Location: Lozio, Valle Camonica, Northern Italy

Award: €70/week stipend (2 to 6 weeks) + shared accommodation and workspace + co-production support

Duration: 2 to 6 weeks (summer)

Deadline: 31 May 2026

Summer artist residency in the mountain village of Lozio for individuals and collectives to create site-specific artworks, with preference for Land Art, Street Art and participatory art. Residents receive a weekly stipend, shared accommodation, workspace, cultural activities and co-production support; selected artworks become donations to the Municipality.

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Location: Tarragona, Spain

Award: €900 + 5 nights free accommodation + access to 1.5 million photographs and audiovisual materials

Duration: Per project (with public presentation in November 2026)

Deadline: 24 May 2026

Residency call for artists, researchers and curators to develop artistic or research projects around archival photographic and audiovisual media at the Centre d'Imatges de Tarragona. Selected applicants receive €900 in project support, free accommodation for up to 5 days, and access to a 1.5 million-strong archive. Resulting work must be publicly presented in November 2026 in a format of the artist's choosing.

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Location: Struer, Denmark

Award: DKK 30,000 work grant (~EUR 4,000) + private studio + accommodation in Sound Art Lab's artist apartment + full access to sound studios, equipment and workshops + knowledge-sharing and networking

Duration: 3-week residency

Deadline: 01 May 2026

Three-week residency for sound artists with a DKK 30,000 work grant, private atelier, accommodation in Sound Art Lab's artist apartment, full access to professional sound studios, sound equipment and workshops, plus knowledge-sharing and networking with the Danish sound art community. Eligibility: artists living in Denmark or with strong ties to the Danish sound art scene. Partners: SPOR festival, Sound Art Lab, and the Danish Composers' Society (Dansk Komponistforening). Funded by Koda Kultur and Region Midtjylland's Culture Development Pool, as part of the 'Sounds of the Future' project. Application deadline: 1 May 2026.

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Location: Caputh, Brandenburg, Germany (garden cottage at Einstein's summerhouse, near Potsdam and Berlin)

Award: EUR 10,000 stipend + living accommodations for six months at Einstein's summerhouse + travel expense reimbursement

Duration: 6 months in residence at the Einstein summerhouse cottage. End-of-term: present the project in a public talk at the Einstein Forum and at the Wittenstein Foundation.

Deadline: 15 May 2026

Six-month residential fellowship for outstanding young thinkers (under 35) who, in addition to producing strong work in their primary field, want to pursue a project in a different discipline, following Einstein's own cross-disciplinary example. Eligibility: candidates must be under 35 and hold a university degree in the humanities, social sciences, or natural sciences. Whether the applicant holds, or is working toward, a PhD is not relevant. Crucially, the proposed project must be significantly different in content (and preferably in field and form) from the applicant's previous work; this is NOT a dissertation-research grant and is NOT for completing an academic study already underway. The project need not be finished during the fellowship, but can be the start of a longer one. Selection criteria: quality, originality, and feasibility of the proposed project, plus the superior intellectual development of the applicant. Application materials: CV, a 2-page project proposal, and two letters of recommendation, all submitted via the online form. All documents must be received by 15 May 2026. Funded by the Wittenstein Foundation (previously funded by the ZEIT Foundation Ebelin and Gerd Bucerius 2007 to 2009, then the Daimler and Benz Foundation 2010 to 2022).

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Location: Berlin, Germany (Atelier Gardens research workshop)

Award: Monthly stipend + up to €30,000 for project-related expenses and production costs + technical support and expert collaborations

Duration: 9 to 12 months (Fellows announced July 2026)

Deadline: 04 May 2026

Open call for emerging international practitioners in architecture, design and engineering, art, and cross-disciplinary constellations of architectural production, contributing to a transformative shift in the building sector. Projects build on clear research questions and typically target the production of architectural fragments of a manageable scale that serve as tangible, measurable examples of new ways of building, integrated in a real social context and aiming for longevity. Developed in close collaboration with the Bauhaus Earth team and project-specific partners. Fellows are encouraged to spend as much time as possible in Berlin to use the research workshop at Atelier Gardens and the wider Bauhaus Earth network; presence is linked to exhibitions, lectures, symposia, seminars and debates. Timeline: applications close 4 May 2026 23:59 CEST, jury selection June 2026, new Fellows announced July 2026. Apply in English via the Application Form linked from the open call page.

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Location: Europe (online sessions)

Award: Paid program: €1,000 fee paid BY the fellow (this is the cost of participation, NOT a cash grant). Includes 6 monthly curated sessions, mentorship and access to the European EdTech Alliance network.

Duration: 6 months (1 session per month)

Deadline: 22 May 2026

Note: this is a paid learning program, not a grant. Fellows pay €1,000 to attend 6 monthly intensive sessions teaching how to navigate European education systems (procurement cycles, trust frameworks, regulatory landscape, localised dynamics). Building on the Female EdTech Fellowship; this iteration is cross-sector, cross-gender, cross-border. Run by the European EdTech Alliance, a non-profit dedicated to fostering EdTech innovation and collaboration across Europe. Sessions cover ministry buying, framework agreements, pricing models for public education, digital sovereignty, GDPR and student data protection, sustainability communication, VC due diligence, social impact measurement, cross-border growth, and a final demo day with mentor matching. Applications close 22 May 2026.

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Location: Across Creative Europe countries (in-person camps in Hungary July 2026 and Portugal April 2027)

Award: Approx. €7,500 fee + intensive 7-day training camp + ongoing mentoring + access to European network + participation in international events

Duration: Approx. 1 year (orientation June 2026 to final workshop April 2027)

Deadline: 13 May 2026

Open call for 3 cultural facilitators ("Social Dreamers") to work directly with diverse stakeholders, lead workshops, build spaces for dialogue, and contribute concrete tools for the cultural sector. The role combines facilitation, artistic thinking, mentoring and interdisciplinary collaboration; outputs include stakeholder manifestos, a Shared Future Vision Manifesto, and the development/testing of an AI-based tool for future scenarios. Eligible: individual professionals in the cultural and creative sector with experience in (a) group facilitation through artistic practices, (b) future visioning and scenario building, and (c) stakeholder engagement and management. Must reside in a Creative Europe country and be proficient in English plus the local language of the selected profile. Timeline: Open House online 28 April 2026; application deadline 13 May 2026 23:59 CET; selection by 10 June 2026; orientation late June 2026; 7-day Social Dreaming Camp 27 July to 2 August 2026 in Hungary; workshop phase July 2026 to January 2027; Future Vision phase February to April 2027 (final workshop in Portugal). Two-step selection: written application then online interview for shortlisted candidates. Apply in English via https://forms.gle/PSH9qVvDwUNR4x8q6.

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Location: Worldwide

Award: €5,000 to €50,000 per project

Duration: Project-based

Deadline: 01 Jun 2026

Small to medium-sized R&D grants for projects making federated and self-hosted internet services easier to deploy and operate at scale. Funds practical work on portable Fediverse-style infrastructure, hosted Mastodon-like or PeerTube-like services, secure email, private cloud and other tools that support decentralisation and digital self-determination. Open to individuals and organisations of any type; results released under free or open-source licences. Deadline 1 June 2026, 12:00 CEST.

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Location: Europe (cross-border projects)

Award: Variable, typically €5,000 to €50,000 per project

Duration: Per project

Deadline: 21 May 2026

Supports independent investigative journalism across Europe, well-suited to surveillance, AI, platform governance and data-driven investigations. Cross-border team requirement: at least two professional journalists (freelance or staff) from at least two different countries. Next round after this one expected 2026-06-26.

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Location: Tirana, Albania (Vila 31)

Award: €800/month stipend + €1,500 production budget + travel covered + studio apartment

Duration: 3 months (3 sessions per year, up to 30 artists annually)

Deadline: 01 May 2026

New 3-month residency at Vila 31 in Tirana, the former home of dictator Enver Hoxha, renovated by NeM architects. Up to 30 artists and researchers per year across 3 sessions. Particular attention to artists and researchers based in the Balkans, while welcoming international applicants. Each resident receives a bedroom, a studio and access to all space facilities (production and exhibition spaces), a monthly stipend of €800, €1,500 production budget, and coverage of travel expenses. Eligibility: artists, art critics and curators with at least 5 years of professional experience, working with visual, performative or digital art, who want to implement an art project independently or in a team with a researcher. Eligible countries (Creative Europe list): Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine. Deadline 1 May 2026.

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Location: Ukraine + Creative Europe partner countries

Award: Up to €25,000 per project (covers up to 90% of costs); 7 to 10 grants from a €187,500 pot

Duration: Per co-creation project

Deadline: 10 May 2026

First call for co-creation funding of international cooperation projects between Ukrainian artists and cultural organisations and their peers from Creative Europe countries. Each partner contributes equally (creative input, management, or audience development). All creative sectors eligible except audiovisual. Each project must include a public presentation in the locality of every participating partner (at least one in Ukraine and one in the partner country). Project objectives: develop and present an international co-creation on the theme of resilience; hold at least two local presentations. Eligible: organisations active in arts and culture, established in a Creative Europe country (EU and non-EU participants). Ukrainian partners must be registered in a zone effectively controlled by the Ukrainian government. At least two partners from at least two countries required, one of which must be Ukraine. Eligible activities: all activities necessary to co-creation implementation and development; presentation events in each partner's locality; travel for organisational, rehearsal, artistic and presentation purposes. Eligible countries (Creative Europe): Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine. Applicants must contribute the remaining ~10% of the total project budget themselves. Deadline 10 May 2026.

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Location: Across EU and Creative Europe partner countries

Award: Small Scale: up to €200,000 (80% funding rate); Medium Scale: up to €1,000,000 (70% funding rate). Total call budget ~€60 million across ~150 projects

Duration: Per project (cooperation projects, multi-year typical)

Deadline: 05 May 2026

Creative Europe call to foster cooperation between organisations active in culture, increasing the cross-border dimension of creation and circulation of European artistic content, and encouraging the development, experimentation, dissemination and application of new and innovative practices. Two objectives: (1) Transnational creation and circulation, strengthening cross-border movement of European works and artists; (2) Innovation, enhancing the capacity of European cultural and creative sectors to nurture talents, innovate, prosper and generate jobs and growth. Two project sizes: Small Scale (consortium of at least 3 independent entities from 3 different eligible countries; max EU grant €200,000; max funding rate 80%) and Medium Scale (consortium of at least 5 independent entities from 5 different eligible countries; max EU grant €1,000,000; max funding rate 70%). Eligible countries: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Ukraine. Open to all cultural and creative sectors except projects with exclusive audio-visual content or exclusively composed of audio-visual sector organisations (Culture strand only). Applications via the EU Funding & Tenders Portal (separate calls for Small and Medium Scale). Deadline 5 May 2026.

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Location: Brussels, Belgium (with possible site visit in Ispra, Italy)

Award: €15,000

Duration: 6 months

Deadline: 22 May 2026

Open call for an artist residency reimagining AI at the EU Policy Lab. The 15,000 EUR contracted budget covers expert fees, allowance, accommodation and travel during on-site work.

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Location: Choose one host context: Wondermash / Meuse Delta (NL), Bolzano riverscapes (IT), Besos river sacrifice zones (ES), Galicia energy transition (ES)

Award: €13,500 artist fee (travel excluded) + production budget (varies by host)

Duration: 1 year residency starting January 2027

Deadline: 31 May 2026

Situated Creative Practices for the Pluriverse (SIT-PLU) is a Creative Europe cooperation project tackling socio-ecological challenges through cross-disciplinary research and context-specific artistic interventions. Drawing on the Zapatista concept of the pluriverse ("a world where many worlds fit") and buen vivir, the project foregrounds communal interdependence and human/more-than-human relationships. Selected residents engage with one specific context for one year and develop new forms of creative intervention/cultural mediation. Four host contexts available for 2027: Baltan Laboratories with Wondermash (Meuse Delta, NL), Lungomare on Bolzano riverscapes (IT), Idensitat on sacrifice zones near the Besos river mouth (ES), ZEMOS98 on local sustainable energy-transition models in Galicia (ES). Two-phase application: Phase 1 deadline 31 May 2026 23:59 CET (motivation letter, CV, portfolio of up to 5 projects, draft proposal targeting one host) — results by mid-July; three shortlisted practitioners per host then develop a more specific proposal in dialogue with the host institution (Phase 2 deadline 14 August 2026, results end of September). Each host runs an online Q&A between 11 and 15 May 2026. Enquiries: sitplu.project@luca-arts.be.

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Location: Creative Europe countries (incl. overseas territories and outermost regions)

Award: €85/day + €400 to €800 travel + top-ups (green, family, visa, accessibility)

Duration: Project-based

Deadline: 30 Apr 2026

Individual or small-group (up to 5 people) mobility grant for artists and cultural professionals working in architecture, cultural heritage, design and fashion, literature, music, performing arts and visual arts. Project must take place in another Creative Europe country with an international partner, pursuing 2 of: learn, create, explore, connect. No experience level required. Rolling deadlines, next on 30 April 2026.

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Location: Creative Europe countries

Award: Project-based grant

Duration: Project-based

Deadline: 05 May 2026

Transnational cooperation grant for cultural and creative organisations of all sizes (incl. micro and small) from different programme countries to co-produce, cooperate, experiment, innovate, be mobile and learn from each other. Can cover one or more cultural and creative sectors and can be interdisciplinary. Aims to broaden access to European culture and promote innovation and creativity.

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Location: Karlsruhe, Germany (Baden-Württemberg-primary; worldwide institutions can apply)

Award: Share of €100,000 annual total volume

Duration: Project-based

Deadline: Rolling / undated

Annual jury-selected call for media-art projects designed for outdoor spaces with high public visibility, addressing contemporary social issues with a sustainability focus. International exchange, collaboration and interdisciplinarity are key. Aimed at artists and cultural workers from Baden-Württemberg; open to artistic, cultural, scientific and creative-industry institutions from all over the world. Excludes school/university coursework and already-realised projects. The 2025 deadline (15 May) has passed; 2026 round dates TBC, check the page for updates.

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Location: Karlsruhe, Germany (Karlsruhe-resident applicants only)

Award: Project-based (smaller media-art projects); also includes networking, infrastructure, third-party funding advice and PR support

Duration: Project-based

Deadline: Rolling / undated

Rolling general project funding for smaller media-art works, events and research. Covers interdisciplinary projects across music, theatre, dance, visual arts, literature, film, architecture, socioculture, intercultural and interreligious dialogue, and children's and youth culture. For artists, professionals, initiatives and institutions based in Karlsruhe (group applications must include at least one person/institution with first residence or registered office in Karlsruhe). Applied for via the City of Karlsruhe online application; selected by UCCoMA Office staff.

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Location: Mexico City / Lubumbashi / Yogyakarta (start) to Hoorn / Antwerp / Barcelona (end)

Award: €16,800 artist fee + €3,000 production budget; transport and accommodation provided

Duration: 7 months (1 month inspiration + 2 pre-production + 2 production + 2 exhibition)

Deadline: 01 May 2026

Transnational residency for visual artists working at the intersection of colonialism and climate change. One month of site-specific research in Mexico City, Lubumbashi or Yogyakarta, followed by two months across three European institutions, culminating in an exhibition in Antwerp (Kunsthal Extra City), Barcelona (La Capella) or Hoorn (HMK). Online info session 8 April 2026 (15:00 CET). Interview round 9 June, final selection 1 July 2026.

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Location: Tirana, Albania

Award: €800/month living grant + up to €1,500 production grant + round-trip travel + 50-60m² studio-apartment (collective version: €1,200/month + €1,500 production, shared)

Duration: 3 months (Jan-Mar, May-Jul, or Sep-Nov 2027)

Deadline: 15 May 2026

Three-month residency at Vila 31 in Tirana with 8 studio-apartments. Open to artists, collectives, researchers, curators and writers of all nationalities with at least 5 years of professional activity and national/international exhibition record. SOLO and COLLECTIVE tracks across visual arts, performance, digital, curatorial, writing, plus research in humanities, social sciences, cultural studies, history, technology and ecology. Up to 30 residents selected per year. No output required, but Open Studios participation is mandatory. Selection committee includes Alicia Knock (Centre Pompidou), Adela Demetja, Adam Szymczyk, Nora Razian (Art Jameel), Lucia Pietroiusti (Hartwig Art Foundation), Raphael Fonseca (Denver Art Museum). Notifications July 2026.

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Location: Rietz, Tyrol, Austria (with festival across Innsbruck)

Award: €1,000 artist fee + accommodation + up to €600 travel + Tyrol public transport ticket

Duration: 1 to 26 October 2026

Deadline: 30 Apr 2026

Short-term residency for one sound or performative artist exploring how sound, voice, language and body operate across and beyond perceived boundaries. Develop an individual project, present a live performance at Positive Futures Festival 2026, and host a public workshop, lecture or artist talk. Apply with portfolio, motivation letter and a 2-page project proposal to home@grund1535.com (subject: 'Peripheral Grounds'). Selection results by end of May 2026. Supported by State of Tyrol and City of Innsbruck.

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Location: Espoo, Finland

Award: €2,700/month working grant (€32,400 for 12 months)

Duration: 12 months (1 September 2026 to 31 August 2027)

Deadline: 06 May 2026

Twelve-month paid residency for one designer or writer whose practice bridges typography, writing and reading, with a focus on nonlinear, experimental, accessible or otherwise 'marginal' textual practices. Based at Aalto University in Espoo. Includes desk space, workshop facilities, library and archive access. Requires residence in Finland and regular on-campus engagement, 1-2 public talks and one 5-day workshop for students. MA-level degree or equivalent expertise required; no current student status. Travel and accommodation arranged independently.

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Location: Worldwide

Award: €5,000 to €50,000 per project (€450,000 total budget for open calls)

Duration: Project-based (programme runs to November 2027)

Deadline: 01 Jun 2026

Small to medium-sized R&D grants for projects that strengthen Fediversity, an effort to bring easy-to-use hosted cloud services with service portability and personal freedom at their core to everyone. Built on NixOS for declarative, reproducible, reliable deployment of Fediverse services (PeerTube, Mastodon, Owncast, Lemmy), email, VPN, private cloud storage, wikis and more. Project results released under open source licences. Deadline 1 June 2026, 12:00 CEST.

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Location: Worldwide

Award: €5,000 to €50,000 per project (€676,000 total budget for open calls)

Duration: Project-based (programme runs to November 2026)

Deadline: 01 Jun 2026

Small to medium-sized R&D grants for free and open source efforts aligned with privacy-preserving digital payments. Build new GNU Taler capabilities, auxiliary tools, UX, FOSS-app and open-standard integrations (P2P micropayments in messengers, social media, video conferencing), or merchant-backend improvements. All results released under a free or open-source licence. Strong projects can scale up via NGI0 Core. Deadline 1 June 2026, 12:00 CEST.

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Location: Worldwide

Award: €5,000 to €50,000 per project (scalable for proven potential)

Duration: Project-based

Deadline: 01 Jun 2026

Small to medium-sized R&D grants to help reclaim the public nature of the internet across the full technology spectrum: libre silicon, middleware, P2P infrastructure, end-user applications, open standards, open data and AI, open science, creative commons and open educational resources. Project results released under free or open-source licences. Aimed at troubleshooters tackling hard, important internet-commons challenges. Total programme: €21.6m through 2027. Deadline 1 June 2026, 12:00 CEST.

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Location: Europe-based (residency in Amsterdam at Framer Framed)

Award: €10,000 per fellow (€9,000 unrestricted + €1,000 travel/residency)

Duration: 6 months (Cohort 1: Jul-Dec 2026, Cohort 2: May-Oct 2027)

Deadline: 02 May 2026

Six grants and a 6-month fellowship for practicing artists, cultural practitioners or key members of initiatives addressing legacies of injustice and violence. Supports Europe-based practitioners and the communities they serve who have endured severe human rights violations. Includes joining AFIELD's network of 140+ socially engaged artists, a published feature in Arts of the Working Class (70,000+ print run), a 7-day residency at Framer Framed Amsterdam, and regular thematic online meetings.

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