Currently 24 active open calls open to applicants in Worldwide, 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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The third round of Project Tech4Dev's AI Cohort, a hands-on implementation programme for NGOs designing, building and deploying responsible AI solutions inside their own programmes. Cohort 2.0 worked with seven NGOs across education, civic engagement, youth development and nonprofit technology, who built and piloted AI teaching assistants, volunteer coaches, mentoring tools and decision-support systems; the organisers' stated lesson was that adoption turns on understanding user needs, testing rapidly, measuring impact and building responsibly rather than on the technology itself. Cohort 3.0 is aimed at organisations ready to move past exploration into solutions that can be deployed in real-world settings. STRUCTURE (three sprints over roughly six months): Discovery Sprint (months 1 to 2) covering problem discovery, use-case prioritisation, data-readiness assessment, user research and solution design; Build Sprint (months 2 to 5) covering prototype development, implementation sprints, user testing, mentorship and responsible AI evaluations; and Activation Sprint (month 6) covering pilot deployment, impact assessment, operationalisation planning and a final showcase with peers and ecosystem partners. SELECTION CRITERIA: NGOs must show some in-house technical or data capability, ideally a dedicated person who can anchor the work (not necessarily an AI expert, but able to manage workflows, communicate operational requirements and work with mentors and experts); must commit one person's full bandwidth for the whole programme, including aligning leadership, adapting operations and making room to test, monitor and refine; and preference goes to problems involving multi-modal input, especially Indic languages, and to use cases built on LLMs. Applications are open to nonprofits across sectors, with priority to climate-focused organisations whose AI use cases could improve programme delivery, decision-making or community outcomes. Apply via the Google Form linked from the announcement before 10 August 2026.
Prospect Art invites visual artists worldwide to apply for the 2027 NEW WORK commission, a USD 1,500 project grant supporting the creation of a new, conceptually driven work responding to the curatorial theme "We Come in Pieces," developed by 2026-2027 Curatorial Fellow Alma Sammel. Through a single application, artists are also considered for ONE WORK (an online series featuring an in-depth conversation centered on a single completed artwork) and BROADCAST (a curated online program of screenings, artist talks, and discussions). THEME: "We Come in Pieces" proposes the Alien as a method for shifting perspective, approaching alienness as a practice of estrangement to encounter the world beyond familiar human-centered narratives. It explores relationships between human and more-than-human worlds, speculative cosmologies, ecological systems, technologies, landscapes, histories, infrastructures, and nonhuman forms of intelligence (satellites and orbital debris, fungal networks, oceans, atmospheric systems, algorithmic intelligences), inviting works that displace the point of listening, seeing, sensing, or knowing. Research-based and conceptually driven practices are especially encouraged. WHAT'S OFFERED: NEW WORK, USD 1,500 to one artist plus a featured website section and social promotion (project completed within 12 months); ONE WORK, a published article and social promotion; BROADCAST, a USD 125 screening or speaking fee and inclusion in a themed program. ELIGIBILITY: professional visual artists working in any medium at any career stage, except those currently enrolled in undergraduate or graduate studio art programs; collectives may apply. Media welcomed include moving image, installation, sculpture, photography, performance, sound, digital media, social practice, and interdisciplinary forms. APPLICATION: submit via the official Google Form with contact information, a project description (250 words), a sketch/visualization (1-3 images), up to 3 links to completed work samples, a statement relating the project to the theme (200 words), a short bio and exhibition history (500 words), and a budget breakdown of the USD 1,500. A USD 10 administrative fee is paid via PayPal (include PayPal name and transaction ID); a fee waiver is available with no explanation by emailing submissions@prospectart.org before the deadline. Writers may email gioj@prospectart.org with samples. DEADLINE: 16 August 2026; results for the NEW WORK grant notified by end of September. INFO SESSION: 5 August 2026 at noon PST.
Sundance Collab and Merrell are selecting five filmmakers from around the world to each make an original 60 to 90 second vertical film for social platforms, built around Merrell's 'It Starts Outside' brand platform. The brief is not a commercial: it asks for a complete, emotionally resonant human story in which the outside acts as a catalyst for change, exploring how stepping outside is an antidote to increasingly screen-locked, indoor lives. Stories should reflect transformation (a moment of reset, reconnection or personal shift), connection (belonging, community, renewed relationship) and human truth (an observed, emotionally grounded moment). The strongest entries show what changed in a person because they went outside, emotionally, physically, mentally, creatively, spiritually or psychologically, rather than a final achievement. Selected filmmakers enter a three-day online intensive in September on collaborating with a brand, then receive USD 20,000 to produce and deliver their greenlit concept, cutdowns (:06, :15, :30) and stills between October and December, with scheduled check-ins. One participant also receives a covered hotel stay to join the team at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2027. APPLICATION: one entry per person; all submitted materials must be created by the submitter; all answers and materials must be in English or carry English subtitles. The core submission is a written response of up to 500 words on how you would approach the brief. CRITICAL GUIDELINES: design for vertical with a strong hook in the first five seconds; prioritise human, observational storytelling over polished commercial aesthetics; feature real people and authentic moments; treat the outside as context rather than the hero; favour everyday, intimate moments over epic outcomes; avoid overt brand narration; no competitor products (Merrell product is provided but must not be the focus); no AI-generated content in consumer-facing materials. Selection criteria are originality, emotional arc, a distinct point of view and cultural relevance. TIMELINE: submissions opened 28 July 2026; deadline 11:59 p.m. PT on Tuesday 18 August 2026 (08:59 CEST on 19 August); selected artists notified by 16 September 2026. An Insider Session with Merrell Creative Director Alex Ho and Sundance Collab Director Patty West runs on 11 August. Sundance Collab provides accommodations and support services for participants with disabilities; email accessibility@sundance.org to arrange services.
Touch Some Grass is an open-call poster exhibition responding to the growing presence of AI-generated imagery and its impact on creative labour, authorship and visual culture. At a time when images can be produced instantly and consumed just as quickly, the exhibition reclaims the poster as a space for ideas, intention and public conversation, inviting artists to make work that questions, challenges or reflects on this changing landscape. As the organisers put it, the question is no longer whether machines can make images, they can; the question is what kind of world we build when speed matters more than thought. NOTE: this call offers exhibition and visibility only, with no artist fee or stipend. SUBMISSION GUIDELINES: artwork size A3 (297 x 420 mm), portrait orientation, 300 DPI, CMYK recommended, print-quality PDF preferred, maximum file size 1 GB, one submission per artist. CAP: participation is limited to 60 artists and the submission form closes automatically once all slots are filled, so the effective deadline may fall well before 31 August 2026 (10 of 60 slots were taken at the time of listing). Inato Gallery is an artist-run space in Iligan City, Philippines, which began as a solo street exhibition by KaraTula and now runs concept-driven solo and group shows, open mics, talks and workshops built on openness, participation and the belief that art should exist where people already are.
Grain is a cookbook of critical and creative AI literacy exercises for educators in film and the wider audiovisual and creative field, co-produced by AIxDESIGN and the Netherlands Film Academy and led by Nadia Piet. It publishes in March/April 2027, digital and print, under CC BY-SA 4.0. The current open call is to propose a recipe by the end of August 2026 and join as a launch contributor. WHAT THEY WANT: tried-and-tested group exercises you have actually run with people in teaching or workshops, specifically in the context of film, audiovisual work, time-based media and storytelling. Hands-on or analog, 15 minutes or a full day, beginner or advanced; the one hard requirement is that another educator can read your recipe and run it themselves. What that might look like: hands-on experiments with specific AI tools (image generators, chatbots, code assistants, video models); analog activities that reveal computational logic through embodied practice; critical readings, watchings or listenings with structured discussion; provocations, games or role-plays that get at how AI sees, thinks or makes; and exercises that help people work out how they want to relate to AI in their own practice. WHAT MAKES A GOOD RECIPE: it helps a room of people think together and trusts the room to be smart given the right container; it emerges from real practice rather than an untested idea; it is specific about what participants do, step by step, so a stranger could pick it up and adapt it to their group, time, tools or context; it has at least one designed social moment where the thinking happens between people rather than privately; it is about something larger than technique (how a machine sees an image, where your values bump up against what the tools want from you, what a film's rhythm looks like laid out in space instead of time); it takes a position without telling people what to think; and it points beyond itself with references, reading and reference projects. Published example recipes include Image Forgery: Archival Mimesis with AI (Artefacto), Machine Ways of Seeing (Nadia Piet), AI Film Now: A Close Watching Exercise (Nadia Piet) and Outside the Timeline: Spatial Grid + Visual Clustering (Artefacto), alongside a root recipe template. WHAT LAUNCH CONTRIBUTORS GET: your recipe in the first edition, print and online, credited to you; a print copy when it lands and an invite to the launch event in Amsterdam in spring 2027; support turning your exercise into a recipe, via Recipe Press (their LLM helper), the cook-along, or directly with the team; and a need-based fee of EUR 150 per recipe for freelance and independent practitioners, which you request in the proposal form. After this round contributions stay open but web-only: no fee, no dedicated support, no print. COOK-ALONG: one live 30-minute online session on Wednesday 12 August 2026 at 16:00 CEST, where you bring a rough exercise and turn it into a recipe on the spot with Recipe Press (sign up at luma.com/84w148in). HOW IT WORKS: (1) propose your recipe through the proposal form (who you are, what the exercise is, where you have run it, and whether you are requesting the fee); a short pitch is enough, and if it is already written you can just link your draft; (2) they reply on a rolling basis, with one reply covering both whether it is a match for the first edition and the fee if you requested it, so the earlier you send the earlier you hear back; (3) once it is a yes, write it up using the structure on the Contribute a Recipe page, with Recipe Press or at the cook-along. TIMELINE: proposals open until the end of August 2026, reviewed as they come in; accepted recipes due in full by mid-September 2026; Grain publishes March/April 2027. Questions to hello@aixdesign.co.
Open call from SAC Art Amsterdam and Mama Magnet for a printed matter fair themed around jugaad: improvised, resourceful solutions built from what is on hand (from the Sanskrit yuj, 'to join', via Hindi jugar, famously embodied by post-independence Punjabi vehicles pieced together from scrap metal and pump engines). The curators want work that engages the spirit of jugaad either as subject (everyday intelligences of getting by, lateral logics of adaptation, unlikely workarounds, reinvention born of necessity) or in how it was made (found or repurposed materials, adapted processes, structures built to solve a specific constraint). Work that came from adjustment rather than access, problem-solving rather than budget. WHAT: zines, artist books, comics, risograph or photocopied prints, posters, foldables, instruction manuals, packaging and other small-format works; if it can travel in a suitcase it is probably in scope. No framed work or anything needing gallery-standard installation. Gen-AI images and text are not accepted. WHO: artists, designers, writers and collectives whose practice genuinely engages with the theme; if unsure, reach out and explain in a line or two. Selected work must reach the Netherlands by end of September 2026. TERMS: selections made on a rolling basis 5 August to 5 September; selected work is sold at the fair (9-10 October, Amsterdam) on mutually agreeable commission terms, with payment within 30 days of each sale and unsold work returned after the consignment period. HOW TO APPLY: email info@mamamagnet.org with a CC to art@sacartamsterdam.com, subject line 'JUGAAD - [Your Contribution]', by 5 September 2026; earlier is better given rolling selection.
Fundacion Cotec (a Spanish innovation-focused non-profit) and Sonar+D, building on an initial experiment at Sonar 2026, invite proposals for a long-term installation at KNOWCASE, the street-level showcase of Cotec's Madrid headquarters in Chamberi, visible to the public 24 hours a day. THEME: digital culture, meaning projects that combine knowledge, research, science and data with art, technology and social impact. Cotec's stated priorities are the big transitions (analogue to digital, linear to circular economy, tangible to intangible) plus innovation ecosystems and R&D&I, the climate crisis, the future of work and learning, social divides, citizen participation and democratic health. WHAT YOU GET: a budget of up to EUR 100,000 plus VAT covering everything (design, production, installation, maintenance, documentation, artist fees, travel, accommodation and insurance), and a minimum 24-month public display from February 2027. WHO CAN APPLY: artists, collectives, designers, technologists, universities, research centres, startups, businesses, creative agencies, producers, cultural institutions and multidisciplinary teams, internationally; applicants must demonstrate solid experience and a relevant portfolio. CONSTRAINTS: the proposal must be original and never previously exhibited, must include participative or interactive elements, must encourage critical thinking, and must be technically and financially viable for the full 24+ month exhibition period (durability and maintenance are central selection criteria). Selection weighs conceptual quality highest (40 percent), followed by public interactivity (25 percent). HOW TO APPLY: one PDF of maximum 15 pages containing summary, concept, technical proposal, visuals, budget, timeline, team profile, portfolio and declaration, in Spanish, another official language of Spain, or English, via the application portal linked from the terms and conditions. Results announced 14 October 2026. Deadline 7 September 2026 at midnight CEST.
PICE Movilidad is AC/E's collaboration scheme with foreign cultural institutions: a festival, biennial, museum, venue, gallery or platform OUTSIDE Spain applies for AC/E to cover the costs of programming Spanish or Spain-resident artists, collectives and cultural professionals in its own public programme. This is one of the clearest routes for a non-Spanish festival to have a foreign national fund pay for part of its programme. Ten thematic areas are covered including Artes visuales, Musica y creacion sonora, Podcast, Videojuego y animacion and Arquitectura y diseno, so tech-crossover, sound-art and media-art programming is squarely in scope. For visual arts and architecture/design, covered costs include production materials, purchase or rental of technical equipment, hiring of technicians, curators, coordinators and designers, reproduction and exhibition rights, logistics and transport of works, publications, documentation, accommodation, per diems, travel and insurance; for Musica y creacion sonora coverage is narrower (travel, accommodation, per diems, internal transport). Non-EU and UK organisations are fully eligible; there is no EU-membership requirement. Natural persons are barred. TIMING: Phase 3 closes 7 September 2026, provisional list 21 October, definitive award list 30 October, and Phase 3 projects may not begin before 1 November 2026, so this window cannot retro-fund an event already scheduled for autumn 2026.
Prague performance venue Studio ALTA announces four residency open calls for 2027, all with a single deadline of 10 September 2026. RESEARCH HOUSE (19 to 28 April 2027): a shared residential laboratory for three art projects or individual artists in the early stages of exploration and experimentation, or reopening an existing finished work (performance, installation, object, video) to transform it into another form such as a workshop, text or performance-lecture. Includes a 10-day residency, a fee of CZK 12,000 per project, shared studio, individual workspace and facilitated exchange meetings; the research output must be shared publicly as a work-in-progress in a form based on participants' needs. REST HOUSE (March to November 2027): a five-day residential spa for overloaded colleagues from the arts sector, with no required output or activities; restricted to people working in production, dramaturgy, curation, PR, technical and other supporting artistic professions in the Czech independent sector. Two guests are chosen by lottery (fee CZK 6,000 per person); the public draw is announced 16 September 2026. HOUSE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD (9 to 18 August 2027): for one performative art project created with the local community and designed or adapted for public space in Liben and its surroundings; this year's call focuses on the 55+ target group. Includes a fee of CZK 30,000 per project, rehearsal and indoor facilities (primarily outdoor spaces), dramaturgic, production, technical and PR consultation, connections to partner organisations, and 7 days of intensive production and technical support in the final phase. A public premiere or work-in-progress in public space at the end of the residency is required. HOUSE OF SWEAT (1 to 10 February 2027): for one performative art project designed or adapted for the specific environment of the Studio ALTA sauna and its immediate surroundings, seeking new ways of working with intimate space, proximity to the audience and non-traditional formats. Includes a fee of CZK 15,000 per project, a 10-day residency, sauna and rehearsal spaces, dramaturgic, production, technical and PR consultation, and 2 days of intensive final-phase support; a public work-in-progress or premiere in the sauna within the 9 to 12 February 2027 programme block is required. Projects at any stage of development can apply to the production calls, and selected projects may be included in Studio ALTA's year-round programme. TIMELINE: deadline 10 September 2026; results 3 weeks after the deadline (30 September 2026); a Q&A Zoom call takes place 10 August 2026 at 3:00 PM. Apply via the registration forms on the call page.
PhotoVogue's global open call invites photographers and video makers to use image-making as a form of rebellion - to challenge indifference, disrupt conventions and expand visual storytelling. It asks not for a theme but for a position in relation to the world. Open to photography, video and multimedia projects across all genres (fashion, documentary, portraiture, fine art, experimental). Three artists share $12,000 in grants ($6,000 Outstanding Vision, $4,000 Vision, $2,000 Rising Voice for an emerging artist), with festival presentation, potential Vogue publication and portfolio reviews. ELIGIBILITY: open to all artists worldwide aged 18+; submissions are free; previous PhotoVogue applicants may submit a new project. SUBMIT: a series of up to 15 images, or images plus video for multimedia, and/or a 60-second trailer, via Picter. IMPORTANT: AI-generated works are NOT eligible. Open 14 May to 11 September 2026 (11:59 PM CET).
The Democracy Stories Lab, an initiative of People Powered (a global hub for participatory democracy) in partnership with the Democracy Narratives Alliance, invites creators worldwide to submit visual content -- short videos, illustrations, or graphics -- that tells a compelling story about democracy, voice, fairness, belonging, and community power. Content can be original or already published, as long as it is the applicant's own work and engages with narrative frameworks from the Democracy Narratives Alliance's research on 'How to Talk About Democracy.' Tone is open; serious and comedic approaches are both welcome. SUBMISSIONS: up to two finished visual content pieces per applicant, answering the prompt of what the future would look like if people had a real say in the decisions that shape their lives. FORMATS: primarily visual social media content, including short videos (under 3 minutes, vertically oriented) and illustrations; written or audio pieces are accepted if presented in a visual format, for example as a filmed performance. Each submission should build on one of five narrative types from the DNA research brief 'How to Talk About Democracy': outcome-oriented (how democracy shows results), intrinsic-value (why democracy is the best choice), collectivist (the importance of diverse voices), individual (how democracy is empowering) and process-oriented (showing democratic institutions work); a short creative brief gives further guidance. AWARDS: 4 winning entries receive USD $1,000 each; 5 honorable mentions receive USD $500 each; all winners receive amplification across People Powered and Democracy Narratives Alliance communications networks and are featured in a global screening event. WHO CAN APPLY: individual creators and small teams anywhere in the world; especially welcomes creators who reach audiences outside usual democracy circles, who come from communities traditionally with less of a say in public discourse, and who work in civic tech, advocacy, community organising, comedy, art, illustration, games, or lifestyle content. Applications opened 14 July 2026 and are submitted through the official form on the People Powered Democracy Narratives Alliance page. Submission deadline: 14 September 2026. Winners announced October-November 2026. Note: the initiative was itself voted into existence through People Powered's participatory budgeting process (PP Decides).
The Paul Mellon Centre funds scholarship and dissemination in British art, visual culture and architectural history, from the medieval period to the present and across the relevant geographical and cultural contexts. This is the Autumn 2026 round, the first under the Centre's restructured funding scheme announced earlier in 2026, and all grants in the round close together on Monday 14 September 2026 at 23:59 BST. ELIGIBILITY: the Centre's funding is open to INTERNATIONAL applicants, not just UK-based ones (the exceptions are the MA/MPhil Studentship and Doctoral Scholarship, which are not part of this round). Every applicant must show how the award advances their research on British art, visual culture and/or architecture. SUPPORT: general application guidance, an updated FAQ and the Our Funding Focus page set out what the Centre looks for, and there are writeups of previously successful projects. The grants team will take specific questions or arrange a call at grants@paul-mellon-centre.ac.uk. No application fee. THIS GRANT: up to GBP 6,000 for organisations producing publications tied to their exhibitions and displays, covering practical publishing costs such as image and production costs.
The Xposure International Photography Awards are free to enter and include a dedicated Drone Photography category alongside many others. Category winners receive cash, equipment, and a trip to the Sharjah festival for the ceremony and exhibition. Official deadline 5 September 2026, extended deadline 20 September 2026.
The Danish Arts Foundation's Production and Exhibitions programme funds the production, dissemination and exhibition of contemporary art in Denmark and abroad, and it is one of the few Nordic national schemes a foreign organisation can apply to directly. Eligible costs include creating new works where an exhibition agreement is in place, exhibition costs, exhibition programming featuring Danish or international artists, promotion tied to an exhibition, and honorariums covering artists' work and installation time, which lets a festival or biennial cover commission and artist-fee lines. THE KEY CONDITION for non-Danish applicants is that the exhibition must feature Danish artists; Danish artists and venues face no such restriction. No minimum or maximum grant is published since the committee decides case by case, and previous award levels are visible on the site. Two 2026 deadlines apply: 26 March 2026 (closed) and 24 September 2026 at 14:00, with the application form opening one month before each deadline. TIMING: applicants receive a response no later than twelve weeks after the deadline, so expect a decision by mid-December 2026. Applications must go through the Danish digital subsidy portal; submissions outside it are rejected except in very special circumstances. FLAG: earliest-start-date rules are not specified on the funder's page.
A fully funded art-science residency from Ars Electronica and Ceske Budejovice, European Capital of Culture 2028, exploring how art and science can collaborate on urgent environmental challenges: climate emergence, sustainable agriculture, geoengineering, permaculture, water resource management, and the broader ecological impacts on local communities. Selected residents work in direct collaboration with local scientists in Ceske Budejovice. WHO CAN APPLY: artists, designers, creatives and artist collectives with more than 5 years of professional creative practice and documented interdisciplinary work; experience in community engagement and science collaborations is essential; applicants must be 18+, of any nationality, and legally eligible to work and travel in the EU. WHAT YOU GET: a EUR 24,000 package (EUR 6,000 artist fee, up to EUR 15,000 production, up to EUR 3,000 travel and subsistence) plus one month of housing covered separately; two winners are selected. STRUCTURE: the residency runs January 2027 to April 2028, with a required on-site stay of up to one month in February/March 2027, an optional stay in August/September 2027, and a March 2028 stay for festival installation, exhibition and deinstallation. HOW TO APPLY: online form with project title, a written proposal of max 250 words, a scientific direction statement (max 100 words), artistic vision (max 100 words), community connection plan (max 100 words), a super short pitch (3 to 30 words), 3 to 7 images, an optional 1-minute video, a portfolio link and contact information. Two-round selection (online application then interview); winners notified by November 2026. Deadline 28 September 2026 at midnight CET.
SOCIAL DIVE is Tokyo Biennale's open call, now in its third edition and, for 2027, open to both international and domestic applicants (the 2019 round drew roughly 1,500 overseas applications and the 2025 international-only round roughly 1,400). Artists and curators propose projects to be presented as part of Tokyo Biennale 2027, whose theme is 'From Me to Us'. THEME: general producer Masato Nakamura frames the biennale against an age of conflict and division, arguing that to avoid repeating memories of war, violence and exclusion we must reexamine the wisdom and cultural resources passed down across generations. Tokyo carries the memories of neighbourhoods dating back to the Edo period, twice suffered great loss through the Great Kanto Earthquake and the Second World War, and each time was rebuilt through the strength of its citizens; it is also an international city where different languages, memories, beliefs, wounds and hopes intersect. Quoting Kenzaburo Oe, 'I cannot live my life over again. But we can live our lives over again', the call proposes that when a single 'me' encounters others and reconnects relationships, a new consciousness of 'us' emerges. Art projects are treated as a form of cultural prescription, reconnecting people with people, people with places and people with memories. ELIGIBILITY: open to artists, curators, researchers, collectives and practitioners in related fields active in Japan and abroad; applicants must be 18 or older at the time of application; there are no restrictions on nationality, place of residence or base of operations; participants must be able to work in Tokyo during the designated period. ACCEPTED FORMATS: artwork creation, exhibitions, performances, video works, tours, workshops, participatory projects, research projects and curatorial projects. Applications cover both artwork production by artists and art project proposals by curators. APPLY via the Google Form linked from socialdive.jp/en (a Google account is required) during the application period 17 July to 30 September 2026, 23:59 JST. Read the official call documentation for full eligibility requirements and guidelines.
The Aesthetica Art Prize accepts work in any discipline and theme, with video, installation, digital, and photography regularly shortlisted; past shortlists frequently feature critical-tech and surveillance-adjacent work, making it a strong venue for media art. Main Prize GBP 10,000 plus a group exhibition at York Art Gallery and editorial coverage. Standard deadline 11 October 2026 (GBP 25 for two works); late entries 12-18 October 2026 (GBP 35).
The Japan Foundation's flagship grant for organisations abroad mounting an exhibition introducing Japanese art and culture, explicitly covering overseas biennials and triennials that present Japanese artists. It is a partial-cost grant rather than a production budget: it pays toward shipping Japanese works, producing print or digital catalogues, and bringing Japanese artists, curators and specialists to the venue. That cost structure suits media arts, digital culture and art-and-science exhibitions well, where shipping technical work and hosting the artist for installation are the main cost drivers. It is explicitly designed for non-Japanese applicants: museums, galleries and comparable organisations outside Japan. Institutions only, so independent curators and artists cannot apply directly and must be hosted by an eligible institution. Exhibition content must introduce Japanese art and culture, so a Japanese artistic component is mandatory. Recent UK recipients include Tate Modern, the V&A and the Hayward Gallery, so the scheme skews toward established institutions. Applicants are asked to discuss eligibility with the relevant regional arts programme officer before applying. FLAG: full FY2027 guidelines were not yet published by Tokyo headquarters as of July 2026 and this deadline is the funder's own provisional date; reconfirm in autumn 2026.
Async Museum is an independent digital space dedicated to web art with a distinctive point of view, existing to discover artists who use the web as their primary medium and to recognise their work as a new aesthetic. Its core philosophy is that the web browser is a twenty-first century canvas. Async Museum is officially seeking submissions of web-based artworks, welcoming both established practitioners and emerging voices who are pushing the boundaries of what the next generation of art can be. NOTE: this is an exhibition opportunity for web-based art rather than a paid grant; no artist fee is stated. To share your practice and submit your work, visit https://asyncmuseum.com/submit. Deadline: 1 December 2026.
Extra Teeth is a Scottish literary magazine with an international outlook, paying for fiction and nonfiction. Submissions are currently open. No theme is set per issue; send your best work on any topic. Pieces should be 800 to 4,000 words, previously unpublished, submitted as a Word document (standard font, size 12, double line spacing) titled with 'F' for fiction or 'NF' for nonfiction followed by your name, plus a title sheet (name, address, word count, bio under 100 words); cover letters are not required. Send one piece only per submission period to submissions@extrateeth.co.uk with 'SHORT STORY: TITLE' or 'ESSAY: TITLE' in the subject line; secondary submissions are deleted. Copyright remains with the author. Work in translation is accepted with the necessary permissions. The magazine does not currently publish poetry, scripts or artwork (aside from its guest illustrator). PAYMENT: GBP 200 per piece for the magazine plus two contributor copies; four pieces are also chosen for the With Bite Substack at GBP 150 each. AI POLICY: no AI-written work is published or considered. ILLUSTRATORS: one guest illustrator is commissioned per issue (paid GBP 943.90); send work to hello@extrateeth.co.uk with 'ILLUSTRATOR' in the subject line; marginalised illustrators especially encouraged. Allow eight weeks after the submission period before querying. Check the submissions page for current open periods.
AIxDESIGN gets more requests for speakers and facilitators than it can handle in-house, so rather than turning them down it passes them through to a curated pool of critical, creative and thoughtful voices on AI. WHAT IT IS: a Speakers Collective whose members are connected with opportunities as they come in, including talks, workshops, panels and custom sessions for organisations, festivals, institutions and events. AIxDESIGN makes considered matches, briefs speakers on the gig and supports where needed; in return speakers credit AIxDESIGN publicly and contribute a small coordination fee or donation back to the ecosystem. Opportunities are posted in a private Speakers Collective Slack channel, where you raise your hand for what interests you and skip what does not. There is no exclusivity requirement. WHO THEY ARE LOOKING FOR: thinkers, makers, educators, researchers, artists and practitioners with honest, grounded perspectives on AI, who care what it means for society, culture and creative practice rather than only what it can do. They are particularly drawn to people working at the edges, questioning dominant AI narratives and exploring what critical, slow, speculative or decolonial approaches look like in practice, or making work that opens new imaginaries rather than reinforcing existing ones; practices at the intersection of AI and art, design, sound, moving image, writing, education, policy or community are a good fit. You need something real to say and some experience saying it (a past talk, workshop, panel or teaching context that can be pointed to), and alignment with AIxDESIGN's values. BONUS POINTS: if you have worked with AIxDESIGN before and are comfortable speaking about the shared project, or if you are based in or regularly in the Netherlands. PROBABLY NOT FOR YOU: if you have no prior speaking experience, or if your perspective clashes with what they stand for. HOW TO APPLY: a roughly five-minute form (Tally). Applications are accepted on a rolling basis and reviewed about every two months; if it is a fit, they invite you into the private channel where opportunities are shared.
OSIP is the European Space Agency's standing front door for unsolicited novel ideas, launched in 2019 and now the main entry point for new concepts into ESA, both in response to specific problems and through open calls. HOW IT WORKS: ideas are submitted through two mechanisms. Campaigns are targeted calls responding to specific questions with defined timelines (recent examples include Future Navigation Demonstrators and elements for the EOCognitiveLab mission); Channels are permanently open, open-ended calls on broader topics with no deadline. Submissions can go through an optional community discussion phase, with voting and comments, before expert evaluation by ESA. WHO CAN SUBMIT: individuals, businesses, universities and organisations anywhere in the world. The catch for funding: to implement a funded idea yourself, you must be eligible to do business with ESA under Article 18 of its procurement regulations, which in practice means affiliation with an entity in an ESA member state. WHAT FUNDING LOOKS LIKE: successful ideas are typically supported as co-funded PhD or postdoctoral research (ESA plus a university), early technology development activities, or system studies; amounts vary by route and campaign. WHY IT IS ON THE DESK: this is the one genuinely public, always-open route into ESA for independent researchers, technologists and artists working with space data or space technology concepts; new campaigns appear regularly, so checking the platform periodically is worthwhile. Submit via ideas.esa.int.
Online literary magazine paying for original creative nonfiction (essays and flash), open year-round with no submission fee. Useful, low-barrier way for an emerging writer to publish a standalone critical/creative-nonfiction piece and build a publication record toward a book. ELIGIBILITY: open to any emerging or established author; submissions accepted from international writers. Creative categories are open on a rolling basis year-round.
Contemporary art magazine commissioning paid art writing and criticism, with pitches accepted on an ongoing basis (online reviews/pitches continuous; themed print issues have set deadlines, e.g. the Spring issue around 15 September 2026). A direct paid outlet for criticism on digital, new-media and AI art. ELIGIBILITY: writers at all experience levels are invited; not restricted to Canada. Mostly pitch-based, with short online reviews accepted unsolicited.