Currently 5 active paid grants, fellowships and residencies taking place in Portugal, 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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Residential think-tank fellowships at the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation in Lisbon, explicitly open to artists as well as academics (affiliated or independent), emeritus professors and professionals outside academia. Fellows spend 3 to 8 months pursuing self-directed work in any domain, provided it needs no laboratory or experimental infrastructure and is not predominantly applied; selection weighs the CV at 40 percent and the innovativeness of the proposal at 60 percent. WHAT YOU GET: travel, travel and health insurance, a monthly stipend and a partial housing subsidy, with fellow status continuing after the stay. ELIGIBILITY: open internationally; past GIAS fellows must wait five years. Applications via the MyGulbenkian platform with CV, a short description of proposed activities and two referee names. DEADLINE: the annual window runs 1 July to 15 October; this round closes 15 October 2026 for 2027/28 stays.
Part of the Creative Europe project Invisible Cartographies (Buinho with FabLab Cuenca, Spain, and the Veljko Ramadanovic School, Serbia), which creates sensory cartographies of public spaces, schools and museums with neurodivergent communities. Two artists live in Messejana for six weeks (11 January to 21 February 2027) and work with students of the Agrupamento de Escolas de Aljustrel; proposals should sketch what you want to investigate and how you might work with the school community, and need not be a finished plan. SUPPORT: EUR 1,200 artist fee, free accommodation, travel budget up to EUR 300, production budget, and access to Buinho's FabLab. ELIGIBILITY: preference for neurodivergent artists; self-identification is enough, no diagnosis or documentation required; applicants must commit to the full period and, if selected, provide a criminal-record certificate for work with minors. APPLICATION: online in English or Portuguese; written answers (500-word expression of interest, 750-word proposal) or audio/video recordings (5 and 7 minutes) assessed equally; portfolio by link or upload (under 10 MB); access rider and consent sections included. Questions and access needs: info@buinho.pt. NOTE: this funded call is separate from Buinho's regular paid residencies; two further calls (Cuenca, Belgrade) are announced but not yet open. DEADLINE: 26 October 2026, 23:59 Lisbon time.
Cultivamos Cultura in Sao Luis (Odemira, Portugal) hosts the Bom Dia residency as part of the European OASis project: one proposal is selected for a 7-to-30-day residency during March 2027. Residents engage with the local community (artist talks, walks, workshops, open studios) and must produce an output for the OASis group exhibition in 2027; one output is added to Cultivamos Cultura's collection, and documentation is shared across OASis partner channels. WHO: international creators, artists and researchers from various fields and disciplines, including practitioners working at the intersection of culture and other disciplines; individuals or groups of up to two people (conditions and funding are the same for a pair as for one individual); selected residents must be physically present for the approved timeline and reasonably autonomous in producing the project. WHAT YOU GET: EUR 1,300 project fee, travel budget up to EUR 500, production and material expenses up to EUR 1,600 (approved by Cultivamos Cultura before purchase, paid against an invoice), equitable food per diem, accommodation in a private room in a shared farmhouse on the Cultivamos Cultura property with shared kitchen, a workspace or studio, and free access to all spaces and resources. APPLICATION: via Google Form; the call runs 18 September to 30 October 2026, 18:00 CET, but closes early once 100 applications are received, so apply promptly. Results announced in the third week of December 2026; no individual feedback. Full details at cultivamoscultura.com.
Cultivamos Cultura, the art-science and bioart organisation in rural Sao Luis (Odemira, Portugal), hosts the Bom Dia residency as part of the OASis programme. One selected proposal (individual or a group of up to two people, same conditions) spends 7 to 30 days in March 2027 producing an artwork that joins the OASis group exhibition in 2027, is shown locally and across the OASis network, and leaves one output in the Cultivamos Cultura collection. SUPPORT: project grant of EUR 1,300; travel budget up to EUR 500; production and material costs up to EUR 1,600 (approved before purchase, paid on invoice); daily food allowance; private room in a shared farmhouse with shared kitchen; studio and free access to all Cultivamos Cultura spaces and resources. ELIGIBILITY: international artists, creators and researchers from any field, including practitioners working between culture and other disciplines. ASSESSMENT PRIORITIES: use of local or natural materials, strong ecological interest, care for a sustainable future, community interaction, and exchange with international artists. OBLIGATIONS: stay on site for the whole approved period, engage the local community (artist talks, walks, workshops or open studios), and create an output for the 2027 exhibition and the collection; travel beyond the village means renting a car from the production grant. APPLY with a project statement (max 500 words) with images, an estimated resources list, a signed declaration of originality, portfolio or website plus short CV (max 4 pages), a timeline, and five images for communication. DEADLINE: 30 October 2026 at 18:00 CET, or earlier if 100 applications are received first; results in the third week of December 2026.
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.