Grants and prizes by the Foreign Ministry for translations
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:
- grant 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;
- award to an Italian work already translated abroad.
Proposals shall be submitted annually to the Italian Cultural Institutes and the Italian diplomatic and consular Mission abroad, according to the Call regulations and procedures. The expiry date for submitting proposals for the 2025 edition is April 7th 2025.
Bando Premi e contributi alla traduzione – edizione 2025 (Call for proposals for awards and grants for the 2025 edition)
Modulo di domanda (Application form)
Elenco opere assegnatarie di contributi MAECI 2024 (List of works which were awarded MAECI grants for 2024)
Regolamento premi e contributi MAECI (DM 593/1995) (Regulation for MAECI awards and grants – DM 593/1995))
Modifiche regolamento premi e contributi MAECI (DM 159/2014) (Amendments to the Regulation for MAECI awards and grants – DM 159/2014)
Modifiche regolamento premi e contributi MAECI (DM 236/2021)
Centre for Books and Reading (Cepell) – “Traduzioni 2024” Call for Proposals
The Centre for Books and Reading has published a new call for proposals entitled “Traduzioni 2024”, as aimed at Italian publishers interested in promoting the translation and dissemination of books by Italian authors abroad, including through or in collaboration with Italian schools and the network of Italian Cultural Institutes and their libraries.
The Call for Proposals – the deadline for which is 20 February 2025 – provides for grants for the translation into other languages of works by Italian authors, to be realised with the financial support of the Centre.
Traduzioni 2024 call for proposals