Call for applications for grants for book publishing by the Community of Madrid is open

The call for applications for grants for book publishing in the Community of Madrid 2022 is now open (Order 222/2022, of February 22, of the Ministry of Culture, Tourism, and Sports of the Community of Madrid).

These publishing grants, which have an amount of 300,000 euros, are open to individuals who are self-employed professionals (corresponding to the Special Regime for Self-Employed Workers of the Social Security) who are registered in the Economic Activities Tax in the Community of Madrid and companies, provided that they meet the requirements indicated in the call for applications. Non-profit institutions and groups of individuals or legal entities that do not have their own legal personalities, such as communities of property or any other type of economic unit or separate patrimony, are excluded.

Applicants must have as their sole activity or corporate purpose, or among others, the publication of books.

Requirements to be taken into account

The deadline for submitting applications is twenty working days from February 22nd, the date on which this extract is published in the Official Gazette of the Community of Madrid.

The applicant must be registered in the service «Notificaciones Telemáticas de la Comunidad de Madrid», available in the section «Administración Electrónica. General Access Point» through the corporate portal of the Community of Madrid.

The successive notifications, related to the acts included in the grant procedure, will be published on the web page. In reference to the economic aids, these will be paid to the beneficiaries as an advance on account, being conditioned to the existence of adequate and sufficient credit, and in accordance with the liquid provisions of the Treasury, not being necessary the constitution of a guarantee. Once the obligation of being up to date in the fulfillment of the tax and Social Security obligations has been verified.

The beneficiaries will have to present the supporting documentation of the realization of the project in a maximum term of three months from the conclusion of the subsidizable project and, respecting in any case the maximum term of execution of 18 months counted from the publication of the order of concession. If the work has already been published at the time of the grant, the 3 month period will be counted from the publication of the grant.

We share with you the global information point about these grants and where to apply for the grants for the publication of books of the Community of Madrid (2022).