research Grants
54 verified funding opportunities for research artists.
Developing Your Creative Practice (DYCP)
Supports individual practitioners to advance their creative practice through research, travel, training, experimentation…
Four Nations International Fund
Support for International Cultural Partnerships Backed by co-investment from Arts Council England , Arts Council Norther…
What we do and don’t fund in mental health
Get information on the types of mental health research that Wellcome funds, including who we fund and what we don't supp…
WATCH: The Arts Foundation Futures Awards 2022 Online Ceremony
Supporting individual artists and creatives in the UK with unconditional financial Fellowships since 1993 WATCH: The Art…
Foundation for Contemporary Arts — Creative Research Grants
Foundation for Contemporary Arts Creative Research Grants fund artistic exploration and development for experimental art…
Development funding
BFI Development Funding awards National Lottery support for the formal development of original live action and animation…
The Arts Foundation Futures Awards 2023: Shortlisted Artists Announced
Supporting individual artists and creatives in the UK with unconditional financial Fellowships since 1993 The Arts Found…
The Arts Foundation Auction raises funds for independent artists and creatives
Supporting individual artists and creatives in the UK with unconditional financial Fellowships since 1993 The Arts Found…
The Arts Foundation Futures Awards 2024: Jazz Composition Category Announced!
Supporting individual artists and creatives in the UK with unconditional financial Fellowships since 1993 The Arts Found…
The Arts Foundation Futures Awards 2024: Regenerative Design Category Announced!
Supporting individual artists and creatives in the UK with unconditional financial Fellowships since 1993 The Arts Found…
Creative Futures Fund Development Investment
Creative Futures Fund Development Investment supports the creation and testing of new ideas and works that use Australia…
Strategic Initiatives – The Foyle Foundation
From time to time the Foundation will embark upon strategic initiatives where, following research, the Foundation will f…
Research fellowships
We support researchers through our sculpture research programme at the Henry Moore Institute in Leeds. Fellowships allow…
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian
12 Jan – 31 Oct 2026 To promote the international visibility of Portuguese and foreign creators in the areas of Performi…
Film and Video Umbrella
Film and Video Umbrella commissions, produces and curates moving-image works by artists. We do not have any active vacan…
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This residency open call is for an early-career artist based in Algeria. The eleven-week, fully funded residency will ta…
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This residency open call is for an early-career artist based in Southern Africa (Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Namibia, S…
About The Residency Programme
Current Open CallsOur Residency ProgrammeSelection ProcessPartnerships About The Residency Programme Developing contempo…
Residency
Artists' residency at Scottish Sculpture Workshop offers artists community, time, support and access to worshops to deve…
Artist Residencies at LiTE-HAUS in Berlin
LiTE-HAUS offers intensive artist residency programs and exhibition opportunities for artists to expand and improve thei…
More Art Engaging Artists Program: Fellowship + Commission
Engaging Artists (EA) is More Art’s 2-tiered, Fellowship and Commission program for artists seeking to both develop and …
Open Call for 2026-27 Projects at Flux IV
Flux Factory invites artists, curators, organizers, collectives, and cross-disciplinary thinkers to share ideas for proj…
The Kyoto Retreat
The Kyoto Retreat is a program founded by Japan-based independent curator Dexter Wimberly. It offers artists, curators, …
Joan Mitchell Fellowship
Launched in 2021, the new Joan Mitchell Fellowship re-envisions and enhances the impact of the Foundation's earlier Pain…
McKnight Artist & Culture Bearer Fellowships
Supporting individual artists who work in our communities. Community Values Statement Support for individual artists has…
Announcing the 2026 Wagner Arts Fellows
Three Boston artists, Tomashi Jackson, Lucy Kim, and Yu-Wen Wu, receive unrestricted grants supporting socially engaged …
New England Presenter Travel Fund
Presenter Travel Fund enhances the performing arts in the region by supporting travel costs associated with researching …
Public Art Learning Fund
The Public Art Learning Fund aims to strengthen the field of public art in New England by providing professional develop…
Headlands Center for the Arts
Artist Programs support artists, the creative process, and the development of ideas and new work. These programs provide…
Residency
> Facilities + Resources Since 1981, Bemis Center has provided artists from around the world with dedicated time, space,…
Explore and Create
Explore and Create is a funding program for artists and arts organizations exploring creative processes and developing u…
Combined grant components
Combined grant components are available in the updated funding portal. The components provide more flexible and comprehe…
J.B.C. Watkins Award: Architecture
Watkins Award: Architecture is offered to a Canadian professional architect wishing to pursue postgraduate studies outsi…
Opera Projects and Production Award 2027
The Opera Projects and Production Award supports individuals and organisations to develop and present opera at three dis…
Margaret Arnold Award
The Margaret Arnold Award is offered through a trust established by Margaret Sutcliffe, a music teacher who taught priva…
Artist in the Community Scheme
The Artist in the Community Scheme supports artists and communities of place and/or interest to work together on arts pr…
Artist in the Community Scheme
The Catalyst Residency Award is offered as part of the Artist in the Community Scheme managed by Create, in partnership …
Bursary Award
The Bursary Award supports individual artists to develop their artistic practice. It focuses on providing artists with t…
Bursary Award
The Bursary Award supports individual artists to develop their artistic practice. It focuses on providing artists with t…
International Collaborative Projects with Heritage Institutes
Do you work at a Dutch heritage institution, and are you looking to collaborate with international partners on research …
Artist Project
Do you want to complete a concrete plan within a specific working period? Are you contemplating a research project or a …
Awareness of the History of Slavery
Are you an artist or curator seeking the opportunity to realise an artistic plan that contributes to raising awareness o…
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The Prince Claus Fund is an independent foundation dedicated to culture and development. with our partners in Palestine …
Selected artists Fast Forward 2026-2027
Fast Forward provides support to five projects by musicians from Switzerland, this time in the fields of pop, experiment…
Design
We promote the creation and dissemination of all kinds of professional contemporary design, including game design. Our s…
Residency in the Arab region
Applications can be submitted from: 1 January Up to three-month residencies at a partner institution in the Arab region …
Residency in East Asia
Applications can be submitted from: 1 January Up to three-month residencies at a partner institution in Mainland China, …
Residency in South America
Applications can be submitted from: 1 January Up to three-month residencies at a partner institution in South America (s…
Residency in South Asia and Vietnam
Applications can be submitted from: 1 January Up to three-month residencies at a partner institution in South Asia or in…
Residency in West, Central, East and Southern Africa
Applications can be submitted from: 1 January Up to three-month residencies at a partner institution in West, Central, E…
START: artistic project development
Open year-round, artists, photographers and architects from Switzerland can apply to receive support for their research,…
START: curatorial project development
Open year-round, independent curators from Switzerland working in visual arts, photography or architecture can apply to …
Two funding measures to support the initial phase of a project
Within the wide range of funding measures in the visual arts, two of them specifically supports artists and curators fro…
Solitude Fellowship
The Akademie Schloss Solitude in Stuttgart awards between 50 and 60 residencies every two years to international artists…