.
Inquiries about this matter
公益財団法人東京都歴史文化財団 アーツカウンシル東京
活動支援部 助成課 助成係
TEL:03-6256-8431（平日10:00～18:00）
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