Currently 5 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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The Academie de France a Madrid at the Casa de Velazquez offers 12 one-year residencies for 2027-2028 to young graduates and established artists developing a creative project in the Iberian Peninsula. Applicants declare one main discipline: drawing, printmaking, sculpture, painting, architecture, music composition, choreography, photography, or film and video (multidisciplinary development during the year is welcome). REQUIREMENTS: over 18; a higher arts diploma or a body of work judged by the committee; good French (application and interview in French); individual applications only (no collectives); at most three applications per lifetime. STATUS: EU/Schengen nationals must show affiliation to an artist/author or self-employed scheme; non-EU applicants need a French residence permit allowing work (to join URSSAF artists/authors) or a Schengen residence and work permit from another EU state plus artist-author status there, covering the whole residency. APPLICATION: online portal with a project of up to 5,000 characters in French, expectations and career fit (600 characters each), CV in French (max 3 pages), portfolio (A3 landscape PDF, max 10 pages), up to two video links of max 10 minutes, audio files (composers must include a chamber or orchestral work with score), up to 10 photos and up to two recommendation letters. SELECTION: pre-selection the week of 8 March 2027, interviews in French in Paris the week of 5 April 2027, results mid-April 2027. Residents must live at the Casa outside closure periods and take part in its exhibitions and concerts. DEADLINE: 27 November 2026, 13:00 Madrid time. Questions: candidatures-cvz@casadevelazquez.org.
make-a-thek, a Horizon Europe project (grant No. 101177660) coordinated by Fab Lab Barcelona at IAAC, connects creative spaces, public libraries and makers across Europe and beyond to share skills in circular fashion, traditional crafts and technology. Its open call runs two tracks. MOBILITY SCHEME (Track A): experienced practitioners (make-a-thek Experts) travel to an EU pilot location (Antwerp, Barcelona, Berlin, Budapest, Helsinki, Kranj, Milan, Opole, Reykjavik, Kyiv or Zaporizhzhia) to deliver a workshop, talk or hands-on training, with a EUR 1,000 stipend to support expenses. KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE PROGRAMME (Track B): learners, practitioners, makers, craftspeople and librarians travel to a 2-day in-person group meet-up (Cohort 1 in Barcelona between end of November and start of December 2026; Cohort 2 in Berlin in May 2027), then organise a local knowledge-sharing activity, with a EUR 850 stipend. Up to 12 participants per track annually. ELIGIBILITY: legal residents of EU member states, Horizon Europe associated countries, or the international pilot countries Ghana, South Africa, Indonesia, the Philippines and Chile; proposals must align with at least one focus area: Circular Fashion, Digitising Traditional Crafts, or Open Technologies. HOW TO APPLY: via the Typeform linked from the open call page. The early-bird round closed 15 September 2026; late applications are accepted until 1 December 2026, and the next call runs 1 February to 31 March 2027. DEADLINE: 1 December 2026.
ARCHAIVE, a Creative Europe project led by MEET Digital Culture Center in Milan with NewArt Foundation (Barcelona), Museu Zer0 (Tavira), Netherlands Institute for Sound & Vision and PUBLIC ART LAB (Berlin), offers paid artist residencies that engage critically with AI and archives, working with media-art archives and generative AI. Open to emerging and mid-career artists aged 18+ who are nationals or residents of a Creative Europe country; materials in English. Call opened 6 November 2026; apply via the CMT platform by 7 December 2026, 23:55 CET.
Prize for the best doctoral thesis in digital humanities, awarded by the Hispanic Digital Humanities society with Fundación BBVA. The thesis must have been defended at a Spanish university between 1 January and 31 December 2025; current HDH board members are excluded. Applications open 11 November 2026 and close 8 January 2027, 14:00 Spanish peninsular time.
Zinegoak's official section screens features and shorts on sexual and gender diversity in the FIK, DOK and KRAK sections (over 45 minutes) and a shorts section (under 45 minutes). ELIGIBILITY: films from any country produced after 1 January 2025 and not previously released commercially in the Basque Country. OFFER: cash prizes from EUR 1,000 to EUR 4,000, paid in Q4 2027. APPLY via Festhome or films@zinegoak.com; selected films are told by 16 April 2027. DEADLINE: entries must arrive before 1 March 2027.