Translation Awards and Grants of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation – 2026
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation promotes the dissemination of Italian publishing and cinematographic works abroad by providing incentives to translation and dubbing/subtitling initiatives, as a strategic tool for promoting Italian language and culture abroad.
The Foreign Ministry provides two types of financial incentives:
Grants for the translation of an Italian literary work, which has not yet been published abroad, and for the production, dubbing and subtitling of short/feature-length films and TV series;
Prize to an Italian work already translated abroad.
Proposals must be presented annually to the Italian Cultural Institutes and Italian diplomatic and consular representations abroad, according to the Call regulations. The expiry for submitting a proposal for the 2026 edition is 31 March 2026.
Bando Premi e contributi alla traduzione – edizione 2026 IT
Announcement for the application for grants and prizes edition 2026 EN