BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//The Grant Desk//Calendar//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH NAME:The Grant Desk - Australia X-WR-CALNAME:The Grant Desk - Australia deadlines X-WR-CALDESC:Paid open calls\, fellowships and residencies in AI\, tech\, r esearch\, and digital and mixed-media arts\, sorted into the right pile. U pdated as new calls land on the desk. Filtered to: Australia. REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT12H X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT12H BEGIN:VEVENT UID:eloquence-art-prize-2026@artificialnouveau.github.io DTSTAMP:20260522T164215Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260531 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260601 SUMMARY:Deadline: Eloquence Art Prize 2026 DESCRIPTION:Annual national public speaking challenge for students at parti cipating Australian universities\, rewarding the best art talk on French a nd Australian cultural ties. The 2026 theme is 'Art and Environment\, Fran ce and Australia: Our forests and trees in danger': students compare two a rtists\, one Australian and one French (at least one a visual artist)\, an alysing how a sensibility to nature shaped their work on forests and trees from the 19th century to the present. THREE STAGES: (1) submit a 400-word summary paper outlining a proposed 7-minute talk\; university panels shor tlist three applicants\; (2) shortlisted applicants submit a recording of the full 7-minute talk and panels select one representative per university \; (3) representatives compete in a live (or recorded) national final. Sta ge 1 summaries are judged on compliance with instructions (10%)\, quality of sources (15%)\, relevance to theme (15%)\, writing and structure (20%)\ , and interest/depth/originality (40%). ELIGIBILITY: students in Arts or H umanities disciplines\; in the final year of a Bachelor degree\, or Honour s\, Graduate Certificate\, Masters or PhD students\; enrolled for the firs t semester of the year at a participating institution\; over 18. Stage 1 d ue 11:59PM\, 31 May 2026.\n\nOrganisation: Power Institute\, University of Sydney (Culture+)\nLocation: Australia (participating universities)\nAwar d: National public speaking prize (award for the winning art talk on Frenc h and Australian cultural ties). No application fee.\nDuration: Three-stag e competition during 2026 (university shortlist\, recorded talk\, national live final)\n\nMore: https://powerinstitute.submittable.com/submit URL:https://powerinstitute.submittable.com/submit LOCATION:Australia (participating universities) END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:curtis-cite-internationale-des-arts-fellowships-2026@artificialnouveau. github.io DTSTAMP:20260522T164215Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260630 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260701 SUMMARY:Deadline: Nicholas and Angela Curtis Cite Internationale des Arts F ellowships 2026 (Curtis Artist Fellowships) DESCRIPTION:Fellowships for Australian artists to live and work at the Cite Internationale des Arts in Paris for three months\, undertaking a specifi c artistic project using the city's institutions\, exhibitions\, archives\ , libraries\, collections and artistic resources. Four fellowships are off ered per year. Fellows receive rent-free access to the Power Institute's d edicated living/working studio at the Cite\, $13\,000 AUD towards travel a nd living costs (paid roughly 6 weeks before travel)\, and access to the C ite's facilities and global community of artists plus the broader Paris ar t 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). Aw arded by a committee chaired by the Director of the Power Institute in con sultation with the Cite\, judged on the strength of the project\, the bene fit of pursuing it via a Paris residency\, and the potential to further th e applicant's professional development. Applications open 20 May 2026 and close midnight\, 30 June 2026\; applicants notified September 2026.\n\nOrg anisation: Power Institute\, University of Sydney\nLocation: Paris\, Franc e (residency)\; applicants must be Australian\nAward: $13\,000 AUD towards travel and living costs\, plus rent-free access to the Power Institute's living/working studio at the Cite Internationale des Arts for 3 months. No te: fellows pay a refundable bond deposit and utility costs. No applicatio n fee.\nDuration: 3-month residency in one quarterly period (Jan-Mar\, Apr -Jun\, Jul-Sep\, or Oct-Dec)\n\nMore: https://powerinstitute.submittable.c om/submit URL:https://powerinstitute.submittable.com/submit LOCATION:Paris\, France (residency)\; applicants must be Australian END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:virginia-spate-research-fellowships-2026@artificialnouveau.github.io DTSTAMP:20260522T164215Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260630 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260701 SUMMARY:Deadline: Virginia Spate Research Fellowships 2026 DESCRIPTION:Fellowships for Australian researchers to live and work in Pari s for three months on a specific research project in art and visual cultur e\, using the city's archives\, collections and research networks. Two fel lowships are awarded per year: Fellowship 1 for University of Sydney staff members or PhD candidates\, and Fellowship 2 for all other researchers (P hD candidate level or higher\, including university-based researchers at a ny career stage\, independent researchers\, museum or gallery curators\, a nd archivists or collection specialists). Each fellowship includes a $20\, 000 AUD grant for travel and living expenses (paid roughly 6 weeks before travel)\, support in finding accommodation\, and access to Paris's archive s\, collections and research networks. On return\, fellows must share outc omes via a report and/or public event. ELIGIBILITY: open to all researcher s in art and visual culture who are Australian citizens or Permanent Resid ents\; applicants cannot have previously received a Power Institute fellow ship (such as at the Cite Internationale des Arts). Awarded by a committee chaired by the Director of the Power Institute\, judged on the quality an d originality of the project\, the relevance and accessibility of the Pari s-based research resources (and why the work cannot be done remotely or fr om the home institution)\, and the potential to further the applicant's pr ofessional development. Applications open 20 May 2026 and close midnight\, 30 June 2026\; applicants notified September 2026.\n\nOrganisation: Power Institute\, University of Sydney\nLocation: Paris\, France (research trip )\; applicants must be Australian\nAward: $20\,000 AUD grant for travel an d living expenses (including accommodation)\, plus support finding accommo dation. No application fee.\nDuration: 3-month research trip in Paris\n\nM ore: https://powerinstitute.submittable.com/submit URL:https://powerinstitute.submittable.com/submit LOCATION:Paris\, France (research trip)\; applicants must be Australian END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR