Currently 3 active fellowships open to applicants in Canada, across AI, arts, film, journalism, research, tech and cross-disciplinary practice. 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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New_ Public is piloting a virtual Entrepreneur in Residence programme for solo founders building alternatives to the mainstream social platforms. Its framing: people are turning away from algorithmic social media, AI bots are taking over the big platforms, and users are retreating into private closed spaces, which leaves an opening for builders working on a new information ecosystem rather than the status quo. The residency supplies research, experts, connections and tools; the founder brings the vision and experience. TWO FOCUS AREAS: humans connecting to humans, meaning products that bring people into meaningful contact online (forums, messaging apps, groups, microblogging, in-person meetups), including AI-powered platforms and tools as long as they connect people to people rather than people to bots; and local and civic information environments, meaning tools for distributing local news, building community knowledge and facilitating collective sensemaking, so people can get trustworthy information about their communities. WHAT RESIDENTS DO: use self-directed time to prototype ideas, test assumptions and gain clarity; participate in regular check-ins, engage with the other resident and the wider team, and take candid feedback on product and strategy; engage seriously with go-to-market questions about who the user is, how they find you, and the path to sustainability; and help shape the programme itself, since the pilot cohort's feedback directly informs how the EIR programme runs going forward. WHO THEY WANT: entrepreneurial founders ready to build their next thing within the focus areas, with a track record of or clear drive toward work that builds social trust, connection and belonging; strong product thinkers with good judgment, a relentless focus on user needs, and openness to coaching on mission-aligned business models. An early idea is enough, no working product required. The pilot is open to founders with something else going on alongside, though the full programme will most likely be full time. APPLICATION PROCESS: submit the written application online; shortlisted applicants submit a short video by 18 September 2026 covering background, motivation and a quick pitch; full applications and videos go to the advisory board, with offers made in early October ahead of the kickoff. FUTURE COHORTS: New_ Public plans to open the next cohort to the UK and EU from spring 2027. Deadline 11:59pm Pacific on Wednesday 9 September 2026.
The Guggenheim Fellowship is awarded to mid-career individuals who have already demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts, giving them six to twelve months of funded time to work with as much creative freedom as possible. Around 175 to 200 fellows are chosen each year from a field of several thousand applicants (a success rate of roughly five percent), across more than 50 fields spanning the creative arts, the humanities, the natural sciences and the social sciences, including architecture, film, music, photography, fine arts, computer science and interdisciplinary work. ELIGIBILITY: citizens and permanent residents of the United States and Canada; applicants must be mid-career with a significant record of published or exhibited work, and current students and previous Guggenheim Fellows are not eligible. APPLICATION: through the Foundation's own portal, which opens in late summer 2026, so check the site if it is not yet live. The application deadline is 15 September 2026 with no late submissions accepted; work samples are due 29 September 2026 and reference letters 13 October 2026. Results are announced in late April 2027. No fee.
The Anthropic Fellows Program is a four-month, fully funded research fellowship with direct mentorship from Anthropic researchers. Fellows work on empirical projects aligned with Anthropic's research priorities using external infrastructure, aiming to produce public outputs such as papers. Five workstreams: AI Safety, AI Security, ML Systems and Performance, Reinforcement Learning, and Economics and Policy; safety topics include scalable oversight, adversarial robustness, mechanistic interpretability, and model organisms. FUNDING: a weekly stipend of USD 3,850 (GBP 2,310 / CAD 4,300), around USD 15,000 per month in compute funding, and other research expenses. ELIGIBILITY: fluent Python; available full-time for four months; strong technical background in computer science, mathematics, or physics; work authorization in the US, UK, or Canada (no visa sponsorship). Locations: San Francisco, London, Ontario, or remote within those countries. APPLICATION: rolling, via the Constellation portal; the process includes an initial application, reference checks, technical assessments, interviews, and a research discussion. The next cohort is expected to start in January 2027, so apply well before the end of 2026.