Europe

This scholarship enables cultural practitioners from countries on the DAC list to stay with host institutions. The purpose is to enable scholarship holders to deepen their professional knowledge transnationally, to introduce new perspectives and to build long-term cooperation through exchange. The focal areas are:

CREAPOLIS Malta is calling for applications from Ukrainian professionals working at the intersection of civic life, culture, and local development.

State of the ART(ist) is a collaborative initiative by the Austrian Federal Ministry for European and International Affairs and Ars Electronica, dedicated to supporting artists working under existential threat. Whether shaped by political repression, war, digital surveillance, social inequality, or environmental disaster, the initiative responds to the increasingly precarious conditions under which artistic practice takes place in many parts of the world.

SLEEPING BEAUTIES is a multi-residency project designed and developed by EUNIC Romania. It involves six cultural institutions operating in Romania – the British Council, the Czech Centre, the Goethe Institute, the Cervantes Institute, the Polish Institute and Fundația9 – each engaged in supporting one residency.

The Chevening Overseas Territories in the Atlantic and Caribbean British Library Fellowship is co-funded by the British Library and the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.

This residency open call is for an early-career artist based in Southern Africa (Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Namibia, South Africa, Zimbabwe). The eleven-week, fully funded residency will take place at Gasworks in London from 30 September – 15 December 2026.

The Jan van Eyck Academie welcomes applications from food artists or designers for a Food Lab Fellowship from 15 January to 15 December 2027.

The Polygona Kunstverein e.V. invites applications for two artist-in-residence positions as part of the KOBRA Cultural Network’s Passage Art-Residency-Programme in the Wittenberg region, Germany. This four-week residency (October 2026) brings together artists working in photography and film to engage with two distinct research contexts:

This project is designed to promote, expand, and innovate the contemporary dance repertoire for dancers from around the world, of all nationalities and ages. Through culture, the activity aims to artistically connect the Castelló region, thanks to the collaboration between Fundació Caixa Castelló, the City Council of Sant Mateu, and Diputación de Castelló.

The Fondation Fiminco is launching an open call for artists working in visual arts and arts and crafts for their residency programme in Romainville (Seine-Saint-Denis) within greater Paris.

Delfina Foundation has announced a new open call for artists based in the United States and Canada whose practice centres on new media.

The ‘Roots and Routes’ Residence 2026 is an open call for artists to take part in a residency in Gjirokastra Castle and Luzat village, Albania, within the framework of the MON-ART ‘Monasteries of Art’ project. The residency invites participants to engage with local heritage, communities and landscapes through artistic practice.