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House of Hackney, William Morris Gallery & IntoUniversity · London Boroughs of Hackney and Waltham Forest, UK · Deadline: 11 May 2026 · Award: Up to £10,000
New bursary from House of Hackney and William Morris Gallery, in partnership with IntoUniversity, supporting the next generation of artists in the London Boroughs of Hackney and Waltham Forest. Provides up to £10,000 to 16 to 25 year olds with creative potential who face barriers to accessing education, training, materials or mentorship. Inspired by William Morris's values of art for all and the transformative power of creativity. Deadline 11 May 2026, 23:59.
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Third Wave Fund · Remote (must be currently residing in the United States or US Territories; valid SSN or EIN required) · Deadline: 13 May 2026 · Award: $10,000 stipend
Annual paid virtual residency for one emerging visual artist with skills in digital illustration and light animation, supporting Third Wave Fund's gender-justice and liberation visibility, fundraising and donor mobilisation. Deliverables in 2026: two digital illustrations and one short-form animated reel for storytelling and fundraising. Five-month residency with a $10,000 stipend, mentorship and guidance from long-time movement artists, feedback sessions, experience and portfolio building, and social-media spotlight opportunities. Eligibility: 18+; valid SSN or EIN; currently residing in the US or US Territories; emerging visual artist (early career, generally up to 10 years of practice; no degree-granting art-school enrolment); skilled in digital illustration and light animation; available for the full schedule. Schedule: orientation 14 July 2026; project meetings 21 July, 16 September, 4 November; mentoring session 14 October; debrief 10 December 2026. TWF is a fully remote organisation operating a 4-day work week (Monday to Thursday); all communications and meetings happen Mon-Thu via Zoom and email. Deadline 13 May 2026 at 17:00 CST. Notifications go out in the first week of June 2026. Questions: comms@thirdwavefund.org (response within ~3 Mon-Thu business days).
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Stimuleringsfonds Creatieve Industrie (Creative Industries Fund NL) · Netherlands · Deadline: 13 May 2026 · Award: Up to €10,000 per application (round budget €167,000; max 35 applications considered per period)
Kick-start grant for architecture practitioners to develop early-stage projects. The grant period opens 6 May 2026 15:00 CEST and closes 13 May 2026 16:00 CEST. A maximum of 35 applications are considered per period; once the window closes all applications are ranked in random order via a draw system before processing begins. Round budget €167,000; maximum grant request €10,000.
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LivingNet (Shared Futures, co-funded by Creative Europe) · Across Creative Europe countries (in-person camps in Hungary July 2026 and Portugal April 2027) · Deadline: 13 May 2026 · Award: Approx. €7,500 fee + intensive 7-day training camp + ongoing mentoring + access to European network + participation in international events
Open call for 3 cultural facilitators ("Social Dreamers") to work directly with diverse stakeholders, lead workshops, build spaces for dialogue, and contribute concrete tools for the cultural sector. The role combines facilitation, artistic thinking, mentoring and interdisciplinary collaboration; outputs include stakeholder manifestos, a Shared Future Vision Manifesto, and the development/testing of an AI-based tool for future scenarios. Eligible: individual professionals in the cultural and creative sector with experience in (a) group facilitation through artistic practices, (b) future visioning and scenario building, and (c) stakeholder engagement and management. Must reside in a Creative Europe country and be proficient in English plus the local language of the selected profile. Timeline: Open House online 28 April 2026; application deadline 13 May 2026 23:59 CET; selection by 10 June 2026; orientation late June 2026; 7-day Social Dreaming Camp 27 July to 2 August 2026 in Hungary; workshop phase July 2026 to January 2027; Future Vision phase February to April 2027 (final workshop in Portugal). Two-step selection: written application then online interview for shortlisted candidates. Apply in English via https://forms.gle/PSH9qVvDwUNR4x8q6.
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PinchukArtCentre / Victor Pinchuk Foundation · Worldwide (online application; exhibition in Kyiv and at Venice Biennale 2027) · Deadline: 14 May 2026 · Award: Main Prize: $100,000 ($60,000 cash + $40,000 invested in production). Up to five Special Prizes of $20,000 each.
Biennial international prize for individual artists or collectives worldwide aged 18-35. No application fee. Open to all visual-arts media, including video, installation, performance, photography. Excluded: applicants with Russian or Belarusian citizenship/residency, and former winners. Shortlist announced late November 2026; shortlisted artists are exhibited at PinchukArtCentre in Kyiv and at a collateral event at the Venice Biennale 2027 (exhibition opens August 2027). Of the $40,000 production investment for the main winner, the funds are tied to producing new work. Strong fit for an artist working at the intersection of installation, video and critical AI/surveillance themes (an AI/drones installation would qualify as a video/installation submission). Tight age window (must be 35 or under at deadline); the prize is positioned as career-launching for younger practitioners.
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The Redford Center · United States (at least one applying team member must reside primarily in the US; project story can take place anywhere in the world) · Deadline: 14 May 2026 · Award: $40,000 grant + yearlong cohort-based fellowship support, mentorship, access to industry and environmental experts, an in-person professional development retreat, and the opportunity to apply for second-year funds
Grant programme for feature documentaries and episodic docuseries at any stage of production (must have sample footage; films in early development without footage or that are picture-locked are ineligible). Projects must be about or intersect with an environmental issue and a proposed or activated solution, and must have clear impact goals and a developed idea for an impact campaign. Awarded teams (up to 2 applying team members, one of whom is the director) join a cohort fellowship for a year. Encouraged stories: intersectional environmental issues and solutions; leadership, hope and innovation that move past defeatist narratives; fresh viewpoints challenging conventional environmental storytelling; equitable, inclusive and diverse environmental movements centring underrepresented and historically excluded voices; systemic bias and injustice in environmental policy; cultural practices honouring traditional and ancestral knowledge; community power and civic engagement at the intersection of environmental justice and planetary health; protection and restoration of land, water, biodiversity. Applicants must be 18+; previous filmmaking experience highly recommended. US citizenship not required (but US residency for at least one team member is). Application uses the Nonfiction Documentary Core Application format. Deadline 14 May 2026 at 23:59 PST (Submittable cutoff 9:00 AM 15 May 2026). Recipients notified and funds awarded by October 2026.
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Einstein Forum (with the Wittenstein Foundation) · Caputh, Brandenburg, Germany (garden cottage at Einstein's summerhouse, near Potsdam and Berlin) · Deadline: 15 May 2026 · Award: EUR 10,000 stipend + living accommodations for six months at Einstein's summerhouse + travel expense reimbursement
Six-month residential fellowship for outstanding young thinkers (under 35) who, in addition to producing strong work in their primary field, want to pursue a project in a different discipline, following Einstein's own cross-disciplinary example. Eligibility: candidates must be under 35 and hold a university degree in the humanities, social sciences, or natural sciences. Whether the applicant holds, or is working toward, a PhD is not relevant. Crucially, the proposed project must be significantly different in content (and preferably in field and form) from the applicant's previous work; this is NOT a dissertation-research grant and is NOT for completing an academic study already underway. The project need not be finished during the fellowship, but can be the start of a longer one. Selection criteria: quality, originality, and feasibility of the proposed project, plus the superior intellectual development of the applicant. Application materials: CV, a 2-page project proposal, and two letters of recommendation, all submitted via the online form. All documents must be received by 15 May 2026. Funded by the Wittenstein Foundation (previously funded by the ZEIT Foundation Ebelin and Gerd Bucerius 2007 to 2009, then the Daimler and Benz Foundation 2010 to 2022).
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Art Explora (Vila 31, Tirana) · Tirana, Albania · Deadline: 15 May 2026 · Award: €800/month living grant + up to €1,500 production grant + round-trip travel + 50-60m² studio-apartment (collective version: €1,200/month + €1,500 production, shared)
Three-month residency at Vila 31 in Tirana with 8 studio-apartments. Open to artists, collectives, researchers, curators and writers of all nationalities with at least 5 years of professional activity and national/international exhibition record. SOLO and COLLECTIVE tracks across visual arts, performance, digital, curatorial, writing, plus research in humanities, social sciences, cultural studies, history, technology and ecology. Up to 30 residents selected per year. No output required, but Open Studios participation is mandatory. Selection committee includes Alicia Knock (Centre Pompidou), Adela Demetja, Adam Szymczyk, Nora Razian (Art Jameel), Lucia Pietroiusti (Hartwig Art Foundation), Raphael Fonseca (Denver Art Museum). Notifications July 2026.
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Cavendish Arts Science (Cavendish Laboratory) in partnership with Girton College, University of Cambridge · Cambridge, United Kingdom (residency in Cambridge for at least 6 months up to 1 year) · Deadline: 16 May 2026 · Award: Stipend £10,000 (inclusive of taxes) plus rent-free accommodation and meals at Girton College during the residency, £10,000 production budget for new work, and up to £3,000 travel budget. Total cash and in-kind value approximately £23,000 plus accommodation and meals.
Annual fellowship for one artist to develop new work-in-progress through engagement with physicists at the Cavendish Laboratory and researchers in adjacent fields. Open internationally; not confined to any single aesthetic, theme, or medium. Artists with no previous experience working with scientists or in scientific environments are explicitly encouraged to apply. The brief favours adventurous artists exploring alternative ways of knowing the world and working with communities not privileged in mainstream science. Past Fellows include Logan Dandridge, Ain Bailey, Robert Ssempijja, Akeelah Bertram, and Thulani Rachia, with practices spanning experimental film, sound, dance, and immersive technology. Strong fit for critical-AI / data / surveillance / sensory-translation practices framed as artistic-scientific dialogue. Application by online form only. Deadline 16 May 2026 at 11am BST. Free to apply.
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Pace · Pace HQ, New York City, US · Deadline: 16 May 2026 · Award: $10,000 stipend + access to compute and the Pace investment-team network
Four-week paid summer residency for technologists working at the intersection of computing infrastructure, economics and the physical world. Fellows work alongside the Pace investment team and leave with original, publishable research artifacts (one sharp public piece on the systems shaping the next decade). Open to students, researchers, founders and independent thinkers who want real room to go deep on infrastructure and economics questions. Hosted at Pace HQ in NYC.
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Schmidt Sciences · Worldwide (global call; individual researchers, research teams, research institutions, and multi-institution collaborations all eligible) · Deadline: 17 May 2026 · Award: Tier 1: up to $1M (1-3 years). Tier 2: $1M-$5M+ (1-3 years). Indirect costs must be at or below 10%. Applicants may request either funding for compute or access to Schmidt Sciences' computing resources (GPUs/CPUs, large-scale data storage, high-speed networking).
Open global RFP from Schmidt Sciences for technical research that improves the ability to understand, predict, and control risks from frontier AI systems while enabling their trustworthy deployment. Three connected research aims: (1) Characterise and forecast misalignment in frontier AI systems; (2) Develop generalisable measurements and interventions, including evaluations with construct/predictive validity and interventions that control what AI systems learn (not just what they say); (3) Oversee AI systems with superhuman capabilities and address multi-agent risks. Strong proposals (especially Tier 2) take a clear stand on a small number of core questions and pursue them deeply rather than addressing many agenda items superficially. Schmidt Sciences is most interested in ambitious Tier 2 proposals that could materially shift what the field believes is possible; for Tier 2 preference is given to multi-PI/multi-lab collaborations and to projects that are demonstrably the lead investigator's primary focus. Beyond grant funding, the programme provides software engineering support via the Virtual Institute for Scientific Software, API credits with frontier model providers, and access to community convenings/workshops. Eligibility includes individual researchers, research teams, universities, national laboratories, institutes, and non-profit research organisations; cross-geographic collaboration encouraged. Common reasons for non-competitive proposals: lack of core focus, vague methods, no validity argument for proposed tools/benchmarks, no clear statement of what would be learned on success or failure. Deadline 17 May 2026 at 11:59pm AoE; notification of decision Summer 2026. Free to apply.
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Boiler Room · Worldwide (project streamed on Boiler Room channels) · Deadline: 17 May 2026 · Award: Up to GBP 10,000 to produce the project, plus in-kind support from Boiler Room and a full release across Boiler Room's channels
Open call for individual musicians, collectives, and curators to pitch a project to be streamed on Boiler Room. The fund looks to platform overlooked scenes and spaces, innovative programming concepts that prioritise underrepresented artists, marginalised communities, and forward-thinking collaborations. While Boiler Room's archive is heavily DJ-focused, applicants are encouraged to explore live performance, instrumentation, and non-club genres. Winning application receives up to GBP 10,000 to bring the project to life, plus additional in-kind support and a full release on Boiler Room's channels. Deadline: Sunday 17 May at 23:59 BST. This is the 14th edition of Broadcast Lab.
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Cambridge Boston Alignment Initiative (CBAI) and AI Objectives Institute · Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA (offices on Harvard Yard) · Deadline: 18 May 2026 · Award: $10,000 personal stipend + up to $10,000 in compute, fully funded
Fully-funded nine-week research program for undergraduate, graduate and PhD students working on AI safety and alignment. Focus areas with AI Objectives Institute: AI political economy, gradual disempowerment, multi-agent institutional design. Programme covers interpretability, multi-agent safety, formal verification, civilisational resilience and more. Weekly 1-on-1 mentorship, 24/7 access to Harvard Yard offices. Particularly encouraged for students and researchers at Harvard, MIT and the wider Boston area, but open more broadly.
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CultureHub (with international partners DOCKdigital Berlin, Société des arts technologiques Montréal, La MaMa Umbria Spoleto) · Los Angeles, CA OR New York, NY (NY track includes international leg in Berlin / Montréal / Spoleto) · Deadline: 20 May 2026 · Award: $2,000 stipend (both tracks). NY track additionally covers international travel and housing for the partner-location week.
Two-track residency program for artists experimenting with emerging technologies (telepresence, VR/AR, AI, robotics, creative coding, live web, game design, etc.) in search of new artistic forms. One application form; pick one track. LA TRACK: 3 residents get 1 to 2 weeks at the LA studio (5.1 Kalio audio surround, modular configuration, flexible exhibition space). LA proposals favoured: immersive audio environments, installations, experimental spatial design, tech-infused textiles/sculpture, sensory/physical exploration. Themes of particular interest: ecological responsibility, tech ethics, integration of old and new tech, localised networks, human connection, sustainability. Applicants must be based in LA. NY TRACK: 3 residents (one per international partner) get 1 week at the NYC studio + 1 week at the international partner with a thematic focus: Space + Algorithms at DOCKdigital (Berlin); Hybridization of Spaces & Telematic Installation at Société des arts technologiques (Montréal); Data, Narrative, and Performance at La MaMa Umbria (Spoleto). Applicants must be based in NY. Both tracks: $2,000 stipend, public offering during residency (work-in-progress showing, talk, workshop, etc.), marketing and documentation support, access to the residency cohort and network of past residents. Application closes 20 May 2026, 11:59 PM PT.
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VIA Art Fund · Worldwide (projects exhibited beyond museum walls, in the public realm, or in non-traditional exhibition environments) · Deadline: 21 May 2026 · Award: $25,000 to $100,000 per project
Production grants for newly commissioned works of visual art exhibited beyond museum walls, in the public realm, or in non-traditional exhibition environments. Grants are awarded to projects that best exemplify VIA's three core values of Artistic Production, Thought Leadership, and Public Engagement. Two-stage application process: Letter of Inquiry due 21 May 2026; invitations to submit a full application sent 24 June 2026 (by invitation only); full application deadline for invited applicants 23 July 2026; grant award notification November 2026. Projects must start after 15 December 2026. VIA runs Fall and Spring cycles each year; Fall 2026 is the current open call.
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Journalismfund Europe · Europe (cross-border projects) · Deadline: 21 May 2026 · Award: Variable, typically €5,000 to €50,000 per project
Supports independent investigative journalism across Europe, well-suited to surveillance, AI, platform governance and data-driven investigations. Cross-border team requirement: at least two professional journalists (freelance or staff) from at least two different countries. Next round after this one expected 2026-06-26.
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SFFILM (in partnership with the Kenneth Rainin Foundation) · United States and international (FilmHouse residency in San Francisco for screenwriting and development tracks) · Deadline: 22 May 2026 · Award: Up to $25,000 per project across three tracks (Screenwriting, Development, Post-production); 15 to 20 projects funded annually. Includes FilmHouse residency access (4-week, non-contiguous; required for Screenwriting and Development tracks; not required for Post-production).
The largest granting body for independent narrative feature films in the US. Supports films that address social-justice issues (distribution of wealth, opportunities and privileges) in a positive and meaningful way through plot, character, theme or setting, and that benefit the Bay Area filmmaking community professionally or economically. Three tracks, all up to $25,000: Screenwriting (open to filmmakers anywhere in the US or internationally; FilmHouse residency included), Development (for producers of narrative features needing to engage with the Bay Area to develop and package the film; FilmHouse residency included), and Post-production (no Bay Area residency required). Eligibility: 18+, key creative role (screenwriter, director or producer), feature-length fiction film only (no shorts or documentaries), project budget $3M or under. Not work-for-hire. Stories may be set anywhere; applicants do not need to live in the Bay Area. Regular deadline 8 May 2026 (application fee $30); final deadline 22 May 2026 (application fee $50). Application fee waived for SFFILM members. Apply via the SFFILM Grant Platform; multiple narrative-grant submissions allowed for one fee per application. Past grantees include Sean Wang's Dìdi, Savanah Leaf's Earth Mama, Joe Talbot's The Last Black Man in San Francisco, Boots Riley's Sorry to Bother You, Chloé Zhao's Songs My Brothers Taught Me, Ryan Coogler's Fruitvale Station and Benh Zeitlin's Beasts of the Southern Wild.
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Joint Research Centre, European Commission · Brussels, Belgium (with possible site visit in Ispra, Italy) · Deadline: 22 May 2026 · Award: €15,000
Open call for an artist residency reimagining AI at the EU Policy Lab. The 15,000 EUR contracted budget covers expert fees, allowance, accommodation and travel during on-site work.
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Internet Society Foundation · Worldwide · Deadline: 22 May 2026 · Award: $200,000 to $500,000 per project
Research grants for innovative work deepening understanding of the Internet and its impact on society. Four focus areas: Inclusive Internet (structural barriers to digital participation), Greening the Internet (environmental impact and sustainability), Measuring Meaningful Connectivity (frameworks including AI, cloud, platform ecosystems), and A Trustworthy Internet (reliability, security, accountability). Open to individual researchers and organisations worldwide; underrepresented groups and Global Majority applicants strongly encouraged. Applications via Fluxx in English, French or Spanish. Deadline 22 May 2026, 21:00 UTC.
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The Lumen Prize · Global · Deadline: 23 May 2026 · Award: 3 x $5,000 category awards + $15,000 Gold Award
International art prize across three categories, each with a $5,000 award: Legacy Futures (works engaging past, present and future, examining our relationship to technology, culture and time); Systems & Structures (works examining or critically engaging with cultural, ecological, technological and social systems via code, data, networks, biological or environmental processes, institutional frameworks etc., e.g. misinformation, machine vision, human-machine relations); and Experiential Innovation (works prioritising experience via participation, presence, sensation or environment, including live coding, performance, interactive installations, experiential VR/AR and cross-modal practices). The Jury also selects one Gold Award Winner across all categories, awarded $15,000 in 2026. Two-stage judging: an International Selectors Committee curates a longlist of finalists, then a Jury Panel selects the winners. Standard entry fee $45.00; submissions close 23 May 2026 at 19:00. If the entry fee is a barrier, contact info@lumenprize.org.
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Palestine Film Institute · Worldwide (Palestinian filmmakers regardless of country of residence or passport) · Deadline: 24 May 2026 · Award: €3,000 to €15,000 per project
Fund providing financial and professional support for Palestinian filmmakers worldwide, established by the Palestine Film Institute in May 2025 to ensure Palestinians have the right to tell their own stories. Two submission rounds per year (Autumn opens early September; Spring opens April). Spring 2026 round: applications open 1 April 2026, close 24 May 2026 at 23:59 Palestine time. Decisions within 10 to 12 weeks of the deadline. What is funded: Short films up to 30 minutes at any stage (development, production, post-production) and Feature-length films (longer than 30 minutes) at Development or Post-production stage only (production stage NOT eligible). Eligible forms: fiction, documentary, animation, hybrid, experimental, essay. Projects must be original, artistically serious, and intended for television, cinematic and/or public presentation. The Fund prioritises filmmakers in the most challenging circumstances: based in Palestine, in lower-income countries, and in regions facing barriers to traditional funding. Streamlined application accepted in English and Arabic; selections by a revolving international selection committee.
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Festival SCAN & Centre d'Imatges de Tarragona / L'Arxiu · Tarragona, Spain · Deadline: 24 May 2026 · Award: €900 + 5 nights free accommodation + access to 1.5 million photographs and audiovisual materials
Residency call for artists, researchers and curators to develop artistic or research projects around archival photographic and audiovisual media at the Centre d'Imatges de Tarragona. Selected applicants receive €900 in project support, free accommodation for up to 5 days, and access to a 1.5 million-strong archive. Resulting work must be publicly presented in November 2026 in a format of the artist's choosing.
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Science and Art Lab at TU Braunschweig, in cooperation with the BrightBrain research consortium · Braunschweig, Germany (in-person residency at TU Braunschweig) · Deadline: 25 May 2026 · Award: Artist fee €2,400 per month (gross), plus travel costs and accommodation covered, plus production budget up to €3,500 (gross).
Open call for an international artist-in-residence at the Science and Art Lab at TU Braunschweig, in cooperation with the BrightBrain research consortium, as part of the Ecoversity initiative. The residency aims to connect artistic and scientific perspectives. Artists are invited to propose their own research-based projects related to microphotonics, biomedicine, technology, neurodegenerative diseases, neurobiology, neuromorphic computing, and microelectronics (the current resident is collaborating with the Nitride Technology Center on light transmission in digital applications including micro-LEDs and neuromorphic computing). Strong fit for art-science, sensory translation, critical-data, and neuroscience-informed practices. Eligibility: international artists; should show interest in biomedicine, technology and innovation in their artistic work; be comfortable working in interdisciplinary environments; be motivated to collaborate with experts from science, culture and education; be willing to participate in two public events during the residency; and be able to communicate in English. Application by PDF to artist-residency@tu-braunschweig.de with subject 'BrightBrain residency' (if files exceed 25 MB, upload via the TU Braunschweig Nextcloud link in the call). Application deadline 25 May 2026. Jury decision expected end of June 2026; residency starts from September 2026 (exact date flexible). Free to apply.
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National Geographic Society (in partnership with The Climate Pledge) · Worldwide (storytellers globally; preference for those with lived experience or established local collaborations in the communities they cover) · Deadline: 25 May 2026 · Award: Up to $100,000 per project (recommended cap of $20,000 if you have <=5 years of experience). Funds for project costs only, used over up to 2 years.
Open RFP for storytellers producing solutions-grounded climate journalism and media projects. National Geographic Society and The Climate Pledge are funding a global cohort of Explorers to build a portfolio of stories on climate resilience and solutions, with the explicit goal of moving business leaders and policymakers to act. Story themes (non-exhaustive): Climate & Energy Transition (carbon-free energy, decarbonization); Nature & Land Systems (water stewardship, nature-based solutions, biodiversity, restoration, adaptation, regenerative agriculture, food systems); Built & Human Systems (built environment, climate migration, public health, social adaptation); Adaptation in Extreme Weather (hurricanes, heat waves, wildfires, floods). All story ideas must be grounded in solutions. Eligibility: open to both existing NatGeo Explorers and applicants new to the program. Applicants must show a record of successful media projects and submit a portfolio (e.g. website). Storytellers with lived experience in (or established collaborative relationships with) the communities they cover are prioritised. Up to $100,000 per project (recommend up to $20,000 if 5 or fewer years of experience). Budgets must consist of reasonable, well-justified costs directly required to complete the project, used over up to 2 years. All applications must include an explicit plan for evaluating impact. Submit only via the NatGeo online portal in English (the individual responsible for the project must be the listed project leader; one proposal per applicant as project lead). Questions: funding@ngs.org with subject 'RFP Illuminating Climate Solutions'. Deadline: 25 May 2026, 11:59 PM US-EDT.
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New Profit · United States and its territories (organisation must operate in and primarily serve US communities; cohort convenings held in cities across the United States) · Deadline: 26 May 2026 · Award: One-year $100,000 unrestricted grant to the organisation, plus a $10,000 leadership development stipend for the Social Entrepreneur, plus strategic advisory support and capacity-building. New Profit covers travel, accommodation and meals for the three in-person convenings.
New Catalyze cohort from venture philanthropy organisation New Profit, supporting US-based non-profits whose core work is bridging active divides (political, racial, ethnic, economic, religious, geographic, generational, or ideological) to enable collective problem-solving in education, economic mobility, democracy, and/or health. Funded organisations must use one or more of: building skills for productive dialogue, conflict, and civic participation; cultivating relationships rooted in trust, understanding, belonging, and mutual accountability; or creating structures for collective action, co-design, problem-solving, or shared decision-making. Organisations receive a one-year $100,000 unrestricted grant, a $10,000 leadership development stipend, and a year of cohort-based capacity building (three in-person convenings, three virtual learning sessions, 1:1 strategic advising). Eligibility: US-focused; independent 501(c)(3) status (own or via fiscal sponsor); annual expenses $250,000-$2 million in most recently closed fiscal year; led by at least one full-time (~30 hrs/week) Social Entrepreneur (co-leadership models considered); core programme/impact approach in operation for at least two years (legal status timeline less important); not a previous New Profit Build or Catalyze grantee. The first step is a Discovery Form (NOT a full application). To be considered for this cycle, complete the Discovery Form by Tuesday 26 May 2026, 2pm PT / 5pm ET, selecting 'Cycle-specific submission' and 'Connected Futures 2026'. If you submitted a Discovery Form within the last 12 months, email selection@newprofit.org for a link to update your prior submission. Invitations to complete a full application will be sent in late June. Discovery Forms are also accepted on a rolling basis for grantmaking cycles in 2026 and beyond. Free to apply. Note: this is an organisational grant, not an individual grant.
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Understanding Society (Institute for Social and Economic Research, University of Essex) · United Kingdom (HEI, research/policy institute, or third-sector organisation; University of Essex excluded) · Deadline: 27 May 2026 · Award: Up to £70,000 per fellowship for staff costs and dissemination-related activities (no indirects). Salary, NI and pension funded at 100% for research-only contracts; for research-and-teaching contracts the fellowship funds backfill at the most junior lecturer point. Third-sector applicants additionally get £5,000 of an academic collaborator's salary covered.
Funding programme run by Understanding Society, the UK Household Longitudinal Study based at ISER, University of Essex, enabling researchers to take time out to work on projects using the Study's data. The May 2026 round welcomes applications under three themes: (1) public engagement, defined as two-way activities such as public events/festivals of science with active dialogue, patient and public involvement, public dialogue, and co-production of research with local communities; (2) environment, climate change and energy use, drawing on newly released attitudinal, behavioural, administrative and smart data; (3) exploiting the unique value of the Study (large nationally representative longitudinal household survey, ethnic minority and immigrant boost samples, biomarker and genetic data). Eligibility: any researcher based at a UK HEI, research/policy institute, or third-sector organisation (University of Essex excluded; previously successful applicants excluded). Early career researchers (under 3 years post-PhD) must identify a mentor at their host institution; third-sector applicants must identify an academic collaborator. Application requires a signed Head of Department statement, project plan (max 2 pages), 2-page CV, cost estimate from the host HEI's finance office, and dissemination plan. Practical support also provided by the Study team on data, analysis plans, and impact strategies. Free to submit. Deadline 5pm on 27 May 2026; shortlist mid-June, interviews late June, decisions late June, kick-off October 2026.
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MTA Arts & Design · New York City, USA (Fulton Transit Center, Grand Central Madison, Moynihan Train Hall) · Deadline: 28 May 2026 · Award: $1,000 honorarium for finalist proposals + project budget for selected artist(s) (TBD by project nature)
Open call for digital and new-media artists to submit existing works for consideration on transit-center screens (video, film, animation, augmented reality, net art, game engines, generative art). Multi-channel installation experience encouraged. Finalists develop site-specific proposals with a $1,000 honorarium; selected artists oversee production and installation with project management from MTA Arts & Design. Sites have no audio. Valid U.S. Taxpayer ID required. Submit up to 5 works (.mov/.mp4) and 10 stills (.jpg/.png) plus bio, CV and artist statement. Deadline 23:59 EST Thursday 28 May 2026.
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WIELS · Brussels, Belgium (in-person residency at WIELS contemporary art centre) · Deadline: 31 May 2026 · Award: Artistic recognition grant of €3,000 per selected artist (4 artists selected). Awarded as an artistic distinction without any production obligation or service in return. Under Belgian tax law, artistic prizes may be treated as miscellaneous income and may benefit from a partial tax exemption within certain limits (depends on the beneficiary's individual situation).
Annual residency programme at WIELS (Brussels-based centre for contemporary art). This call is open EXCLUSIVELY to Belgian artists or artists who have been living and working in Belgium for at least three years, and who have contributed to the Brussels contemporary art scene during that period. An independent jury selects four artists, each awarded a €3,000 artistic recognition grant. The grant is a distinction supporting the quality of the artistic practice; there is no production requirement or contractual service obligation attached. Residency period is six months in 2027 (January-June or July-December block, applicant choice). Application deadline 31 May 2026. Application materials via online form: personal information; artistic approach (max 250 words); statement of intent describing projects, ideas and expectations for the residency (max 250 words); three professional references (name, email, phone, profession); and portfolio + CV via Option 1 (Dropbox/Google Drive link with up to 10 images/videos plus a numbered descriptive list with title, date, technique, dimensions and ~50-word description per item, plus CV) or Option 2 (PDF with up to 10 captioned images plus CV). Videos may also be hosted on YouTube/Vimeo (with password if needed); videos of still works are not accepted. All share links must be set to 'anyone with the link can view'; links requiring access requests will not be considered. Questions: residency@wiels.org (do not email about results, notifications will be sent). Free to apply. Note: this is a Belgium-restricted call and is not open to artists without a Belgian / 3+ years-in-Belgium connection.
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Ohme (in collaboration with EXPERIENCE / CRCN, Université libre de Bruxelles) · Brussels, Belgium (in-person residency at Ohme's premises, USquare, Brussels) · Deadline: 31 May 2026 · Award: Artist fee: €5,300 (approx. 20 working days based on CP 304 salary scales, max 10 years experience). Production budget up to €2,000. Plus professional documentation, access to EXPERIENCE datasets/tools/documentation, preparatory reading list, Ohme team support, and workspace at USquare.
Open call from Ohme (Brussels-based research and curatorial platform at the intersection of art and science) for a digital visual artist or collective to develop an artistic project in residence with EXPERIENCE, an ERC-funded research programme led by Prof. Axel Cleeremans at the Centre for Research in Cognition and Neurosciences (CRCN), Université libre de Bruxelles. EXPERIENCE investigates the nature of subjective experience (phenomenology) and builds 3D maps of 'phenomenal space' from large datasets of similarity and preference judgments. The selected artist works directly with these empirical datasets (similarity judgments, subjective preference data describing how people perceive, compare and value conscious experience) as primary creative material, not as illustration. Possible directions include information design that critically engages with visualising consciousness data; generative or algorithmic works using subjective valuation datasets as compositional grammar; data visualisation as artistic practice; creative coding exploring neural/latent space and perception/emotion/subjectivity; and critical or poetic approaches to measuring/mapping inner experience. Eligibility: visual artist or collective connected to the contemporary art field of the Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles (live, work, or have a professional practice within the French-speaking art community of Belgium); established practice in digital art, new media, computational art, data visualisation or information design used as artistic practice; experience working with data as creative material (e.g. Processing, p5.js, openFrameworks, TouchDesigner, Max/MSP, or equivalent); critical engagement with the tools/systems behind information production and dissemination; interest in mind/perception/cognition/neuroscience; available in person in Brussels September-November 2026 and for the December restitution; English proficiency (working language); French and/or Dutch appreciated. Ohme is NOT looking for artists who already work on consciousness or neuroscience, but practitioners whose existing methods could be mobilised in this scientific context. Sample EXPERIENCE datasets: https://osf.io/suqkp/overview?view_only=fdc73f1485664a2c9c7571e0c62abe6a (paper: 'Exploring the role of micro-valence in the phenomenal space', https://doi.org/10.1093/nc/niag005). Selection by interdisciplinary jury of EXPERIENCE and Ohme representatives; interviews with top three candidates by phone/video/in-person in late June 2026; selected artist announced late June 2026. Application: single PDF in English to opencall@ohme.be (subject: 'Application Experience Lab') by 31 May 2026, 23:59 CET, including up-to-date CV (English), portfolio (English), 1-page motivation text (English) on interest in the residency and consciousness theme plus technical competences, and the completed contact form (downloadable from Ohme's site). Free to apply.
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Whiting Foundation · Canada, UK, or US (project must be under contract with a publisher in one of these three countries) · Deadline: 31 May 2026 · Award: $40,000 to each of ten writers ($400,000 total).
Annual grant from the Whiting Foundation supporting writers completing deeply researched, imaginatively composed book-length nonfiction for a general adult readership. Ten grants of $40,000 each, intended for the mid-process stage of multiyear projects after substantial progress but before the final work is complete. Eligible categories include history, cultural or political reportage, biography, memoir, science, philosophy, criticism, graphic nonfiction, and personal essays. Excluded: self-help, historical fiction, textbooks, books for a scholarly audience, books for young readers, and self-published projects. Hard eligibility constraint: project must be under contract with a publisher in Canada, the UK, or the US by 31 May 2026, with a fully executed contract uploaded; no extensions are granted for contracts not signed by both parties by the application deadline. Application includes the original proposal, up to 15,000 words from the draft, statement of work yet to be completed, plan for use of funds, three written responses on premise/research methods/narrative approach, signed contract, 2-4 page resume, list of prior funding for the book, and a required letter of support from the publisher (plus optional letters of recommendation). Free to apply. Grantees announced December 2026 / January 2027.
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Black Film Space (in partnership with cliveRd.) · United States (US-based bank account required) · Deadline: 31 May 2026 · Award: $8,000 grant plus complimentary use of a private estate location in Jamaica (provided by cliveRd.) covering mountain, beach, forest and farm settings.
Annual short film grant from Black Film Space, a 501(c)(3) supporting the careers of independent Black filmmakers, in partnership with cliveRd., a deeptech and arts studio founded by Danielle Bennett. One winner receives $8,000 plus access to a private Jamaica estate as a free shooting location. 2026 cycle has a nature-as-character mandate: the project must include nature as a setting, character, supporter/obstacle, or theme. Narrative scripted shorts only; documentaries and non-fiction excluded. Script must be under 20 pages and serve as a teaser/proof-of-concept for a planned feature. Application requires: visual sample of previous work, completed short script, feature treatment, production/casting/team/postproduction/festival plan, and a US bank account. Submissions opened 21 April 2026 and close 31 May 2026 (11:59PM ET); semifinalists notified mid July, winner announced live at the BFS Awards on 20 September 2026, funds disbursed early October. cliveRd. and BFS must be credited as producers on the resulting short. $35 submission fee (free for Black Film Space members). Selection considers script quality, merit of previous work, and financial need.
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Associazione falía* · Lozio, Valle Camonica, Northern Italy · Deadline: 31 May 2026 · Award: €70/week stipend (2 to 6 weeks) + shared accommodation and workspace + co-production support
Summer artist residency in the mountain village of Lozio for individuals and collectives to create site-specific artworks, with preference for Land Art, Street Art and participatory art. Residents receive a weekly stipend, shared accommodation, workspace, cultural activities and co-production support; selected artworks become donations to the Municipality.
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SIT-PLU consortium: Baltan Laboratories (NL), Lungomare (IT), Idensitat (ES), ZEMOS98 (ES), with LUCA School of Arts (BE), Floating University (DE), EINA (ES), Universitat Politècnica de València (ES). Funded by Creative Europe. · Choose one host context: Wondermash / Meuse Delta (NL), Bolzano riverscapes (IT), Besos river sacrifice zones (ES), Galicia energy transition (ES) · Deadline: 31 May 2026 · Award: €13,500 artist fee (travel excluded) + production budget (varies by host)
Situated Creative Practices for the Pluriverse (SIT-PLU) is a Creative Europe cooperation project tackling socio-ecological challenges through cross-disciplinary research and context-specific artistic interventions. Drawing on the Zapatista concept of the pluriverse ("a world where many worlds fit") and buen vivir, the project foregrounds communal interdependence and human/more-than-human relationships. Selected residents engage with one specific context for one year and develop new forms of creative intervention/cultural mediation. Four host contexts available for 2027: Baltan Laboratories with Wondermash (Meuse Delta, NL), Lungomare on Bolzano riverscapes (IT), Idensitat on sacrifice zones near the Besos river mouth (ES), ZEMOS98 on local sustainable energy-transition models in Galicia (ES). Two-phase application: Phase 1 deadline 31 May 2026 23:59 CET (motivation letter, CV, portfolio of up to 5 projects, draft proposal targeting one host) — results by mid-July; three shortlisted practitioners per host then develop a more specific proposal in dialogue with the host institution (Phase 2 deadline 14 August 2026, results end of September). Each host runs an online Q&A between 11 and 15 May 2026. Enquiries: sitplu.project@luca-arts.be.
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Headlands Center for the Arts · Sausalito, California, United States (Marin Headlands, Golden Gate National Recreation Area) · Deadline: 01 Jun 2026 · Award: Fully sponsored residency: studio space, chef-prepared meals, on-site housing, travel costs, and living-expense stipend. No application fee.
Open call for the 2027 cohort of the Headlands Artist in Residence (AIR) program, one of the longer-running fully-sponsored residencies on the US West Coast. Approximately 50 local, national and international artists are selected each year for a residency of 4 to 10 weeks at the Headlands' Marin Headlands campus (former military buildings inside the Golden Gate National Recreation Area, just north of San Francisco). Residents receive a private studio, chef-prepared meals, on-site housing, travel costs, and a living-expense stipend, fully sponsored by the program. Open to artists at all career stages working in any medium: drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, film, video, new media, installation, fiction and nonfiction writing, poetry, dance, music, interdisciplinary practice, social practice, and architecture. Strong fit for new-media / interdisciplinary / research-driven practices. Application opens 1 April 2026 and closes 1 June 2026 via SlideRoom; applicants are notified of decisions by 11 December 2026. Free to apply.
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NLnet / NGI Fediversity (funded by EU Horizon Europe) · Worldwide · Deadline: 01 Jun 2026 · Award: €5,000 to €50,000 per project
Small to medium-sized R&D grants for projects making federated and self-hosted internet services easier to deploy and operate at scale. Funds practical work on portable Fediverse-style infrastructure, hosted Mastodon-like or PeerTube-like services, secure email, private cloud and other tools that support decentralisation and digital self-determination. Open to individuals and organisations of any type; results released under free or open-source licences. Deadline 1 June 2026, 12:00 CEST.
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V2_ Lab for the Unstable Media · Rotterdam, Netherlands · Deadline: 01 Jun 2026 · Award: €7,500
Residency honouring V2_ co-founder Alex Adriaansens, aimed at upcoming curators, festival/programme initiators, community organisers and cultural practitioners in media art, digital cultures and related fields who are starting their professional careers. Duos or teams may apply (sharing the grant). No thematic requirement; applicants choose their own research focus and have access to V2_'s extensive archive. Apply with a letter of motivation (max 2 pages), short CV (max 1 page) and a specific research question (max 1 page) via the linked Google form, or email v2@v2.nl if you do not have a Google account. A jury of V2_ team members decides. Results will be presented in Rotterdam at a jointly organised event (e.g. expert meeting), or via an essay, or another format proposed by the resident.
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Headlands Center for the Arts · Sausalito, California, USA · Deadline: 01 Jun 2026 · Award: Studio space, chef-prepared meals, housing, travel and living expenses fully sponsored
Residency welcoming local, national and international artists at all career stages and disciplines (visual arts, writing, music, dance, interdisciplinary). Approximately 50 artists selected annually. Applications open 1 April 2026.
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NLnet / NGI Fediversity (funded by EU Horizon Europe) · Worldwide · Deadline: 01 Jun 2026 · Award: €5,000 to €50,000 per project (€450,000 total budget for open calls)
Small to medium-sized R&D grants for projects that strengthen Fediversity, an effort to bring easy-to-use hosted cloud services with service portability and personal freedom at their core to everyone. Built on NixOS for declarative, reproducible, reliable deployment of Fediverse services (PeerTube, Mastodon, Owncast, Lemmy), email, VPN, private cloud storage, wikis and more. Project results released under open source licences. Deadline 1 June 2026, 12:00 CEST.
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NLnet / NGI TALER (with GNU Taler community, funded by EU Horizon Europe and Swiss SERI) · Worldwide · Deadline: 01 Jun 2026 · Award: €5,000 to €50,000 per project (€676,000 total budget for open calls)
Small to medium-sized R&D grants for free and open source efforts aligned with privacy-preserving digital payments. Build new GNU Taler capabilities, auxiliary tools, UX, FOSS-app and open-standard integrations (P2P micropayments in messengers, social media, video conferencing), or merchant-backend improvements. All results released under a free or open-source licence. Strong projects can scale up via NGI0 Core. Deadline 1 June 2026, 12:00 CEST.
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NLnet / NGI Zero (funded by EU Horizon Europe and Swiss SERI) · Worldwide · Deadline: 01 Jun 2026 · Award: €5,000 to €50,000 per project (scalable for proven potential)
Small to medium-sized R&D grants to help reclaim the public nature of the internet across the full technology spectrum: libre silicon, middleware, P2P infrastructure, end-user applications, open standards, open data and AI, open science, creative commons and open educational resources. Project results released under free or open-source licences. Aimed at troubleshooters tackling hard, important internet-commons challenges. Total programme: €21.6m through 2027. Deadline 1 June 2026, 12:00 CEST.
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Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity · Banff, Alberta, Canada (in-person residency on the Banff Centre campus in the Canadian Rockies) · Deadline: 03 Jun 2026 · Award: Paid program. Total before scholarships: CAD $9,484.55 per person. With the Banff Centre Arts Scholarship (100% tuition + 25% accommodation/meals): CAD $4,384.73 per person. Canadian Indigenous Scholarship: 100% tuition + accommodation + meals (no out-of-pocket). Application fee: CAD $65 (individuals/groups), CAD $35 for Indigenous applicants. No artist stipend.
Visual Arts Thematic Residency at Banff Centre led by artist-faculty Rajni Perera and Marigold Santos. Drawing on ideas of speculative futures, science fiction, myth-making, and world-building, artists are invited to research, imagine and create possible selves and possible worlds. The program considers futurity as an anti-oppressive and restorative force, exploring new possibilities of selfhood and agency by decolonising ideas of the body. Open to international applicants aged 18+ with post-secondary formal training or equivalent experience, working in visual arts disciplines: ceramics, digital media, painting, drawing, printmaking, papermaking, photography, sculpture, installation. Individual artists or duos (no more than two collaborators). Priority given to artists who have not attended a Banff visual arts residency in the past three years. Residency includes single bedroom on-campus accommodation, meal plan (~$68/day credit equivalent), individual studio space with shared production facility access, faculty mentorship and workshops, and access to Banff Centre facilities (fitness centre, library, performances). IMPORTANT: this is a paid program, not a stipend-paying residency. Total before scholarships is CAD $9,484.55; the Banff Centre Arts Scholarship (covering 100% tuition + 25% accommodation/meals) brings the out-of-pocket cost to CAD $4,384.73. A Canadian Indigenous Scholarship covers tuition, accommodation and meals in full. There is also a non-refundable application fee (CAD $65 standard, $35 Indigenous). Apply via the Banff Centre online portal with materials uploaded through SlideRoom.
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Amazon Web Services (AWS Imagine Grant Program) · United States (registered 501(c) nonprofits only; educational institutions are excluded) · Deadline: 05 Jun 2026 · Award: Up to $200,000 USD unrestricted cash + up to $100,000 USD in AWS Promotional Credits + project implementation support from the AWS Generative AI Innovation Center
Top-tier track of the 2026 AWS Imagine Grant for US nonprofits with strong data practices, in the planning phase of incorporating frontier AI (generative AI, agentic AI, autonomous systems) as a core workload. Up to $200K cash + $100K AWS credits, plus hands-on project implementation support from the AWS Generative AI Innovation Center, training, and ongoing access. Two-round selection: Round One (open call) closes 5 June 2026; Round Two opens 10 August (invitation-only) and closes 14 September 2026; results mid-November; public announcement 1 December 2026. Eligibility: registered 501(c) nonprofits headquartered in the US. Educational institutions are explicitly excluded. NOTE: this is a nonprofit-only programme and is not open to individual artists, researchers, or for-profit studios.
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Amazon Web Services (AWS Imagine Grant Program) · United States (registered 501(c) nonprofits only; educational institutions are excluded) · Deadline: 05 Jun 2026 · Award: Up to $150,000 USD unrestricted cash + up to $100,000 USD in AWS Promotional Credits + AWS technical specialist guidance
Award track for US nonprofits running highly innovative cloud projects that leverage advanced services such as AI/ML, HPC, or IoT. Up to $150K cash + $100K AWS credits, plus AWS technical specialist guidance and training access. Round One closes 5 June 2026; Round Two by invitation, with full proposals 10 August to 14 September 2026. Eligibility: registered 501(c) nonprofits in the US. Educational institutions are excluded. NOTE: this is a nonprofit-only programme and is not open to individual artists, researchers, or for-profit studios.
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Amazon Web Services (AWS Imagine Grant Program) · Canada (CRA-registered charitable organisations only) · Deadline: 05 Jun 2026 · Award: Up to $75,000 USD unrestricted cash + up to $25,000 USD in AWS Promotional Credits + AWS marketing support and access to AWS technical specialists
Canadian track of the 2026 AWS Imagine Grant for nonprofits leveraging advanced cloud services (AI/ML, HPC, IoT). Up to $75K USD cash + $25K USD AWS credits, plus AWS marketing support and technical specialist access. Two-round selection: Round One closes 5 June 2026; Round One notification and Round Two invitations on 3 July 2026. Eligibility: nonprofits in Canada with a CRA-registered charitable organisation number (a 9-digit Business Number, often followed by RR0001 or similar). NOTE: this is a charities-only programme and is not open to individual artists, researchers, or for-profit studios.
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Serpentine Arts Technologies (Future Art Ecosystems) · London, United Kingdom (low-residency hybrid; three in-person weekend intensives in London required) · Deadline: 07 Jun 2026 · Award: £10,000 award per fellow (4 fellows: individuals or collectives), plus travel and accommodation support for the three London intensives, plus specialist seminars, workshops and structured peer learning through the cohort.
Inaugural Future Art Ecosystems (FAE) R&D Fellowship from Serpentine Arts Technologies, supporting individual practitioners and ecosystem development in art and advanced technologies. Four fellows (individuals or collectives) selected. Open to artists, curators, technologists, organisers and producers working at the intersection of art and advanced technologies. International applicants welcome provided they can attend the three in-person London intensives. Inaugural theme: Art x Convergence, framed as a prompt to explore how AI is reshaping cultural and societal systems and to develop new frameworks for embodiment, robotics, legal constructs, markets and planetary organisation in light of AI's capacity to pursue goals, model environments and act in the world. Fellows pursue a defined research question connected to their practice or a project in development, supported through professional and specialist mentorship, network development, cohort exchange, and public-facing process sharing. FAE was initiated by Victoria Ivanova in 2019; programme led by Tommie Introna, Tsige Tafesse, and Kay Watson. Info sessions online on 15 May and 22 May 2026. Application deadline midnight BST 7 June 2026. Free to apply.
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Pictoright Fonds · Netherlands (NL-based visual makers) · Deadline: 07 Jun 2026 · Award: Up to €35,000 per project. Applications above €5,000 must show substantial co-financing from other sources.
Pictoright's collective rights fund supports projects with a social, cultural or educational purpose serving a broad group of professional visual makers in design/illustration, photography, and fine art working/residing in the Netherlands. Six to seven rounds per year; remaining 2026 deadlines: 7 June, 23 August, 4 October, 8 November. Decisions communicated within ~6 weeks of each deadline. Maximum grant €35,000; for requests above €5,000 the project must be substantially co-financed by other sources. The remit is collective benefit (publications, infrastructure, sector-wide research, exhibitions, education, professional development for the field), not individual practice grants, so projects need to articulate how they serve other visual makers, not just the applicant. Worth tracking for any artist-organised research, publication, exhibition, training or open-source-toolkit project benefitting the Dutch visual-maker community.
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EHRI-ERIC (European Holocaust Research Infrastructure) · Across 25 host institutions in Europe, Israel and the United States · Deadline: 07 Jun 2026 · Award: Stipend for housing and living expenses + travel reimbursement (amount varies by host country)
Fellowship programme supporting Holocaust research by giving researchers, archivists, librarians, curators and other professionals access to 25 key archives and research institutions across Europe, Israel and the USA. Fellows design their own research journey of 1 to 6 weeks and receive a stipend plus travel reimbursement. Welcomes projects on all aspects of Holocaust history (prehistory, legacy, archival management) and is particularly open to PhD students and early-career practitioners.
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Film Independent · Los Angeles, US · Deadline: 08 Jun 2026 · Award: Selection unlocks Sloan Fast Track Grant + Climate Entertainment Development Grant ($25,000 for climate-focused fiction features) + Cayton-Goldrich / MPAC / Sony Music Vision $10K fellowships
Project market for filmmakers with feature projects in active development, with industry meetings, financing pathways and bundled grants. Selected projects are eligible for the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fast Track Grant (science/technology fiction features) and the Climate Entertainment Development Grant ($25K, climate-focused fiction features). Same $10K fellowship pool (Cayton-Goldrich, MPAC Hollywood Bureau, Sony Music Vision) applies. International fellows are also eligible for the Dolby Institute Fellowship ($50K post-production grant utilising Dolby Vision and Atmos). Fast Track alums become eligible to apply to the Amplifier Fellowship for Black filmmakers ($30K unrestricted plus year-long support). Non-member deadline 8 June 2026; Film Independent member extension to 22 June 2026.
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Amazon Web Services (AWS Imagine Grant Program) · United Kingdom & Ireland (registered nonprofit charities only) · Deadline: 12 Jun 2026 · Award: Up to $100,000 USD unrestricted cash + up to $50,000 USD in AWS Promotional Credits + AWS technical and training support
UK & Ireland Pathfinder track of the 2026 AWS Imagine Grant. For registered nonprofit charities with strong data practices, in the planning phase of incorporating frontier AI (generative AI, agentic AI, autonomous systems) as a core workload during the grant term. Up to $100K cash + $50K AWS credits, plus AWS technical and training support. Round One closes 12 June 2026; notifications 14 July; Round Two open 10 August to 2 October 2026. Eligibility: registered nonprofit charities based in the UK or Ireland. NOTE: this is a charities-only programme and is not open to individual artists, researchers, or for-profit studios.
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Peckham Digital · Peckham, London, United Kingdom (in-person festival 22 to 25 October 2026) · Deadline: 14 Jun 2026 · Award: Paid: facilitators and speakers compensated at Artist Union England pay rates (contingent on Peckham Digital's own funding application; if funding is not received the festival will not go ahead)
Open call for the 5th edition of Peckham Digital, a festival celebrating creative computing. This call is for the PROGRAMME track: artists, creative technologists and creative coders to facilitate workshops, present talks, provide demos, or deliver performances (the separate Artwork Open Call covers exhibition pieces). Emerging applicants explicitly welcomed; over half of past Peckham Digital artists had this as their first paid professional exhibition. Selected facilitators/speakers paid at Artist Union England rates. Workshop facilitators are asked whether their software will be open-source. Application requires: type of contribution (demo/workshop/talk/performance/other), 200-word description (text or video), 250-word facilitator statement on experience, 200 words on professional development impact, sample images or video, technical requirements, and any access needs. Equal Opportunities form also requested. Important caveat: festival is contingent on Peckham Digital's own funding being confirmed; if their funding application is not successful the festival will not go ahead.
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Peckham Digital · Peckham, London, United Kingdom (in-person festival 22 to 25 October 2026) · Deadline: 14 Jun 2026 · Award: Paid: each selected artist receives a fee (contingent on Peckham Digital's own funding application; outcome expected early July 2026; if funding is not received the festival will not go ahead). Submission to the open call is free.
Open call for the 5th edition of Peckham Digital, a festival celebrating creative computing in all its shapes and forms. This call is for the ARTWORK EXHIBITION track only (the separate Programme Open Call covers talks, workshops, demos, performances and films). Looking for artists, creative technologists, creative coders and performers to exhibit artworks. Emerging applicants and early-career creative technologists explicitly welcomed; over half of past Peckham Digital artists had this as their first paid professional exhibition. Submission to the open call is free; selected artists receive a fee. Important caveat: festival is contingent on Peckham Digital's own funding being confirmed (decision expected early July 2026); if funding is not received the festival will not go ahead. Read the Application Guidelines before submitting.
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Sundance Institute · Worldwide (open to international filmmakers) · Deadline: 15 Jun 2026 · Award: Non-recoupable grants. Specific amounts not published for 2026 but historically up to ~$25,000-$50,000 per stage; ~20-25 films funded per year out of ~1,300 proposals.
Long-running fund supporting feature documentaries (52+ minutes) on contemporary topics with budgets under $1.2m USD (excluding distribution). Worldwide eligibility but proposals must be in English with budgets in USD; films may be in any language but visual materials must be subtitled in English. Excludes: NGO/advocacy/educational films, branded content, and historical/biographical films unless they show clear contemporary relevance or innovation in form. Submissions accepted year-round but reviewed in four cycles per year; the next concentrated open call window is 18 May to 15 June 2026 with no extensions. Decisions take up to eight months. Worth tracking for any documentary project on AI-enabled surveillance, algorithmic systems, or critical-tech themes that has a cinematic feature treatment (form-driven, not advocacy-driven).
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Stimuleringsfonds Creatieve Industrie (Creative Industries Fund NL) · Netherlands · Deadline: 15 Jun 2026 · Award: Up to €125,000 per year per applicant (overall budget €1,850,000 per year)
Multi-year grant for cultural institutions whose core task is to contribute to the high quality, development and professionalisation of the contemporary creative industry through a two-year activities programme. Application window: 13 May 2026 15:00 CEST to 15 June 2026 16:00 CEST. Maximum requested amount €125,000 per year; total annual scheme budget €1,850,000.
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Nederlands Filmfonds · Netherlands (Kingdom of the Netherlands) · Deadline: 16 Jun 2026 · Award: €10,000 per project (€8,500 to autodidact director or collective + €1,500 routed via attached producer)
Talent-development track for self-taught Dutch-based directors or artist collectives without formal film-school training, making a distinctive short film. Comes with development money, individual coaching, workshops and matchmaking with producers. Applicant must live and work in the Kingdom of the Netherlands. Deadline 16 June 2026 at 17:00.
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Stimuleringsfonds Creatieve Industrie (Creative Industries Fund NL) · Netherlands (for international travel) · Deadline: 22 Jun 2026 · Award: Up to €1,500 within Europe (zone 1) / up to €2,500 outside Europe (zone 2)
Travel voucher for Dutch-based professionals in design, architecture and/or digital culture who have been invited by a foreign party to give a presentation, lecture or workshop. To apply you must have submitted an application to the Fund in the past five years that was positively assessed. Round 2 runs 4 May 2026 15:00 CEST to 22 June 2026 16:00 CEST (budget €33,000); Round 3 runs 8 September 2026 15:00 CEST to 27 October 2026 16:00 CEST (budget €33,000).
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National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) · United States · Deadline: 25 Jun 2026 · Award: Up to $75,000 (Development) | $350,000 (Radio/Podcast Production) | $700,000 (Documentary Production)
Supports development, production and distribution of radio programmes, podcasts and documentary films that engage general audiences with humanities ideas. Proposals must build on sound humanities scholarship, present multiple perspectives, involve external humanities scholars at all phases, involve appropriate media professionals, use accessible formats, and show potential to attract a large public audience. Development awards (up to $75,000) cover scholar meetings, preliminary interviews, treatments and scripts, work-in-progress trailers, outreach planning and archival research.
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Next Generation Foresight Practitioners (NGFP) · Global (online community plus regional hubs) · Deadline: 26 Jun 2026 · Award: $1,000 kick-starter grant + mentorship + global networking + opportunity to win $10,000 grand prize at year-end
Fellowship for emerging changemakers aged 18 to 35 using futures thinking and foresight to drive social and environmental impact. Fellows receive a $1,000 kick-starter grant, mentorship from expert foresight practitioners, capability-building training, access to a 900+ strong global community, regional hubs, and the chance to win a $10,000 grand prize. Supports projects on climate transitions, democracy, emerging technologies, health and other systemic challenges.
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Social Science Research Council (SSRC) · United States (must reside in US during the fellowship year) · Deadline: 28 Jun 2026 · Award: Up to $60,000 unrestricted, plus optional seed funding for collaborative projects within or across Just Tech cohorts
Flagship SSRC public-interest tech fellowship supporting researchers, artists, journalists, community-based researchers, social scientists, humanists, technologists and practitioners whose work expands public understanding of technology and contributes to more informed and accountable technological futures. One-year unrestricted award of up to $60,000 (January through December 2027) for research, creative practice or community-engaged work at the intersection of technology and society. Programme includes monthly virtual gatherings, individualised mentoring, one in-person workshop, plus ongoing access to the Just Tech network beyond the award year. Citizens of any country may apply but fellows must reside in the United States for the fellowship duration; SSRC does not sponsor visas. No formal degree requirement. Full-time students are not eligible. Application materials: 2-page CV; personal statement (1,000 words or 5-minute video); work proposal (3,000 words or 10-slide deck) addressing concept, technology engagement, approach/contribution, feasibility, field context and public contribution; 2 work samples. Application portal open 27 April to 28 June 2026 23:59 EST (single window for the 2027 cohort); selected fellows notified November 2026. Strong fit for critical data, algorithmic justice, platform governance and digital rights work.
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Decentralized Pictures · Worldwide (online platform; submit via app.decentralized.pictures) · Deadline: 30 Jun 2026 · Award: $20,000 production grant, plus direct mentorship from Sofia Coppola and guaranteed distribution on DCP+ (Decentralized Pictures' streaming platform for independent creators).
Inaugural Sofia Coppola Short Film Award run by Decentralized Pictures, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit co-founded by Roman Coppola and members of the American Zoetrope family that uses a community-voting model for film financing. One winner receives a $20,000 production grant, mentorship from Sofia Coppola, and a guaranteed DCP+ distribution slot. Submission window 30 April to 30 June 2026, with possible extension if a minimum submission count is not reached; community review ends 14 days after submissions close, and the recipient is announced ~14 days after that. Application requires a short video sample representing the filmmaker's voice (scene, visual excerpt, or proof of concept) and a one-page project description (synopsis, visual references); pitch video optional but encouraged. $25 submission fee covers moderation and peer review. Open worldwide via account on app.decentralized.pictures.
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Indigenous Screen Office (ISO) · Canada-based fund supporting Native American, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian XR creators · Deadline: 30 Jun 2026 · Award: Up to $40,000 CAD (development) or $80,000 CAD (production) per project; $500,000 CAD total fund
$500,000 CAD funding programme from the Indigenous Screen Office supporting Native American, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian storytellers developing XR projects. Individual creators and Indigenous-owned production companies may apply for up to $40,000 CAD in development funding or $80,000 CAD in production funding. Applications open 30 May 2026; deadline 30 June 2026 at 17:00 PST.
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Wikimedia Foundation · Worldwide (subject to legal eligibility by country) · Deadline: 01 Jul 2026 · Award: $500 to $5,000 USD per grant (distributed in local-currency equivalent at time of application). Per-applicant cap $10,000/fiscal year; individuals may not hold multiple open Rapid Funds, organisations/groups limited to 2 open grants at a time.
Quick-turnaround grants for individuals, Wikimedia community members, groups and affiliates running short-term, low-cost Wikimedia-focused projects: editathons, workshops, community meetups, education projects, cultural heritage initiatives, gender/diversity programmes, small-scale software development and content campaigns. Five cycles per year; upcoming deadlines: 1 July 2026, 1 September 2026, 1 November 2026, 1 February 2027, 1 April 2027. Approximately 2 months processing time per cycle. Standard track and Technical Projects track (Grants:Project/Rapid/Tech) share deadlines and amounts. Apply via the Wikimedia Foundation Grantee Portal (Fluxx) at https://wmf.fluxx.io/. Transfers run slower in June and December. CEE region applications routed via the CEE Hub from 1 April 2026. Ineligible: General Support Fund grantees, applicants on SDN lists, those with recent UCoC violations.
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The Corporation of Yaddo · Saratoga Springs, New York, USA · Deadline: 01 Jul 2026 · Award: Room, board, private studio (residencies 2 weeks to 2 months); modest access grants available
Residency for working artists in choreography, film, literature, musical composition, painting, performance, photography, printmaking, sculpture, video and visual arts. Applications open 1 June. Application fee $35 (waivers available). Two cycles per year (winter deadline ~20 December for May to March residencies; summer deadline ~1 July for November to June residencies).
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Nederlands Filmfonds · Netherlands · Deadline: 07 Jul 2026 · Award: Up to €3,000 development to the maker + up to €50,000 realisation (paid via attached producer)
Talent prize for recently graduated bachelor filmmakers from a Dutch film or art academy (documentary, fiction or animation). Winners receive a small development purse to start a new short film, and a much larger realisation budget once they have a producer attached. Annual round; deadline 7 July 2026 at 17:00.
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Film Independent · Los Angeles, US · Deadline: 13 Jul 2026 · Award: Multiple bundled fellowships for selected fellows: Amazon MGM Studios ($10,000), Climate Entertainment Commissioning Grant ($25,000 for a new climate-focused fiction feature script), LAIKA Animation Track (production grant + cash stipend, 5 fellows over 2 years), Panavision Fellowship ($60,000 camera package), Sony Pictures Entertainment ($10,000), University of Arizona TFTV ($10,000)
Signature fellowship program offering career opportunities to filmmakers from communities typically underrepresented in film and entertainment. Selected fellows are eligible for a stack of bundled fellowships: Amazon MGM Studios ($10K), Climate Entertainment Commissioning Grant ($25K to write a new climate-focused fiction feature), LAIKA Animation Track (production grant + stipend across 2 years for 5 stop-motion fellows), Panavision Fellowship ($60K camera package for an outstanding cinematographer), Sony Pictures Entertainment ($10K), and University of Arizona TFTV Fellowship ($10K for a TFTV alum). International fellows are also eligible for the Dolby Institute Fellowship ($50K post-production grant utilising Dolby Vision and Atmos). Project Involve alums become eligible to apply to the Amplifier Fellowship for Black filmmakers ($30K unrestricted plus year-long support; six fellows annually). Applications open 18 May 2026; non-member deadline 13 July 2026; Film Independent member extension to 27 July 2026.
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Mondriaan Fund · Netherlands · Deadline: 16 Jul 2026 · Award: Funded (see grant page)
Support for artistic plans addressing awareness of the history of slavery. Open to individuals and organisations.
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The Kyoto Retreat (founded by Dexter Wimberly) · Kyoto, Japan · Deadline: 17 Jul 2026 · Award: Roundtrip flight, private accommodation and $800 USD stipend
Four-week residency in Kyoto for artists, curators and writers from anywhere in the world, working in drawing, painting, sculpture, photography, film, video, new media, installation, fiction and nonfiction writing, poetry, interdisciplinary or social practice. Open to all career stages, 21 and over. Selected participants notified by 1 September 2026.
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Center for Advanced Internet Studies (CAIS), Bochum, Germany · Bochum, Germany (residential at CAIS; rent-free, fully furnished apartment provided plus private office) · Deadline: 23 Jul 2026 · Award: Sabbatical leave on full salary: additional €600/month grant. No regular income: €2,000/month grant. Regular income below €1,400/month: top-up to the full grant. Alternative: reimbursement of salary or substitute costs within reasonable limits. €100/month extra per child under 18 for fellows on a full or compensatory grant. CAIS also covers one return trip to Bochum (or a daily commute if local), provides a rent-free fully furnished apartment and a private office. Fellows can request financial support for research expenses, invite a Visiting Fellow for up to 3 weeks of collaboration, and invite up to three European experts for half-day workshops (CAIS covers travel, accommodation and a daily allowance of up to €24).
Residential research sabbaticals at CAIS, explicitly open to excellent scholars AND practitioners across all career stages and disciplines (not academia-only). Funds individual projects on the societal impact of digital transformation, including pure research and applied projects that develop new theories, methods or perspectives for practice. Project must be self-contained with specific milestones and produce an independent output suitable for short-timeframe publication: peer-reviewed paper or conference contribution, book chapter, policy paper, or prototype. Fellows join a vibrant interdisciplinary research community with regular joint activities (breakfast Tuesdays, colloquium and dinner Wednesdays, occasional workshops Thursdays) and an international network of alumni, working groups and affiliates. In Germany, full and compensatory grants are not subject to social security contributions and are usually tax-exempt; fellows resident abroad should verify their own tax position. Note: CAIS is currently reviewing the application format and selection process for the next call, so details may change. Next call publishes at the beginning of June 2026; deadline 23 July 2026 for fellowships in the period October 2027 to March 2028. Contact: Dr. Esther Laufer, esther.laufer@cais-research.de.
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Work Shift, in partnership with New America's Future of Work and Innovation Economy initiative · United States (US-based journalists) · Deadline: 24 Jul 2026 · Award: $5,000 stipend + editorial coaching + access to expert sources + story amplification
One-year reporting fellowship supporting early- and mid-career US-based journalists to produce in-depth, place-based reporting on how education, workforce development and emerging technologies are reshaping economic opportunities across the United States. Open to print, digital, radio, television, multimedia and freelance journalists. Fellows receive a $5,000 stipend, editorial coaching, expert-source access and amplification of their stories.
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Stimuleringsfonds Creatieve Industrie (in collaboration with Nederlands Filmfonds) · Netherlands · Deadline: 25 Aug 2026 · Award: €250,000 per round from each fund (Creative Industries Fund NL + Netherlands Film Fund); round 2 also receives an additional €100,000 from the Dutch Foundation for Literature. Overall 2026 budget €1,100,000.
Funding for the development, realisation and distribution of artistically high-quality, immersive and/or interactive media productions by both independent and established producers. Collaboration between the Creative Industries Fund NL and the Netherlands Film Fund, with applications submitted to the Stimuleringsfonds. €250,000 is available per round from each fund; in round 2, the Dutch Foundation for Literature provides an additional €100,000. 2026 grant period: 24 June to 25 August 2026. Applications open at 15:00 CEST on the start date and close at 16:00 CEST on the closing date.
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Film Independent · Los Angeles, US · Deadline: 31 Aug 2026 · Award: Lab fellowship + access to bundled $10K fellowships (Cayton-Goldrich, MPAC, Sony Music Vision) and Climate Entertainment Development Grant ($25K for climate-focused fiction features)
Competitive screenwriting lab for emerging feature screenwriters. Selected fellows are eligible for the Climate Entertainment Development Grant ($25K, climate-focused fiction features) and the same bundled $10K fellowship pool available across Artist Development programs (Cayton-Goldrich, MPAC Hollywood Bureau, Sony Music Vision). International fellows are also eligible for the Dolby Institute Fellowship ($50K post-production grant utilising Dolby Vision and Atmos). Lab alums become eligible to apply to the Amplifier Fellowship for Black filmmakers ($30K unrestricted plus year-long support; six fellows annually). Applications open 29 June 2026; non-member deadline 31 August 2026; Film Independent member extension to 14 September 2026.
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European Commission (Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions, under Horizon Europe; managed by the European Research Executive Agency, REA) · Europe (host institution in an EU Member State or Horizon Europe Associated Country; also possible: Global Postdoctoral Fellowships hosted in non-associated third countries with a return phase in Europe) · Deadline: 09 Sep 2026 · Award: Standard MSCA unit costs covering researcher allowance (living, mobility, family), research/training/networking costs and management/indirect costs (annual values published in the call's Work Programme; typically a fully-funded postdoc package of roughly €5,000 to €8,000+ per researcher per month equivalent depending on host country correction coefficient)
MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships support researchers holding a PhD who wish to carry out research abroad, acquire new skills, develop their careers and have international mobility. Open to excellent researchers of any nationality. The 2026 call opened 9 April 2026 and closes 9 September 2026 at 17:00 CEST; notification of call results expected February 2027; grant agreement signature April 2027. Two strands: European Postdoctoral Fellowships (12 to 24 months in Europe) and Global Postdoctoral Fellowships (12 to 24 months outside Europe + 12-month return phase in Europe). The project must take place in a country different from where the researcher has worked or studied. Approximately 1,600 projects funded. Apply via the EU Funding & Tenders Opportunities Portal; submission is by the fellow plus host institution. Eligibility: researcher must have a PhD at the call deadline (or have submitted thesis with all requirements met), maximum 8 years full-time-equivalent research experience post-PhD, must comply with the mobility rule (no more than 12 months in the host country in the 36 months before the deadline).
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MacDowell · Peterborough, New Hampshire, USA · Deadline: 10 Sep 2026 · Award: No residency fee; need-based stipends and travel reimbursement available; ~300 fellowships/year
Residency for artists across seven disciplines (architecture, film/video, interdisciplinary, literature, music composition, theatre, visual arts). Sole selection criterion is artistic excellence. Applications open 15 August 2026. February deadline of the following year covers the Fall/Winter cycle.
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Fund for Investigative Journalism · USA-primary (foreign-based stories require strong U.S. angle) · Deadline: 14 Sep 2026 · Award: Up to $10,000 (regular) or $1,000 to $2,500 (seed)
Grants for in-depth investigative reporting that exposes corruption, malfeasance or misuse of power across public and private sectors. Covers print, online, broadcast, books, documentaries and podcasts. Surveillance, abuse-of-power and accountability investigations all fit. Letter of Commitment from a news outlet required for full proposals (not for seed). Seed deadline ~10 May 2026; regular deadline 14 September 2026, 23:59 ET. Reviewed three to four times per year. Stories must be published in English with a U.S. media outlet. Ethnic media and journalists of colour particularly encouraged.
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The Bennett Prize / Muskegon Museum of Art · Muskegon, Michigan, US (national reach) · Deadline: 19 Sep 2026 · Award: $75,000 ($37,500/year over 2 years) + traveling solo exhibition; additional $10,000 for one finalist
$75,000 prize for women figurative realist painters, awarded by a five-member jury. The winner receives $37,500 each year for two years to create a solo exhibition that travels nationally; one finalist additionally receives $10,000. Open to emerging artists who have not yet achieved full professional recognition.
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CBK Rotterdam / Art Office · Rotterdam, Netherlands (Rotterdam-based artists only) · Deadline: 21 Sep 2026 · Award: Up to €7,500 (time compensation; fee depends on project duration)
Subsidy supporting in-depth activities or innovative impulses within the artistic practice of Rotterdam-based visual artists, with a clearly defined artistic question or objective. Applicants must be registered with Art Office (artoffice.info) with an up-to-date artist page. The 2026 Round 2 deadline is 21 September 2026, 11:00 (form opens 10 August 2026); results by 16 November 2026. Round 1 (deadline 2 March 2026) has already closed. Decisions made by the director of CBK Rotterdam on advice from an expert committee.
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Stimuleringsfonds Creatieve Industrie (Creative Industries Fund NL) · Netherlands (international activity) · Deadline: 22 Sep 2026 · Award: €10,000 to €50,000 as a contribution towards total project costs. Minimum 20% co-financing of total project costs required.
Grant supporting the internationalisation of the Dutch design sector. Grant period open from 25 August 2026 15:00 CEST until 22 September 2026 16:00 CEST. A maximum of 40 applications are considered per grant period (with allocations for up to 10 follow-up and 10 revised applications). After the window closes all applications are ranked in random order via a draw system before processing begins. The grant is a contribution towards total project costs; at least 20% must be covered by co-financing.
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Stimuleringsfonds Creatieve Industrie · Netherlands · Deadline: 23 Sep 2026 · Award: Per-festival grant; specific maximum per Festivals scheme rules (cash subsidy, not in-kind)
Annual scheme funding festival organisations in the creative industries (design, architecture, digital culture, fashion, e-culture, etc.) presenting a 2027 edition. Application window opens 25 August 2026 at 15:00 CEST and closes 23 September 2026 at 16:00 CEST. Supports both content programming and the organisational/curatorial running of a festival; applicants must be organisations rather than individuals, but the scheme is the natural home for any artist-led collective or platform that runs a critical-AI / digital-culture / surveillance-focused festival event. Note the wider 2026 context: Stimuleringsfonds is restructuring its grant offering for 2027, and several individual schemes (Design, Digital Culture) have been reduced to two rounds in 2026. The Festivals scheme is a separate annual track and one of the cleaner ways to access SCI funding for an event-format project.
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Film Independent · Los Angeles, US · Deadline: 28 Sep 2026 · Award: Lab fellowship + access to bundled $10K fellowships (Cayton-Goldrich, MPAC, Sony Music Vision) for selected fellows
Intensive program for emerging episodic (TV/series) directors, with mentorship, set shadowing opportunities and industry access. Selected fellows are eligible for the same bundled $10K fellowship pool (Cayton-Goldrich, MPAC Hollywood Bureau, Sony Music Vision) available across Artist Development programs. Applications open 27 July 2026; non-member deadline 28 September 2026; Film Independent member extension to 12 October 2026.
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Mondriaan Fund · Netherlands (applicants must be part of the professional visual art field in the Netherlands or the Caribbean part of the Kingdom) · Deadline: 15 Oct 2026 · Award: Up to 70% of eligible expenses. Round budget: €229,000. Two structures: fixed grant of €2,480 per month for 1-6 month work periods, OR a flexible grant of up to 12 months with the amount determined by project plan and budget.
Mondriaan Fund grant for written and/or spoken-word publications about contemporary visual art: article series, long reads, podcasts, video essays, social-content series, and similar formats published across magazines, newspapers, online platforms, public media or social media. Aimed at strengthening reflection on, criticism of, and journalism around visual art practice in the Netherlands and the Caribbean part of the Kingdom. Eligible applicants: existing or new platforms (online magazines, public media, podcast outlets, etc.) AND individuals working as curators, critics, social-content creators or journalists. New initiatives and collaborations may apply. Two cycles per year; the next deadline is 15 October 2026, 16:00 Dutch time / 10:00 Caribbean time (an earlier 2 April 2026 round has already closed). Grant covers up to 70% of eligible expenses, with two pricing structures: fixed €2,480/month for short 1-6 month work periods, or a flexible grant of up to 12 months for larger project plans (amount determined by submitted plan and budget). Round budget €229,000. Good fit for science-communicator / critical-tech / art-and-AI long-form writing, podcast series, or video essay projects. Applications submitted via the Mondriaan Fund online portal after creating an account; documents cannot be uploaded after the deadline. Free to apply.
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The Lighthouse Works (supported in part by the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation) · Fishers Island, New York, USA · Deadline: 15 Oct 2026 · Award: $1,750 stipend + private bedroom, food, studio space, wood and metal fabrication shop and kiln access
Six-week fellowship for cultural producers at any career stage working in the vanguard of their creative fields. Five cycles run March to December. Fellows commit to an Artist Talk and Open Studio bookending the residency. 2026 application window has closed (Sep 15 to Oct 15, 2025); 2027 round expected Sep 15 to Oct 15, 2026 via Slideroom. Selection notifications mid-January.
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Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) in partnership with The Black List · United States (verify international eligibility on Black List program page) · Deadline: 04 Dec 2026 · Award: $20,000 to each of three writers ($60,000 total) to support revision of a feature screenplay or pilot.
Annual screenwriting fellowship from the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) administered through The Black List, awarding $20,000 each to three writers to revise a feature screenplay or pilot that engages with climate change in a compelling way. Submission and selection happen on The Black List platform; applicants should review program eligibility and any associated hosting/submission fees on blcklst.com before applying. Strong fit for narrative writers using fiction to dramatise climate, ecology, energy, or environmental-justice themes (rather than documentary). Deadline 4 December 2026.
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CFA Institute (in partnership with IMGN) · United States (50 states + DC; applicants must be 18+) · Deadline: 31 Dec 2026 · Award: $4,500 to one filmmaker. If the project is already completed before funds are disbursed, the $4,500 is paid as a reimbursement upon submission of a final cut.
One-off film grant awarding a single filmmaker $4,500 to support an independent narrative project in 2026. Application is free to submit. Centerpiece of the application is a production book built on the IMGN platform: script breakdown, schedule, coverage, and pre-visualization for the project (tutorials are provided inside the application). Eligibility: US-based filmmakers in the 50 states plus DC, aged 18 and older. If the project is already completed before funds are disbursed, the grant is paid as a reimbursement upon submission of a final cut of the film. Winner announced and funds disbursed by end of January 2027.
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Coefficient Giving (formerly Open Philanthropy / Good Ventures Foundation) · Worldwide (open to applicants in any country) · Deadline: Rolling / undated · Award: Grant amounts vary, no specified maximum or minimum. Covers tuition/fees, living costs during transition, and project costs. No predetermined number of grants; programme funds any application above its general bar.
Rolling grant programme funding individuals at any career stage who want to pursue careers that could help reduce global catastrophic risks or otherwise improve the long-term future. Especially interested in candidates working on risks from future advances in AI and global catastrophic biological risks. Funds graduate study (master's/PhD/MPP/law school), unpaid internships, postdocs, professional certifications, online courses, independent study/upskilling, career-transition and exploration periods, and academic sabbaticals. Concrete examples Coefficient Giving lists: a senior ML engineer doing six months of independent study to investigate AI risk mitigation careers; a physics PhD doing self-guided ML interpretability work to transition into technical AI safety; a management consultant exploring how to apply their skill set to GCR; a tenured ML/CS professor taking a one-year sabbatical to contribute to AI safety or governance. Open globally; no institutional affiliation required. Looks for candidates whose funding would 'make a difference' (otherwise unable to find sufficient funding, or existing funding has restrictions). Encourages applications from women and people of color. Now subsumes the former Biosecurity Scholarship. Applications are open until further notice and assessed on a rolling basis. Free to apply.
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Pop Culture Collaborative · United States (US-based applicants only; individuals must apply via fiscal sponsorship) · Deadline: Rolling / undated · Award: $20,000 to $200,000 across PCC's tracks: Rapid Response Grants up to $100,000 (rolling); Major Grants $20,000 to $100,000 single-year or $100,000 to $200,000 multi-year (seasonal windows, awarded summer and winter); plus Infrastructure Grants and the Becoming America Fund as sister tracks with their own remits.
Pop Culture Collaborative supports the growth of a pop culture narrative change field capable of inspiring most Americans, including leaders and icons, to navigate their lives as pluralists actively engaged in the hard, delicate work of belonging together in justice. Grants drive transformative experiences for mass audiences (1 million people or more) through pop culture stories, media and social networks: content development and distribution, audience engagement strategies, and the creation of immersive narrative environments through cultural, narrative and behavioural change approaches. Four funding priorities (program areas): (1) Artists Advancing Culture Change; (2) Building the Pop Culture for Social Change Field; (3) Culture Change Research; (4) Movement-Led Pop Culture Narrative Strategies. Grantee work spans: commissioning and developing creative work that excavates and illuminates who America is and yearns to become; building narrative infrastructure and field-based networks; producing audience and industry culture-change research; designing long-term mass-audience narrative and culture-change strategies; advancing mass-audience activation campaigns that transform toxic narrative environments into pluralist ones. Eligibility: US-based nonprofits, for-profit companies, and individuals with fiscal sponsorship. Tracks: Rapid Response Grants accept ideas year-round and are awarded continuously; Major Grants are requested in late winter/early spring and late summer/early fall and awarded in summer (May/June) and winter (November/December); Infrastructure Grants and the Becoming America Fund follow their own cycles. Process: (1) review the relevant track guidelines and the Grantmaking FAQ; (2) take the self-assessment quiz on PCC's site; (3) submit an idea (not a full proposal) via the Airtable portal. NOTE: full proposals are by invitation only. PCC staff review idea submissions and reach out only to matching submissions; most idea submissions will not progress to a full proposal, so treat the idea intake as a low-cost LOI-style inquiry rather than a guaranteed open RFP. Strong fit for organisations doing narrative-and-pop-culture work for mass audiences, especially aligned with marginalised-community media strategies and pluralist culture change.
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iii (Instrument Inventors Initiative) · The Hague, Netherlands (residency at iii workspace) · Deadline: Rolling / undated · Award: €3,100/month artist fee (excl. Dutch VAT) + up to €1,250 material expenses + up to €800 travel reimbursement (international residents) + accommodation and bike (international residents)
One-month development residency for artists working at the intersection of art, technology and science, with material research, small productions and composition for performance or installation in mind. Residents have access to iii's 500 m2 shared workspaces (200 m2 project space, wood/metal/electronics workshops, sound-isolated studio, coworking and meeting rooms), receive coaching, a few hours of production assistance where applicable, and visibility through iii's channels. Residents must spend the period in The Hague and give at least one public presentation (workshop, performance or talk) within iii's program. iii invites 6 residents per year, of which up to 4 spots are available via this open call. Two selection rounds per year: summer selects for the next Spring (March to May), winter selects for Autumn (September to November). Spring 2027 submissions are currently open. Selection criteria: relevance to iii's artistic focus, originality, portfolio quality and feasibility, contribution to a diverse program, and DIY (but not alone) spirit. Students cannot apply. Communication in English. Apply via the online application linked from the page; questions to mariska@instrumentinventors.org.
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Stimuleringsfonds Creatieve Industrie (Creative Industries Fund NL) · Netherlands · Deadline: Rolling / undated · Award: €10,000 to €25,000 per single-party project (phase II also capped at €25,000); €10,000 to €50,000 per collaborative project. Per grant period budget €385,000 (overall 2026 budget €1,155,000). Minimum 20% co-financing of total project costs required. Smaller-scale projects with a total budget up to €10,000 should apply via the Architecture Kick-start Grant Scheme instead.
Grant for projects that contribute to the quality, development or deepening of the architecture field in its broadest sense, with design research, reflection and debate at the core. The grant contributes towards total project costs; a minimum of 20% must be covered by co-financing. Single-party projects can request €10,000 to €25,000 (phase II grant requirement also capped at €25,000); projects with one or more partners can request €10,000 to €50,000. Smaller-scale projects with a total budget up to €10,000 should use the Architecture Kick-start Grant Scheme instead. Currently closed; next round opens 13 August 2026 15:00 CEST. A maximum of 50 applications are considered per grant period (with allocations for up to 10 follow-up and 10 revised applications). After the window closes all applications are ranked in random order via a draw system before processing begins.
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Stimuleringsfonds Creatieve Industrie (Creative Industries Fund NL) · Netherlands · Deadline: Rolling / undated · Award: €10,000 to €25,000 per single-party project (phase II also capped at €25,000); €10,000 to €50,000 per collaborative project. Per grant period budget €650,000 (overall 2026 budget €1,580,000). Minimum 20% co-financing of total project costs required.
Grant for projects that contribute to the quality, development or deepening of the design field, with artistic research, product development, reflection and debate at the core. The grant contributes towards total project costs; a minimum of 20% must be covered by co-financing. Single-party projects can request €10,000 to €25,000 (phase II grant requirement also capped at €25,000); projects with one or more partners can request €10,000 to €50,000. Currently closed; next round opens 12 August 2026 15:00 CEST. A maximum of 70 applications are considered per grant period (with allocations for up to 15 follow-up and 15 revised applications). After the window closes all applications are ranked in random order via a draw system before processing begins.
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Stimuleringsfonds Creatieve Industrie (Creative Industries Fund NL) · Netherlands · Deadline: Rolling / undated · Award: €10,000 to €25,000 per single-party project (phase II also capped at €25,000); €10,000 to €50,000 per collaborative project. Per grant period budget €650,000 (overall 2026 budget €1,430,000). Minimum 20% co-financing of total project costs required.
Grant for artistic projects that develop alternative perspectives on our digital society and explore the boundaries of digital tools, media and technologies, with research, experimentation, critical reflection and innovation at the core. The grant contributes towards total project costs; a minimum of 20% must be covered by co-financing. Single-party projects can request €10,000 to €25,000 (phase II grant requirement also capped at €25,000); projects with one or more partners can request €10,000 to €50,000. Currently closed; next round opens 12 August 2026 15:00 CEST. A maximum of 70 applications are considered per grant period (with allocations for up to 15 follow-up and 15 revised applications). After the window closes all applications are ranked in random order via a draw system before processing begins.
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Anthropic · Remote (Anthropic-mentored; stipends paid in USD, GBP or CAD) · Deadline: Rolling / undated · Award: $3,850/week stipend (USD) or £2,310/week (GBP) or $4,300/week (CAD), plus ~$15,000/month compute budget
Funded mentorship program for engineers and researchers to investigate Anthropic's highest-priority AI safety questions: scalable oversight, adversarial robustness and AI control, model organisms, mechanistic interpretability, AI security, and model welfare. Anthropic mentors pitch project ideas; fellows shape and execute them, aiming for public outputs (papers). Over 80% of the first cohort produced papers (on agentic misalignment, subliminal learning, ASL3 jailbreak rapid response, open-source circuits, etc.); over 40% subsequently joined Anthropic full-time. Looking for: strong Python, ability to make concrete progress on ambiguous problems, motivation to reduce catastrophic AI risks. PhD/prior ML experience NOT required; previous fellows came from physics, maths, CS, cybersecurity and other quantitative backgrounds. Two cohorts open: May 2026 and July 2026. The May cohort start is imminent so apply quickly; the July cohort is the more practical near-term option. Apply via the canonical Anthropic Alignment Science page.
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The Pollination Project · Anywhere (worldwide) · Deadline: Rolling / undated · Award: Up to $500
Daily seed grants for early-stage volunteer-driven projects with social and environmental impact. Open to grassroots changemakers worldwide: individuals, informal groups and small nonprofits. Project budget under $10,000 and organisational budget under $50,000; no paid staff. Applications reviewed monthly; submit before month-end for that month's review.
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Foundation for Contemporary Arts · United States and US territories · Deadline: Rolling / undated · Award: $500 to $3,000 (average ~$2,200)
Year-round support for unanticipated opportunities or emergencies tied to a confirmed innovative artistic project. Open to individual visual and performing artists and poets living in the US or US territories with a US tax ID. Apply 8 to 10 weeks before your public presentation date. Designed to cover sudden costs (a venue change, a confirmed exhibition or performance opportunity with a tight runway, etc.).
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Kapor Foundation · Remote (US-focused tech policy/research) · Deadline: Rolling / undated · Award: Cash award (amount per project; first awards announced by 30 June 2026)
Supports journalists producing long-form investigative reports and tech-policy researchers conducting research, analysis or evaluation that informs policy related to the Kapor Foundation's three priority areas, with an emphasis on responsible AI and tech ethics. Priority areas: CS/AI Education, Innovation, Governance. Aims to dismantle systemic inequities in the tech sector by funding researchers and investigative journalists exploring barriers and driving actionable solutions. Applications accepted on a rolling basis; first awards to be announced by 30 June 2026.
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Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting · Worldwide (remote application) · Deadline: Rolling / undated · Award: Typically $5,000 to $10,000+ per project (covers reporting hard costs; no salaries or equipment)
Funds data-driven reporting that uses ML, NLP, satellite imagery, sensors and other computational methods on under-reported issues. Open to freelance and staff data journalists worldwide. Reviewed first-come, first-served on a rolling basis; decisions usually within a month.
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Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting · Worldwide (remote application) · Deadline: Rolling / undated · Award: Variable reporting hard costs (no salaries or equipment)
Lightweight rolling grant for individual journalists worldwide (writers, photographers, radio, film; freelance or staff) examining how AI systems are designed, sold and deployed in communities. Faster turnaround than the Pulitzer AI Accountability Fellowship: decisions in 1 to 2 weeks.
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SEE NL (Eye Filmmuseum) · Netherlands (for travel to international festivals) · Deadline: Rolling / undated · Award: Features: up to €700 outside Europe, €300 in Europe (+€100 train bonus). Shorts: up to €400 outside Europe, €250 in Europe (+€100 train bonus). Mileage allowance €0.23/km for European car travel.
Travel grant for directors and/or producers of Dutch films (or Dutch majority co-productions; modified scheme for minority co-productions) invited to attend the screening of their film at festivals on the SEE NL Travel Grant List. The festival must extend an official invitation and offer at least one of the invitees (director or producer) at least 3 nights of hotel accommodation. Maximum two travel grants per film per festival (1x director, 1x producer, in a single application). Up to two festivals per film per year. Apply at least 4 weeks before the festival start by emailing international@eyefilm.nl with the official festival invitation that confirms the number of accommodations offered. Sustainable travel rewarded: train travel within Europe gets +€100 (halved if train used only one direction). Costs already reimbursed by SEE NL or third parties are not eligible; ticket changes, cancellations, local transport and taxis at destination are not claimable. Budget allocated quarterly across the year and finite; applications considered as long as resources remain. Rolling/continuous application via email.
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Nederlands Filmfonds · Netherlands · Deadline: Rolling / undated · Award: Up to 75% of total project costs (exact amount set per application; requires two third-party co-funders)
Grant for research projects relevant to the Dutch professional film sector, open to individual researchers (natural persons) as well as organisations. At least two third-party co-funders required. Results must be made publicly available. Applications accepted on a continuous basis (no fixed rounds).
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Stichting Stokroos · Netherlands · Deadline: Rolling / undated · Award: €5,000 (15 grants per round)
Stichting Stokroos offers 15 Seed Grants of €5,000 per round for emerging designers, makers and craftspeople. Eligible disciplines include (landscape) architects, graphic designers, illustrators, fashion, jewellery and textile designers, product designers, animators, printers, mould makers, ceramicists and goldsmiths. Requirements: 3 to 8 years of professional practice; application includes portfolio, CV, a short plan and budget; the proposal must focus on development (research, experimentation or production, e.g. a prototype). Not for exhibitions, publications or residencies. Selection is based on quality and originality of portfolio, urgency of the plan, and geographic distribution. No fixed deadline, but apply early: once the round's budget is nearly exhausted the application form closes until the next round. Questions: mail@stokroos.nl.
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Critical Playground · Remote · Deadline: Rolling / undated · Award: Paid commissions
Commissioned long-form writing at the intersection of design, technology, art and culture. Editorial themes: designing with AI as cultural and infrastructural system; responsive and adaptive materials; politics of platforms and creative-infrastructure governance; post-digital hybrid making; designing for collapse and continuity; creative research as practice. In-depth pieces only, no press releases or promotional copy.
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Mondriaan Fund · Netherlands · Deadline: Rolling / undated · Award: Funded (see grant page)
Commission artists to create new work in publicly accessible spaces such as hospitals or museums. Open to individuals and organisations. Continuous deadline.
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Mondriaan Fund · Netherlands · Deadline: Rolling / undated · Award: Funded (see grant page)
Support for visual artists with 4+ years of experience to expand their portfolio, increase visibility or conduct research. Continuous deadline.
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Mondriaan Fund · Netherlands or abroad · Deadline: Rolling / undated · Award: Funded (see grant page)
Funding for concrete artistic plans, research projects, or working periods in the Netherlands or abroad. Continuous deadline.
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Mondriaan Fund · Netherlands · Deadline: Rolling / undated · Award: Funded (see grant page)
Support for visual artists at the beginning of their careers with plans for new work. Continuous deadline.
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Mondriaan Fund · Netherlands · Deadline: Rolling / undated · Award: Funded (see grant page)
Funding for preliminary research into exhibitions, events, articles or presentations. For curators. Continuous deadline.
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Mondriaan Fund · Netherlands · Deadline: Rolling / undated · Award: Funded (see grant page)
Support for owners and managers of objects registered as protected heritage. Continuous deadline.
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Mondriaan Fund · Netherlands · Deadline: Rolling / undated · Award: Funded (see grant page)
Voucher to assist hiring artisans for artistic research or work production. Continuous deadline.
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Mondriaan Fund · Netherlands · Deadline: Rolling / undated · Award: Funded (see grant page)
Voucher covering childcare costs for visual artists with dependents under compulsory school age. Continuous deadline.
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Mondriaan Fund · Netherlands · Deadline: Rolling / undated · Award: Funded (see grant page)
Funding for developing and deepening artistic practice. Continuous deadline.
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Mondriaan Fund · Outside the Netherlands · Deadline: Rolling / undated · Award: Funded (see grant page)
Quick-response funding for international programme participation outside the Netherlands. Continuous deadline.
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City of Karlsruhe Department of Cultural Affairs / UNESCO City of Media Arts (UCCoMA) · Karlsruhe, Germany (Baden-Württemberg-primary; worldwide institutions can apply) · Deadline: Rolling / undated · Award: Share of €100,000 annual total volume
Annual jury-selected call for media-art projects designed for outdoor spaces with high public visibility, addressing contemporary social issues with a sustainability focus. International exchange, collaboration and interdisciplinarity are key. Aimed at artists and cultural workers from Baden-Württemberg; open to artistic, cultural, scientific and creative-industry institutions from all over the world. Excludes school/university coursework and already-realised projects. The 2025 deadline (15 May) has passed; 2026 round dates TBC, check the page for updates.
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City of Karlsruhe Department of Cultural Affairs / UNESCO City of Media Arts (UCCoMA) · Karlsruhe, Germany (Karlsruhe-resident applicants only) · Deadline: Rolling / undated · Award: Project-based (smaller media-art projects); also includes networking, infrastructure, third-party funding advice and PR support
Rolling general project funding for smaller media-art works, events and research. Covers interdisciplinary projects across music, theatre, dance, visual arts, literature, film, architecture, socioculture, intercultural and interreligious dialogue, and children's and youth culture. For artists, professionals, initiatives and institutions based in Karlsruhe (group applications must include at least one person/institution with first residence or registered office in Karlsruhe). Applied for via the City of Karlsruhe online application; selected by UCCoMA Office staff.
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The Awesome Foundation (network of local chapters) · Worldwide (chapters across many cities) · Deadline: Rolling / undated · Award: $1,000 (no strings, no equity)
Monthly $1,000 micro-grants for awesome ideas. Decentralised network of local chapters around the world; each chapter awards one grant per month. Apply via your nearest chapter on the site. Your idea stays yours, no equity taken.
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Open Technology Fund (OTF) · Worldwide · Deadline: Rolling / undated · Award: $10,000 to $900,000 (sweet spot $50,000 to $200,000)
Rolling-deadline fund for technology-focused projects that promote human rights, internet freedom and open societies. Funds anti-censorship, anti-surveillance, privacy-preserving and circumvention tools, plus applied research. Two-stage process: submit a Concept Note via the OTF online application system; reviewed monthly with feedback in 6-8 weeks. Open internationally.
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The White Pube · United Kingdom · Deadline: Rolling / undated · Award: £500 (no strings attached)
Monthly £500 grant for a different working-class creative practitioner based in the UK. Open to anyone making stuff: art, writing, performance, sound, music, craft, comedy, games. Money can be used for time, materials, equipment, research, subscriptions, development, travel, or rent and bills. Apply by emailing funding@thewhitepube.com with a brief intro, contact and a work sample. Rolling, no deadlines, no reporting expected. Non-recipients stay in consideration for future months without re-applying.
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Karim Boumjimar (independent artist initiative) · Online / Remote · Deadline: Rolling / undated · Award: €500 (no strings attached)
Independent artist-run grant redistributing a portion of Karim Boumjimar's artwork sales as a no-strings-attached 500 EUR award for working-class creatives anywhere in the world. Funds may be used for artistic production, research, materials, travel or basic living needs. Simple application: short intro and a sample of work or interests. No fee, no reporting, no obligation to produce. Rolling review based on available funds; non-selected applicants stay in the pool for future rounds.
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