Currently 3 active visual and media arts grants, fellowships and residencies open to applicants in Australia. Hand-curated and updated weekly. Almost every entry is funded; a few notable unpaid open calls and festival submissions are included as clearly flagged exceptions. Browse the list below, or use the interactive desk for filtering and shortlisting.
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Fellowships for Australian artists to live and work at the Cite Internationale des Arts in Paris for three months, undertaking a specific artistic project using the city's institutions, exhibitions, archives, libraries, collections and artistic resources. Four fellowships are offered per year. Fellows receive rent-free access to the Power Institute's dedicated living/working studio at the Cite, $13,000 AUD towards travel and living costs (paid roughly 6 weeks before travel), and access to the Cite's facilities and global community of artists plus the broader Paris art infrastructure. Fellows pay a refundable bond and utility costs, and on return must share outcomes via a report, public event and/or exhibition. ELIGIBILITY: open to all artists who are Australian citizens or Permanent Residents; applicants cannot have previously held a Cite Internationale des Arts residency (via the Power Institute or any other organisation). Awarded by a committee chaired by the Director of the Power Institute in consultation with the Cite, judged on the strength of the project, the benefit of pursuing it via a Paris residency, and the potential to further the applicant's professional development. Applications open 20 May 2026 and close midnight, 30 June 2026; applicants notified September 2026.
The Samstag International Visual Arts Scholarships are annual scholarships enabling Australian artists to develop their artistic capacities through a dedicated year of practice-based learning at an international institution of their choice. AMOUNT: AUD $75,000 tax-exempt stipend; institutional fees for one academic year (where applicable); return airfares; and travel and health insurance. ELIGIBILITY: Australian citizens or permanent residents aged 18 or over who are either (a) currently enrolled in a practice-led visual arts program at an Australian institution of higher education, having successfully completed at least two years of an undergraduate or postgraduate degree; or (b) graduates of a practice-led visual arts undergraduate or postgraduate qualification at an Australian institution of higher education (graduates of more than five years' standing are now eligible following 2023 guideline updates). PROCESS: applicants must create an account in the online portal, download the Samstag Microsoft PowerPoint template, read the Class of 2027 Guidelines, and complete and submit the online application form. Accounts can be created before the deadline and applications saved for later submission. Prior applicants (Classes of 2024, 2025, or 2026) can reuse the same account. Deadline: 30 June 2026, midnight Australian Central Standard Time (ACST). Apply at https://samstag.adelaide.edu.au/scholarship/apply/.
Rolling Expression of Interest call for the Grainger Museum's Creative and Research Residency Program at the University of Melbourne. The programme encourages enquiry into the Grainger Museum Collection and Archive in creative, academic and open-ended ways to deliver research, artistic, learning and/or public-facing outcomes. KEY OBJECTIVES: deliver creative and/or academic research aligned with the museum's aims; research and take inspiration from the Grainger Collection and Archive; engage with University of Melbourne students and/or participate in academic symposia. WELCOMED THEMES: creative enquiry and responses to the Grainger Museum Collection, Archive and building; discipline-focused research into the Grainger Archive; and musical instruments, composition and technology. APPLY at any time by emailing a brief CV and a 1-page proposal (aim and scope, intended collection/archive focus areas with accession numbers if applicable, proposed dates and timelines) to grainger@unimelb.edu.au with subject line 'Grainger Museum Residency Program application'. Reviews twice a year, in April and September. The museum encourages applicants to contact them to discuss the project idea before submitting.