Currently 5 active paid grants, fellowships and residencies taking place in Poland, 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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The City of Lublin and Warsztaty Kultury host a 17-day CreArt 3.0 residency for two artists (one from Lublin, one from another CreArt network city) who develop a joint project based on a 1.5-metre movable globe originally made for the Planet Lublin installation, to be presented in Lublin's public space. WHAT YOU GET: EUR 800 gross grant per artist (paid within 21 days after the residency; 20 percent income tax reduction for artists from abroad), up to EUR 460 gross production budget, and, for artists from CreArt cities, flights to Warsaw or Lublin, accommodation and two meals a day (Warsaw to Lublin transfer at the artist's own cost). ELIGIBILITY: individual artists (no groups) born or residing in a CreArt network city, HDLU members, or Ukrainian artists via the Lviv Artistic Council Dialogue; an arts degree or equivalent documented track record is required; no age limit; a European Health Insurance Card or equivalent is required. Application: one English PDF (ID, proof of network-city connection, CV, portfolio, project proposal) via the CreArt website. Results by 30 October 2026. An English final report of at least 6 pages is due afterwards. DEADLINE: 23 October 2026.
AFTER THE PALACE: Resonance 2026 is an international video mapping competition and outdoor showcase that asks digital media artists to creatively reinterpret the dissonant heritage of socialist-era architecture in the context of the history, cultural identity and memory of Krakow's Nowa Huta. Artists, animators, motion designers, creative teams and studios worldwide are invited to create original site-specific projections for the courtyard facade of Building Z of the New Administrative Centre, formerly part of the Lenin Steelworks. Organised by the University of the National Education Commission in Krakow as part of the international artistic and research project unLoc. TECHNICAL: 2D/3D video mapping with sound, 1 to 8 minutes, MP4 (H.264/AAC) in 4K at 25 fps, minimum 40 Mbps, audio 48 kHz/16-bit, built on the dedicated building mapping matrix from the document package. Generative AI tools are permitted provided their use is fully disclosed in the application form and the applicant holds rights to the source materials. TIMELINE: submission deadline 30 October 2026, 23:59 CET; results by 10 November; outdoor showcase and award ceremony 23 November 2026 in the courtyard at 1 Ujastek St, Krakow. TO APPLY: submit the online application form with a download link to the work; the full regulations and mapping matrix are at unloc.art. Contact unloc@uken.krakow.pl.
The European Media Art Platform (EMAP/EMARE) is a network of leading European media-art organisations offering fully funded two-month production residencies for artists working with digital media, including media art, bio art and robotic art. Each residency provides a EUR 4,000 grant to the applying artist (including subsistence), a EUR 4,000 project budget, host-provided accommodation, travel covered according to EU ceilings, and access to technical facilities and media labs; a collaborating artist receives an additional EUR 2,000 (EUR 6,000 total for a duo). Residencies take place at one of 15 host institutions across Austria, France, Slovakia, Portugal, Belgium, the Netherlands, Slovenia, Croatia, Spain, Italy, Cyprus, Greece, Latvia, Germany and Poland. ELIGIBILITY: applicants must be EU residents or taxpayers in an EU member state, or residents/taxpayers of one of the eligible non-EU countries (Netherlands-based artists qualify). Undergraduate and Master's students are not eligible; PhD candidates and emerging artists of any age and academic background may apply. IMPORTANT: applicants must apply as a duo or collective, or propose a collaborative project, rather than as a purely solo applicant. The 2027 open call runs from 3 September 2026 to 6 November 2026 at 14:00 CET. Apply online at call.emare.eu. No application fee.
ART4MENTAL is a Creative Europe project (partners in Ukraine, Poland, Czechia, Estonia, Sweden and Austria) selecting 20 artists to create immersive VR content and scenarios used in art-therapy and mental-health support sessions across Ukraine and the EU. Selected artists get professional training in VR technology and trauma-informed design, local bootcamps, a residency in Ukraine's Carpathian Mountains, study visits to rehabilitation centres, ongoing collaboration with mental-health professionals, and present their work at European exhibitions and conferences, including an international exhibition in Poland. ELIGIBILITY: the official page says residents of EU countries and Ukraine with a proven artistic practice and full availability for all mandatory activities; the On the Move listing adds that at least 10 of the 20 places go to artists from Ukraine and at least one each to Czechia, Estonia, Sweden and Austria, so applicants from other EU countries are eligible but not prioritised. Two stages: online form with supporting documents, then an online interview; selected artists announced January 2027. DEADLINE: 11 November 2026 per On the Move (the official page only says November 2026; no time zone stated).
The Mensch Maschine VISIT Residency Program is an annual fellowship offering four fully funded fellowships to artists from around the world, run by the JUNGE AKADEMIE of the Akademie der Künste (Berlin) with VISIT, the artist-in-residence programme of the E.ON Foundation, E-WERK Luckenwalde and Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art (Warsaw). The 2027 edition particularly encourages projects at the intersection of art, energy and ecology exploring the theme ENERGY GHOSTS: the unseen dimensions of energy approached through mythology, cosmology or speculative fiction, the invisible infrastructures, histories and residues that haunt contemporary life, and energy as an ecological, political or spiritual force. Proposals are welcome from visual art, performance, film, installation, sound, writing and new media. WHAT YOU GET: EUR 20,000 per fellow for artist fees and production costs of a new project (research and development, travel, material and presentation costs); three fellows receive studio space and accommodation at E-WERK Luckenwalde (a former power station about 40 minutes south of Berlin), one is accommodated by the Akademie der Künste in Berlin. The three-month residency runs roughly September to November 2027 with on-site presence of at least 75% required, a retreat at Ujazdowski Castle in Warsaw in September 2027, events across the three venues, and a closing symposium in October 2027 at the Akademie der Künste where fellows show work in progress alongside the 2026 cohort. JURY: Nolan Oswald Dennis; Chus Martinez (Institute Art Gender Nature, TBA21); Sarah Johanna Theurer (Fondation Beyeler); Anh-Linh Ngo (Akademie der Künste); and Tiara Roxanne. APPLICATION: via the VISIT portal at visit-energy.com/bewerben. DEADLINE: 1 December 2026, 23:59 CET.