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The Grant Desk

-- active grants on the desk right now. The Grant Desk is a free tool. No account, paywall or subscription required. The site consists of a hand-picked selection of paid open calls, fellowships and residencies for artists, journalists, writers, researchers and technologists working in the realm of digital media, AI, and technology and society, with a few notable unpaid open calls and festival submissions included as clearly flagged exceptions.

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My shortlist: * counts currently listed grants only. Picks that get filed away drop out of the count, shares, .ics and exports, but still show up in the Filed Away drawer when viewing your picks.
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Deadlines 30 to 90 Days Out

Deadlines Beyond 90 Days

Rolling or Continuous Calls

No fixed deadline. Apply whenever you are ready.

Filed Away (for 1 year)

Watch for next round

Funders whose current cycle is closed but whose next call is expected. Not counted in the active grants tally. Entries are auto-removed once their expected window has passed; check the funder page directly for confirmed dates.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of grants are listed on The Grant Desk?

Paid open calls, fellowships and residencies for artists, researchers and technologists. Categories cover AI and AI safety, digital and mixed-media arts, film and video, research and journalism, tech and infrastructure, and cross-disciplinary or social-impact work. Almost every entry is funded; pure "exposure only" calls and pay-to-play submission fees are generally filtered out, though a few notable unpaid open calls and festival submissions are included as clearly flagged exceptions.

How often is the list updated?

A chronically online human finds candidates by hand from newsletters, Slack and Discord channels, Bluesky, RSS feeds and grant-maker pages, then curates the strong fits. Updates happen periodically rather than on a fixed schedule. Closed calls are auto-filed away after their deadline, so the visible list stays current.

Why are some times of year quieter on the desk?

Funding has seasons. Most big annual cycles close in late autumn or in March and April, with the next wave of restocking typically landing in autumn for January cycles. Mid-spring to early summer tends to be a "dead zone" for new openings, so if the desk looks quiet then, that is usually the funding calendar rather than the desk going stale.

Can I subscribe by RSS or add deadlines to my calendar?

Yes. There is an RSS feed and an ICS calendar feed for every region and category combination. Subscribe in your reader (Feedly, NetNewsWire, etc.) or add the calendar to Google Calendar, Apple Calendar or Outlook so deadlines reach you wherever you already read.

Can I export grants to feed into an LLM?

Yes. The "Export for LLM" button in the shortlist bar exports either your shortlist or whatever the current filters are showing. Markdown is the recommended format for pasting into a chat: one heading per opportunity with labelled fields, plus a header line recording which filters were applied. JSON is there for sorting or scoring entries programmatically, and CSV for spreadsheets. "Summary only" trims each description to its opening paragraph if the full export is too large for the context window. The file is generated in your browser, so nothing is uploaded anywhere.

Who runs The Grant Desk, and how can I suggest a grant?

The Grant Desk is maintained by Artificial Nouveau Studio. To suggest a grant, use the "Suggest a grant" form in the top strip; if it is paid and a strong fit, it lands on the desk.

Got a grant to submit?

Send a paid open call my way and I will add it to the desk.

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