Currently 8 active paid grants, fellowships and residencies taking place in Spain, 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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Can Serrat is a long-running international residency in a former winery in El Bruc, at the foot of the Montserrat massif about an hour from Barcelona. Its 2027 visual art open call is aimed at visual and multidisciplinary artists of all career levels and nationalities, with the residency window running 2 August to 12 December 2027. THE FUNDED PLACES: one full grant with honoraries, comprising a EUR 2,000 honorarium (subject to public funding) and a private room at Can Serrat for six consecutive weeks from 2 August 2027; and one full grant with shared accommodation for one month in October 2027. Both full grants include two weekly communal dinners and basic food supplies (coffee, tea, condiments, select dry goods). ALL RESIDENTS additionally get studio and workspace access, shared facilities, monthly public presentations, an unlimited public transport pass, publication of the project in Can Serrat's digital archive and visibility through its channels. POST-RESIDENCY: a EUR 3,000 visual arts production grant and return grants (one-month return stays) are available to 2027 residents in December 2027. NOTE ON THE REST OF THE CALL: the same application also allocates around 20 partial grants, where residents pay EUR 1,130 per month for a shared room or EUR 1,745 per month for a private room (both with the dinners and basics included), or EUR 305 per month for studio-only without accommodation; only the two full grants are fully funded. APPLICATIONS: window 1 to 23 September 2026 via the open call page. No application fee stated.
Medialab Matadero in Madrid selects three projects for a research and creation residency bringing together contemporary art, design, science, technology and society, welcoming critical, experimental and collaborative work. Each project must connect clearly with one or more themes from Medialab's recent programs: LAB 1 Sentient Media, LAB 2 The Metabolic Sublime, LAB 3 Synthetic Minds, LAB 4 Weird Futures and LAB 5 The Mechanics of Truth. Open to individuals and collectives from any discipline (design, art, architecture, film, journalism, digital media, environmental science, philosophy, engineering, programming, activism and more). SUPPORT: EUR 10,000 per project (before taxes), individual workspace, access to the Fablab and technical materials, curatorial team guidance, and logistical and financial support for public activities; proposals must include public engagement plans and produce documentation. RESIDENCY: January to July 2027, in person in Madrid. DEADLINE: 27 September 2026. No application fee.
Graner, Barcelona's centre for dance and live arts creation within the city council's Creative Factories Network, managed by Mercat de les Flors with the Catalan dance professionals' associations APDC and ACPDC, opens its 2027 call for residency grants supporting creation and research projects taking place between January and December 2027. EIGHT CATEGORIES: Associated Artist (1 place, EUR 6,000 per year for 2027 and 2028, for Catalonia-based artists who associate with the centre for two years, with a creative residency of up to six weeks); Creation (3 places, EUR 6,000, local and national artists developing projects leading to a production, up to five weeks); Barcelona Crea Research (2 places, EUR 6,000, local researchers and artists in the initial stages of artistic research with body, movement and choreographic thinking as its axes); Barcelona Crea Critical Thinking (1 place, EUR 6,000, theoretical, critical or discursive projects on dance and the live arts); International (1 place, EUR 3,000, for researchers, artists and collectives based outside Spain without a direct connection to the Catalan or Spanish context, two to four weeks; applying here excludes all other categories); Stage Research (1 place, EUR 3,000, research centred on lighting, sound, video or scenography, with technical studio time and support sessions); Emerging Artists (2 places, EUR 3,000, endowment topped up with EUR 1,700 contributed by Can Gassol in Mataro, where part of the residency takes place); and Practical Methodologies (1 place, EUR 3,000). WHAT YOU GET: on top of the grant, a workspace agreed per project, possible technical residency, shared desk and facilities, artistic support and possible specialised mentoring, participation in Graner's labs, workshops and seminars, communication support, and covered national and European travel to the two annual APLEC gatherings. ELIGIBILITY: natural persons, legal persons and groups with or without legal personality; applicants may apply to at most two categories (International is mutually exclusive) and can receive only one grant. Barcelona Crea categories require a demonstrated connection to Barcelona or its metropolitan area and carry municipal-grant incompatibility rules. NOTE: structural renovation works run at Graner throughout 2027 and may affect studio use. APPLICATION: free, via the category-specific forms on the Mercat de les Flors website; an English-language bases PDF details each category. DEADLINE: 29 September 2026 at 14:00 Catalan time (12:00 UTC).
Ses12naus, a non-profit founded in 2016 to strengthen the cultural and artistic fabric of Ibiza and develop the island as an international reference for contemporary artistic creation, is launching a two-phase residency for visual artists and curators at any career stage. Four projects are selected for the 2026-2027 edition: two by artists or curators based in the Balearic Islands, one from the rest of Spain and one from another European country. STRUCTURE: Phase 1 (21 November to 13 December 2026) is dedicated to research and exploration of the territory and an in-depth understanding of the local context, with a required public activity linked to the process; between phases the Foundation's team actively follows up on the conceptualisation and formalisation of the proposal; in Phase 2 (17 May to 7 June 2027) residents return to produce and present: artists produce their works, curators continue their research, and both present results. The format supports developing a new project or giving continuity to an ongoing one, in dialogue with Ibiza and its communities. FUNDING: EUR 1,800 honorarium plus EUR 300 public-activity fee per resident; travel up to EUR 330 (Spain) or EUR 770 (Europe) booked by the Foundation (no travel between phases is financed); production up to EUR 3,000 for artists plus EUR 500 installation and EUR 200 public-activity costs (curators: EUR 500 plus EUR 200). RESOURCES: private bedroom and bathroom with shared kitchen and living room, a workspace at La Carpinteria sized to the project with projectors, speakers, machinery and tools (specific materials not in the inventory come from the production budget), production assistance, a shared car for the duration (valid driving licence required) and airport transfers. APPLICATION: online form, deadline 30 September 2026, 23:59 CET.
The Supporting Act Foundation, the charitable foundation established by WeTransfer, awards ten unrestricted Artist Grants of EUR 10,000 to emerging artists from underrepresented groups whose work involves collaborative, collective or creative processes that benefit their communities. The grant is paid as EUR 1,000 per month over one year and can be used freely; applicants should explain how it would help them overcome economic, social, cultural, physical or health barriers to their practice. ELIGIBILITY: identify as an emerging artist with at least two and no more than ten years of professional experience; identify as belonging to an underrepresented group or face systemic barriers to your career; be born in or before 2005; be based in Belgium, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain or the United Kingdom with a personal IBAN bank account there; and have an updated website or public social media profile. Former and current TSAF grantees cannot apply. TIMELINE: applications close 1 October 2026 at 11:00 CET, notifications go to all applicants in late October 2026, shortlisted applicants get a final review in November 2026, and the public announcement and first transfer follow in January 2027. APPLICATION: free, via the open call platform on the foundation's website. The parallel Impact Grant strand for arts nonprofits runs on the same deadline.
The Supporting Act Foundation, the charitable foundation established by WeTransfer, awards ten unrestricted Impact Grants of EUR 50,000 (EUR 25,000 per year over two years) to arts-focused nonprofits that empower emerging artists from underrepresented groups through non-financial support: improving artists' living conditions, enabling practice development, increasing the visibility of their work and building their confidence. ELIGIBILITY: nonprofits registered as arts organizations between 2016 and 2024, based in Belgium, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Spain or the United Kingdom, or working with a fiscal host in one of these countries; annual expenditures between EUR 50,000 and EUR 300,000; an active website demonstrating supported projects; and an IBAN bank account. Individuals, commercial entities, current or past TSAF grantees, and proposals for ongoing projects rather than established organizations are not eligible. TIMELINE: applications close 1 October 2026 at 11:00 CET, are reviewed in October, notifications go out in late October 2026, shortlisted organizations get a final review in November 2026, and the public announcement and first installment follow in January 2027. APPLICATION: free, via the open call platform on the foundation's website. The parallel Artist Grant strand for individual emerging artists runs on the same deadline.
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.
NO PUBLISHED CLOSING DATE: the call gives no application deadline, so the operative cutoff is the gathering itself on 2-5 November 2026; apply early. The European Sex Workers' Rights Alliance (ESWA) brings back its Digital Rights Gathering in 2026 as The (W)horrors Edition, in Barcelona just after Halloween. It is a capacity and community-building space by and for sex workers, convened to confront the surveillance, censorship and digital violence they face online and to imagine and build more resilient digital futures. A limited number of spaces is reserved for allies working in adjacent digital rights and harm reduction spaces to host sessions. TWO CALLS ARE OPEN. (1) CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS, for sex workers who want to deepen their knowledge of digital rights, online safety and community resilience. Requirements: be a current or former sex worker who is also a member of an organisation in ESWA's network; be available for three days of interactive sessions, skill-sharing and collective learning on 2, 3 and 4 November, and free from 1 November (travel out) through 5 November (travel home), even though some final-day sessions are optional. Selected participants receive full funding covering travel, accommodation and food. (2) CALL FOR TRAINERS AND SESSION PROPOSALS, for facilitators, trainers and educators experienced in digital rights, online safety or sex worker-led organising, who want to deliver an interactive workshop, skill-share or creative session. Sessions run 90 minutes and are compensated at EUR 300 per session, with travel, accommodation and meals covered. Open to current or former sex workers, and to allies with experience in digital rights, digital discrimination, digital security and related fields. SESSION STRANDS: Digital (W)horrors, naming the threats faced online and unpacking how surveillance, censorship and platform policy work against sex workers, including shadowbanning and algorithmic censorship, over-zealous content moderation, law enforcement and third-party surveillance, deplatforming, non-consensual data scraping and retention, and the platforms and policies that enable them; Building Resilience, practical hands-on skills covering open source and privacy-respecting software, how and why to divest from Big Tech platforms, alternative and encrypted communication tools, digital security basics such as protecting data, devices and identity, and other harm-reduction strategies for working and organising online; Imagining Better Futures, creative forward-looking sessions on what a sex worker friendly internet would look like, including prototyping inclusive digital tools, platforms and spaces built by and for sex workers, new apps, alternative social platforms, community-owned tech, and speculative design exercises; Resourcing the Group, sessions focused on care and resilience, including writing and reflection, grounding and somatic exercises, tools for self-care and sustainability in activism, and space for radical rest. The organisers welcome grounded, political and creative contributions from anyone who would like to lead a session. Separate application forms for participants and for session proposals are linked from the call page. Questions: ana@eswalliance.org.