Currently 3 active cross-disciplinary and social impact grants, fellowships and residencies open to applicants in Asia. 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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APWLD invites grassroots women's organisations and movements in Asia and the Pacific to take part in a Feminist Participatory Action Research (FPAR) cycle on Feminist Food Sovereignty, supporting women-led and community-driven research, collective action and advocacy that reclaim community control over food systems, natural resources and knowledge while challenging corporate control and structural inequalities in food and agriculture. Six national grassroots women-led organisations will be selected to work with their communities to conduct FPAR, generate community-led evidence and develop collective advocacy from 2026 to 2028. THEMATIC STREAMS (partners may focus on one or more): community-led sustainable food systems (women-led agroecology, ecological farming, biodiversity restoration, farmer-to-farmer learning); seed sovereignty and Indigenous knowledge systems (women as seed keepers, community seed banks, resistance to corporate seed regimes); land, water and territorial rights (struggles against land and water grabbing, community governance of commons); and access to food justice and systemic transformation (legal, policy and advocacy strategies, cooperatives, community markets, alternative food economies). APWLD prioritises initiatives that strengthen Indigenous knowledge, collective governance, ecological sustainability, feminist transformation and women's leadership. SUPPORT: a sub-grant of up to USD 14,000 per partner over 16 months. Each selected partner identifies two women, a mentor and a young woman researcher below 35, at least one from the community or constituency where the organisation has ongoing food sovereignty work (grassroots, rural or Indigenous women, small-scale food producers, peasants, fisherfolk, or women advancing women-led food sovereignty alternatives). ELIGIBILITY: non-governmental, non-profit, women-led and/or grassroots organisations with experience working with grassroots women, ongoing food-sovereignty work, capacity to conduct participatory feminist community-led research, and ability to work in English (the main working language for training and reporting); a recommendation/reference letter from at least one women's or grassroots organisation is required. APPLY via the online Google Form or by emailing the completed application form to eloisa@apwld.org and tasmiah@apwld.org. Deadline: Sunday 5 July 2026. NOTE: this is an organisation-only sub-grant in the food sovereignty / agroecology and gender-justice space rather than an individual arts/AI opportunity.
Pier-2 Artist-in-Residence Programme (PAIR) 2027 welcomes artists whose practice engages experimental approaches, cross-disciplinary work, and place-based research from Taiwan and abroad. Pier-2 Art Center is a settlement-style arts hub in Kaohsiung, transformed from former warehouse clusters, known for diversity, openness, experimentation and innovation across visual arts, music, theatre, cultural and creative industries, film, television, and more. 2027 THEME: 'Beta Port | An Unfinished Harbour' - a state of becoming; Beta Port suggests an unfixed, in-progress condition embodying openness, fluidity and ongoing evolution; An Unfinished Harbour points to a city that continuously retains the potential to be re-examined, reconnected, and rearticulated. PAIR approaches the residency as an open site of artistic production, supporting artists to develop works and methodologies in dialogue with Kaohsiung through research, exchange and practice. Artists are invited to take Kaohsiung as a starting point and propose projects emphasising public engagement, local sensibility, and experimental approaches. ELIGIBILITY: open to artists and artistic groups (of two people) of all nationalities with at least two years of experience in art creation. BENEFITS: studio and living space; art exchange opportunities; round-trip economy flight or high-speed rail ticket; daily allowance of NTD 800 per person/group; project material subsidy up to NTD 35,000; an assigned project manager. RESIDENCY 2027 PERIOD: 1 January - 31 December 2027 across four intervals (Jan-Mar, Apr-Jun, Jul-Sep, Oct-Dec); each selected artist undertakes no less than 60 days and no more than 90 days. DEADLINE: 5 July 2026.
Multidisciplinary international residency at the A4 Residency Art Center in Chengdu, China, a global exchange platform integrating creation, networking and resources, dedicated to fostering cross-cultural creative collisions and innovation through residency programmes while promoting deep integration of creative culture with commerce and communities. Residents initiate one to two participatory local activities to facilitate communication with the city and community; A4 also organises group activities, intimate sharing and exhibition opportunities to foster understanding among creators and connect them with local resources. AVAILABLE DATES: Spring 2028 (April - June) or Autumn 2028 (July - October). ELIGIBILITY: international applicants from any field; A4 welcomes applications from multidisciplinary artists (visual, performing, music, film, sound, architecture), curators, designers (product, fashion, spatial, interactive), and interdisciplinary creatives. PROGRAMME SUPPORT: studio and accommodation; round-trip economy airfare or 2nd-class train within a set budget; RMB 10,000 production grant per person/team (excluding living expenses). DEADLINE: 31 December 2026 (2028 cycles). APPLY via the A4 Residency Art Center latest-recruitment page.