Cultural grants and scholarships are mostly awarded through the national cultural funds and through private institutions. Both the government and private institutions also award prizes to cultural professionals in various fields. In the last decades, there has been a marked growth in the number of a variety of prizes, which has a significant impact on cultural production and consumption. Currently, there are hundreds of awards and for 121 of these, the government is the main financer. In 61 of these awards the government is also involved in establishing the award criteria (Hardy 2020).
Some important government funded and supported awards are the Johannes Vermeer Award for exceptional talent in the arts, the Prix de Rome, for exceptional artists and architects under 40.The PC Hooft Award is for accomplishments in literature, just like the Dutch Literature Prize, which is for both Flanders and the Netherlands. The Royal Award for Modern Painting is annually presented to encourage talented young painters active in the Netherlands. The Dutch Music Award is the highest national award for musicians.
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