Location: Australia (applicants must be Australian citizens or permanent residents); 12-month placement at an international institution of the scholar's choice.

Award: AUD $75,000 tax-exempt stipend; institutional fees for one academic year of study (where applicable); return airfares; and travel and health insurance. No application fee.

Duration: 12 months overseas at an international learning institution.

Deadline: 30 Jun 2026

The Samstag International Visual Arts Scholarships are annual scholarships enabling Australian artists to develop their artistic capacities through a dedicated year of practice-based learning at an international institution of their choice. AMOUNT: AUD $75,000 tax-exempt stipend; institutional fees for one academic year (where applicable); return airfares; and travel and health insurance. ELIGIBILITY: Australian citizens or permanent residents aged 18 or over who are either (a) currently enrolled in a practice-led visual arts program at an Australian institution of higher education, having successfully completed at least two years of an undergraduate or postgraduate degree; or (b) graduates of a practice-led visual arts undergraduate or postgraduate qualification at an Australian institution of higher education (graduates of more than five years' standing are now eligible following 2023 guideline updates). PROCESS: applicants must create an account in the online portal, download the Samstag Microsoft PowerPoint template, read the Class of 2027 Guidelines, and complete and submit the online application form. Accounts can be created before the deadline and applications saved for later submission. Prior applicants (Classes of 2024, 2025, or 2026) can reuse the same account. Deadline: 30 June 2026, midnight Australian Central Standard Time (ACST). Apply at https://samstag.adelaide.edu.au/scholarship/apply/.

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Location: Grainger Museum, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia

Award: AUD 5,000 research grant to cover research time, access to the Grainger Museum Collection and Archive, and development of research outputs, plus in-kind support from the Department of Museums and Collections for residency outputs (installations, performances or events, including production and marketing support). No application fee.

Duration: Flexible: from one to two weeks of intensive work to sustained research over a year. Outcomes are not required to be delivered during the residency period.

Deadline: Rolling / undated

Rolling Expression of Interest call for the Grainger Museum's Creative and Research Residency Program at the University of Melbourne. The programme encourages enquiry into the Grainger Museum Collection and Archive in creative, academic and open-ended ways to deliver research, artistic, learning and/or public-facing outcomes. KEY OBJECTIVES: deliver creative and/or academic research aligned with the museum's aims; research and take inspiration from the Grainger Collection and Archive; engage with University of Melbourne students and/or participate in academic symposia. WELCOMED THEMES: creative enquiry and responses to the Grainger Museum Collection, Archive and building; discipline-focused research into the Grainger Archive; and musical instruments, composition and technology. APPLY at any time by emailing a brief CV and a 1-page proposal (aim and scope, intended collection/archive focus areas with accession numbers if applicable, proposed dates and timelines) to grainger@unimelb.edu.au with subject line 'Grainger Museum Residency Program application'. Reviews twice a year, in April and September. The museum encourages applicants to contact them to discuss the project idea before submitting.

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Location: Oceania Centre, The University of the South Pacific, Suva, Fiji

Award: NZD 9,000 artist fee; return travel to Suva, Fiji from New Zealand or Australia; accommodation and per diems during the residency; NZD 4,000 for project costs (insurance, materials, venue/equipment hire, promotion, ground transport, internet, local mentorship); networking and engagement opportunities. No application fee.

Duration: 6-week residency, 1 October to 12 November 2026

Deadline: Closed 04 Jun 2026

Tri-nations pilot residency partnership between Creative New Zealand, Creative Australia, and the Oceania Centre at The University of the South Pacific in Suva, Fiji. Selects one established artist each from Aotearoa New Zealand, Australia, and Fiji for a shared 6-week residency at the Oceania Centre (1 October - 12 November 2026), supporting Pacific creatives to develop their practice and grow relationships and networks across Te Moana Nui a Kiwa. THEME: selected artists develop new work themed around Climate Change, a priority under Creative New Zealand's Pacific Arts Strategy and a pressing security issue for the peoples of the Pacific Islands. ACCOMMODATION: studio is suitable for a single artist or a couple; guests may be possible (discuss with the host before applying); additional access requirements can be accommodated on request. ELIGIBILITY: established artists and practitioners from New Zealand, Australia, and Fiji; specific eligibility criteria apply for each country (check the funder's page for your country). APPLY via the Creative New Zealand opportunities page. DEADLINE: 4 June 2026.

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Location: Australia (participating universities)

Award: National public speaking prize (award for the winning art talk on French and Australian cultural ties). No application fee.

Duration: Three-stage competition during 2026 (university shortlist, recorded talk, national live final)

Deadline: Closed 31 May 2026

Annual national public speaking challenge for students at participating Australian universities, rewarding the best art talk on French and Australian cultural ties. The 2026 theme is 'Art and Environment, France and Australia: Our forests and trees in danger': students compare two artists, one Australian and one French (at least one a visual artist), analysing 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 shortlist 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. Stage 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 Humanities disciplines; in the final year of a Bachelor degree, or Honours, Graduate Certificate, Masters or PhD students; enrolled for the first semester of the year at a participating institution; over 18. Stage 1 due 11:59PM, 31 May 2026.

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Location: Paris, France (residency); applicants must be Australian

Award: $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. Note: fellows pay a refundable bond deposit and utility costs. No application fee.

Duration: 3-month residency in one quarterly period (Jan-Mar, Apr-Jun, Jul-Sep, or Oct-Dec)

Deadline: 30 Jun 2026

Fellowships for Australian artists to live and work at the Cite Internationale des Arts in Paris for three months, undertaking a specific artistic project using the city's institutions, exhibitions, archives, libraries, collections and artistic resources. Four fellowships are offered per year. Fellows receive rent-free access to the Power Institute's dedicated living/working studio at the Cite, $13,000 AUD towards travel and living costs (paid roughly 6 weeks before travel), and access to the Cite's facilities and global community of artists plus the broader Paris art 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). Awarded by a committee chaired by the Director of the Power Institute in consultation with the Cite, judged on the strength of the project, the benefit of pursuing it via a Paris residency, and the potential to further the applicant's professional development. Applications open 20 May 2026 and close midnight, 30 June 2026; applicants notified September 2026.

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