Currently 5 active paid grants, fellowships and residencies taking place in Norway, across AI, arts, film, journalism, research, tech and cross-disciplinary practice. Many are open to applicants of any nationality; check each entry for residency and citizenship requirements. Hand-curated and updated weekly. Browse the list below, or use the interactive desk for filtering and shortlisting.
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A Marie Sklodowska-Curie doctoral position in the REGULAIRE network on EU technology regulation, studying how EU and EEA institutions revise or retire outdated technology rules (sunset and review clauses, standards, soft law), with AI as one example technology. Needs a two-year master's with thesis (GPA B or higher), no prior doctorate, IELTS 6.5 or TOEFL 90, and the MSCA mobility rule (no more than 12 months in Norway in the previous 36). Apply by 15 November 2026, 23:59 CET.
Hordaland Kunstsenter, founded in 1976 as Norway's first artist-run art centre, invites artists based in the Nordic and Baltic countries to apply for its 2027/2028 residency programme in central Bergen, supported by the Nordic-Baltic Mobility Programme for Culture. The centre does not privilege any medium and is especially interested in practices that move between disciplines, including exhibition-making, performance, sound, publishing, moving image, socially engaged and research-based or discursive work. WHO: artists with a permanent address in Sapmi, Denmark, Finland, the Faroe Islands, Greenland, Iceland, Sweden, Aland, Estonia, Latvia or Lithuania (citizenship not required); artists based in Norway, full-time students and artistic PhD candidates are not eligible; visa costs are the resident's own. WHAT YOU GET: a NOK 30,000 stipend for the full-time two-month residency, a furnished one-bedroom self-catering apartment near the centre, up to EUR 500 travel support booked by the residency coordinator, a dedicated desk and workspace, access to the project room, and connections to studios, specialist workspaces and production networks in Bergen. Residents give a public presentation or talk during their stay. APPLICATION: fill in the Google form on the call page and email one PDF (CV, motivation letter on intentions and use of time, up to 5 slides of recent work) to residency@kunstsenter.no; questions to scott@kunstsenter.no. DEADLINE: 1 December 2026.
Open Call #3 of IN SITU PLATFORM 2025-2028, the Creative Europe-funded network of 27 programmers supporting artistic creation in public space, for emerging artists with a project in development (beyond the idea stage, not yet premiered or toured) intended for public space or non-conventional venues, with potential to be presented around summer 2028. WHAT YOU GET: an online preparation and training programme (March to June 2027: peer-to-peer sessions with experienced IN SITU artists, learning videos, three support sessions with On the Move), a page and video pitch in the IN SITU online catalogue, and one six-day immersive lab at a partner festival (labs on 10-15 May, 31 May-6 June, 28 June-3 July, 26-31 July and 6-12 September 2027; about 15 artists each) with workshops, performances and a pitch to international programmers. The lab includes a EUR 1,500 writing aid fee, travel up to EUR 300 and accommodation and meals. About 10 projects then get production residencies, culminating in a FOCUS event at La Strada Graz in summer 2028. ELIGIBILITY: emerging artists meeting two of three dimensions (aesthetic, geographical or generational emergence; no age limit), legally resident in a Creative Europe country, with basic conversational English; duos apply together, at most two artists per collective in a lab. Online info sessions on 17 and 26 November 2026. Alternative formats (audio, video, large print) available via insitu@lieuxpublics.com. APPLY via the online form (opened 30 October 2026). Results end of February 2027. DEADLINE: 9 December 2026, midnight CET.
IJ4EU funds cross-border investigative journalism in the public interest, by teams of journalists and newsrooms working across at least two eligible countries. Eligibility is by country of residence, not citizenship; applications are in English. TIMELINE: the second call of the 2026-27 cycle opens 1 December 2026 and closes 2 February 2027 (the scheme page shows it as paused until the call opens). Apply via the IJ4EU awards platform (https://journalismgrants.awardsplatform.com/). No application fee.
OCA administers Norwegian state funds that help Norway-based art practitioners present work abroad. Travel support covers travel costs; production support covers making work for an international exhibition or project. There are three rounds a year (3 February, 3 May, 3 October); the February 2027 window opens 3 January. ELIGIBILITY: Norwegian or Norway-based artists, curators and art professionals invited to exhibitions or projects abroad, or the foreign institutions and curators inviting them. Excluded: students (PhD fellows exempt), Norwegian institutions with annual public funding, projects already assessed, and art fairs. APPLY in English with a signed invitation from the host. DEADLINE: 3 February 2027, 23:59 CET.