Currently 3 active funded artist residencies 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 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.
Two artist residencies with Co-Designing a Smartwear Revolution, a University of Alberta research network of 100+ researchers in textile science, AI and robotics building smart garments with sensors and actuators. The in-person resident gets lab and studio access in Edmonton; the virtual resident works remotely. No nationality, age or geography limits; collectives and students welcome; applicants need experience in visual art, fashion or performance, with priority for lived or professional experience of disability, aging, caregiving or assistive technology. Work is shown at the SUPPORT 2028 festival. Expression of interest by 15 December 2026 via the Google Form or adwg@ualberta.ca; notification 15 January 2027.
An academic-year fellowship at MIT for journalists covering science, health, technology or the environment, with seminars, MIT and Harvard courses and a self-directed study project. ELIGIBILITY: full-time staff or freelance journalists with at least 3 consecutive years of science, health, technology or environment coverage; international applicants welcome. Applications open 15 November 2026; deadline 9 January 2027.