Currently 114 active paid grants, fellowships and 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 third round of Project Tech4Dev's AI Cohort, a hands-on implementation programme for NGOs designing, building and deploying responsible AI solutions inside their own programmes. Cohort 2.0 worked with seven NGOs across education, civic engagement, youth development and nonprofit technology, who built and piloted AI teaching assistants, volunteer coaches, mentoring tools and decision-support systems; the organisers' stated lesson was that adoption turns on understanding user needs, testing rapidly, measuring impact and building responsibly rather than on the technology itself. Cohort 3.0 is aimed at organisations ready to move past exploration into solutions that can be deployed in real-world settings. STRUCTURE (three sprints over roughly six months): Discovery Sprint (months 1 to 2) covering problem discovery, use-case prioritisation, data-readiness assessment, user research and solution design; Build Sprint (months 2 to 5) covering prototype development, implementation sprints, user testing, mentorship and responsible AI evaluations; and Activation Sprint (month 6) covering pilot deployment, impact assessment, operationalisation planning and a final showcase with peers and ecosystem partners. SELECTION CRITERIA: NGOs must show some in-house technical or data capability, ideally a dedicated person who can anchor the work (not necessarily an AI expert, but able to manage workflows, communicate operational requirements and work with mentors and experts); must commit one person's full bandwidth for the whole programme, including aligning leadership, adapting operations and making room to test, monitor and refine; and preference goes to problems involving multi-modal input, especially Indic languages, and to use cases built on LLMs. Applications are open to nonprofits across sectors, with priority to climate-focused organisations whose AI use cases could improve programme delivery, decision-making or community outcomes. Apply via the Google Form linked from the announcement before 10 August 2026.
Short film competition from Day Job Films created to give auteur directors full creative freedom, awarding a production budget of up to GBP 7,000 to make a short film with no producer interference or commercial agenda. Open to animation, live-action and documentary projects. Runs in three rounds: (1) a pitch deck outlining concept, story, key characters and visual style; (2) a full script for those who progress; and (3) an interview to discuss the vision and execution. A panel of industry professionals judges the pitch deck, script and interview, with at least one team member reading each pitch deck and script in full. The winner receives full creative control over the project. ELIGIBILITY: applicants can be from anywhere worldwide, but all production must take place in the UK; applicants must have a producer on board who is separate from the director/writer. Applicants may optionally include a plan for adapting the script into a feature-length film (this does not affect the outcome). Submissions open February 10, 2026 and close August 10, 2026. Enquiries: hello@dayjobfilms.com.
Connections Through Culture (CTC) grants are designed to enable meaningful partnerships, cross-cultural exchange and long-term collaboration between the UK and participating countries. In 2026, CTC incorporates the grants programmes formerly known as Biennials Connect (Visual Arts) and Architecture, Design and Fashion Biennials and Festivals Grants, and serves as the British Council's major Arts grants programme for 2026 (in place of International Collaboration Grants). It offers grants of between GBP 5,000 and GBP 15,000 to support creative practitioners, cultural professionals, artists, organisations, festivals, biennials, hubs and collectives to develop and deliver collaborative projects across a wide range of themes and art forms, including applied arts, architecture, curating, dance, design, digital, drawing, education, fashion, film, installation, interdisciplinary work, painting, performance, photography, printmaking, public art, research, sculpture, social practice, sound art, textiles, video, visual arts and writing. ELIGIBILITY: applications must involve collaboration between at least one UK-based partner and at least one partner based in an eligible participating country; each partner must be legally based in the country they are applying from at the time of application and throughout the project activity period. PARTICIPATING COUNTRIES: Albania, Argentina, Australia, Bangladesh, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Colombia, Mainland China, Egypt, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kosovo, Lebanon, Malaysia, Mexico, Montenegro, New Zealand, Nigeria, North Macedonia, Pakistan, Palestine, Peru, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, Serbia, South Africa, Tanzania, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, UK, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, and Vietnam. Eligible applicants include artists and creative practitioners, arts and cultural organisations, festivals and biennials, cultural professionals, creative hubs/networks/collectives, and organisations working across arts, culture and the creative sectors. Note: applications involving projects organised by or taking place as part of Visual Arts, Architecture, Design, Fashion and Craft festivals should be made by the festival or biennial organisation rather than by individual artists, designers or practitioners. No application fee. Deadline 12 August 2026.
Vision Grants are research planning grants that give scholars and their collaborators the time, space, resources and support to plan a large-scale study or program of research focused on transforming education systems toward greater equity. Rather than a fully fleshed-out research plan, the proposal is an invitation to think forward about what research is needed to transform education systems toward equity and how that systems change will happen, identifying the system(s) targeted and the specific levers the team thinks must be engaged. Grants bring together a team for 12 to 18 months to collaboratively develop ambitious, large-scale, cross-disciplinary research projects co-designed with practitioners, policymakers, communities and other partners. Awarded teams also join a cohort learning program held in person in Chicago. ELIGIBILITY: PIs and Co-PIs must have appropriate experience or an earned doctorate in an academic discipline or a terminal degree in a professional field; graduate students may be on the team but cannot be PI or Co-PI. The PI must be affiliated with a non-profit or public/governmental institution willing to serve as the administering organization (colleges, universities, school districts, research facilities, or other 501(c)(3) non-profits, or non-US equivalents); the Spencer Foundation does not award grants directly to individuals. Open to applicants in the US and internationally; proposals in English, budgets in USD. PIs and Co-PIs may apply even with another active Spencer grant or proposal in review, but may not be part of more than one Vision Grant proposal. Note: a Vision Grant is a prerequisite for applying to Spencer's Transformative Research Grant program (TRG, USD 3.5 million), though receiving one does not guarantee a TRG. PROCESS: applications opened 4 June 2026. A required Intent to Apply form (max 200 words, non-binding) is due 12 August 2026 at 12:00 PM noon Central time; the Full Proposal (2000-word narrative) is due 16 September 2026 at 12:00 PM noon Central time. Program contact: Jasmine Knetl, visiongrants@spencer.org.
The Bloomberg Green Docs competition is open to all eligible filmmakers competing for a $25,000 grand prize for a short climate documentary. The call seeks films that explore our climate future and reveal the world we are making today: ecosystems being restored, tomorrow's zero-carbon communities being formed, and habitat extremes warning of cascading climate consequences. REQUIREMENTS: films must address the urgency of climate change and run under 10 minutes including credits. The jury awards a $25,000 grand prize, announced at the Bloomberg Green Docs Film Festival in New York City on 22 September 2026, where the top five documentaries will be screened. Check the official rules on the competition site for eligibility details. DEADLINE: submissions accepted through 14 August 2026.
The inaugural Kennan Institute Digital Fellowship promotes original scholarship and quality non-fiction writing about Russia and the former Soviet Union, with an emphasis on work that has policy relevance. Ten fellowships are awarded per year, and AT LEAST FOUR POSITIONS ARE RESERVED FOR RESEARCHERS PURSUING TOPICS IN THE NATURAL SCIENCES, MEDICINE, TECHNOLOGY OR RELATED FIELDS, which is the route by which a technology-focused project fits this call. The programme aims to give participants time, professional resources and support while bringing their work to a wider public and to the Washington-based policy community, and to build a cohort network that continues into the alumni body. Each fellow receives a monthly stipend of USD 2,000, mentorship and consultation from the Kennan community of experts where applicable, six virtual webinars tailored to the cohort's needs, and membership of the alumni network. ELIGIBILITY: intended for individuals with several years of experience working on, studying or otherwise examining Russia and/or broader Eurasia; applicants must have a good working knowledge of English, as the fellowship is conducted only in English and any publications produced for the Kennan Institute appear first in English with possible later translation into regional languages. The programme runs entirely virtually from 1 October 2026 to 31 March 2027; the Institute does not cover travel-related expenses including visas. Supported by the Lounsbery Foundation and the U.S. Russia Foundation. Deadline 14 August 2026, 17:00 EST. NOTE: 'digital' here describes the virtual format, not the subject matter, so this fits the desk only if your project is itself about technology, data or science.
The Beinecke Library Fellowship Program offers competitive short-term fellowships to support research projects that substantively engage with Yale Library Special Collections materials. WHO CAN APPLY: academic and independent scholars, locally and globally, with or without an institutional affiliation; the library explicitly welcomes applicants regardless of institutional association, race, cultural background, ability, sexual orientation, gender or socioeconomic status. Applications using traditional archival and bibliographic research methods are encouraged, and so are creative, interdisciplinary and non-traditional approaches to working with the collections, which makes this a live option for artists and writers whose practice is research-driven. WHAT YOU GET: USD 5,000 per month for an onsite research visit of between two weeks and two months, paid at the start of the fellowship whenever possible (international fellows should expect payment to take several weeks); fellows pay their own taxes on the award. TIMELINE: applications for the 2027-2028 awards opened 1 June 2026 and close 15 August 2026, via Interfolio; all decisions are notified by 31 January 2027; research must be conducted between 1 July 2027 and 30 June 2028, and awards cannot be deferred.
Annual grants from the Altercine Foundation (Montreal) to support the production of a documentary project, awarding roughly CAD 10,000 and CAD 5,000 each year. ELIGIBILITY: the grant is aimed at filmmakers BORN AND LIVING IN THE GLOBAL SOUTH (Africa, Asia or Latin America) who want to direct a documentary in the language of their choice that respects the Foundation's aims. APPLICATION (in French, English or Spanish): an application form, a synopsis (max 5 pages) covering content, characters, theme, treatment and style, a Vimeo link to a previous completed documentary (subtitled/versioned in FR/EN/ES, or with a transcript) plus supporting visual material, a detailed production budget and financing plan including the grant, and ideally two support letters. Submit all documents as a single PDF (max 5MB) by email to altercine@videotron.ca. Deadline 15 August each year; decisions communicated before 31 December.
The EU-Japan Fest Japan Committee supports individuals and organisations developing projects between Japan and European Capitals of Culture (past, present or future) as well as other Culture Next member cities. PURPOSE: support travel for research, project planning, and collaboration, building creative networks aimed at realising Japan-Europe arts and culture projects. THEMES (for Japan-Europe collaborative projects): Youth Empowerment; Nature & Green; Diversity (DEI); Social Regeneration. Projects may include participants from other regions (e.g. Asia) joining a Japan-Europe project. TARGET APPLICANTS: members of European Capital of Culture teams; artists and project organisers (including curators, designers, etc.); researchers in culture/arts; social entrepreneurs. TIMING: applications must be submitted at least 6 weeks prior to the travel date; this cut-off covers travel in April 2026 - September 2026. DEADLINE: this card is for the 15 August 2026 cut-off (other cut-offs each have their own card). APPLY via the Culture Next collaboration page.
Future Vision XPRIZE is a sci-fi film competition challenging filmmakers to portray an optimistic, abundant future for humanity rather than a dystopian one. CHALLENGE: create a 3-minute sci-fi trailer that depicts a bold, original, hopeful vision of progress. PRIZES: USD 3.5 million-plus total; the grand prize winner gets USD 2.6 million-plus to turn their trailer into a feature film, plus over USD 1 million in prizes for runners-up. BACKGROUND: launched by the nonprofit XPRIZE and funded by Peter Diamandis, with Google and Range as partners; inspired by the optimism of Star Trek and intended to give storytellers a hopeful 'north star' for builders. ELIGIBILITY: open to all filmmakers globally. TIMELINE: competition launched 9 March 2026; submission deadline 15 August 2026; finals on 25 September 2026 in Los Angeles (finalists attend in person). APPLY: register and read the rules on the contest website at futurevisionxprize.com.
GovAI is hiring for two research roles with a single shared application (apply once to be considered for both). RESEARCH FELLOWS play a central role in GovAI's research: experienced researchers who conduct independent, high-quality work to inform high-stakes decisions in government and industry, whether through policy memos, blog posts, academic publications or strategic advising, alongside mentoring early-career researchers (such as Summer and Winter Fellows) and helping shape GovAI's research agenda. Two-year contract with the possibility of renewal; Fellows work under a Senior Research Fellow or leadership-team member but have substantial autonomy over projects, agendas and publication formats. RESEARCH SCHOLARS join for a one-year visiting position designed to support the career development of AI governance researchers and practitioners: conducting policy, social science or technical research, advising policymakers, or starting new applied projects. TOPICS include risk management, threat modeling, economics of AI, geopolitics of AI, public policy and technical governance; candidates working on adjacent topics are also welcome. LOCATION: London or Washington DC preferred, but open to candidates based elsewhere (for example the Bay Area). ELIGIBILITY: open to a wide range of academic and professional backgrounds (computer science, political science, public policy, economics, philosophy, law, plus government/industry/civil-society experience); no strict educational requirement, but the strongest Fellow candidates typically have multiple years of relevant research or policy experience and a track record of high-quality, impactful work. PROCESS: written application; a paid remote work test (some workstreams add a research agenda and a second paid test); then a final stage of two interviews and reference checks. Deep expertise in technical governance, frontier safety design, cybersecurity or US policy is especially welcome. Deadline 23:59 Anywhere on Earth, Sunday 16 August 2026. Contact recruitment@governance.ai with location or access questions.
Prospect Art invites visual artists worldwide to apply for the 2027 NEW WORK commission, a USD 1,500 project grant supporting the creation of a new, conceptually driven work responding to the curatorial theme "We Come in Pieces," developed by 2026-2027 Curatorial Fellow Alma Sammel. Through a single application, artists are also considered for ONE WORK (an online series featuring an in-depth conversation centered on a single completed artwork) and BROADCAST (a curated online program of screenings, artist talks, and discussions). THEME: "We Come in Pieces" proposes the Alien as a method for shifting perspective, approaching alienness as a practice of estrangement to encounter the world beyond familiar human-centered narratives. It explores relationships between human and more-than-human worlds, speculative cosmologies, ecological systems, technologies, landscapes, histories, infrastructures, and nonhuman forms of intelligence (satellites and orbital debris, fungal networks, oceans, atmospheric systems, algorithmic intelligences), inviting works that displace the point of listening, seeing, sensing, or knowing. Research-based and conceptually driven practices are especially encouraged. WHAT'S OFFERED: NEW WORK, USD 1,500 to one artist plus a featured website section and social promotion (project completed within 12 months); ONE WORK, a published article and social promotion; BROADCAST, a USD 125 screening or speaking fee and inclusion in a themed program. ELIGIBILITY: professional visual artists working in any medium at any career stage, except those currently enrolled in undergraduate or graduate studio art programs; collectives may apply. Media welcomed include moving image, installation, sculpture, photography, performance, sound, digital media, social practice, and interdisciplinary forms. APPLICATION: submit via the official Google Form with contact information, a project description (250 words), a sketch/visualization (1-3 images), up to 3 links to completed work samples, a statement relating the project to the theme (200 words), a short bio and exhibition history (500 words), and a budget breakdown of the USD 1,500. A USD 10 administrative fee is paid via PayPal (include PayPal name and transaction ID); a fee waiver is available with no explanation by emailing submissions@prospectart.org before the deadline. Writers may email gioj@prospectart.org with samples. DEADLINE: 16 August 2026; results for the NEW WORK grant notified by end of September. INFO SESSION: 5 August 2026 at noon PST.
Annual essay competition from the Berggruen Institute, a companion to the Berggruen Prize for Philosophy & Culture, seeking new thinking and cross-cultural perspectives on fundamental philosophical questions of significance for contemporary life and the future. It looks for essays in the tradition of Rousseau, Montaigne, and Emerson (models cited include Frankfurt, Nagel, Sontag, Fukuyama, and recent Noema pieces), not peer-reviewed academic work: novel ideas, clearly argued in compelling ways for intellectually serious readers. THEME for 2026: 'A New Axial Age?' Referencing Karl Jaspers's Axial Age (c. 800-200 BCE), the prompt asks whether civilisation is again at a 'hinge of history' undergoing a pivotal transformation of consciousness driven by rapid technological change and its social, economic, and political consequences. Suggested (non-exhaustive) angles: the foundational ideas and institutions underpinning present and future societies; the philosophical implications of the current era; the future of human evolution and life amid the ecological crisis; shared conceptual foundations for a common future; global transformation driven by technology and the rise of AI; the end of the global order and its ramifications; and the future of life amid biotechnology and synthetic life. Entrants may choose their own topic; for 2026 creative fiction is accepted. ELIGIBILITY: open to the public; not for academic papers and not governed by academic disciplinary standards or affiliations. Length up to 10,000 words in English or 15,000 characters in Chinese (excluding diagrams, tables, endnotes, bibliography, or authorship declaration). One submission per year per entrant, in either English or Chinese; co-authorship allowed. Submissions must be original and previously unpublished. AI USAGE: generative AI must not be used to create content or substitute original thought, and entrants must engage primary sources rather than AI summaries; AI is permitted only for proofreading/grammar, as quoted supporting material when AI itself is the subject of the research, or for translating an essay into English or Chinese, and all AI use (including AI-assisted translation) must be disclosed on the front page or the entry is disqualified. JUDGING: originality, clarity, and style. Essays are due by 23:59 PT on 17 August 2026; PDF only. Chinese-language submissions use a separate page. Inquiries to essay@berggruen.org.
The GFX Challenge Grant Program, sponsored by FUJIFILM and running since 2021, awards 5 Global Grant Awards (USD 10,000) and 10 Regional Grant Awards (USD 5,000) to help aspiring creatives bring imaging projects to life. It is designed to nurture emerging and promising content creators, giving them the opportunity to create content on topics with significant meaning to them while gaining experience with FUJIFILM GFX System gear, including the GFX ETERNA 55 filmmaking camera. Proposed projects may be submitted as still photography or in movie format. AWARDS: both tiers include complimentary use of a GFX System camera body and two GF lenses for the duration of the project, plus mentoring and technical assistance from Fujifilm technicians and product experts. At the end of the production period in May 2027, recipients' final content is showcased on fujifilm-x.com, with a series of exhibitions planned in various countries. ELIGIBILITY: open to both amateur and professional photographers and videographers who are residents of the countries/regions listed in the Entry Submission section of the program page; not open to employees or officers of FUJIFILM and its subsidiaries. TO APPLY: combine three items into a single PDF: (1) the preformatted cover letter (downloadable from the program page); (2) the project proposal covering descriptive plan, objectives, evaluation and outcome measures, communications, how you will use the Fujifilm partnership and mentoring, schedule, and budget; (3) a portfolio for each individual involved. Proposals must be in English (optionally accompanied by a version in your own language; language proficiency is not judged). Entry period 16 June to 17 August 2026.
Drone film competition open worldwide to filmmakers aged 16+. Films must be at most 5 minutes (documentaries up to 10) with at least half the footage captured by drone; 12 categories including News/Documentary, Cinematic FPV, Single Take, and 360/VR. Regular deadline 27 July 2026; late deadline 17 August 2026. Entry via FilmFreeway.
An eight-week full-time empirical AI alignment research programme run by the AI Alignment Foundation, with a dedicated research manager, mentorship from senior researchers, compute and infrastructure, culminating in a Demo Day where fellows present their work. Fellows receive a USD 12,000 stipend paid in two installments plus a compute budget. The programme is fully remote for the research period; Demo Day is hybrid in Los Angeles and travel is covered for fellows who attend in person. ELIGIBILITY: open to all career stages, including recent PhDs, graduate students, self-taught researchers and career-changers, but candidates need a strong machine learning background, demonstrated engagement with alignment research, prior independent research output, and the ability to work autonomously. Non-US applicants are welcome provided they can make Pacific Time meetings; current graduate students may apply if they can confirm availability. This is explicitly a technical programme: the foundation says policy-focused applicants should not apply. SELECTION: all applications are reviewed, qualified candidates advance to a technical test, and finalists are interviewed, with decisions expected by early September. Applications close 17 August 2026 (Anywhere on Earth); the programme starts 8 September 2026.
Sundance Collab and Merrell are selecting five filmmakers from around the world to each make an original 60 to 90 second vertical film for social platforms, built around Merrell's 'It Starts Outside' brand platform. The brief is not a commercial: it asks for a complete, emotionally resonant human story in which the outside acts as a catalyst for change, exploring how stepping outside is an antidote to increasingly screen-locked, indoor lives. Stories should reflect transformation (a moment of reset, reconnection or personal shift), connection (belonging, community, renewed relationship) and human truth (an observed, emotionally grounded moment). The strongest entries show what changed in a person because they went outside, emotionally, physically, mentally, creatively, spiritually or psychologically, rather than a final achievement. Selected filmmakers enter a three-day online intensive in September on collaborating with a brand, then receive USD 20,000 to produce and deliver their greenlit concept, cutdowns (:06, :15, :30) and stills between October and December, with scheduled check-ins. One participant also receives a covered hotel stay to join the team at the Sundance Film Festival in January 2027. APPLICATION: one entry per person; all submitted materials must be created by the submitter; all answers and materials must be in English or carry English subtitles. The core submission is a written response of up to 500 words on how you would approach the brief. CRITICAL GUIDELINES: design for vertical with a strong hook in the first five seconds; prioritise human, observational storytelling over polished commercial aesthetics; feature real people and authentic moments; treat the outside as context rather than the hero; favour everyday, intimate moments over epic outcomes; avoid overt brand narration; no competitor products (Merrell product is provided but must not be the focus); no AI-generated content in consumer-facing materials. Selection criteria are originality, emotional arc, a distinct point of view and cultural relevance. TIMELINE: submissions opened 28 July 2026; deadline 11:59 p.m. PT on Tuesday 18 August 2026 (08:59 CEST on 19 August); selected artists notified by 16 September 2026. An Insider Session with Merrell Creative Director Alex Ho and Sundance Collab Director Patty West runs on 11 August. Sundance Collab provides accommodations and support services for participants with disabilities; email accessibility@sundance.org to arrange services.
The London Short Film Festival (24th edition) accepts short films of all genres under 45 minutes, with dedicated experimental and artists' moving image strands and an international category. Deadline reported as 18 August 2026; confirm exact tier dates and fees on FilmFreeway.
Antikythera, a research programme on planetary computation and the evolution of intelligence, invites contributions to Agentworld, a special issue of its peer-reviewed MIT Press journal launching Fall 2026. THEME: Agentworld is a research initiative on the medium-term future of hybrid human-AI societies, framed not around tools for agentic task completion but around what the brief calls 'the human perplexity of deep agentic diffusion'. It treats human societies as the evolutionary niches into which new artificial species must adapt, where the constraints of agentic integration are qualitative and open-ended (psychological, philosophical, linguistic, symbolic, existential) rather than utility functions to be solved. The framing describes a 'parasociety' of densely reticulated social graphs in which agent-to-agent communication constitutes most socially significant interaction, humans and agents anthropomorphise each other by inheritance rather than necessity, and the two overlapping societies act as mutual evolutionary niches. The disciplinary posture proposed is 'a preemptive anthropology of open-world centaur societies': building the vocabulary, scenarios and conceptual armature for an emergent sociality while it is still forming, rather than describing it after the fact. WHAT THEY WANT: theoretical essays and technical papers that engage the Agentworld themes directly and explain how the contribution adds to the special issue's core questions. Philosophical, theoretical, technical, design-led and product-oriented research are all in scope. The call explicitly favours work that exceeds conventional academic journal formats, including contributions combining philosophical argument, technical analysis, design research, diagrams, software, infrastructure proposals, visual media or web-native formats. Contributors may optionally propose still images, diagrams, video, web-based or interactive components, and should say whether they have the design, development or production capacity to realise them; these elements are not required. SUBMIT: an abstract or proposal of up to 500 words; author name(s), affiliation(s), contact details, biography(ies) and CV(s); a designated lead author or contact person for collaborative submissions; and a portfolio with at least one relevant work sample such as a preprint, published article or paper. Full paper drafts are encouraged where available but not required at the initial stage. Submissions may be individual or collaborative. TIMING: the review window opened 25 June 2026. NOTE: no closing date is published on the call page; the deadline shown here is a placeholder set roughly a month out, so check the site or submit early.
A $5,000 fellowship to spend six weeks turning a very large Canadian public archive into something new. THE MATERIAL: Internet Archive Canada's Government Publications collection, part of the Democracy's Library project, holding over 104,000 text items, roughly 22.1 million scanned pages and about 48.25 TB of Canadian public-record material, browsable at archive.org/details/governmentpublications. WHAT TO BUILD: deliberately open-ended. The call names a search tool that answers a real question with page-level citations, a timeline tracing one policy across decades of government language, and a sonic or visual piece built from archival material, but explicitly invites work nobody has thought of yet. The requirements are that it is useful, that it is imaginative, and that the code is open source when it is done. ORIGIN: the fellowship came out of conversations between BC + AI's Kris Kruger and IAC executive director Andrea Mills about treating a public archive as material for new work rather than only something to preserve. IAC brings the archive, BC + AI brings a community of builders used to working in public. ELIGIBILITY: anyone, anywhere in the world; one builder is selected. APPLICATION: a specific project description grounded in the collection, a phase-by-phase work plan for the six weeks, and a success metric, submitted at bc-ai.ca/fellowship/apply. KEY DATES: applications close 21 August 2026 at 11:59pm Pacific; fellow selected by 31 August; build runs 1 September to mid-October; showcase at Futureproof Festival in Vancouver on 28 October 2026 if the project is ready.
The Fondation Francois Schneider's Contemporary Talents competition, themed The Earth for this edition, awards EUR 15,000 per laureate (including acquisition of the work; EUR 8,000 for editioned works) plus an exhibition at the foundation's centre in Wattwiller. ELIGIBILITY: professional artists internationally, in SCULPTURE AND INSTALLATION only (video or digital work alone does not qualify). NOTE: the 23 August 2026 deadline is from a listing site; the organizer page only states the call runs June to August, so verify the exact date before applying.
The Doc Society Climate Story Fund, run by Doc Society's Climate Story Unit, provides grants of up to USD 125,000 to support non-fiction projects in late production and the implementation of impact campaigns for both completed and in-production projects. The fund supports compelling independent media storytelling and impact strategies aligned with the Fund's mission around climate justice and biodiversity. This call has no set theme, welcoming applications across all areas aligned with the Fund's mission. Since 2021 the fund has distributed more than USD 4M to over 50 projects, with grantee work reaching distribution through outlets including BBC, POV, Netflix, Hulu, Disney+, Spotify, YouTube, and WhatsApp. WHAT YOU GET: up to USD 125,000 to support non-fiction projects in late production and impact campaigns. WHO IS ELIGIBLE: open to filmmakers of any nationality. DEADLINE: 24 August 2026. TO APPLY: see the fund page and apply via the Doc Society application. Questions: climate@docsociety.org.
The Sundance Institute Episodic Program is an entry point for emerging to mid-career writers and creators working across all scripted series platforms, combining a lab experience with customised support to move projects and careers forward. The Episodic Lab lets writers workshop an original pilot and develop their writing and pitching skills: working with showrunners, producers and executives, fellows take part in one-on-one story meetings, pitching sessions, craft workshops and writers rooms. Up to ten applicants are selected, either for the in-person Lab (preceded by virtual workshops) or for a fully virtual Intensive with a creative advisor. ELIGIBILITY: applicants must be 18 or older; the script must be the applicant's original creation or adapted from optioned source material and written in English; the draft must be revised or new, not already produced, not sold to a third party and not distributed online; and applicants cannot have previously had an episodic project (pilot or pitch) produced by a studio or network. Open to international and U.S. participants, subject to travel guidelines. Up to two writers per project may participate, with one named as primary applicant. APPLICATION: submitted via FilmFreeway, including writer bios (250 words each), a series logline (50 words), pilot synopsis (500 words), one-page series overview (500 words), personal statement (250 words), community connection, thematic statement (250 words), characters and core relationships (250 words), episodic vision, optional video samples (up to three links, 10 minutes total), and the full pilot script as a PDF in standard screenplay format. Demographic questions are optional and do not affect consideration. Candidates may submit up to three applications, with a separate application and USD 50 fee for each project. Submissions opened 13 July 2026 and close 25 August 2026 at 6:00 p.m. PT. Finalists are notified by email through FilmFreeway around mid to late March 2027 (FilmFreeway lists 31 March 2027), and the list of selected writers and projects is published at sundance.org/epi after 15 April 2027. Finalists must return a Fellow Agreement, a Participation Agreement and any other required documents within five days. Questions: episodicprogram@sundance.org.
Brazil's longest-running artist residency, on the island of Itaparica across the bay from Salvador, hosting six to eight artists per session for roughly eight weeks. Open to all creative disciplines and, unusually for this region, to all nationalities, which makes it one of the few genuinely international residencies in Latin America. Sacatar provides full hosting (private room, three meals daily, individual studio, laundry, local logistics and connections) but explicitly does NOT provide a stipend, airfare to Salvador, art materials or discretionary local expenses, so applicants must fund their own travel. Individual artists only; group proposals are not accepted and former Sacatar Fellows may not reapply. COVID vaccination is required. NOTE: there is a USD 25 application fee. Apply through SlideRoom by 28 August 2026. Contact info@sacatar.org.
Touch Some Grass is an open-call poster exhibition responding to the growing presence of AI-generated imagery and its impact on creative labour, authorship and visual culture. At a time when images can be produced instantly and consumed just as quickly, the exhibition reclaims the poster as a space for ideas, intention and public conversation, inviting artists to make work that questions, challenges or reflects on this changing landscape. As the organisers put it, the question is no longer whether machines can make images, they can; the question is what kind of world we build when speed matters more than thought. NOTE: this call offers exhibition and visibility only, with no artist fee or stipend. SUBMISSION GUIDELINES: artwork size A3 (297 x 420 mm), portrait orientation, 300 DPI, CMYK recommended, print-quality PDF preferred, maximum file size 1 GB, one submission per artist. CAP: participation is limited to 60 artists and the submission form closes automatically once all slots are filled, so the effective deadline may fall well before 31 August 2026 (10 of 60 slots were taken at the time of listing). Inato Gallery is an artist-run space in Iligan City, Philippines, which began as a solo street exhibition by KaraTula and now runs concept-driven solo and group shows, open mics, talks and workshops built on openness, participation and the belief that art should exist where people already are.
The Liu Shiming Art Foundation's annual Artist Grants (fourth edition) award up to five grants of USD 5,000 each to early-career visual artists to create new work exploring connections between traditional, cultural, or historical influences and contemporary artistic practice. ELIGIBILITY: visual artists in the first decade of their career (two to ten years practicing professionally); applicants must have received a studio-arts degree between 2016 and 2024, or had their debut gallery or juried-exhibition show between 2016 and 2026. Open to artists of any country; the application and all supporting materials must be in English. TIMELINE: applications open 1 June 2026; close 31 August 2026; recipients notified by 2 December 2026. Apply via the Foundation's grants page.
Grain is a cookbook of critical and creative AI literacy exercises for educators in film and the wider audiovisual and creative field, co-produced by AIxDESIGN and the Netherlands Film Academy and led by Nadia Piet. It publishes in March/April 2027, digital and print, under CC BY-SA 4.0. The current open call is to propose a recipe by the end of August 2026 and join as a launch contributor. WHAT THEY WANT: tried-and-tested group exercises you have actually run with people in teaching or workshops, specifically in the context of film, audiovisual work, time-based media and storytelling. Hands-on or analog, 15 minutes or a full day, beginner or advanced; the one hard requirement is that another educator can read your recipe and run it themselves. What that might look like: hands-on experiments with specific AI tools (image generators, chatbots, code assistants, video models); analog activities that reveal computational logic through embodied practice; critical readings, watchings or listenings with structured discussion; provocations, games or role-plays that get at how AI sees, thinks or makes; and exercises that help people work out how they want to relate to AI in their own practice. WHAT MAKES A GOOD RECIPE: it helps a room of people think together and trusts the room to be smart given the right container; it emerges from real practice rather than an untested idea; it is specific about what participants do, step by step, so a stranger could pick it up and adapt it to their group, time, tools or context; it has at least one designed social moment where the thinking happens between people rather than privately; it is about something larger than technique (how a machine sees an image, where your values bump up against what the tools want from you, what a film's rhythm looks like laid out in space instead of time); it takes a position without telling people what to think; and it points beyond itself with references, reading and reference projects. Published example recipes include Image Forgery: Archival Mimesis with AI (Artefacto), Machine Ways of Seeing (Nadia Piet), AI Film Now: A Close Watching Exercise (Nadia Piet) and Outside the Timeline: Spatial Grid + Visual Clustering (Artefacto), alongside a root recipe template. WHAT LAUNCH CONTRIBUTORS GET: your recipe in the first edition, print and online, credited to you; a print copy when it lands and an invite to the launch event in Amsterdam in spring 2027; support turning your exercise into a recipe, via Recipe Press (their LLM helper), the cook-along, or directly with the team; and a need-based fee of EUR 150 per recipe for freelance and independent practitioners, which you request in the proposal form. After this round contributions stay open but web-only: no fee, no dedicated support, no print. COOK-ALONG: one live 30-minute online session on Wednesday 12 August 2026 at 16:00 CEST, where you bring a rough exercise and turn it into a recipe on the spot with Recipe Press (sign up at luma.com/84w148in). HOW IT WORKS: (1) propose your recipe through the proposal form (who you are, what the exercise is, where you have run it, and whether you are requesting the fee); a short pitch is enough, and if it is already written you can just link your draft; (2) they reply on a rolling basis, with one reply covering both whether it is a match for the first edition and the fee if you requested it, so the earlier you send the earlier you hear back; (3) once it is a yes, write it up using the structure on the Contribute a Recipe page, with Recipe Press or at the cook-along. TIMELINE: proposals open until the end of August 2026, reviewed as they come in; accepted recipes due in full by mid-September 2026; Grain publishes March/April 2027. Questions to hello@aixdesign.co.
Social Shifters, a Scottish-registered charity backed by corporate partners, runs its Global Innovation Challenge as a funnel into a longer founder-development pipeline rather than a one-off prize. ELIGIBILITY: founders aged 18 to 30 at submission, leading a fully youth-led venture that is already live and producing measurable social or environmental impact, aligned to at least one Sustainable Development Goal; concept-stage ideas and student projects do not qualify. Multiple winners receive up to USD 15,000 each, plus pitch coaching, a finalist showcase, and ongoing access to fellowships and paid work through the Shifters 100 alumni network. Free coaching is available from the moment you register, so the payoff to registering early is high. Submissions close 31 August 2026 (5pm UTC), with finalists announced in October and winners in December 2026. Apply at https://www.socialshifters.co/global-innovation-challenge/.
Wikimedia Foundation grants supporting the organisation of local, regional and thematic conferences that bring Wikimedians together for knowledge sharing, skill development and professional networking. Two rounds per year. Round 1 deadline: 31 August 2026. Round 2 deadline: 1 February 2027. ELIGIBILITY: groups, organisations and Wikimedia affiliates; individuals may apply via a fiscal sponsor.
The OIF Support for Artist Mobility and Circulation of Cultural Goods programme provides grants of up to EUR 5,000 for mobility (travel, accommodation, visa fees, logistics) and up to EUR 2,500 for circulation of cultural goods (excess baggage, freight, customs) within the Francophone zone; both can be combined. ELIGIBILITY: professional artists and established artistic collectives with a demonstrated connection to the Francophone space (by nationality, working language, or artistic collaborations), residing in an OIF member state, with minimum 2 years of experience in the cultural or artistic sector; must directly manage the project (not act as intermediaries); one application per individual per call. ELIGIBLE DISCIPLINES: live performance (music, theatre, dance, comedy, storytelling), cinema/audiovisual, literature/publishing, and visual arts. PRIORITY given to projects promoting gender equality, women artists, creators under 35, and South-South mobility. Projects must take place between 25 March and 30 November 2026. Multiple selection sessions throughout the year; call open until 31 August 2026. Information webinars: 11 March, 13 May, and 8 July 2026 at 3 PM Paris time. Contact: culture.dlc@francophonie.org. Apply at https://appelsaprojets.francophonie.org/fr/applications/soutien-a-la-circulation-des-biens-et-mobilite-des-artistes.
USD 10,000 prize from the Association for Mathematical Research for serious experimentation in how mathematicians communicate with one another, beyond the static PDF. Submissions should demonstrate communicative capabilities fundamentally unavailable in a linear paper: interactive exploration of parameter spaces in differential equations, dynamic visualisation of group actions or geometric structures, multi-perspective representations of algebraic or number-theoretic objects, nonlinear navigation of proof architectures or dependency graphs, embedded computation as part of exposition, or similar. ELIGIBILITY: no nationality, institutional or career restriction stated; the focus is mathematical depth and communicative innovation. This is NOT for popularisation, production polish or short-form video content - it is about novel research-to-research communication. EVALUATION CRITERIA: mathematical depth and rigor; conceptual insight enabled by the medium; communicative innovation beyond static exposition; scalability and reproducibility; transformative potential for research communication. PROCESS: initial submissions are a short public YouTube concept demonstration (with the hashtag #AMRPotF and a concise written explanation of the mathematical substance and communicative innovation in the video description), with the YouTube link emailed to PotFPrize@amathr.org. Finalists are asked to provide a fully accessible prototype suitable for hosting or linking within AMR Reviews; the winning submission will be published in AMR Reviews as an interactive exposition. Selection committee: Mohammed Abouzaid, Benson Farb, Alex Kontorovich, Akshay Venkatesh, Maryna Viazovska.
She Got Game is a Pro Helvetia mentoring programme promoting equal opportunities in the Swiss and international game industry, supporting the representation of women in management positions through dialogue with experienced international experts from the game industry. The call is aimed at professional game designers who identify as women from the regions of Pro Helvetia's liaison offices: the Arab region, East Asia, South America, South Asia and Vietnam, and West, Central, East and Southern Africa. ELIGIBILITY: Emerging Talents are game developers or game studios whose relevant training or registration (self-employed, sole proprietorship, or company) dates back less than seven years. Selection criteria include digital content for devices such as computers, consoles, mobile devices, or mixed-reality devices requiring a high level of interaction; clearly defined objectives in terms of participation and career; originality, feasibility, degree of innovation, and marketability of the project; and project leaders holding the copyright and rights of use. Excluded: commissioned work and projects that are part of an advertising or promotional campaign, and purely technological projects without obvious narrative and/or aesthetic content. WHAT IS OFFERED: individual coaching and input talks on project development, business strategy and finances, marketing, PR, and pitch training; involvement in a growing community of female game developers; potential access to international trade fairs; CHF 3,000 toward the production of a prototype or demo version; and up to CHF 250 per week toward childcare or children's travel expenses when attending international trade fairs (a budget must be presented in advance). All modules are conducted in English; the programme is a time-consuming commitment of roughly 30 hours over six months, plus potential additional time attending events or trade fairs. APPLICATION: submit a short CV (including education/training, nationality, and residency status in Switzerland), a short description of the current project (type and genre, gameplay, platform, development status, target audience, with relevant visual material, max. 10 A4 pages), a project portfolio, and expectations regarding the programme's objectives. All documents should be submitted in English; if not possible, applications may be submitted in German, French, or Italian. KEY DATES: applications open 1 July 2026; submission deadline 1 September 2026, 23:59 CEST; notification of decision in November 2026; earliest project start 1 January 2027. Apply via the Pro Helvetia application portal.
Pro Helvetia's international promotion grant (institutions outside Switzerland variant) supports organizations abroad promoting contemporary Swiss literary works and authors at book fairs, festivals, and events (analogue, digital, or hybrid). Open to event organizers, publishing houses, professional associations, or digital platforms based outside Switzerland; no Swiss residency or nationality is required, but projects must feature Swiss books, authors, or translators together with Swiss partner organizations. AMOUNT: maximum CHF 25,000. Deadlines twice a year: 1 March (23:59 CET) and 1 September (23:59 CEST). Apply via the Pro Helvetia portal.
The one Sloan program that funds individuals directly: grants for authors researching and writing nonfiction books that bring science and technology to a general audience. Over 200 authors supported since 1996. Favoured topics include elucidating confusing or controversial scientific subjects, profiles of figures in science and technology, science-technology-art connections, women and science, and the culture and philosophy of science. Start with a letter of inquiry to program director Doron Weber; full proposals are by invitation only. Reviewed three times a year: LOIs by 1 September (decision by 15 February), 1 January (by 31 May) and 1 May (by 31 October). No application fee.
NOTE: this is a climate-and-democracy funder rather than an arts or technology programme; relevance to creative or tech practice depends on whether political leadership is a genuine driver of the proposed model. The Resilient Futures Call is a co-funded initiative by the Better Politics Fund, the European Climate Foundation, Naia Trust and the Vibe Fund supporting non-partisan initiatives working at the intersection of democratic political leadership and climate resilience globally. Total available funding is USD 700,000 across two streams: Ideation Grants (open call, this entry) and Incubation Grants (nomination only, up to USD 50,000, for approaches already proven beyond early testing; nominees are contacted directly and there is no way to apply). WHAT IS FUNDED, across three areas: (1) Pathways, helping climate scientists, advocates and affected communities work more effectively with political and governance decision-makers so that evidence and local knowledge shape policy and policy is carried through at every level of government, from town councils to national parliaments; (2) Leadership, programs integrating a critical climate lens into democratic leadership development, strengthening ethical communication, policy design, implementation and strategic coalition-building, including pipelines for leaders from underrepresented backgrounds; (3) Cross-Sector Leadership, backing leadership on energy, housing, transport, food, security, health and conservation, and helping reform political systems and institutions so leaders and new ideas in these areas can succeed. The funders want work where political leadership is a key driver of change, not a side effect. WHO CAN APPLY: organizations, networks, collectives or individuals anywhere eligible. No need to be a registered charity and no need to be based in a priority country, though it strengthens regional fit. ELIGIBILITY CHECK (all must be yes): the idea is new or early-stage (organization under 12 months old, or a new pilot from an older organization; established programs with a strong track record are not right for an Ideation Grant); it aligns with at least one of the three funding areas and with regional priorities; it is non-partisan (no parties, candidates or campaigns); the applicant is based in an eligible location. PRIORITY COUNTRIES: Africa (Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa); Asia (Bangladesh, Indonesia, Nepal, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand); Europe (France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Romania, Spain, UK); Latin America (Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru, Suriname); Pacific (Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Timor-Leste, Tonga, Tuvalu, Vanuatu). CANNOT FUND, for legal and operational reasons, individuals and organizations in: Afghanistan, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Belarus, Burkina Faso, China, Cuba, DR Congo, Eritrea, Eswatini, Georgia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Haiti, India, Iran, Jordan, Kuwait, Laos, Libya, Mali, Morocco, Myanmar/Burma, Nicaragua, Niger, North Korea, Oman, Palestine (Gaza), Pakistan, Qatar, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Sudan, South Sudan, Somalia, Turkmenistan, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, the United States, Uzbekistan, Vietnam, Yemen, and Russian-occupied territories in Ukraine (Crimea, Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, Kherson). NOT FUNDED: physical infrastructure such as solar panels or climate infrastructure where political leadership is not a driver of the model; research, accountability scorecards and policy-gap mapping (the funders support the leaders and institutions who act on evidence, not the generation of it); public awareness campaigns without a political leadership dimension; anything affiliated with a political party or candidate; corporate sustainability or ESG initiatives; outside-pressure advocacy campaigns that push governments on emissions targets without building new leadership capacity; citizens' assemblies or deliberation projects with no link to political leaders or institutions acting on the outcomes; transparency or open-data initiatives that do not feed into political or institutional decision-making; watchdog or investigative journalism without a direct link to strengthening political leadership or institutional response. ASSESSMENT CRITERIA: innovation (a genuinely new idea, method or audience); impact potential; strategic clarity (a credible plan connecting activities to the intended outcome); financial clarity; regional fit; leadership (motivation, experience and rootedness in local context). PROCESS: fill out the short application form before midnight CET on 4 September 2026. There is no second full proposal stage. Every application is acknowledged; all are screened and shortlisted, and a Grantmaking Council of eight regional experts across Asia, Europe, Latin America, Africa and the Pacific reviews the shortlist and makes recommendations. Shortlisted applicants are asked for supporting documentation for due diligence, sometimes including a short call. Feedback is only given to shortlisted applicants; no reply by December 2026 means the application was unsuccessful. INFORMATION SESSION: online 17 August 2026, two sittings at 8:00 CET and 16:00 CET, registration on the call page. Questions: resilientfutures@betterpolitics.foundation.
FLAGGED EXCEPTION: this is an UNPAID fellowship, listed because the subject matter is squarely on-topic, not because it is funded. The official programme page names no stipend, honorarium or expense cover, and there is no application fee either. Note that several opportunity-aggregator sites have republished this call under headlines calling it 'fully funded'; nothing on the lab's own page supports that, so treat those listings as inaccurate. THE PROGRAMME: the inaugural fellowship of the AI Societal Impact Lab, a fully remote international cohort examining the societal impact of artificial intelligence through social, political, ethical, cultural and interdisciplinary lenses, with the stated aim of encouraging informed public dialogue about AI's opportunities and challenges. WHAT FELLOWS DO: collaborate with peers on a group project, receive mentorship from existing lab fellows, attend workshops and seminars on AI and society, and publish one original analytical article on the lab's website. COMMITMENT: 8 to 10 weeks beginning mid or late September 2026, roughly four hours per week, made up of a one-hour weekly call plus three hours of individual work. WHO CAN APPLY: aimed at recent graduates in the social sciences and humanities and at early-career researchers, though the lab says it welcomes diversity of thought and background and accepts applicants from STEM and the arts. Prior AI experience is welcomed but not required. DEADLINE: applications are reviewed on a ROLLING basis and close when the programme is full or on 4 September 2026, whichever comes first, so the listed deadline is a ceiling rather than a guarantee and applying early matters. DUE DILIGENCE, worth knowing before committing unpaid time: this is an inaugural cohort from a small and recently established organisation. The site lists a founder (Olena Shumska) and three fellows, and publishes no legal or nonprofit registration details and no funders. The exchange on offer is roughly 32 to 40 hours of your work in return for mentorship and a byline on their site.
Open call from SAC Art Amsterdam and Mama Magnet for a printed matter fair themed around jugaad: improvised, resourceful solutions built from what is on hand (from the Sanskrit yuj, 'to join', via Hindi jugar, famously embodied by post-independence Punjabi vehicles pieced together from scrap metal and pump engines). The curators want work that engages the spirit of jugaad either as subject (everyday intelligences of getting by, lateral logics of adaptation, unlikely workarounds, reinvention born of necessity) or in how it was made (found or repurposed materials, adapted processes, structures built to solve a specific constraint). Work that came from adjustment rather than access, problem-solving rather than budget. WHAT: zines, artist books, comics, risograph or photocopied prints, posters, foldables, instruction manuals, packaging and other small-format works; if it can travel in a suitcase it is probably in scope. No framed work or anything needing gallery-standard installation. Gen-AI images and text are not accepted. WHO: artists, designers, writers and collectives whose practice genuinely engages with the theme; if unsure, reach out and explain in a line or two. Selected work must reach the Netherlands by end of September 2026. TERMS: selections made on a rolling basis 5 August to 5 September; selected work is sold at the fair (9-10 October, Amsterdam) on mutually agreeable commission terms, with payment within 30 days of each sale and unsold work returned after the consignment period. HOW TO APPLY: email info@mamamagnet.org with a CC to art@sacartamsterdam.com, subject line 'JUGAAD - [Your Contribution]', by 5 September 2026; earlier is better given rolling selection.
Fundacion Cotec (a Spanish innovation-focused non-profit) and Sonar+D, building on an initial experiment at Sonar 2026, invite proposals for a long-term installation at KNOWCASE, the street-level showcase of Cotec's Madrid headquarters in Chamberi, visible to the public 24 hours a day. THEME: digital culture, meaning projects that combine knowledge, research, science and data with art, technology and social impact. Cotec's stated priorities are the big transitions (analogue to digital, linear to circular economy, tangible to intangible) plus innovation ecosystems and R&D&I, the climate crisis, the future of work and learning, social divides, citizen participation and democratic health. WHAT YOU GET: a budget of up to EUR 100,000 plus VAT covering everything (design, production, installation, maintenance, documentation, artist fees, travel, accommodation and insurance), and a minimum 24-month public display from February 2027. WHO CAN APPLY: artists, collectives, designers, technologists, universities, research centres, startups, businesses, creative agencies, producers, cultural institutions and multidisciplinary teams, internationally; applicants must demonstrate solid experience and a relevant portfolio. CONSTRAINTS: the proposal must be original and never previously exhibited, must include participative or interactive elements, must encourage critical thinking, and must be technically and financially viable for the full 24+ month exhibition period (durability and maintenance are central selection criteria). Selection weighs conceptual quality highest (40 percent), followed by public interactivity (25 percent). HOW TO APPLY: one PDF of maximum 15 pages containing summary, concept, technical proposal, visuals, budget, timeline, team profile, portfolio and declaration, in Spanish, another official language of Spain, or English, via the application portal linked from the terms and conditions. Results announced 14 October 2026. Deadline 7 September 2026 at midnight CEST.
PICE Movilidad is AC/E's collaboration scheme with foreign cultural institutions: a festival, biennial, museum, venue, gallery or platform OUTSIDE Spain applies for AC/E to cover the costs of programming Spanish or Spain-resident artists, collectives and cultural professionals in its own public programme. This is one of the clearest routes for a non-Spanish festival to have a foreign national fund pay for part of its programme. Ten thematic areas are covered including Artes visuales, Musica y creacion sonora, Podcast, Videojuego y animacion and Arquitectura y diseno, so tech-crossover, sound-art and media-art programming is squarely in scope. For visual arts and architecture/design, covered costs include production materials, purchase or rental of technical equipment, hiring of technicians, curators, coordinators and designers, reproduction and exhibition rights, logistics and transport of works, publications, documentation, accommodation, per diems, travel and insurance; for Musica y creacion sonora coverage is narrower (travel, accommodation, per diems, internal transport). Non-EU and UK organisations are fully eligible; there is no EU-membership requirement. Natural persons are barred. TIMING: Phase 3 closes 7 September 2026, provisional list 21 October, definitive award list 30 October, and Phase 3 projects may not begin before 1 November 2026, so this window cannot retro-fund an event already scheduled for autumn 2026.
Prague performance venue Studio ALTA announces four residency open calls for 2027, all with a single deadline of 10 September 2026. RESEARCH HOUSE (19 to 28 April 2027): a shared residential laboratory for three art projects or individual artists in the early stages of exploration and experimentation, or reopening an existing finished work (performance, installation, object, video) to transform it into another form such as a workshop, text or performance-lecture. Includes a 10-day residency, a fee of CZK 12,000 per project, shared studio, individual workspace and facilitated exchange meetings; the research output must be shared publicly as a work-in-progress in a form based on participants' needs. REST HOUSE (March to November 2027): a five-day residential spa for overloaded colleagues from the arts sector, with no required output or activities; restricted to people working in production, dramaturgy, curation, PR, technical and other supporting artistic professions in the Czech independent sector. Two guests are chosen by lottery (fee CZK 6,000 per person); the public draw is announced 16 September 2026. HOUSE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD (9 to 18 August 2027): for one performative art project created with the local community and designed or adapted for public space in Liben and its surroundings; this year's call focuses on the 55+ target group. Includes a fee of CZK 30,000 per project, rehearsal and indoor facilities (primarily outdoor spaces), dramaturgic, production, technical and PR consultation, connections to partner organisations, and 7 days of intensive production and technical support in the final phase. A public premiere or work-in-progress in public space at the end of the residency is required. HOUSE OF SWEAT (1 to 10 February 2027): for one performative art project designed or adapted for the specific environment of the Studio ALTA sauna and its immediate surroundings, seeking new ways of working with intimate space, proximity to the audience and non-traditional formats. Includes a fee of CZK 15,000 per project, a 10-day residency, sauna and rehearsal spaces, dramaturgic, production, technical and PR consultation, and 2 days of intensive final-phase support; a public work-in-progress or premiere in the sauna within the 9 to 12 February 2027 programme block is required. Projects at any stage of development can apply to the production calls, and selected projects may be included in Studio ALTA's year-round programme. TIMELINE: deadline 10 September 2026; results 3 weeks after the deadline (30 September 2026); a Q&A Zoom call takes place 10 August 2026 at 3:00 PM. Apply via the registration forms on the call page.
The Asia in the World Fellowship Programme, run by the International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS) at Leiden University, is a nine-month, two-phase fellowship pairing a residency at a partner institution in Asia, Africa, Latin America, or Europe (Phase 1) with six months in residence at IIAS in Leiden, the Netherlands (Phase 2). The programme supports interdisciplinary, humanities- and social-science-based research engaging Asia and its connections with the wider world. SUPPORT during the Leiden phase: EUR 1,250 per month stipend, EUR 1,200 per month housing allowance, and a travel grant; the Phase 1 stipend is provided by the co-host institution. ELIGIBILITY: scholars and researchers worldwide; open internationally. APPLICATIONS open 1 July 2026; deadline 10 September 2026. Apply via the IIAS fellowships page. NOTE: dates confirmed via secondary sources at time of entry (the funder page was not directly reachable); verify before applying.
Short-term international research fellowship for scientists seeking placements at host institutions in participating member countries. Fellowships last 6 to 26 weeks and support international scientific collaboration, research mobility, knowledge exchange and cross-border partnerships. PRIORITY THEMES: sustainable agricultural productivity, climate action, environmental protection, biodiversity conservation, soil health, water resource sustainability, knowledge innovation, sustainable livestock systems, fisheries development and aquaculture sustainability. FUNDING: a travel lump sum, return economy airfare, a weekly subsistence allowance (EUR 600 or EUR 650 by host-country cost of living) and a EUR 165 terminal allowance; insurance, visa fees, lab/bench fees and family or personal costs are not covered. ELIGIBILITY: employed by or affiliated with an institution in a participating country; proposed host institution in a different participating country; at least 4 years of postdoctoral experience (exceptional candidates with equivalent expertise and a strong publication record may also be considered). Applicants must not already hold a position at the host institution, need employer approval and assurance of continued employment or affiliation after the fellowship, and previous fellows may reapply only after a 5-year gap. Applicants confirm country eligibility, secure a host institution and collaboration, prepare a research proposal (objective, scientific relevance, methodology, expected outcomes, 6-26 week timeline, collaboration benefits) and submit supporting documents (CV, publication list, employer approval, host acceptance letter, proof of affiliation).
Hiding in Plain Site is an international public art short film festival accepting film, video art, XR, and explicitly AI-generated or AI-assisted moving image works of 2 to 20 minutes, screened in public space. Free to submit; selected filmmakers receive a modest stipend whose amount is revenue-dependent and not yet confirmed. Deadline 10 September 2026.
PhotoVogue's global open call invites photographers and video makers to use image-making as a form of rebellion - to challenge indifference, disrupt conventions and expand visual storytelling. It asks not for a theme but for a position in relation to the world. Open to photography, video and multimedia projects across all genres (fashion, documentary, portraiture, fine art, experimental). Three artists share $12,000 in grants ($6,000 Outstanding Vision, $4,000 Vision, $2,000 Rising Voice for an emerging artist), with festival presentation, potential Vogue publication and portfolio reviews. ELIGIBILITY: open to all artists worldwide aged 18+; submissions are free; previous PhotoVogue applicants may submit a new project. SUBMIT: a series of up to 15 images, or images plus video for multimedia, and/or a 60-second trailer, via Picter. IMPORTANT: AI-generated works are NOT eligible. Open 14 May to 11 September 2026 (11:59 PM CET).
The Democracy Stories Lab, an initiative of People Powered (a global hub for participatory democracy) in partnership with the Democracy Narratives Alliance, invites creators worldwide to submit visual content -- short videos, illustrations, or graphics -- that tells a compelling story about democracy, voice, fairness, belonging, and community power. Content can be original or already published, as long as it is the applicant's own work and engages with narrative frameworks from the Democracy Narratives Alliance's research on 'How to Talk About Democracy.' Tone is open; serious and comedic approaches are both welcome. SUBMISSIONS: up to two finished visual content pieces per applicant, answering the prompt of what the future would look like if people had a real say in the decisions that shape their lives. FORMATS: primarily visual social media content, including short videos (under 3 minutes, vertically oriented) and illustrations; written or audio pieces are accepted if presented in a visual format, for example as a filmed performance. Each submission should build on one of five narrative types from the DNA research brief 'How to Talk About Democracy': outcome-oriented (how democracy shows results), intrinsic-value (why democracy is the best choice), collectivist (the importance of diverse voices), individual (how democracy is empowering) and process-oriented (showing democratic institutions work); a short creative brief gives further guidance. AWARDS: 4 winning entries receive USD $1,000 each; 5 honorable mentions receive USD $500 each; all winners receive amplification across People Powered and Democracy Narratives Alliance communications networks and are featured in a global screening event. WHO CAN APPLY: individual creators and small teams anywhere in the world; especially welcomes creators who reach audiences outside usual democracy circles, who come from communities traditionally with less of a say in public discourse, and who work in civic tech, advocacy, community organising, comedy, art, illustration, games, or lifestyle content. Applications opened 14 July 2026 and are submitted through the official form on the People Powered Democracy Narratives Alliance page. Submission deadline: 14 September 2026. Winners announced October-November 2026. Note: the initiative was itself voted into existence through People Powered's participatory budgeting process (PP Decides).
The Paul Mellon Centre funds scholarship and dissemination in British art, visual culture and architectural history, from the medieval period to the present and across the relevant geographical and cultural contexts. This is the Autumn 2026 round, the first under the Centre's restructured funding scheme announced earlier in 2026, and all grants in the round close together on Monday 14 September 2026 at 23:59 BST. ELIGIBILITY: the Centre's funding is open to INTERNATIONAL applicants, not just UK-based ones (the exceptions are the MA/MPhil Studentship and Doctoral Scholarship, which are not part of this round). Every applicant must show how the award advances their research on British art, visual culture and/or architecture. SUPPORT: general application guidance, an updated FAQ and the Our Funding Focus page set out what the Centre looks for, and there are writeups of previously successful projects. The grants team will take specific questions or arrange a call at grants@paul-mellon-centre.ac.uk. No application fee. THIS GRANT: a new award of up to GBP 40,000 for organisations undertaking ambitious and sustained research, consolidating elements of three previous schemes (the Curatorial Research, Collaborative and Digital Project grants). It is designed PRIMARILY to cover STAFF COSTS towards facilitating a research project with public-facing outcomes and/or a legacy. The form the outcome takes is deliberately open: an exhibition, a digital project, a catalogue or another means of dissemination all qualify.
The Paul Mellon Centre funds scholarship and dissemination in British art, visual culture and architectural history, from the medieval period to the present and across the relevant geographical and cultural contexts. This is the Autumn 2026 round, the first under the Centre's restructured funding scheme announced earlier in 2026, and all grants in the round close together on Monday 14 September 2026 at 23:59 BST. ELIGIBILITY: the Centre's funding is open to INTERNATIONAL applicants, not just UK-based ones (the exceptions are the MA/MPhil Studentship and Doctoral Scholarship, which are not part of this round). Every applicant must show how the award advances their research on British art, visual culture and/or architecture. SUPPORT: general application guidance, an updated FAQ and the Our Funding Focus page set out what the Centre looks for, and there are writeups of previously successful projects. The grants team will take specific questions or arrange a call at grants@paul-mellon-centre.ac.uk. No application fee. THIS GRANT: up to GBP 6,000 for INDIVIDUALS disseminating research on British art through publication, covering monographs, edited collections, catalogues and articles. It funds the practical side of publishing, image copyright fees being the example the Centre gives. This is the one grant in the Autumn round aimed at individual authors rather than organisations.
The Paul Mellon Centre funds scholarship and dissemination in British art, visual culture and architectural history, from the medieval period to the present and across the relevant geographical and cultural contexts. This is the Autumn 2026 round, the first under the Centre's restructured funding scheme announced earlier in 2026, and all grants in the round close together on Monday 14 September 2026 at 23:59 BST. ELIGIBILITY: the Centre's funding is open to INTERNATIONAL applicants, not just UK-based ones (the exceptions are the MA/MPhil Studentship and Doctoral Scholarship, which are not part of this round). Every applicant must show how the award advances their research on British art, visual culture and/or architecture. SUPPORT: general application guidance, an updated FAQ and the Our Funding Focus page set out what the Centre looks for, and there are writeups of previously successful projects. The grants team will take specific questions or arrange a call at grants@paul-mellon-centre.ac.uk. No application fee. THIS GRANT: up to GBP 6,000 for organisations producing publications tied to their exhibitions and displays, covering practical publishing costs such as image and production costs.
The Paul Mellon Centre funds scholarship and dissemination in British art, visual culture and architectural history, from the medieval period to the present and across the relevant geographical and cultural contexts. This is the Autumn 2026 round, the first under the Centre's restructured funding scheme announced earlier in 2026, and all grants in the round close together on Monday 14 September 2026 at 23:59 BST. ELIGIBILITY: the Centre's funding is open to INTERNATIONAL applicants, not just UK-based ones (the exceptions are the MA/MPhil Studentship and Doctoral Scholarship, which are not part of this round). Every applicant must show how the award advances their research on British art, visual culture and/or architecture. SUPPORT: general application guidance, an updated FAQ and the Our Funding Focus page set out what the Centre looks for, and there are writeups of previously successful projects. The grants team will take specific questions or arrange a call at grants@paul-mellon-centre.ac.uk. No application fee. THIS GRANT: up to GBP 5,000 for organisations making their collections freely available online through digitisation. It covers both the personnel working on the project and the equipment the digitisation process needs, which makes it unusually practical for small collections without in-house capacity.
The Paul Mellon Centre funds scholarship and dissemination in British art, visual culture and architectural history, from the medieval period to the present and across the relevant geographical and cultural contexts. This is the Autumn 2026 round, the first under the Centre's restructured funding scheme announced earlier in 2026, and all grants in the round close together on Monday 14 September 2026 at 23:59 BST. ELIGIBILITY: the Centre's funding is open to INTERNATIONAL applicants, not just UK-based ones (the exceptions are the MA/MPhil Studentship and Doctoral Scholarship, which are not part of this round). Every applicant must show how the award advances their research on British art, visual culture and/or architecture. SUPPORT: general application guidance, an updated FAQ and the Our Funding Focus page set out what the Centre looks for, and there are writeups of previously successful projects. The grants team will take specific questions or arrange a call at grants@paul-mellon-centre.ac.uk. No application fee. THIS GRANT: up to GBP 3,000 for organisations disseminating research on British art through live, online and hybrid events aimed at a range of audiences. Eligible costs include venue hire, accommodation for speakers and staffing.
The Paul Mellon Centre funds scholarship and dissemination in British art, visual culture and architectural history, from the medieval period to the present and across the relevant geographical and cultural contexts. This is the Autumn 2026 round, the first under the Centre's restructured funding scheme announced earlier in 2026, and all grants in the round close together on Monday 14 September 2026 at 23:59 BST. ELIGIBILITY: the Centre's funding is open to INTERNATIONAL applicants, not just UK-based ones (the exceptions are the MA/MPhil Studentship and Doctoral Scholarship, which are not part of this round). Every applicant must show how the award advances their research on British art, visual culture and/or architecture. SUPPORT: general application guidance, an updated FAQ and the Our Funding Focus page set out what the Centre looks for, and there are writeups of previously successful projects. The grants team will take specific questions or arrange a call at grants@paul-mellon-centre.ac.uk. No application fee. THIS GRANT: up to GBP 25,000 to help protect and preserve significant works of British art, funding organisations to carry out original and needed conservation research. It covers the staff working on the project as well as equipment costs.
Innovate Grant awards two unrestricted USD 1,800 grants every quarter, one to a visual artist and one to a photographer, along with up to 18 honorable mentions who are featured and promoted on the organization's website. The award is unrestricted, so recipients can apply the funds toward new projects, materials, studio rent, travel, or other needs. Grant cycles run four times a year (Winter, Spring, Summer, and Fall). Visual artists and photographers aged 18 and older from anywhere in the world, both US and international, are eligible to apply. Applications require contact details, a grant category, and 3 to 10 images of work, plus a USD 35 application fee. The Spring 2026 cycle closed on June 18, 2026, and the Summer 2026 cycle follows on the regular quarterly schedule.
The Xposure International Photography Awards are free to enter and include a dedicated Drone Photography category alongside many others. Category winners receive cash, equipment, and a trip to the Sharjah festival for the ceremony and exhibition. Official deadline 5 September 2026, extended deadline 20 September 2026.
The IOC Olympic Studies Centre supports PhD students and early-career academics conducting scholarly research on the Olympic Movement, its history and ideals, the athletes, the Olympic Games and their impact on contemporary society and culture. ELIGIBILITY: current postgraduate students enrolled in a PhD programme within the human and/or social sciences, with Olympism, the Olympic Movement or the Olympic Games as at least one research focus; also academic staff and postdoctoral fellows who completed their doctorate (or equivalent highest degree) in or after 2024. AWARD: up to USD 6,000. APPLY: application files and related correspondence must reach the OSC before Tuesday 22 September 2026; see the programme rules and application form on the IOC Olympic Studies Centre website.
This scheme funds international activity by the Dutch design, architecture and digital culture sectors, covering projects that take place mainly abroad and require at least one international partner. Open to professional makers, observers, design agencies and cultural institutions. Grants run EUR 10,000 to EUR 50,000 with at least 20 percent co-financing. The round runs 25 August 2026, 15:00 CEST to 22 September 2026, 16:00 CEST. From 2026 places are allocated by lottery draw rather than order of submission. Activities in countries under a code-red travel advisory or subject to sanctions are excluded. Applicants must be registered with the Dutch Chamber of Commerce (KvK).
The Danish Arts Foundation's Production and Exhibitions programme funds the production, dissemination and exhibition of contemporary art in Denmark and abroad, and it is one of the few Nordic national schemes a foreign organisation can apply to directly. Eligible costs include creating new works where an exhibition agreement is in place, exhibition costs, exhibition programming featuring Danish or international artists, promotion tied to an exhibition, and honorariums covering artists' work and installation time, which lets a festival or biennial cover commission and artist-fee lines. THE KEY CONDITION for non-Danish applicants is that the exhibition must feature Danish artists; Danish artists and venues face no such restriction. No minimum or maximum grant is published since the committee decides case by case, and previous award levels are visible on the site. Two 2026 deadlines apply: 26 March 2026 (closed) and 24 September 2026 at 14:00, with the application form opening one month before each deadline. TIMING: applicants receive a response no later than twelve weeks after the deadline, so expect a decision by mid-December 2026. Applications must go through the Danish digital subsidy portal; submissions outside it are rejected except in very special circumstances. FLAG: earliest-start-date rules are not specified on the funder's page.
The Foundwork Artist Prize is an annual juried award supporting outstanding artistic practices. The 2026 honoree receives an unrestricted USD 10,000 grant, studio visits with each of the five jurors, and an interview for Foundwork's Dialogues program. In addition, three artists are named to the 2026 Short List, each receiving a USD 1,000 micro-grant in support of their practice. Submissions are made online through Foundwork. Application deadline 25 September 2026.
A fully funded art-science residency from Ars Electronica and Ceske Budejovice, European Capital of Culture 2028, exploring how art and science can collaborate on urgent environmental challenges: climate emergence, sustainable agriculture, geoengineering, permaculture, water resource management, and the broader ecological impacts on local communities. Selected residents work in direct collaboration with local scientists in Ceske Budejovice. WHO CAN APPLY: artists, designers, creatives and artist collectives with more than 5 years of professional creative practice and documented interdisciplinary work; experience in community engagement and science collaborations is essential; applicants must be 18+, of any nationality, and legally eligible to work and travel in the EU. WHAT YOU GET: a EUR 24,000 package (EUR 6,000 artist fee, up to EUR 15,000 production, up to EUR 3,000 travel and subsistence) plus one month of housing covered separately; two winners are selected. STRUCTURE: the residency runs January 2027 to April 2028, with a required on-site stay of up to one month in February/March 2027, an optional stay in August/September 2027, and a March 2028 stay for festival installation, exhibition and deinstallation. HOW TO APPLY: online form with project title, a written proposal of max 250 words, a scientific direction statement (max 100 words), artistic vision (max 100 words), community connection plan (max 100 words), a super short pitch (3 to 30 words), 3 to 7 images, an optional 1-minute video, a portfolio link and contact information. Two-round selection (online application then interview); winners notified by November 2026. Deadline 28 September 2026 at midnight CET.
The most directly relevant Terra line for organisations running convenings rather than exhibitions: conversations, symposia and workshops that stimulate interdisciplinary and intercultural exchange. Covered costs are unusually broad and practical, including professional fees, artist honoraria, travel, AV support, interpretation and translation, catering, research dissemination, marketing, and administrative costs up to 20 percent. Awards run USD 10,000 to 25,000 and are made twice yearly. The process is two-stage: Round 1 has a grant inquiry due 28 September 2026 followed, if invited, by a full proposal due 30 November 2026, for programmes taking place after 1 May 2027. Round 2 has an inquiry due 16 February 2027 and proposal due 20 April 2027 for programmes after 1 November 2027. Invited proposals go to an external panel of curators and arts professionals. International applicants are explicitly eligible and need US 501(c)(3) status or a recognised non-profit equivalent in their own country. The binding constraint is topical rather than geographic: a European or Asian organisation can win this, but the convening must engage American or Indigenous North American visual art, which is a workable frame for art-and-technology or sound-art programming with a US axis.
SOCIAL DIVE is Tokyo Biennale's open call, now in its third edition and, for 2027, open to both international and domestic applicants (the 2019 round drew roughly 1,500 overseas applications and the 2025 international-only round roughly 1,400). Artists and curators propose projects to be presented as part of Tokyo Biennale 2027, whose theme is 'From Me to Us'. THEME: general producer Masato Nakamura frames the biennale against an age of conflict and division, arguing that to avoid repeating memories of war, violence and exclusion we must reexamine the wisdom and cultural resources passed down across generations. Tokyo carries the memories of neighbourhoods dating back to the Edo period, twice suffered great loss through the Great Kanto Earthquake and the Second World War, and each time was rebuilt through the strength of its citizens; it is also an international city where different languages, memories, beliefs, wounds and hopes intersect. Quoting Kenzaburo Oe, 'I cannot live my life over again. But we can live our lives over again', the call proposes that when a single 'me' encounters others and reconnects relationships, a new consciousness of 'us' emerges. Art projects are treated as a form of cultural prescription, reconnecting people with people, people with places and people with memories. ELIGIBILITY: open to artists, curators, researchers, collectives and practitioners in related fields active in Japan and abroad; applicants must be 18 or older at the time of application; there are no restrictions on nationality, place of residence or base of operations; participants must be able to work in Tokyo during the designated period. ACCEPTED FORMATS: artwork creation, exhibitions, performances, video works, tours, workshops, participatory projects, research projects and curatorial projects. Applications cover both artwork production by artists and art project proposals by curators. APPLY via the Google Form linked from socialdive.jp/en (a Google account is required) during the application period 17 July to 30 September 2026, 23:59 JST. Read the official call documentation for full eligibility requirements and guidelines.
The eidolon Grant is an international programme, presented annually, for projects that explore, promote and conserve vernacular photography. It is open to artists, academics, professionals, researchers, collectors and vernacular photography enthusiasts whose past work and proposed project is centred around the image heritage of everyday photography. The grant aims to identify phenomena, collections, histories, practices and trends within vernacular photography, offering new interpretations and analyses, and thematising both photographic heritages and contemporary photographic practices. Applications can be made under two categories, with a total of EUR 25,000 to be distributed. Each chosen project will contribute to the enrichment of eidolon's program in the coming year. The deadline for submission is 30 September 2026 at 11:59 p.m. Apply via https://everydayphotography.org/centre/grant-2026.
The Ernest Solvay Fund provides financial support for local-impact initiatives in three areas: scientific education (science, technology, engineering and mathematics), planet progress (environmental initiatives) and better life (community well-being). ELIGIBILITY: organisations submitting a project must implement it within a 100 km radius of a Solvay industrial, R&I or administrative site. FUNDING: up to EUR 10,000 per initiative; the Fund covers expenses incurred only after the results are announced (mid-December 2026) and will not reimburse expenses incurred beforehand. APPLY: create or log in to an account at https://candidate.kbs-frb.be and complete the online application form (it can be saved and completed in several stages). Applications are open 15 April 2026 to 30 September 2026; results announced mid-December 2026.
The Wilson Center, the congressionally chartered nonpartisan policy research institution in Washington DC, awards 10 to 20 research fellowships for its 2027-2028 class. Fellows conduct research and write in their areas of interest while interacting with policymakers in Washington and with other fellows. The Center accepts policy-relevant, nonpartisan proposals that address key foreign policy challenges confronting the United States and the world, and projects must align with at least one of the Center's four scholarship pillars: strategic competition, economic statecraft, TECHNOLOGY AND INNOVATION, and regional scholarship. The technology and innovation pillar is the relevant route for AI governance, emerging technology and digital policy projects, which the Center also supports through its Science and Technology Innovation Program. Fellows work remotely for the duration of the fellowship; the Center covers travel costs for two required trips to Washington DC at the beginning and the conclusion of the term. The stipend is USD 10,000 per month for the twelve-month term, which runs 1 June 2027 to 30 May 2028. ELIGIBILITY: academic candidates need a PhD in hand and either a published book or monograph beyond the dissertation, or a substantial body of research articles (five or more) in reputable peer-reviewed journals. Non-academic applicants (practitioners, journalists, public intellectuals) need at least ten years of relevant experience and a record of substantial policy impact. There is no citizenship restriction, but English proficiency is required. Applications, including letters of recommendation, must be submitted online via Interfolio by 11:59pm ET on 30 September 2026. Questions: fellowships@wilsoncenter.org. NOTE: this is an open-topic foreign policy fellowship, not an AI-specific one; the technology angle depends on how you scope the proposal.
Third annual cycle of Printed Matter's Publisher Work Grant, supported by Wagner Foundation. Three unrestricted grants of $10,000 go to independent artists' book publishers, acknowledging past work and providing capacity-building funds for future book projects and publisher sustainability. ELIGIBILITY: independent imprints with an 'independent spirit,' generally small in scale, with a publishing history of one or more years and one or more titles per year, currently active with future titles in the works; open to publishers based anywhere (international presses encouraged). NOT for individual artists seeking to publish their own work, nor for commercial presses that exclusively publish client work; more established, well-funded, or institutionally supported publishers may be deprioritised. Funds are unrestricted (production, artists' fees, equipment, studio costs, rent, etc.). Applications reviewed by Printed Matter and a guest jury based on the imprint's body of work, upcoming projects, and potential impact. Selected presses also receive a highlighted presence at a 2026 Printed Matter Art Book Fair (travel and accommodation are the grantee's responsibility). Deadline: Sunday 4 October 2026, 11:59PM EST.
Slamdance's DIG (Digital, Interactive and Gaming) showcase presents work at the edges of cinema and interactivity: interactive documentaries, VR/AR, experiential installations, and experimental games, a strong fit for interactive AI and data-driven work. Film categories run on similar deadline tiers. DIG deadlines: regular 10 August 2026 (USD 60), late 14 September 2026 (USD 70), extended 6 October 2026 (USD 90).
The Earth Partner Prize is a global open call for young creatives making work about climate action and ecological justice, run by Earth Partner with the Global Environment Facility and Re:wild, and timed to amplify youth voices ahead of the UN climate conference in November 2026. IT IS NOT A PHOTOGRAPHY PRIZE: the call takes work across disciplines, and the organisers explicitly list photography projects, docu-style and experimental film, performance art, app development, spoken word, musical compositions, dance, fashion design, new media and social media projects. PRIZES: USD 10,000 for first prize, USD 5,000 each for two runners-up, USD 2,000 each for five finalists, plus an Impact Award and twenty honourable mentions. ELIGIBILITY: aged 14 to 30 at the time of submission, any nationality, race, gender or faith; applicants under 18 need parental consent. SUBMISSION NOTES: entry is free, and entrants are asked to disclose any use of AI tools and to mention prior awards or press coverage in the project description. Submissions are handled on Picter; deadline 7 October 2026 at 21:59.
The Aesthetica Art Prize accepts work in any discipline and theme, with video, installation, digital, and photography regularly shortlisted; past shortlists frequently feature critical-tech and surveillance-adjacent work, making it a strong venue for media art. Main Prize GBP 10,000 plus a group exhibition at York Art Gallery and editorial coverage. Standard deadline 11 October 2026 (GBP 25 for two works); late entries 12-18 October 2026 (GBP 35).
Fellowships supporting enterprise and investigative reporting with a business or economic angle, from the Harold W. McGraw, Jr. Center for Business Journalism at the Newmark Graduate School of Journalism, CUNY. Tech-platform economies, AI labour, data-broker investigations, digital-economy beats and similar tech-and-business stories fit naturally. ELIGIBILITY: working journalists with at least 5 years of professional experience; freelancers and staff are both eligible worldwide. CYCLES: Fall 2026 cycle deadline 12 October 2026; spring cycle expected around April 2027. No application fee.
Travel voucher for Dutch-based professionals in design, architecture and/or digital culture who have been invited by a foreign party to give a presentation, lecture or workshop. To apply you must have submitted an application to the Fund in the past five years that was positively assessed (previous International Vouchers do not count). The inviting foreign party must cover a proportionate share of the costs. Covers hourly fees, travel and accommodation directly related to the activity. IMPORTANT TIMING RULE: applications are accepted from 5 months to a minimum of 7 weeks before the activity begins, and processing takes about 6 weeks. This lead time can rule out activities that fall shortly after a round opens. Round 2 (4 May to 22 June 2026) has closed. Round 3 runs 8 September 2026 15:00 CEST to 27 October 2026 16:00 CEST, with a budget of EUR 33,000; given the 7-week rule it effectively serves activities starting from late October 2026 onwards. IMPORTANT PREREQUISITE: you must already have had an application to the Fund positively assessed within the past five years, and a previous voucher does not satisfy this, so this is not a viable first approach to the Fund. The window runs 8 September 2026, 15:00 CEST to 27 October 2026, but closes early once 20 complete applications are received. Maximum one voucher per applicant per calendar year.
Scotland's leading short film festival marks its 20th edition in March 2027. International entries compete for the Bill Douglas Award for International Short Film; films must be completed after 30 September 2025 and run 40 minutes or less. Deadlines: earlybird 4 August 2026 (GBP 10), regular 22 September 2026 (GBP 14), late 27 October 2026 (GBP 18).
Research grants from the Wenner-Gren Foundation for individual scholars with a PhD or equivalent to support a discrete project of anthropological research. The grant supports the project's most substantial cost (typically fieldwork or core research activity) and may be used for direct research expenses; not for salary or institutional overhead. Deadlines are biannual: 1 May and 1 November each year. ELIGIBILITY: scholars who hold a PhD (or equivalent) in anthropology or a clearly related discipline; nationality and country of work are not restricted. Up to USD 25,000 per grant. Strictly anthropology focus - the project must be primarily anthropological in scope and method (sociocultural, biological, archaeological or linguistic anthropology, etc.).
Global art prize celebrating how art is made, open to artists worldwide working in any medium or art form. Instead of a traditional application form, artists submit a digital presence (website, portfolio or social profile) linked through a .ART domain that documents identity, process and work as one continuous record. PRIZES: Grand Prize (USD 15,000 cash); Artist Residency Award France (one month at Chateau du Fresne, near Paris); Artist Residency Award Spain (residency at Anfitrion, Marbella); Publication Award (editorial coverage in Whitewall Magazine, the campaign's media partner); .ART Domain Award (USD 10,000 premium .ART domain name). ELIGIBILITY: individual artists and artist collectives from all backgrounds (cultures, ethnicities, gender identities, abilities); 18 or older at time of submission; open to artists from all geographic regions with no restrictions on nationality or place of residence. Multiple entries permitted, as long as each submission (single artwork, series or overall practice) is presented on or linked to a SEPARATE .ART domain. NOTE: a .ART domain is required for submission; this is the de facto entry mechanism. ANNOUNCEMENT: winners revealed during Art Basel Miami on 3 December 2026. DEADLINE: 1 November 2026. APPLY via the .ART Award site.
Residency programme run by the Art Explora Foundation with the Cite internationale des arts at its Montmartre site, supporting work that engages scientific and technological exploration and the major social and environmental issues of the present. Residents receive a studio-apartment of around 50 sqm, a monthly living grant of EUR 1,000, a production grant of up to EUR 3,000, and a round-trip travel grant, plus access to production facilities and local networks. Two tracks are offered: a SOLO programme for artists and writers across visual arts, performance, digital practices, literary and other experimental disciplines, and a COLLECTIVE programme for duos or collectives working collaboratively on interdisciplinary, experimental or research-based projects, for which a single studio-apartment designed for collaborative work hosts two residents sharing a bed, and only one member should submit the application. Eligible artistic disciplines are visual arts, performance and live arts, digital arts, curatorial practices, and writing and literary practices; eligible research fields are humanities, social sciences, cultural studies and history, technological innovation, and ecology. No output is required at the end of the residency, but participation in the Open Studios is mandatory. ELIGIBILITY: artists, artist collectives, researchers, curators and writers of all nationalities, no age restriction, with a minimum of five years of professional activity and works or research exhibited at national or international level. The Cite lists 20 to 22 residencies per year on this programme. Deadline 6 November 2026, 23:59 Europe/Paris. Questions: residences@artexplora.org. FLAG: the grant figures above come from the open-call text supplied to the desk; neither the Cite nor Art Explora publishes amounts on the programme page, so confirm them, along with the exact deadline, before applying.
Artist Grant awards an unrestricted USD 1,200 grant to one visual artist three times a year, on a deliberately low-friction application: NO grant proposal is required. You email a link to your website, or 3-5 images of your work as JPG, PNG or PDF, plus a resume, CV or short bio with your name, to submit@artistgrant.org, and separately pay the USD 30 fee through Stripe or PayPal. If the name on your payment differs from the name on your email, say so in the email. ELIGIBILITY: visual artists aged 18 or over, worldwide. Past winners may NOT apply again. MEDIA ACCEPTED: painting, drawing, sculpture, ceramics, printmaking, photography, mixed media, installation, and new or alternative visual art forms. NOT ACCEPTED: film and video, music, theatre, dance. SELECTION CRITERIA: a cohesive body of work; well-crafted work; well-presented work, judged with an explicit allowance that artists have differing financial means for presentation; work that communicates its viewpoint, ideas and concepts clearly, effectively and creatively; and work that is not derivative. RESULTS: all applicants are notified within 6-8 weeks of each deadline, and results are announced on the website, social media and newsletter. They will not respond to individual queries during the review period. VISIBILITY: grantees are showcased on the website, social media and marketing materials, and selected applicants are featured on social media with permission. Artists retain their copyrights. NOTE: the grant recurs on 15 March, 15 July and 15 November each year, and this desk lists each round separately. There is a USD 30 application fee.
The Japan Foundation's flagship grant for organisations abroad mounting an exhibition introducing Japanese art and culture, explicitly covering overseas biennials and triennials that present Japanese artists. It is a partial-cost grant rather than a production budget: it pays toward shipping Japanese works, producing print or digital catalogues, and bringing Japanese artists, curators and specialists to the venue. That cost structure suits media arts, digital culture and art-and-science exhibitions well, where shipping technical work and hosting the artist for installation are the main cost drivers. It is explicitly designed for non-Japanese applicants: museums, galleries and comparable organisations outside Japan. Institutions only, so independent curators and artists cannot apply directly and must be hosted by an eligible institution. Exhibition content must introduce Japanese art and culture, so a Japanese artistic component is mandatory. Recent UK recipients include Tate Modern, the V&A and the Hayward Gallery, so the scheme skews toward established institutions. Applicants are asked to discuss eligibility with the relevant regional arts programme officer before applying. FLAG: full FY2027 guidelines were not yet published by Tokyo headquarters as of July 2026 and this deadline is the funder's own provisional date; reconfirm in autumn 2026.
Async Museum is an independent digital space dedicated to web art with a distinctive point of view, existing to discover artists who use the web as their primary medium and to recognise their work as a new aesthetic. Its core philosophy is that the web browser is a twenty-first century canvas. Async Museum is officially seeking submissions of web-based artworks, welcoming both established practitioners and emerging voices who are pushing the boundaries of what the next generation of art can be. NOTE: this is an exhibition opportunity for web-based art rather than a paid grant; no artist fee is stated. To share your practice and submit your work, visit https://asyncmuseum.com/submit. Deadline: 1 December 2026.
Extra Teeth is a Scottish literary magazine with an international outlook, paying for fiction and nonfiction. Submissions are currently open. No theme is set per issue; send your best work on any topic. Pieces should be 800 to 4,000 words, previously unpublished, submitted as a Word document (standard font, size 12, double line spacing) titled with 'F' for fiction or 'NF' for nonfiction followed by your name, plus a title sheet (name, address, word count, bio under 100 words); cover letters are not required. Send one piece only per submission period to submissions@extrateeth.co.uk with 'SHORT STORY: TITLE' or 'ESSAY: TITLE' in the subject line; secondary submissions are deleted. Copyright remains with the author. Work in translation is accepted with the necessary permissions. The magazine does not currently publish poetry, scripts or artwork (aside from its guest illustrator). PAYMENT: GBP 200 per piece for the magazine plus two contributor copies; four pieces are also chosen for the With Bite Substack at GBP 150 each. AI POLICY: no AI-written work is published or considered. ILLUSTRATORS: one guest illustrator is commissioned per issue (paid GBP 943.90); send work to hello@extrateeth.co.uk with 'ILLUSTRATOR' in the subject line; marginalised illustrators especially encouraged. Allow eight weeks after the submission period before querying. Check the submissions page for current open periods.
The Omidyar Network Tech Journalism Fund offers rolling grants of $5,000-$25,000 for technology journalism projects. Relevant for journalists and media organizations investigating AI, tech policy, and AI's impacts on culture, society, and creative industries. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis through December 31, 2026 — one of the few currently open opportunities with a confirmed near-term deadline. Apply via the application form on omidyar.com.
The EU-Japan Fest Japan Committee supports individuals and organisations developing projects between Japan and European Capitals of Culture (past, present or future) as well as other Culture Next member cities. PURPOSE: support travel for research, project planning, and collaboration, building creative networks aimed at realising Japan-Europe arts and culture projects. THEMES (for Japan-Europe collaborative projects): Youth Empowerment; Nature & Green; Diversity (DEI); Social Regeneration. Projects may include participants from other regions (e.g. Asia) joining a Japan-Europe project. TARGET APPLICANTS: members of European Capital of Culture teams; artists and project organisers (including curators, designers, etc.); researchers in culture/arts; social entrepreneurs. TIMING: applications must be submitted at least 6 weeks prior to the travel date; this cut-off covers travel in October 2026 - March 2027. DEADLINE: this card is for the 14 February 2027 cut-off (other cut-offs each have their own card). APPLY via the Culture Next collaboration page.
Artist Grant awards an unrestricted USD 1,200 grant to one visual artist three times a year, on a deliberately low-friction application: NO grant proposal is required. You email a link to your website, or 3-5 images of your work as JPG, PNG or PDF, plus a resume, CV or short bio with your name, to submit@artistgrant.org, and separately pay the USD 30 fee through Stripe or PayPal. If the name on your payment differs from the name on your email, say so in the email. ELIGIBILITY: visual artists aged 18 or over, worldwide. Past winners may NOT apply again. MEDIA ACCEPTED: painting, drawing, sculpture, ceramics, printmaking, photography, mixed media, installation, and new or alternative visual art forms. NOT ACCEPTED: film and video, music, theatre, dance. SELECTION CRITERIA: a cohesive body of work; well-crafted work; well-presented work, judged with an explicit allowance that artists have differing financial means for presentation; work that communicates its viewpoint, ideas and concepts clearly, effectively and creatively; and work that is not derivative. RESULTS: all applicants are notified within 6-8 weeks of each deadline, and results are announced on the website, social media and newsletter. They will not respond to individual queries during the review period. VISIBILITY: grantees are showcased on the website, social media and marketing materials, and selected applicants are featured on social media with permission. Artists retain their copyrights. NOTE: the grant recurs on 15 March, 15 July and 15 November each year, and this desk lists each round separately. There is a USD 30 application fee.
The New Media Film Festival in Los Angeles champions stories told with new technology and was among the first festivals to screen AI-generated content; it has a dedicated AR / MR / AI / TECH category. Open worldwide in all formats. Deadlines: 6 December 2026 (USD 80), 6 February 2027 (USD 85), final 6 April 2027 (USD 95).
Artist Grant awards an unrestricted USD 1,200 grant to one visual artist three times a year, on a deliberately low-friction application: NO grant proposal is required. You email a link to your website, or 3-5 images of your work as JPG, PNG or PDF, plus a resume, CV or short bio with your name, to submit@artistgrant.org, and separately pay the USD 30 fee through Stripe or PayPal. If the name on your payment differs from the name on your email, say so in the email. ELIGIBILITY: visual artists aged 18 or over, worldwide. Past winners may NOT apply again. MEDIA ACCEPTED: painting, drawing, sculpture, ceramics, printmaking, photography, mixed media, installation, and new or alternative visual art forms. NOT ACCEPTED: film and video, music, theatre, dance. SELECTION CRITERIA: a cohesive body of work; well-crafted work; well-presented work, judged with an explicit allowance that artists have differing financial means for presentation; work that communicates its viewpoint, ideas and concepts clearly, effectively and creatively; and work that is not derivative. RESULTS: all applicants are notified within 6-8 weeks of each deadline, and results are announced on the website, social media and newsletter. They will not respond to individual queries during the review period. VISIBILITY: grantees are showcased on the website, social media and marketing materials, and selected applicants are featured on social media with permission. Artists retain their copyrights. NOTE: the grant recurs on 15 March, 15 July and 15 November each year, and this desk lists each round separately. There is a USD 30 application fee.
AIxDESIGN gets more requests for speakers and facilitators than it can handle in-house, so rather than turning them down it passes them through to a curated pool of critical, creative and thoughtful voices on AI. WHAT IT IS: a Speakers Collective whose members are connected with opportunities as they come in, including talks, workshops, panels and custom sessions for organisations, festivals, institutions and events. AIxDESIGN makes considered matches, briefs speakers on the gig and supports where needed; in return speakers credit AIxDESIGN publicly and contribute a small coordination fee or donation back to the ecosystem. Opportunities are posted in a private Speakers Collective Slack channel, where you raise your hand for what interests you and skip what does not. There is no exclusivity requirement. WHO THEY ARE LOOKING FOR: thinkers, makers, educators, researchers, artists and practitioners with honest, grounded perspectives on AI, who care what it means for society, culture and creative practice rather than only what it can do. They are particularly drawn to people working at the edges, questioning dominant AI narratives and exploring what critical, slow, speculative or decolonial approaches look like in practice, or making work that opens new imaginaries rather than reinforcing existing ones; practices at the intersection of AI and art, design, sound, moving image, writing, education, policy or community are a good fit. You need something real to say and some experience saying it (a past talk, workshop, panel or teaching context that can be pointed to), and alignment with AIxDESIGN's values. BONUS POINTS: if you have worked with AIxDESIGN before and are comfortable speaking about the shared project, or if you are based in or regularly in the Netherlands. PROBABLY NOT FOR YOU: if you have no prior speaking experience, or if your perspective clashes with what they stand for. HOW TO APPLY: a roughly five-minute form (Tally). Applications are accepted on a rolling basis and reviewed about every two months; if it is a fit, they invite you into the private channel where opportunities are shared.
Robot foundation models (pi-zero, OpenVLA, GR00T and others) are approaching widespread deployment on the back of more than USD 18 billion in funding, and almost nobody is working on their safety. The Physical AI Safety Institute, a new nonprofit founded by Bear Haon and Kaylene Stocking and seeded by a grant from BlueDot Impact, describes itself as a capacity-building organisation growing the community that develops techniques to interpret, align and control robot foundation models. Its research fellowship runs in 12-week cohorts: each fellow works within a stream led by a mentor on a concrete problem in physical AI safety, with mentors drawn from researchers with track records in robot foundation models, mechanistic interpretability, safe control or adversarial robustness for embodied systems. Each cohort ends with a research symposium where fellows present their work. STREAMS: mechanistic interpretability (sparse autoencoders and activation patching for VLA and WAM architectures); adversarial robustness (jailbreaking and prompt injection in the embodied action space); runtime monitoring (detecting when a policy operates outside its competence envelope); sim-to-real safety transfer (do safety behaviours survive deployment on physical hardware); and robot security (cyberattack vectors, data poisoning and supply chain for deployed robot models). WHO SHOULD APPLY: researchers with strong technical foundations in robotics or machine learning and a demonstrated interest in safety; prior safety experience is not required. PROCESS: this stage is an expression of interest, not a full application. The form takes about two minutes and asks you to pick your stream and preferred cohort dates; concrete details including stipend figures and application deadlines are shared through that channel, and neither is published on the site as of listing. PAISI also publishes seven free curriculum modules running from classical robot safety through VLA interpretability, adversarial robustness and runtime monitoring to deployment evaluation, plus a white paper, The Case for Physical AI Safety, at paisi.ai/the-case-for-physical-ai-safety. Contact: bear@paisi.ai.
OSIP is the European Space Agency's standing front door for unsolicited novel ideas, launched in 2019 and now the main entry point for new concepts into ESA, both in response to specific problems and through open calls. HOW IT WORKS: ideas are submitted through two mechanisms. Campaigns are targeted calls responding to specific questions with defined timelines (recent examples include Future Navigation Demonstrators and elements for the EOCognitiveLab mission); Channels are permanently open, open-ended calls on broader topics with no deadline. Submissions can go through an optional community discussion phase, with voting and comments, before expert evaluation by ESA. WHO CAN SUBMIT: individuals, businesses, universities and organisations anywhere in the world. The catch for funding: to implement a funded idea yourself, you must be eligible to do business with ESA under Article 18 of its procurement regulations, which in practice means affiliation with an entity in an ESA member state. WHAT FUNDING LOOKS LIKE: successful ideas are typically supported as co-funded PhD or postdoctoral research (ESA plus a university), early technology development activities, or system studies; amounts vary by route and campaign. WHY IT IS ON THE DESK: this is the one genuinely public, always-open route into ESA for independent researchers, technologists and artists working with space data or space technology concepts; new campaigns appear regularly, so checking the platform periodically is worthwhile. Submit via ideas.esa.int.
AIXI Labs is a small London-based non-profit doing AI safety research grounded in algorithmic information theory. Its stated position is that most AI research today is either mathematically clean but narrow, or practical but too opaque for rigorous safety analysis; the lab targets a third category, methods general enough to describe powerful agents and provable enough to support real safety claims, using AIXI (the theoretical model of unbounded artificial superintelligence) and then porting the strongest of those ideas to modern LLM-based agents. The fellowship is a quarterly, rolling programme for researchers who want to work on this agenda under close mentorship from the core team: Cole Wyeth (Founder and Executive Director), Marcus Hutter (Research Director) and Aram Ebtekar (Founding Research Scientist). Fellows pursue a focused research project over roughly a quarter and receive a monthly stipend plus a compute budget for machine-learning work. The fellowship is fully remote, so fellows may work from anywhere in the world or from the London base. RESPONSIBILITIES: pursue a self-directed research project aligned with the lab's algorithmic-information-theoretic approach to AI safety, spanning anything from foundational theory to empirical tests with LLM-based agents; shape the project direction around your own strengths and interests, as the lab supports a range of work within this framework; and contribute papers, blog posts or other written output communicating results to the broader AI safety and ML research communities. MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS: a research background at the level of a current PhD student (for primarily empirical projects, a master's-level command of the relevant mathematics paired with substantial industry or applied research experience can also qualify); solid grounding in probability, statistics, information theory and reinforcement learning, sufficient to engage seriously with AIXI-style theoretical models (prior expertise in algorithmic information theory or AIXI is NOT required); strong verbal and written communication skills; genuine motivation to reduce existential risk from advanced AI and enthusiasm for the lab's kind of work. PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS: publications at top ML, AI or theory venues such as NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, ALT or COLT, though the lab values the strength of your best work over volume; background in algorithmic information theory, computability theory, learning theory or related theoretical computer science; experience fine-tuning, evaluating or red-teaming LLM-based and/or RL agents; prior engagement with the UAI/AIXI community or related fields, including members of the lab's online reading groups. APPLICATIONS are reviewed on a rolling basis and previous applicants remain eligible for later rounds.
The International Documentary Association runs an Emergency Assistance program that provides direct financial support to documentary filmmakers whose work puts them in imminent and extreme physical danger. Eligible filmmakers may request a one-time emergency grant between USD 500 and USD 5,000. IDA responds to all applications within 24 hours and handles them with strict confidentiality, with approved funds transferred in as few as five business days. Applicants need an existing risk assessment plan, a concrete safety plan, two references confirming the emergency, and a secure way to receive funds. The program launched as a pilot on March 9, 2026 and accepts applications on a rolling basis. For sensitive cases, applicants can contact emergency@documentary.org to share information over an end-to-end encrypted app such as Signal.
The Adolph and Esther Gottlieb Emergency Grant provides interim financial assistance to painters, sculptors, and printmakers facing an unforeseen, catastrophic event such as fire, flood, or a medical emergency. Applicants must have been engaged in a mature phase of their art for at least ten years and must have a current, urgent need that is beyond their means. The maximum award is USD 15,000, with USD 5,000 being typical, given as one-time assistance for a specific emergency. The program does not cover dental work, chronic situations, capital improvements, projects, general indebtedness, or lack of employment. There is no deadline; applications are reviewed on a rolling basis, usually within about four weeks, and within 24 to 48 hours in the most urgent cases.
The Pollock-Krasner Foundation awards unrestricted grants to professional visual artists who are painters, sculptors, and artists working on paper, including printmakers. Grants range up to USD 50,000 over a one-year period and can be used for both professional and personal expenses such as art supplies, studio rent, and living costs. Applicants must demonstrate recognizable artistic merit and financial need, and must be actively exhibiting their current work in professional venues such as galleries and museums. The Foundation does not fund students, commercial or graphic art, video, performance, film, or generative and AI-generated work. Applications are accepted on a rolling, year-round basis with no deadline, and the review process typically takes nine months to a year. There is no application fee, and all applications must be submitted online.
The Sony Innovation Fund (now under Sony Ventures Corporation) is Sony's corporate venture capital arm, investing in early-stage (Seed, Series A and Series B) transformational-technology startups across business, entertainment and society, including entertainment, gaming, AI, robotics, fintech, climate and blockchain. Music, entertainment and AI startups fit within its thesis, though it is not a music-only fund. Typical checks are roughly USD 100,000 to USD 5 million, alongside mentorship and access to Sony's network and R&D. It is an equity investment, not a grant. Global, with offices in the US, London/EU, Tokyo, Bangalore and Israel. Startups engage on a rolling basis via the contact and inquiry form. No application fee.
Emergent Ventures funds entrepreneurs and thinkers worldwide with highly scalable, zero-to-one ideas for meaningfully improving society. It is aimed at individuals (applicants must be 13 or older) rather than institutions, and international and non-US applicants are eligible; grants are awarded to people around the world. Dedicated support is available for projects focused on India, Africa, the Caribbean or Ukraine. Grant amounts are not disclosed and are set per project. Applications are accepted on a rolling, continuous basis through an online form. The programme launched in 2018 and is administered by Tyler Cowen at the Mercatus Center.
Foresight Institute grants supporting work at the intersection of AI, science and safety, including AI-for-science tools and AI-safety research. ELIGIBILITY: individuals, teams and organisations (for- and non-profit) worldwide; applicants active in the San Francisco or Berlin hubs are prioritised. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis with a cutoff on the last day of each month. Apply via the Foresight Institute grants page.
GitHub's Secure Open Source Fund supports maintainers to improve the security of widely-used open-source software, pairing funding with hands-on security training. ELIGIBILITY: individual maintainers or teams of up to three, aged 18 or older, in a region supported by GitHub Sponsors; applicants cannot work for GitHub or its parent company. Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis; apply once to be considered for upcoming 2026 sessions. Apply via the GitHub Secure Open Source Fund page.
The Sovereign Tech Fund invests in the open digital infrastructure that underpins the modern internet, funding maintenance, security and development of critical open-source base technologies. ELIGIBILITY: individuals, companies and non-profits maintaining or developing critical open-source infrastructure; open worldwide. Applications are accepted on a rolling, year-round basis via the Sovereign Tech Fund page.
FLOSS/fund, backed by Zerodha, provides financial support to free and open-source software projects and maintainers. ELIGIBILITY: individuals and projects worldwide; applicants apply by publishing a funding.json manifest in their public repository as described on the fund's site. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis with no deadline.
Reporters Respond, run by Free Press Unlimited, is a rapid-response emergency fund for journalists and media outlets facing acute threats, covering urgent needs such as medical care, legal aid, physical safety measures and replacement equipment. ELIGIBILITY: individual journalists and media outlets in crisis, worldwide. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis with a roughly 24-hour response via the Free Press Unlimited page.
Effective Altruism Funds' Long-Term Future Fund makes grants to individuals and small groups working to reduce risks from advanced AI and other threats to humanity's long-term future, including technical AI safety and alignment research, field-building and communication. ELIGIBILITY: individuals and small groups; not geographically restricted. Applications accepted on a rolling basis via the EA Funds application form.
Pulitzer Center reporting grants supporting in-depth international journalism on under-reported global issues. Open to reporters, photographers, audio and video journalists, and documentary filmmakers worldwide. Grants cover the hard costs of reporting projects. ELIGIBILITY: professional journalists and visual storytellers anywhere in the world; both freelance and staff. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis via the Pulitzer Center grant portal.
Rolling grant programme funding individuals at any career stage who want to pursue careers that could help reduce global catastrophic risks or otherwise improve the long-term future. Especially interested in candidates working on risks from future advances in AI and global catastrophic biological risks. Funds graduate study (master's/PhD/MPP/law school), unpaid internships, postdocs, professional certifications, online courses, independent study/upskilling, career-transition and exploration periods, and academic sabbaticals. Concrete examples Coefficient Giving lists: a senior ML engineer doing six months of independent study to investigate AI risk mitigation careers; a physics PhD doing self-guided ML interpretability work to transition into technical AI safety; a management consultant exploring how to apply their skill set to GCR; a tenured ML/CS professor taking a one-year sabbatical to contribute to AI safety or governance. Open globally; no institutional affiliation required. Looks for candidates whose funding would 'make a difference' (otherwise unable to find sufficient funding, or existing funding has restrictions). Encourages applications from women and people of color. Now subsumes the former Biosecurity Scholarship. Applications are open until further notice and assessed on a rolling basis. Free to apply.
Daily seed grants for early-stage volunteer-driven projects with social and environmental impact. Open to grassroots changemakers worldwide: individuals, informal groups and small nonprofits. Project budget under $10,000 and organisational budget under $50,000; no paid staff. Applications reviewed monthly; submit before month-end for that month's review.
Funds data-driven reporting that uses ML, NLP, satellite imagery, sensors and other computational methods on under-reported issues. Open to freelance and staff data journalists worldwide. Reviewed first-come, first-served on a rolling basis; decisions usually within a month.
Lightweight rolling grant for individual journalists worldwide (writers, photographers, radio, film; freelance or staff) examining how AI systems are designed, sold and deployed in communities. Faster turnaround than the Pulitzer AI Accountability Fellowship: decisions in 1 to 2 weeks.
Online literary magazine paying for original creative nonfiction (essays and flash), open year-round with no submission fee. Useful, low-barrier way for an emerging writer to publish a standalone critical/creative-nonfiction piece and build a publication record toward a book. ELIGIBILITY: open to any emerging or established author; submissions accepted from international writers. Creative categories are open on a rolling basis year-round.
Contemporary art magazine commissioning paid art writing and criticism, with pitches accepted on an ongoing basis (online reviews/pitches continuous; themed print issues have set deadlines, e.g. the Spring issue around 15 September 2026). A direct paid outlet for criticism on digital, new-media and AI art. ELIGIBILITY: writers at all experience levels are invited; not restricted to Canada. Mostly pitch-based, with short online reviews accepted unsolicited.
Monthly $1,000 micro-grants for awesome ideas. Decentralised network of local chapters around the world; each chapter awards one grant per month. Apply via your nearest chapter on the site. Your idea stays yours, no equity taken.
Rolling-deadline fund for technology-focused projects that promote human rights, internet freedom and open societies. Funds anti-censorship, anti-surveillance, privacy-preserving and circumvention tools, plus applied research. Two-stage process: submit a Concept Note via the OTF online application system; reviewed monthly with feedback in 6-8 weeks. Open internationally.
Tech Matters, the nonprofit founded by Jim Fruchterman (MacArthur Fellow, Skoll Awardee), is hiring a Project Fellow to work directly with the CEO on ensuring technology better serves the 90% of humanity typically neglected by the commercial tech industry. Project work spans (1) expanding the Better Deal for Data, a practical data-governance standard for the nonprofit sector, by supporting nonprofits adopting and endorsing the standard; (2) prototyping methods for improving LLM and search-engine answers on critical social problems (initial focus: preventing sexual abuse of children); and (3) helping develop an open course based on Jim's recent book Technology for Good (CC-licensed, global release September 2026). REMOTE; open to candidates around the world (US-based hires get health and related insurance). WHAT THEY LOOK FOR: demonstrated interest and 5+ years' experience in tech-enabled organisations; Bachelor's/Master's in CS, data science, MLIS, MBA, or social sciences; familiarity with SaaS platforms; clear and kind writing; comfortable in an early-stage team. NICE TO HAVE: Wikipedia editing, data-governance expertise, additional languages. APPLY by emailing a resume and a real (not LLM-generated) cover letter to jobs@techmatters.org with subject 'Tech for Good Project Fellow - [Your Name]'. The cover letter should explain why this role and mission resonate with you. NOTE: this is a job/fellowship, not a grant; no specific application deadline listed (rolling).
PAID 12-week online mentorship program from Belgrade Art Studio: each artist works one-on-one with a dedicated artist-mentor through weekly 1-hour Zoom/Google Meet sessions, aimed at artists at a turning point in their practice (stuck, seeking new directions, experimenting with unfamiliar media including AI). Hybrid seminar/workshop format supporting both physical and online presentation, plus curatorial thinking, writing, interviews, and documentation. Closes with an online viewing and moderated discussion of the works produced. ELIGIBILITY: open worldwide to artists and creatives across visual arts, music, theatre, dance, film, writing, design, photography, digital/interactive art, games, fashion, architecture, and curation. English-language program (ability to collaborate in English preferred but accommodations possible). EXPECTATIONS: artists must treat the program as they would an in-person residency (dedicated time for research/creation/reflection), submit in-progress material for social-media exposure, participate in an artist interview, and refrain from hate speech or discriminatory content. APPLY by emailing CV, summary, and portfolio (links accepted) to artlab@belgradeartstudio.com. Rolling intake (no deadline). Selected artists are announced and contacted by email. COST: EUR 675 to participate — this is a paid offering, not a funded residency.
Pro Helvetia offers a two- to four-week research trip to one or more regions in Switzerland for cultural practitioners from the regions of its liaison offices: the Arab region, East Asia, South America, South Asia and Vietnam, and West, Central, East and Southern Africa. Applicants active in any of the disciplines supported by Pro Helvetia are welcome, and applications from both individuals and artist duos are accepted. SELECTION CRITERIA: permanent residence in one of the liaison-office regions and active participation in the respective cultural scene; a comprehensive portfolio and proven track record of professional activity in the applicant's field; strong professional interest in the selected destination connected to the applicant's artistic practice and to networking with the local cultural field; a concrete research topic that can deepen exchange between the cultural scenes of Switzerland and the applicant's country of residence; and knowledge of English or one of the Swiss languages. For environmental reasons, applicants are asked to consider a travel duration of at least two weeks. WHAT IS OFFERED: accommodation, travel costs, and daily allowances, plus a coach (a cultural professional from the local artistic field) to facilitate networking and exchange; artists with childcare responsibilities can apply for up to CHF 1,000 per month toward childcare or children's travel expenses (a budget must be presented in advance). EXCLUSIONS: applicants from countries outside the Pro Helvetia liaison offices' area of responsibility may not apply, and Pro Helvetia cannot consider requests from applicants enrolled in a school, university curriculum, basic training, or education programme. APPLICATION: submit a title and brief description of the proposal; a motivation explaining the professional interest and artistic research in the selected destination; the desired length of stay and destination; and a CV and portfolio. All applications must be submitted in English. KEY DATES: submissions accepted year-round; notification of decision eight weeks after submitting; earliest project start three months after application. Pro Helvetia assumes no responsibility for the approval of visa applications. Apply via the Pro Helvetia application portal.
Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival in Hawick, Scotland, is the UK's leading festival for experimental film and artists' moving image, a strong fit for experimental and research-based film work. Submissions for the 16th edition are open on FilmFreeway with a pay-what-you-can fee. Exact deadline unconfirmed; past editions closed late October to early November.
Rainbow Railroad's Grassroots Mobilization Fund (GMF) provides grants of up to $10,000 to LGBTQI+ grassroots, community-based organizations for services and programs tailored to the local needs of LGBTQI+ people in their region, including work with at-risk populations. Open to grassroots organizations in any country. Applications are reviewed in MULTIPLE ROUNDS throughout the year (rolling), and submitting an application does not guarantee funding given high demand and limited resources. Apply via Rainbow Railroad's funding request form.
The Rory Peck Trust's Crisis Fund gives direct financial assistance to freelance news journalists whose work has put them in crisis: physical attack, urgent medical costs, replacement of confiscated or destroyed equipment, forced relocation, or support for the family of a journalist who has been injured, imprisoned, kidnapped or killed. This is one of the few funds built specifically for freelancers working in conflict and high-risk environments, who are usually outside any staff safety net. ELIGIBILITY: professional freelance journalists in news and current affairs whose sole income comes from journalism, who have been working freelance for at least the last 12 months and can provide reference letters from editors, who have no access to other financial or government support and no contractual benefits such as sick pay or social security. The crisis must have happened within the last six months and must be evidenced (invoices, bank statements). Anyone who received Rory Peck Trust support in the last three years is ineligible. The Trust also runs a separate Therapy Fund and a HEFAT safety-training fund. Applications are rolling, in English, French, Arabic, Spanish, Ukrainian or Russian. Contact assistance@rorypecktrust.org or info@rorypecktrust.org.
IIE-SRF arranges and funds temporary academic placements for professors, researchers and public intellectuals who face serious threats to their lives, liberty or academic careers, so they can continue research and teaching in safety. Since 2002 it has supported more than 1,000 scholars from 62 countries at over 500 host institutions. ELIGIBILITY: scholars from any country and any academic discipline who hold or held a professorship, research or public-intellectual position and face persecution, conflict or targeted threats. The fund does not support people continuing their own studies, including PhD candidates and others in academic training. Applicants do not need to have a host institution lined up: IIE-SRF works to identify placements, and scholars already outside their home country may still apply. Applications are rolling and reviewed quarterly, so a passed cycle deadline is not a closed door (the July 2026 cut-off fed the September 2026 committee). Programme materials are available in Arabic, Persian, French, Spanish and Turkish. Apply via scholarrescuefund.org.
The Digital Defenders Partnership runs the main rapid-response fund for digital threats against human rights defenders, journalists, activists and the organisations they work in. The Incident Response Fund covers urgent costs after or during a digital attack, including incident response and forensics, emergency infrastructure or hosting changes, secure devices, account recovery, legal or psychosocial support tied to the incident, and short-term relocation of digital operations. This is the practical counterpart to physical-safety emergency funds for anyone whose work makes them a target online. ELIGIBILITY: human rights defenders, journalists, activists and civil-society organisations facing digital threats or attacks, worldwide. Applications are rolling; DDP aims to respond within two weeks and funds activities for up to four months. DDP also runs a Sustainable Protection Fund for longer-term digital-security capacity building (currently invitation-only in some regions) and an invitation-only Community and Network Fund of up to EUR 15,000 for rapid responders and digital-security facilitators. Contact team@digitaldefenders.org or apply through apply.grants.digitaldefenders.org.