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The Interdisciplinary Program.

The Interdisciplinary Program is a 10-month experience through European Solidarity Corps (ESC) where three young ambitious and aspiring creatives hone their skills, develop their portfolio and gain first-hand experience working within the creative and cultural industries.

Funded by The Swedish Agency for Youth and Civil Society (MUCF) through the Erasmus + ESC Program, this project offers a unique experience to participants to work on a variety of creative projects alongside the team at STPLN in Malmö, Sweden.

Volunteering with STPLN

The project has a unique learning-by-doing curriculum where participants work as a creative team with the STPLN organisation on creative tasks.  Participants tackle tasks related to STPLN's activities, contributing to its ecosystem. A typical week includes meetings, moodboard creation, hands-on work, multimedia tasks, ideation, and socializing. For more details, check previous editions' final publications.

A Personal Project

One day a week participants are encouraged to work on their own personal project, similar to an artist residency. At STPLN participants have access to a wide range of facilities, equipment, resources, network and mentorship.

Application

The open call happens once a year in the spring. To stay in the loop for this, you can sign up to STPLN’s newsletter to get a reminder for when the application process has started, here.

STPLN & Malmö

Located at STPLN — an incubator for creative projects and meeting point for design, art, technology, science and crafts —participants work within a dynamic environment and gain access to a large network of doers, thinkers and tinkerers in different fields.  STPLN is located in the charming city of Malmö, southern Sweden. The city offers a unique independent (and young) culture scene, a diverse international population, and a beach that is always a short bike ride away on the city’s 500km of bike paths.

About the program

Application is now closed.

Next Open Call: Spring 2026
Program Period: September 2025 — June 2026

We provide

  • A 3-room apartment shared between 3 participants

  • A rental bike subscription

  • ca 500€ for grocery and personal costs

  • A round-trip ticket

  • Henner health insurance plan for the period

Application

  • A personal portfolio

  • CV

Eligibility

  • Age 18–30 as of September 1 when the program starts

  • Legal resident of a program country

  • Read more about eligibility here