Currently 3 active design grants, fellowships and residencies open to applicants in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. 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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Design Trust offers grants to individual designers, curators, collectives, and non-profit organisations for projects and activities relevant to various design disciplines, supporting work relevant to the context and content of Hong Kong and the Greater Bay Area (the Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and Macao and the nine Guangdong municipalities of Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Foshan, Huizhou, Dongguan, Zhongshan, Jiangmen, and Zhaoqing). It supports innovative, thought-provoking investigations across design disciplines from graphics, media, and wearables to architecture and the built environment, including exhibitions, research projects, and creative installations that advocate the positive role of design in the region. THREE GRANTS: (1) SEED GRANT (HKD 50,000) fosters experimentation, testing, and sharing, awarded to individuals kick-starting a meaningful project with social, educational, economical, or environmental impact; supports emerging designers, young scholars, and projects in the pipeline needing additional resources, including research and prototypes focused on Hong Kong and Greater Bay Area issues to be showcased at international venues, symposia, or biennales. (2) FEATURE GRANT (capped at HKD 300,000, awarded annually upon special consideration) fosters cross-disciplinary projects on the Greater Bay Area with wide-reaching audiences, often sited at an exhibition or biennale of international standing, supporting exchange between a Hong Kong/China-based collective and an internationally renowned cultural institution. (3) IMPACT GRANT supports public-facing, community-based projects led by former Design Trust grant recipients, fellows, and mentees with a proven track record; considered case-by-case (contact grantapplication@designtrust.hk). ELIGIBILITY: individuals, collectives, and certified non-profit organisations either based in the Greater Bay Area or seeking support for design projects related to the region. Individuals or collectives who have completed two Feature Grants or three Seed Grants should apply for the Impact Grant instead. APPLICATION: two cycles annually, deadlines 20 April and 20 October (late submissions roll to the next cycle); apply at least 3 to 6 months before the project's commencement. Design Trust may provide full or partial funding on a case-by-case basis.
The Creative Industries Fund NL offers one residency at Videotage, the Hong Kong media art institute (est. 1986) known for critical work on XR, AI, blockchain and video games. The 2027 edition takes the technological 'black box' phenomenon as its starting point: deep neural networks now shape social media, healthcare, finance, governance and justice while their inner workings remain hard to grasp, and the resident is invited to explore this through media art in Hong Kong's urban context. WHO: an individual designer, maker or observer within digital culture, established in the Netherlands or the Caribbean parts of the Kingdom, registered with the KvK (or another Kingdom business register), with at least four years of professional practice. NOT for duos, collectives, or recipients of CIFNL Talent Development, Self-taught Designer or Emerging Design Practices ABCSSS grants during the work period (winning this excludes applying to those schemes in 2027). SUPPORT: EUR 5,000 (two months) or EUR 6,500 (three months) for travel, insurance, living costs, time and materials; housing, workspace, curatorial guidance and production costs are paid directly to Videotage; accommodation arranged by Videotage; access to equipment and the Videotage Media Art Collection archive. SELECTION: tender-style ranking by an external advisory committee on artistic quality, project quality and motivation; the top five proposals go to Videotage, which co-decides; decision within eight weeks of closing. APPLY via the Fund's application platform (aanvragen.stimuleringsfonds.nl), round 'Open Call Residencies 2027', preferably in English: work plan (max 4 A4 / 4 MB PDF), brief CV (max 2 A4), portfolio (max 8 A4 / 8 MB), certified KvK extract under one year old, and a representative JPG image. NOTE: account activation on the platform takes one working day, so register early. DEADLINE: 21 October 2026, 16:00 CEST.
The A4 Residency Art Center in Chengdu, the residency platform of the A4 Art Museum in Luxelakes Eco-City, opens its full-year 2028 recruitment. The interdisciplinary, open and collaborative platform fosters creative exchange among artists, scientists, writers and other professionals, with residents initiating participatory local activities that connect them with the city and community; A4 also organises group activities, sharing sessions, media promotion and exhibition opportunities. CYCLES: Spring 2028 (April to June) and Autumn 2028 (July to October), each approximately eight weeks. WHAT YOU GET (International Residency Fellowship, fully funded): private studio and accommodation, round-trip economy airfare or second-class train within a set budget, a production grant of RMB 10,000 per person or team for materials and production (excluding living expenses), community engagement and cultural experiences, media promotion and networking. ELIGIBILITY: multidisciplinary creators worldwide, including visual and performing artists, musicians, filmmakers, architects, curators, designers and creatives with interdisciplinary backgrounds bridging art, business and culture. APPLICATION: free; submit a photo, portfolio, CV and project proposal in English and Chinese to a4residency@a4am.cn, with the subject line specifying the programme tier and preferred cycle. DEADLINE: 31 December 2026 for the 2028 full-year recruitment. A parallel self-funded light track exists; this listing covers the funded fellowship only.