BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//The Grant Desk//Calendar//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH NAME:The Grant Desk - Research & Journalism\, Asia X-WR-CALNAME:The Grant Desk - Research & Journalism\, Asia 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: Research & Journalism\, Asia. REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT12H X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT12H BEGIN:VEVENT UID:developh-tropical-internet-fellowship-2026@artificialnouveau.github.io DTSTAMP:20260810T031754Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260822 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260823 SUMMARY:Deadline: Developh Tropical Internet Research Fellowship (Philippin es / Southeast Asia) DESCRIPTION:Developh invites applications for its inaugural Tropical Intern et Research Fellowship\, supporting researchers\, writers\, and artist-tec hnologists at any career stage who are investigating the cultural and mate rial conditions of the internet across the Philippines and Southeast Asia and are interested in producing written work. The fellowship runs seasonal ly (every 1-2 years) to support new writing about the 'tropical internet': the online as experienced from the tropical regions of the Philippines an d broader Southeast Asia\, concerned with heat\, extremes\, monsoons\, dis tance\, islandedness\, improvisation\, pluralities\, and diasporas. It nur tures work examining how the internet is lived\, built\, resisted\, and fe lt across the region\, welcoming research on infrastructures\, digital lab or\, rural-urban internet inequities\, algorithmic cultures\, online intim acies\, and the entangled relationships between land\, technology\, and th e body\, and how colonial\, corporate\, and extractive forces shape infras tructures for connection. WHO SHOULD APPLY: researchers\, writers\, design ers\, artists\, and technologists with strong ties to the Philippines or b roader Southeast Asia\; applicants welcome from any present location\, wit h preference to those within the Philippines\, particularly outside Metro Manila. Work may relate to an academic thesis\, but the produced artifact must be a distinct new work separate from the thesis. COMMITMENTS: produce an output by January 2027 (suggested minimum ~2000 words\, in English\, F ilipino\, or any Philippine language)\; publish with Developh by March-Apr il 2027 with editorial and publication support\; present findings by March -April 2027\; share citations and research notes for a collective referenc e library\; attend three cohort group meetings\; and participate in editor ial review and feedback cycles (prototypes and interim essays are encourag ed\; a fully finished output is not required). FELLOWS RECEIVE: a PHP 20\, 000 (~USD 300) stipend\, with a potential additional stipend depending on fieldwork/research needs\; peer learning through online cohort sessions\; check-ins with the Developh team and guest critics\; editorial and publish ing support (coding\, design\, hosting)\; and free access to Developh even ts and workshops for the fellowship period. TIMELINE: application deadline 22 August 2026\; writing and research September 2026 to January 2027\; pu blication and presentations March 2027 onwards. Apply via the Google Form. Free to apply.\n\nOrganisation: Developh\nLocation: Remote / Philippines and broader Southeast Asia. Applicants welcome from any location\; prefere nce to those within the Philippines\, particularly outside Metro Manila.\n Award: PHP 20\,000 (~USD 300) stipend\, with a potential additional stipen d depending on fieldwork/research needs. Plus editorial and publishing sup port (coding\, design\, hosting for the final output)\, online cohort sess ions\, check-ins with the Developh team and guest critics\, and free acces s to Developh events and workshops for the fellowship period. Free to appl y.\nDuration: Research and writing September 2026 to January 2027 (5 month s)\; publication and presentations March to April 2027 onwards\n\nMore: ht tps://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSffbGYSmGNCPuFxN_7qUiAUMd9PlA3QtiIg 5OBUHxBsRyoIpw/viewform?utm_source=artificialnouveaugrantdesk&utm_medium=r eferral URL:https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSffbGYSmGNCPuFxN_7qUiAUMd9PlA3 QtiIg5OBUHxBsRyoIpw/viewform?utm_source=artificialnouveaugrantdesk&utm_med ium=referral LOCATION:Remote / Philippines and broader Southeast Asia. Applicants welcom e from any location\; preference to those within the Philippines\, particu larly outside Metro Manila. END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:india-foundation-arts-research-programme-2026@artificialnouveau.github. io DTSTAMP:20260810T031754Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260810 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260811 SUMMARY:Deadline: India Foundation for the Arts: Arts Research Programme (M ay 2026 Request for Proposals) DESCRIPTION:IFA's Arts Research Programme funds research into forms of know ing and thinking rooted in creative\, scholarly or cultural practice. It e xplicitly welcomes experimental and self-reflexive methodologies\, practic e-based inquiry\, interdisciplinary dialogue\, community engagement\, tran slation studies and work on marginalised narratives\, with a shareable pub lic outcome expected. Open to artists\, scholars\, curators\, translators\ , educators and practitioner-researchers. ELIGIBILITY IS RESTRICTED: India n nationals only\, and PIO and OCI card holders are explicitly excluded\; any collaborators must also be Indian nationals. Applicants need a PAN car d and valid ID. PROCESS NOTE: this is a two-stage email application\, not a web form. Applicants were expected to discuss the project concept with t he Programme Officer (harshita@indiaifa.org) by 11 July 2026\, with the fi nal proposal\, CV and budget breakdown emailed by 10 August 2026 at 23:59 IST\, in an email no larger than 25 MB. Proposals may be written in any In dian language\, including English.\n\nOrganisation: India Foundation for t he Arts (IFA)\nLocation: India\; project-based with no residency requireme nt. Open to Indian nationals only.\nAward: Up to INR 500\,000 (around USD 5\,700 / EUR 4\,900) per project. Honorarium is capped at 35 percent of th e budget. Institutional overhead\, building costs\, infrastructure and equ ipment purchases are excluded. No application fee.\nDuration: Minimum 12 m onths\, maximum 18 months.\n\nMore: https://indiaifa.org/whats-new/ar-rfp- may2026.html?utm_source=artificialnouveaugrantdesk&utm_medium=referral URL:https://indiaifa.org/whats-new/ar-rfp-may2026.html?utm_source=artificia lnouveaugrantdesk&utm_medium=referral LOCATION:India\; project-based with no residency requirement. Open to India n nationals only. END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:pom-fukuoka-2027-call-for-abstracts@artificialnouveau.github.io DTSTAMP:20260810T031754Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260830 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260831 SUMMARY:Deadline: POM Fukuoka 2027: Politics of the Machines\, Call for Abs tracts DESCRIPTION:Call for abstracts for the POM (Politics of the Machines) confe rence in Fukuoka\, hosted on Kyushu University's Ohashi Campus\, organised around the theme of transduction. TRACKS: 01 The Landscape of Transductio n: Infrastructural Entanglements of Energy\, Data\, and More-than-Human Li fe\; 02 Parasitic Transductions Beyond the Human\; 03 Real Machines: Compu tation\, Subjectivity\, and the Politics of Reality-Production\; 04 Techno genetic Transductions across Fields of Experience: Affective Politics in/f or Times of Crisis\; 05 Transducing Disgust: Bodies\, Technologies\, and t he Synthetic Uncanny\; 06 Methoding Transduction: Sound\, Data\, Sonic Res earch\; 07 Metabolic Worldviews and Hybrid Intelligences\; 08 Fermentative Systems\; 09 Unhearing Bodies: Life as Transduction\; and 10\, an open tr ack for Speculations and Culturing Immature Ideas. FORMATS: academic paper s\, lecture-performances\, artistic interventions and workshops\, with pro posals for alternative formats also encouraged\; indicate the intended for mat in the submission. FACILITIES: beyond the Multi Purpose Building and D esign Library\, the campus offers a BioFoodLab (a Biolab and a Foodlab\, e ach holding roughly 20 people) and an Acoustic Research Center (recording studio for up to 50\, anechoic chamber for up to 15\, echo chamber / rever beration room for up to 10\, and semi-anechoic chamber for up to 20)\, whi ch the organisers flag as relevant to tracks engaging sound\, food\, perce ption\, signal and technological mediation. SUBMIT: an abstract of up to 5 00 words under one of the tracks\; submissions without a track will be ass igned to the most appropriate one. All submissions go through double-blind peer review\, and authors of accepted abstracts are invited to present. T he submission platform is described as opening soon. AFTER: accepted autho rs are invited to submit a full paper of up to 4\,000 words including refe rences\, with a formal call for papers to follow. COSTS: note that this is a self-funded opportunity. Presenting requires paid conference registrati on\, and POM cannot cover travel\, accommodation\, registration or other p articipation expenses. DEADLINE: 30 August 2026.\n\nOrganisation: POM (Pol itics of the Machines) Conference\, hosted at Kyushu University Ohashi Cam pus\nLocation: Fukuoka\, Japan (Kyushu University Ohashi Campus\, in perso n)\nAward: Unpaid\, and self-funded. POM explicitly cannot provide financi al support for travel\, accommodation\, registration or other participatio n costs\, and authors of accepted abstracts must register for the conferen ce in order to present. No abstract submission fee.\nDuration: Conference in 2027\; accepted authors are later invited to submit a full paper of up to 4\,000 words\n\nMore: https://pom-conference.org/fukuoka-2027/?utm_sour ce=artificialnouveaugrantdesk&utm_medium=referral URL:https://pom-conference.org/fukuoka-2027/?utm_source=artificialnouveaugr antdesk&utm_medium=referral LOCATION:Fukuoka\, Japan (Kyushu University Ohashi Campus\, in person) END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:tokas-research-residency-2027@artificialnouveau.github.io DTSTAMP:20260810T031754Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260616 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260617 SUMMARY:Deadline: TOKAS Research Residency Program 2027 DESCRIPTION:TOKAS Research Residency Program 2027 supports international an d local creators to conduct research on arts and culture in Tokyo. ELIGIBI LITY: practitioners with considerable experience in their specialised area \; applicants must not be students at the time of participation (PhD candi dates are eligible). DISCIPLINES: visual arts\, design\, architecture\, mu sic\, performing arts\, curation\, art criticism\, cultural research and w riting. FUNDED: TOKAS covers round-trip economy airfare from the nearest a irport to Narita or Haneda\, single-occupancy 25 sqm accommodation at TOKA S Residency (49 sqm twin for duo applicants)\, per-diem living expenses\, and provides research and public-relations assistance plus an Open Studio presentation. APPLY: download the Outline and Application Package\; submit Application Form (PDF)\, two letters of recommendation and a portfolio vi a the Online Submission Form. TIMELINE: open call 19 May to 16 June 2026 ( 18:00 JST)\; residency periods are May to July 2027\, September to Novembe r 2027\, or January to March 2028.\n\nOrganisation: Tokyo Arts and Space ( TOKAS)\nLocation: Tokyo\, Japan\nAward: Fully funded: round-trip economy a irfare\, accommodation in a single 25 sqm room at TOKAS Residency (49 sqm twin for duos)\, per-diem living expenses\, plus assistance for research a nd public relations. No application fee.\nDuration: 6 to 12 weeks within o ne of three 2027/28 periods\n\nMore: https://www.tokyoartsandspace.jp/en/a rchive/application/2026/20260430-321.html?utm_source=artificialnouveaugran tdesk&utm_medium=referral URL:https://www.tokyoartsandspace.jp/en/archive/application/2026/20260430-3 21.html?utm_source=artificialnouveaugrantdesk&utm_medium=referral LOCATION:Tokyo\, Japan END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT UID:dot-line-space-water-bodies-ecology-2026@artificialnouveau.github.io DTSTAMP:20260810T031754Z DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260830 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20260831 SUMMARY:Deadline: Dot Line Space Art Foundation: Water Bodies & Ecology 202 6 (Mumbai) DESCRIPTION:Water Bodies & Ecology 2026 is a 40-day multidisciplinary initi ative from the Dot Line Space Art Foundation in Mumbai\, bringing artists\ , researchers\, collectives and communities together across research activ ities\, installations and exhibitions at two venues. The premise is artist ic engagement with water\, ecology\, climate\, memory and environmental co nsciousness\, and the programme is explicitly after research-based and sit e-responsive approaches rather than finished gallery objects\, aiming for dialogue between contemporary practice and ecological concerns. WHO CAN AP PLY: individual artists\, artist groups\, interdisciplinary practitioners\ , community-based initiatives\, and collectives and collaborative practice s\, working across all mediums and disciplines. WHAT IS OFFERED: selected artists receive grants towards travel and production expenses. Be aware th at the published call does not give amounts\, does not mention an artist f ee\, and does not mention accommodation\, so confirm the terms with the fo undation (info@dotlinespace.co.in) before committing to travel. Applicatio ns go through a Google Form linked from the project page. ABOUT THE HOST: Dot Line Space was co-founded in 2015 by Gourmoni Das\, Piyush Bavalia and Shruti Bhosle\, all graduates of Sir J.J. School of Art in Mumbai.\n\nOrg anisation: Dot Line Space Art Foundation\nLocation: Mumbai\, India. Presen ted across two venues\; the foundation operates out of the New Great Easte rn Mills in Byculla\, where it runs Nine Fish Art Gallery. Open to artists internationally.\nAward: Grants towards travel and production expenses fo r selected artists. The call does not publish fixed amounts and does not s tate an artist fee or accommodation. No application fee.\nDuration: A 40-d ay multidisciplinary programme in 2026 across two Mumbai venues. Deadline 30 August 2026.\n\nMore: https://www.dotlinespace.co.in/water-bodies-and-e cology-2026/?utm_source=artificialnouveaugrantdesk&utm_medium=referral URL:https://www.dotlinespace.co.in/water-bodies-and-ecology-2026/?utm_sourc e=artificialnouveaugrantdesk&utm_medium=referral LOCATION:Mumbai\, India. Presented across two venues\; the foundation opera tes out of the New Great Eastern Mills in Byculla\, where it runs Nine Fis h Art Gallery. Open to artists internationally. END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR