Fully Funded Recidencies

Open Calls

Browse through a list of fully funded residencies that we update regularly and find the best fit for you.

    Wilhelm-Morgner-Scholarship

    Deadline: 18.Oct.25

    Duration: 6 Months

    • 1.200EUR
    • Germany
    • Individuals & Collectives

    The scholarship intends to support young artists in their individual artistic development. The artists’ work to date should demonstrate intensity and seriousness. The artistic work should appeal to the public of Soest. The scholarship holder should document the experiences of their stay and present this in Soest at the end of their stay. The initiators provide a house in the historic old town of Soest which includes an art studio as well as living space. The artists get to work and live in this house free of charge during their stay. Applicants need to be no more than 35 years old or have completed their studies no more than five years ago. An expert jury of three people will decide whom the scholarship is granted to. The initiators expect the scholarship holders to use the time of their stay in Soest for their artistic work and to participate in a public exchange about art and culture in Soest. It is therefore desirable that everyday communication in German is possible. Accompanying and concluding the process, there should be documentation and presentation of the stay in Soest. It is desired that the artist donates a current work to the art collection of the city of Soest at the end of the work stay in Soest.

    Open call: Inspiration Forum Lab 2025/26

    Deadline: 25.Aug.25

    Duration: 9 Months

    • 600EUR Scholarship 1.500EUR Production Budget
    • Hybrid
    • Individuals & Collectives

    Inspiration Forum Lab (IF LAB) is an interdisciplinary research programme that connects artists and scientists in the creation of research-based multimedia projects on the topic of trajectories as both structural and metaphorical movements across time and space. It runs from October 2025 to June 2026, with final presentations September – October/November 2026. The goal of the programme is to explore new ways of merging the languages of science and art, and to share knowledge with audiences across worlds that don’t usually intersect. Eligibility: EU member states

    transmediale: 2026 Hybrid Residencies

    Deadline: 31.Aug.25

    Duration: 2 Months

    • 1.500-2.000 EUR Artist Fee
    • Germany
    • Individuals & Collectives

    transmediale is calling for applications for its 2026 residency programme. Amid escalating political and ecological urgencies and deepening societal divides, this year’s open call for residents invites proposals that explore the relational modes of digital art practices that critically engage with the social dimensions and (mis)uses of technology. The transmediale residency programme offers researchers, artists, theorists, practitioners, and activists the opportunity for a two-month hybrid residency, taking place on-site in Berlin and remotely between May and July 2026. The residencies aim to foster further research on already existing projects or to develop new projects in the fields of media studies, science and technology studies, media art and theory, art criticism, or digital art and moving image practices.

    OFFCITY AiR 2026: ‘Interspaces’ Residency for Artists, Architects and Theorists

    Deadline: 31.Aug.25

    Duration: 3 Weeks

    • 1.400 CZK/person/day
    • Czech Republic
    • Individuals & Collectives

    OFFCITY invites artists, architects, theorists, or creative and interdisciplinary collectives to explore the theme of interspaces from various angles and perspectives during a one- to three-week residency in Pardubice, Czech Republic, anytime between March – October 2026.

    Music Biennale Zagreb

    Deadline: 01.Sep.25

    Duration: 4 Days

    • 1.000 EUR Fee
    • Croatia
    • Individuals & Collectives

    Music Biennale Zagreb (MBZ) invites individual artists and artistic duos from Southeast and Central Europe working in sound and music to join MBZ LAB, a ‘project incubator’ experiment. MBZ LAB reimagines how festivals commission and produce new works, particularly collaborative, sound-based projects designed for unconventional spaces.

    Festival of the New European Bauhaus

    Deadline: 30.Sep.25

    Duration: 4 Days

    • TBA
    • Belgium
    • Individuals & Collectives

    The European Commission organises the third edition of the New European Bauhaus Festival in Brussels (Belgium) 9–13 June 2026. The New European Bauhaus (NEB) is a European Commission initiative that aims to turn the European Green Deal and Clean Industrial Deal into tangible change on the ground, improving daily lives through sustainable solutions for the built environment and lifestyles.

    Abu Dhabi International Competition for Composition 2025

    Deadline: 15.Sep.25

    Duration:

    • 130,000 AED / 1st place 50,000 AED / 2nd place 25,000 AED / 3rd place
    • United Arab Emirates
    • Individual

    Abu Dhabi International Competition for Composition (ADICC) is a global platform for emerging and established composers, created to advocate for contemporary music, nurture creative talent and empower the next generation of musical visionaries.

    Institut français x Cité internationale des arts Residencies 2026–2027

    Deadline: 12.Oct.25

    Duration: 9 Months

    • 1.000 EUR / per month
    • France
    • Individuals & Collectives

    very year, the Institut français gives nearly 70 prize-winners from all over the world the opportunity to develop a research and creative project in all artistic disciplines at the Cité internationale des arts. The scheme is aimed at artists and cultural professionals living abroad, and awards residencies of three, six or nine months. Artists are nominated by one or more cultural partners (French cultural network abroad, French or foreign cultural organisations) who support them by submitting their application and then paying for their international travel and residency allowance.

    TaDA Textile and Design Alliance: Artist in Residence Programme 2026

    Deadline: 15.Sep.25

    Duration: 2 Months

    • 2,000 CHF/month living expenses
    • Switzerland
    • Individual

    TaDA – Textile and Design Alliance is calling for applications for their Artist in Residence Programme in Arbon, Switzerland, from either April to June 2026 or September to November 2026.

    Goethe-Institut Project Space Grant 2026

    Deadline: 15.Sep.25

    Duration:

    • 105.000 ZAR / per project
    • South Africa
    • Individuals & Collectives

    The Goethe-Institut Project Space (GPS) programme grants seed funding to three artistic projects that are realised in rural and peri-urban parts of South Africa, Lesotho and Eswatini between February and November 2026.

    Differenti Sensazioni 2025/2026 Call for Emerging Performing Artists

    Deadline: 31.Aug.25

    Duration:

    • 1.500 / 1.000 Fee
    • Italy
    • Individuals & Collectives

    officine CAOS is seeking for emerging artists, working in the fields of contemporary theatre and dance, performance or multimedia art, in order to present their work during the international performing art season 2025/26 DIFFERENTI SENSAZIONI – Nov 2025 / Apr 2026, in Turin, Italy.

    Laçzos Artísticos International Mobility Programme 2025–2026

    Deadline: 31.Aug.25

    Duration:

    • 2.250 EUR per grant
    • Cross Countries
    • Individual

    Laçzos Artísticos is an international mobility programme for artists promoted by the Organisation of Ibero-American States for Education, Science and Culture (OEI) and the Direção-Geral das Artes de Portugal (DGARTES).

    Granada UNESCO City of Literature: International Writers in Residence Programme 2025

    Deadline: 31.Aug.25

    Duration: 30 Days

    • Spain
    • Individual

    Granada UNESCO City of Literature, a programme under the Department of Culture of the Granada City Council, in collaboration with the University of Granada, announces a new edition of its International Writers in Residence Programme in Granada. This initiative aims to strengthen international cooperation in the cultural sector and support literary creation.

    A4 Residency Art Center International Residency 2026–2027

    Deadline: 31.Oct.25

    Duration: 2 Months

    • Production: 10.000 RMB per person/team Scholarship: tba
    • China
    • Individuals & Collectives

    The A4 Residency Art Center International Residency Programme is calling for applications from international artists from any field for the 8–10-week residency sessions in 2026–2027 in Chengdu, China.

    Northern European Mobility Opportunity Grant for Artists in the Nordic countries, the UK and Ireland

    Deadline: 15.Sep.25

    Duration:

    • up to 75.000 DKK
    • Cross Countries
    • Individuals & Collectives

    NEMO (Northern European Mobility Opportunity) is a pilot programme for mobility and artistic exchange, supported by the Nordic Culture Fund and the arts funding agencies of Ireland, England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

    Eidolon Centre for Everyday Photography: 2025 Grant

    Deadline: 31.Aug.25

    Duration:

    • 25,000 EUR
    • Cross Countries
    • Individual

    eidolon centre for Everyday Photography is calling artists, academics, enthusiasts, and professionals, who have a passion and serious interest in vernacular photography and everyday imaging for the eidolon Grant 2025.

    Research and Creation Residency for Performing Artists 

    Deadline: 01.Nov.25

    Duration:

    • 750 EUR
    • Belgium
    • Individuals & Collectives

    The Workspacebrussels residency programme is aimed at Belgian and international artists working within the performing arts in the broad sense of the word (dance, performance, theatre, or crossovers with other disciplines). Workspacebrussels supports research, experimentation and creation in the performing arts.

    Small Grants for Individuals in Western Balkans

    Deadline: 31.Dec.25

    Duration:

    • 5.000 EUR / 3.500 EUR
    • Cross Countries
    • Individual

    Through this Public Call for Small Grants, the CC4WBs project aims to fill some funding gaps and to satisfy the growing demand of the Western Balkans’ cultural and creative industries, cultural operators, youth, media professionals and other individuals to be supported in their efforts to create a strong network within the Western Balkans and to become recognised inside and outside the region.

    ArtWaves - 

    Deadline: 15.Sep.25

    Duration: 4 Months

    • 2.500 EUR Scholarship
    • Germany
    • Individuals & Collectives

    ArtWaves is an annual artist-in-residence fellowship that we established for the duration of the UN Ocean decade to bring together art and marine biodiversity research.  ArtWaves is an officially endorsed contribution to the United Nations Ocean Decade and especially supports Challenge 2, which focuses on protecting and restoring ecosystems and biodiversity. The Ocean Decade provides a convening framework for scientists and stakeholders from diverse sectors to develop the scientific knowledge and the partnerships needed to accelerate and harness advances in ocean science to achieve a better understanding of the ocean system.