The TANZFONDS ERBE jury met on 22 March 2012 to consider applications and recommended the following projects for funding:
| Applicant | Project title |
| Avista Film (Munich) | Dance Poets – The Sacharoffs |
| Theatres and orchestra of the city of Bielefeld | Dance theatre by Reinhild Hoffmann |
| K3 – Centre for Choreography | Tanzplan Hamburg at Kampnagel | folk-dancing today (working title) |
| Dance + Performance Production Centre | TANZLOKAL / TANZFEST – Reflections and contemporary positions on dance history in southwest Germany from 1920 onwards |
| JOINT ADVENTURES – Walter Heun (Munich) | On the trail of The Green Table (Module 2) / (working title) |
| Paula Rosolen (Frankfurt) | Piano Men – a choreographic concert for 2 pianists |
| Jochen Roller (Berlin) | The Source Code |
| Bauhaus Dessau Foundation | Dancing Bauhaus |
| Ligna (Berlin) | Tanz aller (engl. Dance of all) |
| Antje Pfundtner (Hamburg) | STOFF (engl.: MATERIAL) (working title) |