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Cross-Disciplinary and Social Impact Grants in Latin America

Currently 3 active cross-disciplinary and social impact grants, fellowships and residencies open to applicants in Latin America. 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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Open calls

  1. Beca Plataforma Bogota: Arte, Ciencia y Tecnologia 2026 (Colombia residents only)

    Idartes / Plataforma Bogota · Bogota, Colombia. Colombian citizens or foreigners legally resident in Bogota only. · Deadline: 24 Aug 2026 · Award: 4 grants of COP 12,000,000 each (approx. EUR 2,700) to run interactive art + science + technology labs at Plataforma Bogota. No application fee.

    Plataforma Bogota, Idartes' art, science and technology media lab, awards four grants of COP 12,000,000 each to run interactive labs combining art, science, and technology. ELIGIBILITY: Colombian citizens or foreigners legally resident in Bogota only. Deadline 24 August 2026.

  2. FILE 2027: Electronic Language International Festival (watch, call expected Dec 2026 - Feb 2027)

    FILE Festival · Sao Paulo, Brazil. Open internationally. · Deadline: Rolling / undated · Award: Exhibition at Latin America's leading electronic/media art festival; the 2026 call was free to enter with an explicit AI-art axis.

    FILE (Electronic Language International Festival) in Sao Paulo is Latin America's leading electronic and media art festival, with recent editions explicitly foregrounding AI art. Entry is free and international. CALL NOT YET OPEN: the FILE 2026 call closed 19 February 2026; the 2027 call is expected around December 2026 to February 2027.

  3. CIFO x Ars Electronica Awards 2027 (watch; Latin American artists only)

    Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation (CIFO) with Ars Electronica · For Latin American media artists; exhibition at Ars Electronica, Linz, Austria. · Deadline: Rolling / undated · Award: USD 45,000 total across awardees, plus exhibition at the Ars Electronica Festival in Linz. No application fee known.

    The CIFO x Ars Electronica Awards support Latin American artists working in media art, with USD 45,000 distributed across awardees and an exhibition at the Ars Electronica Festival in Linz. ELIGIBILITY: Latin American media artists only. CALL NOT YET OPEN: 2026 winners were announced December 2025; the next call is expected mid to late 2026.