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Presented by On the Move and supported by the Institut français (Paris, France)
Published in November 2020.
Research: Marie Fol

Coordination & editorial supervision: Marie Le Sourd with Maïa Sert
Design: Marine Domec
Translation to French: Lara Bourdin
Introduction
On the Move, with the support of the Institut français, is bringing online
this first guide to funding opportunities for the international mobility
of digital artists and cultural professionals – Global, with a focus on
Europe.
The idea for this guide blossomed in the early weeks of the year 2020,
through discussions between On the Move and the Institut français. It
was imagined as a way of highlighting in a single and practical document
mobility opportunities that concern the digital arts (see definition
below) exclusively. The outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic then led to a
considerable increase of online opportunities in all possible formats, also
conceived as a way of addressing the impossibility of physical mobility in
the arts and cultural sector. However, as this guide focuses on regular
opportunities (as per On the Move’s editorial guidelines for guides,
detailed below), newly emerged open calls and opportunities linked to
the pandemic are not listed.
The extensive annexes include some of these opportunities and

recently developed resources, in the spirit of providing comprehensive
information on the subject.
The present guide, whose research was mostly conducted between April
and September 2020, includes public, private and public-private funding
schemes, fellowships, residencies, awards and events dedicated to the
international dimension of digital arts.
This guide also includes dedicated sections on opportunities that are

related to ecosystems of organisations or projects linked to digital arts
(through calls, residencies, projects and/or festivals, like Ars Electronica,
STARTS, AILab), as well as opportunities that focus on a particular world
region (like the Francophonie space or French-speaking countries).
While the question of access - to infrastructure, skills, knowledge,
experience - still very much remains a challenge, as presented in the
Public Report “Supporting Culture in the Digital Age” (IFACCA, 2020),
this guide aims to level the field for all digital artists, creative and
cultural professionals wanting to take part in international activities.
For the purpose of this guide, “digital arts” are understood as artistic
practices involving (new) technologies. The term encompasses the
following (non-exhaustive list): media art, new media, transmedia,
net-art and internet-based art, sound art, radio art, electronic art,
artistic practices, mixing art & sciences, artistic practices mixing arts
& technology, video art, virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR),
extended reality (XR), mixed reality (MR), artistic practices involving
artificial intelligence (AI), and more. Specific focus areas within digital
arts practices are mentioned where appropriate. Similarly, disciplines
beyond the digital arts are only mentioned when the funding scheme has
a broader focus than digital arts but specifically lists digital practices as
a funding priority.
Editorial policy
The guide lists national, local and international resources, both public
and private. Only regular opportunities that are accessible online and
that offer at least partial coverage for travel costs are listed; funds for
which information is only available offline, opportunities not based on
open calls, and ad hoc or short-term funding opportunities are generally
not included (or introduced briefly in the annexes of this guide). For
a full overview of the methodology and scope of the research, please
refer to the introduction of the Guide to funding opportunities for
the international mobility of artists and culture professionals in
Europe.
This guide is an attempt to gather all the resources in one document

and is by no means exhaustive. You can send your comments,
suggestions and corrections to: mobility@on-the-move.org for future
updates.
For regular and one-off calls for projects, collaborations and other
opportunities to fund international cultural exchange in the digital arts
(and other sectors), we invite you to subscribe for free to the monthly
newsletter on on-the-move.org, available in 5 languages (English,
French, Italian, Spanish and German).
Suggestions for reading this guide: We recommend that you

download the guide and open it using Acrobat Reader. You can then
click on the web links and consult the funding schemes and resources.
Alternatively, you can also copy and paste the web links of the
schemes / resources that interest you in your browser’s URL field. This
guide being long, we advise you not to print it, especially since all
resources are web-based.
Institut français
The Institut français is the public institution responsible for the

international cultural actions of France, under the supervision of the
Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Culture. In
close cooperation with the French cultural network overseas, it promotes
French culture internationally whilst fostering dialogue with foreign
cultures. It operates at the crossroads of different artistic domains
(cinema, literature, performing arts, visual arts, digital creation...),
working closely with all those in culture worldwide.
Making digital cultures central to its strategy, the Institut français

supports those in digital creation in their international development. It
fosters partnerships and alliances with all those (cultural sites, festivals,
producers, broadcasters, etc.), who, around the world, invent and invest
in this prolific field of creation whose methods and means are constantly
renewed and evolving.
The Institut français is particularly attentive to fostering the emergence

of original and hybrid forms of creation that combine new technologies
with different forms of artistic expression (theatre, dance, visual arts...).
The Institut français and the international French cultural network
actively support their development with a double goal: promoting the
worldwide circulation and enhancement of these creations, and working
to structure the sector and elaborate sustainable economic models for
their worldwide development.
www.institutfrancais.com
https://www.facebook.com/institutfrancais.pageofficielle
https://twitter.com/IFParis
To learn more about French digital creation,

have a look at the dedicated websites:
http://culturevr.fr http://futurlivre.fr
http://futurimage.fr http://culturegamer.fr
On the Move
On the Move is dedicated to supporting the mobility of artists and

cultural professionals, in Europe and worldwide. Through its open
access website, On the Move regularly highlights the latest funding
opportunities supporting the international mobility of artists and
cultural professionals of all disciplines. Thanks to the expertise of its
members and partners, On the Move also shares information on key
challenges related to cultural mobility (e.g., visas, social protection,
taxation and environmental issues).
Beyond this work as an information point, On the Move facilitates

mentoring sessions and workshops, and gives public presentations on
cultural mobility issues and the internationalisation of practices for the
arts and cultural sector.
Born as a website and as a project of IETM - International network
for contemporary performing arts in 2002, On the Move has evolved
into a dynamic network that now counts more than 50 organisations
and individual members. Every year, On the Move takes part in and/
or co-organises 40+ events, workshops, training sessions and projects,
in Europe and internationally, attracting more than 1,200 people on
average per year.
On the Move is funded by the Ministry of Culture-France, as well as

through project-based partnerships with European networks and/or local,
national, international agencies and organisations (including the Institut
français).
http://on-the-move.org
https://www.facebook.com/onthemove.OTM
https://twitter.com/OnTheMoveOTM
Researcher
Marie Fol is a freelance advisor specializing in the international mobility

of artists, with a focus on the European Union. Committed to social
justice through the arts, she works as a project manager for Keychange,
a global movement for gender equality in the music industry. Fol serves
as President of the board of On the Move, the international cultural
mobility information network.
In previous years, Fol has worked for the European Dancehouse

Network, de Brakke Grond (Flemish Cultural Centre), DutchCulture and
Trans Artists. Her area of expertise lies in issues related to international
cultural collaboration (including visa policies and administrative issues),
as well as artist-in-residence programmes and related policies. Fol co-
authored the operational study “Mobility Scheme for Artists and Culture
Professionals in Creative Europe countries” (2019).
Content
FUNDING 14
Country-specific, in Europe 15 Netherlands
* Het Nieuwe Instituut
Austria * Stimuleringsfonds Creative Industries
* aws Austria Wirtschaftsservice
Norway
* FWF Wissenschaftsfonds * Norsk kulturråd - Norwegian Arts Council
Belgium Poland
* Agence wallonne à l’Exportation et aux * Adam Mickiewicz Institute - Instytut
Investissements étrangers AWEX Adama Mickiewicza
* Bruxelles Economie et Emploi
Spain
* FIT - Flanders Investment and Trade
* BBVA
Czech Republic * BilbaoArte
* Agosto Foundation * Hangar
France * Spanish Ministry for Culture
* Centre National des Arts Plastiques CNAP
Sweden
* Centre National du Cinéma CNC * Konstnärsnämnden
* FACE Foundation
Switzerland
* Institut français
* City of Zürich
* Ministère de la Culture – Direction
* Pro Helvetia
Générale de la Création Artistique DGCA
* Swissnex San Francisco
Germany
* Andrea von Braun Stiftung Ukraine
* Ukrainian Cultural Foundation
* Edith-Russ-Haus for Media Art
* Fritz Thyssen Stiftung United Kingdom
* Arts Council England
* Goethe Institut
* Creative Scotland
* IFA Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen
* New Media Scotland
* Kulturstiftung des Bundes
* Oppenheim-John Downes Memorial Trust
* maecenia
* Werkleitz
Europe-wide 53
Italy
* Creative Europe
* La Biennale di Venezia
* Erasmus+
* Fondation Nuovi Mecenat
* Horizon 2020
* Istituto Svizzero
* Interreg
Other continents 57 * Rhizome
* Sundance Institute
Africa
Asia & Oceania
* ArtBox Digital
* Ayadalab Japan
* Kao Foundation for Arts and Sciences
Americas * Toyota Foundation
Brazil
Korea
* Mines and Metal Museum – MM Gerdau
* Paradise Cultural Foundation
Canada
Taiwan
* Canada Council for the Arts
* Ministry of Culture
* Conseil des Arts et des Lettres
* TAICCA - Taiwan Creative Content Agency
du Québec - CALQ
* Hexagram
Focus: Francophonie 74
* Ontario Creates
* Bourse Orange XR / Beaumarchais-SACD
United States of America
* Fondation Jean-Luc Lagardère
* FACE Foundation
* Salomon Foundation
* Google
* SCAM
* Jerome Foundation
PROJECTS AND NETWORKS 77

Focus: S+T+Arts & AILab 78 * PlayON!
* Quantum Music | Beyond Quantum Music
* AI Lab
* Re-Fream
* S+T+Arts
* Re-Imagine Europe
European projects, platforms * RegionArts
and networks 80 * SHAPE

* Sound of our Cities (SoOC)
* Beyond Matter
* Studiotopia
* Biofriction
* We are Europe
* Creaconnections
* Cross Border Living Labs (C2L3Play) International projects,
* EMARE platforms and networks 89
* EASTN-DC
* Amplify DAI
* Hybrid Lab Network
* Digital Arabia Network
* IMPACT (International Meeting
in Performing Arts & * ICAS Network
Creative Technologies) with the Théâtre * Leonardo ISAST
de Liège * Summer Sessions Network
* MindSpaces * UNESCO Creative Cities for Media Arts
* Pépinières
FESTIVALS, BIENNALES,
RECURRING EVENTS 93
Focus: Ars Electronica 94 * LMDP Festival - The wonders of possible
* Pergine Festival
Country-specific 96 Japan
* Japan Media Arts Festival
Australia
Netherlands
* Curiocity Brisbane
* Dutch Design Week | What if Lab
Austria * STRP
* AMRO - Art Meets Radical Openness
Poland
Bulgaria * INOUT Festival
* Computer Space
Portugal
Canada * Semibreve
* HTMlles: Feminist Festival of Media Arts
+ Digital Culture Romania
* Simultan
* Vector Festival
Russia
China
* Cyfest
* Sandbox Immersive Festival
South Africa
Croatia
* Fak’ugesi Festival
* 3N|AND Fair
* /’fu:bar/ - glitch art festival Switzerland
* Geneva International Film Festival GIFF
Finland
* Pixelache Taiwan
* Kaohsiung VR Film Lab
France
* Chroniques Biennale United Kingdom
* NEMO Digital Art Biennial * York Mediale
* Festival NewImages
Roaming, multi-location and
Germany online events 120
* CTM Festival
* Cynetart International Festival for * ACM International Conference on
Computer Based Art Tangible, Embedded
and Embodied Interaction (TEI)
* Lab30
* Mutek
* Transmediale
* NovaXX
Italy
* Ibrida Festival
RESIDENCIES & FELLOWSHIPS 122
Country-specific 123 * Max Planck Institute for Empirical
Aesthetics
Austria * PACT Zollverein
* Atelierhaus Salzamt * Radio Corax
* bb15 * transmediale
* Linz FMR * ZKM - Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe
* Valie Export Center Linz - Research Center
for Media and Performance Art Italy
* Officine CAOS
Belgium
* Designregio Kortrijk Japan
* Villa Kujoyama
* iMal
Latvia
Canada
* RIXC
* Banff Centre
* La Bande Vidéo Netherlands
* Perte de Signal
* TU Delft
China
* V2_
* Chronus Art Centre
* Points Art Centre Poland
* Photon Foundation
Czech Republic
* WRO Center
* Vašulka Kitchen Brno
Senegal
Egypt
Slovakia
France
* Kosice KAIR
* AADN
* ACCR Slovenia
* RUK Network - Network of Centers for
* ÉSAM Caen / Cherbourg
Research Arts and Culture
* IMéRA
* Institut français Sweden
* Hola Folkhögskola
* NEF Animation
* Inkonst
* Video Mapping European Center Switzerland
* CERN
Germany
* La Becque
* Academy for Theater and Digitality
* Akademie der Künste, Berlin United Kingdom
* ArtHouse
* Goethe Institut
* Digital Arts Studio
* Impossible Library
* Goethe Institut London
* innogy Stiftung
* V&A Museum
* Künstlerhaus Büchsenhausen
* Wysing Arts Centre
* Künstlerhaus Dortmund
United States of America Residency networks and
* Adobe projects 173
* LACMA
* Beyond Matter
* Stochastic Labs
* BioFriction
* ThoughtWorks
* Digital Earth Fellowship
Online residencies 167 * EMARE / EMAN / EMAP

* MindSpaces
* Akademie Schloss Solitude & ZKM
* Pépinières
* CO-Residency
* Summer Sessions
* Format C
* Tranzit
* Montana Colors
* Processing Foundation
* Residency 11:11
AWARDS 180
* Adobe Awards (USA) * New Technological Art Award (Belgium)
* ARCO BEEP Award (Spain) * NICE Award (Germany)
* CITIC Prize with MANA Global New Media * Oppo Campus | Renovators (China)
Art Platform (China) * Prix Ars Electronica (Austria)
* DDAA (Germany) * Prix Émergences (France)
* Edigma Semibreve Award (Portugal) * Prix Numix (Canada)
* eVe AWARD Get on the Grid (USA) * Share project (Italy)
* Giga-Hertz Award (Germany) * STARTS Prize (Europe)
* Live Works (Italy) * VR Art Prize (Germany)
* NCM Open Call (Korea) * VRCORE (China)
* NEM Art Prize (Europe) * VRHAMMY Awards (Germany)
ANNEXES 191
Annex 1: Resources 192 Annex 2: Digital arts
ecosystem 198
Temporary calls & COVID-19 resources
Training, resources, webinars, Annex 3: Other residency
podcasts
programmes 203
Knowledge, history, education,
magazines (not related to a specific
country) Annex 4: Awards with entry fee
to competition 205
Mapping, directories (mostly specific
to a country/region)
Abbreviations 209
Policy, lobbying, advocacy
projects and festivals, biennales, residencies &
 content funding
networks recurring events fellowships
awards annexes 14
FUNDING
 content funding
awards annexes 15
Country-specific,
in Europe
Austria
* aws Austria Wirtschaftsservice PUBLIC
aws Creative Impact

aws Creative Impact promotes innovative new Type of mobility: Project or
products and services that have the potential to production grants
have a positive social and industry-specific impact Disciplines: Creative industries
beyond company boundaries. The funding supports
Eligibility criteria
the development of prototypes, the achievement of
marketability and the implementation of cooperation Nationality: Austria
projects. In the framework of this funding, innovative Profession: Natural and legal
prototypes and first applications in the context of persons, companies in foundation &
digitalisation, design, architecture, gaming and/or SMEs
audiovision will be supported. Other criteria:
Destination: Incoming / Outgoing.

https://www.aws.at/en/aws-creative-impact/ Travel is not the purpose of this
grant, but explorations and market
development can include a foreign
component.
Grant coverage: Up to EUR 200,000

- 50–90% of eligible project costs
max
Last viewed: 7 September 2020

 content funding
awards annexes 16
* FWF Wissenschaftsfonds PUBLIC
Programme for Arts-based Research (PEEK)

Under the programme “Realizing Ideas - Interactive Type of mobility: Project or
Effects Science - Society”, the Austrian Science Fund production grants, Research grants
(FWF) runs a programme for arts-based research Disciplines: Arts-based research, art
that supports high quality and innovative arts-based & science
research in which artistic practice is integral to the
inquiry. It also aims to increase research capacity,
quality and international standing of arts-based Nationality: Austrian resident
researchers in Austria, and to increase both public Profession: Researcher (individual)

awareness and awareness within the academic and Other criteria: No specific academic
the arts communities of arts-based research and title is needed, nor is Austrian
its potential applications. In general, one principal citizenship required; however, the
investigator is responsible for planning and carrying project must be carried out in
out projects; however, this person can collaborate with Austria or under the auspices of
national and/or international research partners. an Austrian research institution
at which the principal investigator
works.
https://www.fwf.ac.at/en/research-funding/
fwf-programmes/peek/ Destination: Outgoing (worldwide)
Grant coverage: Depending on the

individual project, project-specific
costs (personnel and non-personnel
costs) may be requested, including
travel costs.

 content funding
awards annexes 17
Belgium
* Agence wallonne à l’Exportation et aux Investissements
étrangers AWEX PUBLIC
Support for participation in international fairs

or salons (bonus PME)
AWEX provides support to entrepreneurs from Type of mobility: Event participation
Wallonia & Brussels to take part in international fairs grants
or events. There is a bonus for SMEs taking part in a Disciplines: All, including creative
fair for the first time. industries
http://www.awex-export.be/fr/aides-et-subsides/
Nationality: Belgium (Wallonia,
liste-des-aides/support-participation-a-des- Brussels)
foires-et-salons-a-l-etranger
Profession: Enterprises
See also: http://www.awex-export.be/fr/
Destination: Outgoing (worldwide)
aides-et-subsides/liste-des-aides
Grant coverage: Covers max. 50% of
costs of trips and accommodation, as
well as renting and management of
exhibition space

 content funding
awards annexes 18
* Bruxelles Economie et Emploi PUBLIC
Exploration aid and participation in an event abroad

with an economic and international dimension
The Economy & Work Agency of Brussels Capital Type of mobility: Event participation
supports independent and SMEs to develop contacts grants, Market development grants
abroad, through an exploration aid or support for Disciplines: All, including creative
participation in an event abroad. Additionally, if industries
professional contacts are made outside of the EU
thanks to this financial aid, the Brussels-based
enterprise is eligible for a grant to invite the foreign Nationality: Belgium (Brussels
Capital)
enterprise to Brussels (see last link).
Profession: Independent or SMEs
registered in Brussels Capital
http://werk-economie-emploi.brussels/fr_FR/
exportation general Destination: Outgoing (worldwide)
http://werk-economie-emploi.brussels/fr_FR/ Grant coverage: There are different

types of support depending on the
subside-export-foire participation in event
type of aid. 50% of the incurred
http://werk-economie-emploi.brussels/fr_FR/ cost can be covered (or up to 75%
subside-export-voyage-prospection exploration aid for an exploration aid).
http://werk-economie-emploi.brussels/fr_Fr/ Last viewed: 7 September 2020
subside-export-inviter-prospects invitation to
Brussels following a participation in an event or an
exploration aid
 content funding
awards annexes 19
* FIT - Flanders Investment and Trade PUBLIC
Exploration aid and participation in a fair or

niche event abroad
Flanders Investment and Trade supports SMEs and Type of mobility: Event participation
other enterprises to develop contacts abroad, through grants, Market development
an exploration aid (outside of the EEA) or participation grants, “Go and see” or short-term
in an event abroad. exploration grants
Disciplines: Creative industries
https://www.flandersinvestmentandtrade.com/ Eligibility criteria

export/subsidies general Nationality: Belgium/Flanders
https://www.flandersinvestmentandtrade.com/ Profession: SMEs and larger
export/subsidie/subsidie-voor-een-prospectiereis- companies officially registered in
buiten-de-eu-ijsland-liechtenstein-en-noorwegen Flanders Region (excluding Brussels-
exploration aid Capital Region).
https://www.flandersinvestmentandtrade.com/ Destination: Outgoing (worldwide).

export/subsidie/subsidie-voor-deelname-aan-een- Note that exploration aid is provided
buitenlandse-beurs-niche-evenement participation only outside of the EEA.
in event Grant coverage: Part of the cost
of the rental of a booth, with
a maximum of EUR 2,500, EUR
5,000 and EUR 7,500 depending on
the type (a fair or a niche-event)
and depending on individual and
collective participation.
For fairs outside of Europe as well

as for exploration trips, travel and
accommodation costs are subsidised,
based on specific criteria.

 content funding
awards annexes 20
Czech Republic
* Agosto Foundation PRIVATE
Perpedes Grant Programme

The Perpedes Grant Programme seeks to foster Type of mobility: Project or
a closer connection between artistic and cultural production grants
activities and the daily lives of various social strata Disciplines: Interdisciplinary
and communities, on both the local and regional
scales. The programme focuses on strengthening
smaller individual and civic initiatives which make use Nationality: International
of interdisciplinary collaboration, and which address Profession: Legal entities
themes pertaining to social and environmental (associations, societies, local action
networks, while working within the framework of groups, etc.) or individuals
contemporary art. Other criteria: Candidates must have
The Agosto Foundation has a strong emphasis on a 2-year record of activity in the
an innovative, experimental and interdisciplinary Czech Republic
approach, the defense of values such as the free and Destination: Incoming (Czech
open exchange of information and experiences, open Republic)
discussion in a trans-generational and intercultural Grant coverage: Up to max. CZK
space, with a special focus on projects which have 80,000.
educational import.
https://agosto-foundation.org/node/2747
 content funding
awards annexes 21
France
* Centre National des Arts Plastiques CNAP PUBLIC
Soutien à un projet artistique

The CNAP is the French center for visual arts. Through Type of mobility: Project or
its programme for support of an artistic project, production grants, Research
the CNAP supports artists or artistic collectives in grants, “Go and see” or short-term
the creation of an original project, from research to exploration grants
realisation. Disciplines: Visual arts, which
includes new media, video art, sound
art.
https://www.cnap.fr/conditions-
d%E2%80%99attribution-du-soutien-pour- Eligibility criteria
le-d%C3%A9veloppement-dune-recherche- Nationality: French citizen or
artistique resident
Profession: Artists or artistic

collectives
Destination: Not specified
Grant coverage: Depending on the

project, EUR 4,000, EUR 8,000 or
EUR 12,000

 content funding
awards annexes 22
* Centre National du Cinéma CNC PUBLIC
CNC XN
The Digital Experiences (XN) Fund supports Type of mobility: Project or production grants
innovative audiovisual works based on an Disciplines: AR/VR/MR/XR
interactive and / or immersive creative process.
This field covers in particular works intended
for immersive technologies (virtual and Nationality: French citizens or residents,
augmented reality) and interactive narratives EU citizens or residents. Note that the
designed for the web or mobile screens. production company needs to be registered
in France.
Naturally hybrid and transdisciplinary, these
works are mainly located at the meeting point Profession: Author, producer
of cinema and video games. Destination: Outgoing
The fund is composed of an aid for authors Grant coverage: Depends on project. Note
(writing aid) and two aids for producers that for the producers’ aids, 50% of the
(development aid and production aid). budget needs to be spent in France.
https://www.cnc.fr/professionnels/aides-et-
financements/creation-numerique/fonds-
daide-aux-experiences-numeriques_191100
Dispositif pour la Création Artistique Multimédia

et Numérique (DICRéAM)
The DICRéAM is an institutional partnership Type of mobility: Project or production grants
between the CNC, the CNL and the French Disciplines: Digital arts, multimedia
Ministry of Culture. DICRéAM encourages the
development of new artistic practices, which
can be collaborative, participatory, and above Nationality: Natural persons of French
all transdisciplinary. The fund is composed nationality/residence or EU nationality,
of three strands, development, production, as well as legal persons (companies or
associations) established in France.
distribution. The development grant is open
to artist-authors or producers. Production and Profession: Artists-authors, producers
distribution are open to producers only. Destination: Not specified
Grant coverage: For development, max 75%

https://www.cnc.fr/professionnels/aides- of costs (average grant amount = EUR 8,000).
et-financements/creation-numerique/ For production, max 50% of the production
dispositif-pour-la-creation-artistique- expenses (average grant amount = EUR
multimedia-et-numerique-dicream_191324 12,000). For distribution, max 50% of the
distribution expenses, capped at EUR 10,000.

 content funding
awards annexes 23
* FACE Foundation PRIVATE
Étant Donnés Contemporary Art

FACE Foundation is an American nonprofit Type of mobility: Artists / writers residencies,
organisation dedicated to supporting French- Research grants
American relations through innovative cultural Disciplines: Visual arts (which includes new
and educational projects. Etant donnés media)
Residencies is a programme intended to
support French visual artists seeking to spend
2 to 4 months in the United States, as long as Nationality: French citizens and residents
their residency is organised in partnership with Profession: Artists

an American organisation. Other criteria: The artist must be
accompanied by an American organisation: art
https://face-foundation.org/artistic- centers, museums, galleries, multidisciplinary
funds/etant-donnes-contemporary-art/ cultural centers, and universities are eligible.
Projects in collaboration with an artist
etant-donnes-residencies/
residency programme are eligible only if the
partner organisation provides assistance and
expertise beyond the rental of a studio.
Destination: Outgoing (USA)
Grant coverage: EUR 10,000
French Immersion
French Immersion brings French creators Type of mobility: Event participation grants
or producers to the US on the occasion of a Disciplines: VR/AR/XR/360, video games,
screening or presentation of their work during location-based VR projects and art projects
a significant festival or programme identified involving new technologies.
by the Cultural Services team.
Nationality: French citizens or residents

https://frenchculture.org/grants-and-
Profession: Creators, producers
programs/film-tv-and-new-media/7756-
french-immersion Other criteria: You must be affiliated with
a French institution or production company.
You must have at least one project selected/
nominated by a US festival or programmed
by a US art institution.
Destination: Outgoing (USA)
Grant coverage: USD 1,000 / project leader,

2 people maximum for each selected project

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* Institut français PUBLIC
Visas pour la création

Visas for creation is part of the Africa and Caribbean Type of mobility: Artists / writers
cultural cooperation mission. This programme residencies, Research grants
supports artistic emergence in Africa and in the Disciplines: Architecture, arts, circus,
Caribbean through residencies in mainland France dance, design, digital arts, fashion,
and in its overseas territories. It allows recipients to multidisciplinary projects, music,
develop a creative or research project for a period of 2 photography, street and puppet arts,
months. theatre, visual arts
https://www.pro.institutfrancais.com/en/ Nationality: Residents of Africa,
programmes-and-projects/visas-for-creation the Indianoceanic region or the
Caribbean islands (excluding French
overseas regions and departments)
Profession: Artists or curators
Other criteria: The artist must

propose a project in partnership with
a French institution (list provided in
the call)
Destination: Incoming (France)
Grant coverage: travel, living

allowance of EUR 1,000, repatriation
insurance
Note about Institut français: The Institut français offers many

more programmes (Indianoceanic mobility fund, Caribbean & African
operators, etc) where digital arts are eligible. See its website for
more details: https://www.if.institutfrancais.com/fr/nos-actions
This is also true for residency funding (which is presented in the chapter
on residencies in this guide).
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* Ministère de la Culture – Direction Générale de la

Création Artistique DGCA PUBLIC
Chimères
Chimères is a programme of artistic research and Type of mobility: Artists / writers
production residencies, which offers artists from residencies
different artistic fields the opportunity to meet and Disciplines: All
create together projects that go beyond the traditional
frameworks of live performance and exhibition,
integrating digital technology, and presenting an Nationality: French citizens and
inventive approach to the place of the spectator residents, European Union citizens
within the narrative and scenic device. Hybrid Profession: Individual artists
practices are at the core of this funding scheme. Destination: Incoming (France)
After a first selection, artists can develop their ideas
Grant coverage: Artistic fee, travel,
in a research residency. Among these projects, 2 will
accommodation, meals
continue in a production residency.
https://www.culture.gouv.fr/Sites-
thematiques/Theatre-spectacles/Actualites/
Appel-a-participation-CHIMERES
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Germany
* Andrea von Braun Stiftung PRIVATE
Project and production grant

The Foundation’s focus is the dismantling of barriers Type of mobility: Project or
between disciplines. It supports interdisciplinary production grants
cooperation and mutual fertilization among Disciplines: Art & science, art &
different areas of knowledge and expertise, with technology, interdisciplinary
due consideration of its current Area of Emphasis,
including the practical implementation of projects.
Nationality: International
Profession: Individuals or collectives

http://www.avbstiftung.de/en/
(no legal entity)
Destination: Incoming / Outgoing
Grant coverage: Not specified,

though travel costs are considered
eligible if relevant to the underlying
project.
* Edith-Russ-Haus for Media Art PRIVATE
Foundation of Lower Saxony grant

The Edith-Russ-Haus for Media Art awards three six- Type of mobility: Artists / writers
month Grants for Media Art of the Foundation of residencies, Project or production
Lower Saxony. The grant supports a wide spectrum of grants
media art, from video art and net-based projects to Disciplines: Media art, from video
audio works and audio-visual installations. Each of the art and net-based to audio art and
three grants will be awarded for the production of a audio-visual installation
new project in the area of media art. Eligibility criteria
https://www.edith-russ-haus.de/en/grants/grants/
Profession: Artists
current.html
Destination: Incoming (Oldenburg)
Grant coverage: EUR 12,500 grant

(which can include travel costs),
possibility of using one of the guest
apartments at the Edith-Russ-Haus

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* Fritz Thyssen Stiftung PRIVATE
Support for Projects

Funding is reserved for projects that are related to Type of mobility: Project or
the promotion areas of the Foundation (such as “The production grants
interdisciplinary field “Image–Sound–Language”) Disciplines: Research
and have a clear connection to the German research
system.
Nationality: German citizen or
resident
https://www.fritz-thyssen-stiftung.de/en/
Profession: Universities and non-
funding/types-of-support/support-of-projects/
profit research institutes
https://www.fritz-thyssen-stiftung.de/en/
funding/promotion-areas/interdisciplinary-field-
image-and-imagery/ promotion area specific to Grant coverage: Cost plan has to
digital arts include: staff costs, travel costs,
equipment costs, administrative
costs, and other expenses
* Goethe Institut PUBLIC
International Coproduction Fund

This funding is intended for coproductions by artists Type of mobility: Project or
in the fields of theatre, dance, music and performance production grants
art, in which hybrid and interdisciplinary formats and Disciplines: Theater, dance, music,
the use of digital media may be key components. performance, digital media
The target group comprises professional performing
artists and ensembles abroad and in Germany, which
demonstrably lack sufficient resources to realise their Nationality: Any. Applications from
Austria and Switzerland are not
co-production project on their own. The application
considered.
needs to be submitted by a foreign partner in
collaboration with a German party. Profession: Artists, companies
Other criteria: Projects between

https://www.goethe.de/en/uun/auf/mus/ikf. German and non-European partners,
in particular from transition
html?wt_%20sc=ikf
countries, are preferred.
Destination: Incoming: Germany
Grant coverage: Up to EUR 25,000

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* IFA Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen PUBLIC
Artists’ Contacts
With the Artists‘ Contacts programme, the ifa Type of mobility: Travel grants (valid
supports the international cooperation of cultural for different purposes), “Go and see”
actors. Artists and cultural practitioners from Germany or short-term exploration grants,
and from transition or developing countries receive Artists / writers residencies, Project
valuable support for projects in contemporary visual or production grants
arts, architecture, photography, media art and design. Disciplines: Contemporary visual arts,
Types of activities supported are: performances, artist- architecture, design, photography
in-residence programmes, workshops, preparatory and media art
and research trips, international events (symposia, Eligibility criteria
conferences and lectures). Additionally, exhibition
Nationality: German citizens or
projects in Germany from artists from transition and
residents, Citizens or residents of
developing countries are eligible. transition and developing countries
Profession: Artists, curators, art

https://www.ifa.de/en/fundings/artists-contacts/ educators, art theorists, architects
and designers (including institutions)
Other criteria: German art and

culture workers and art and culture
workers from developing and
transition countries work together
artistically and in terms of content.
Destination: Incoming (Germany) /

Outgoing (transition and developing
countries)
Grant coverage: Travel,

accommodation, visa

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* Kulturstiftung des Bundes PUBLIC
Digital Culture - Digital Fund

The German Federal Cultural Foundation promotes art Type of mobility: Project or
and culture within the scope of federal competence. production grants
With the programme Digital Culture, it aims to Disciplines: All
motivate and support cultural organisations to
independently take advantage of the possibilities of
digitization. At the same time, it encourages them to Nationality: International
creatively and critically examine digital culture and Profession: Organisations
develop it further in a community-oriented manner. (2 cultural organisations and 1 digital
organisation minimum)
The “Digital Fund” enables partnerships of at least
two cultural institutions to further develop processes Other criteria: The project applicant
of transformation, experiment with new digital needs to be German based.
aesthetics and forms of expression and enhance their Destination: Not specified
digital profiles.
Grant coverage: 80% of the total
budget, minimum grant of EUR
https://www.kulturstiftung-des-bundes.de/en/ 600,000. The maximum amount
programmes_projects/film_and_new_media/ depends on the number of partners
detail/digital_culture.html in the project.
* maecenia PRIVATE
Project grant
Maecenia supports primarily projects by women Type of mobility: Project or
artists and scientists who deal with current social production grants
developments from a feminist perspective, such as Disciplines: All
changes in living environments, resistance movements
or dealing with diversity, digitization and artificial
intelligence. Nationality: German citizens or
residents
Profession: Artists, scientists

http://www.maecenia-frankfurt.de/
de/f%C3%B6rderantrag-stellen Other criteria: Natural and legal
persons, usually women, are eligible
to apply.
Destination: Not specified - past

supported projects show research
and production abroad (worldwide).
Grant coverage: Not specified

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* Werkleitz PRIVATE
Project grant
Werkleitz annually supports up to four media and Type of mobility: Project or
film projects by German or foreign artists. The production grants
grant includes free access to the Werkleitz Media Disciplines: Video art, media art
Lab’s technical equipment for a period of up to 30
(production) days.
https://werkleitz.de/en/grants/projektforderung/ Profession: Artists
Destination: Incoming (Halle)
Grant coverage: Workspace, technical

equipment. Travel is not covered
per se but can be covered under the
project grant.

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Italy
* La Biennale di Venezia PRIVATE
Biennale College Cinema – Virtual Reality (BCC-VR)

The Biennale College Cinema – Virtual Reality is an Type of mobility: Project or
opportunity for creative professionals to receive production grants, Event participation
training, project development, production support and grants, Scholarships for further /
festival presentation through a series of workshops. postgraduate training courses
BCC-VR is a creative community that provides a Disciplines: Film, gaming, theatre,
space for up to 6 Italian teams and 10 international dance, opera, visual arts and other
teams, to come together and work with an invited creative fields
team of international experts and tutors. As part of Eligibility criteria
the programme BCC aims to financially support the
production of up to 3 VR projects with EUR 60,000
each to premiere at the Venice International Film Profession: Independent filmmakers
Festival and to present those projects that have not and creative professionals
accessed the grant, at the Venice Production Bridge as Other criteria: The application must
part of the Gap Financing Market activities. be presented by a team made of
two people: director (first or second
feature) and a producer. For the
http://collegecinema.labiennale.org/en/ production grant, VR immersive
bcc-virtual-reality-4th-edition-presentation/ stories lasting up to 30 minutes are
eligible.
Destination: Incoming
Grant coverage: For each workshop:

travel, accommodation, meals and
transport in Venice. Additionally, if
selected for production, a grant of up
to EUR 60,000 covering the whole
production of the VR project.

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* Fondation Nuovi Mecenat PRIVATE
Project grant
The Foundation supports artistic projects of Type of mobility: Project or
French artists for co-financing in distribution or production grants
co-production in Italy. Disciplines: All - digital arts are
specifically mentioned
https://www.nuovimecenati.org/fr/ Eligibility criteria
appel-a-projets/
Nationality: French, Italian
Profession: Cultural institutions,

companies (legal entities)
Other criteria: Invitation letter and

solid project plan are needed to apply
Destination: Italy
Grant coverage: Amount not

specified, however only part of
the budget can be covered by the
Foundation.
* Istituto Svizzero PUBLIC
Residencies
Istituto Svizzero has contributed to extending Type of mobility: Artists / writers
Switzerland’s cultural and academic influence outside residencies
its borders and above all in Italy since 1947. The Disciplines: All, including digital arts
Institute develops a broad programme of exhibitions,
lectures, concerts, meetings, conferences and book
presentations in Rome, Milan, and Palermo. As part Nationality: Swiss only (as well as
of its cultural programme, it offers residencies in professionals who have established
solid relations with the Swiss
Rome (10-12 months), Milan (6 months) and Palermo
scientific and cultural scene)
(3 months) for artists and researchers who have a
project specific to the city of residence. Profession: Artists and researchers
under 40 years old.
https://www.istitutosvizzero.it/istituto-svizzero/ Other criteria: Under 40 years of age
Destination: Incoming (Rome / Milan

/ Palermo)
Grant coverage: Accommodation /

working space / support to apply for
funding or bursary.

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Netherlands
* Het Nieuwe Instituut PUBLIC
International visitor programme

The International Visitors Programme fosters Type of mobility: “Go and see” or
international dialogue, cultural exchange, market short-term exploration grants
expansion, and broadening of the international Disciplines: Architecture, design,
professional network. The institute creates custom fashion and e-culture
schedules that enable its guests to quickly get to
know a large number of organisations and individuals
working in the Dutch design field. Nationality: Worldwide, with a focus
on the priority countries named
in the government’s international
https://internationaal-programma. cultural policy: Belgium (specifically
hetnieuweinstituut.nl/en/ Flanders), Brazil, China, Germany,
international-visitors-programme Egypt, France, Indonesia, Italy,
Japan, Morocco, Russia, Suriname,
Turkey, United Kingdom, United
States, South Africa and South Korea.
Profession: International
professionals working in the fields
of architecture, design, fashion and
e-culture
Destination: Incoming (Rotterdam)
Grant coverage: Covers travel and

accommodation costs. The budget
is not always sufficient to cover
all costs, so visitors are sometimes
asked to commit to the visit by
making a small financial contribution
as well.

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* Stimuleringsfonds Creative Industries PUBLIC
Grant programme for digital culture

The programme’s focus is on contributions to the Type of mobility: Project or
Dutch field. It is not part of the internationalization production grants, Research grants
programme. However, the programme might offer Disciplines: Digital arts, games
short research/exchange possibilities abroad if they
contribute to creation of work in the Netherlands.
Research, design, implementation, production, Nationality: Any nationality can
reflection and debate in various phases of the apply, but the project must serve
Dutch interests
development of design are eligible for support.
Profession: Makers, designers and
game developers in the digital
https://stimuleringsfonds.nl/en/grants/ culture domain. This funding
grant_programme_for_digital_culture/ scheme is also open to media labs,
commissioning clients and cultural
institutions that work in a project-
based manner
Other criteria: Applicant must

be registered in the Chamber of
Commerce (KvK) business registry, or
a foreign equivalent
Destination: Outgoing. Note however

that this programme’s focus lies in
contribution to the Dutch field, it is
not part of the internationalisation
programme. Yet, the programme
might offer short research/
exchange possibilities abroad if
it contributes to realisation of
work in the Netherlands. Research,
design, implementation, production,
reflection and debate in various
phases of the development of design
are eligible for support.
Grant coverage: Depending on

budget.

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Starting Grants
A starting grant enables applicants to study the Type of mobility: Artists / writers
possibilities for an intended project. Besides describing residencies, Project or production
the activities during the starting phase, it is important grants, Travel grants (valid for
to provide an outline of the intended follow-up different purposes)
project, a communication plan and the end results. Disciplines: Architecture, Design,
The applicant can subsequently submit an application Digital Culture
for the final project grant in a later grant round. Eligibility criteria
Nationality: Any nationality can

https://stimuleringsfonds.nl/en/starting_grant/ apply, but the project must serve
Dutch interests
Profession: Designers, makers,

curators, architects.

Grant coverage: Maximum of EUR

7,500

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Grant programme for internationalisation

The Creative Industries Fund NL uses the Grant Type of mobility: Market
Programme for Internationalisation to support development grants, Project or
projects that provide a substantive contribution to production grants, “Go-and-see” or
the development, profiling and reinforcement of short term exploration grants
the contemporary creative industry’s international Disciplines: Architecture, design
position. The project must contribute to at least one (including fashion) and digital culture
of the following criteria: Reinforcing the international Eligibility criteria
reputation of the contemporary creative industry in
the Netherlands; expanding the creative industry’s
apply, but the project must serve
field of operations; or creating and maintaining
Dutch interests
relevant international contacts between designers,
makers, producers, commissioning clients and cultural Profession: Designers, makers,
curators, architects. Organisations,
institutions.
curators and mediators may only
apply for a grant if their contribution
https://stimuleringsfonds.nl/en/grants/ serves the promotion of Dutch
grant_programme_for_internationalization/ designers and makers’ international
position.

Destination: Outgoing - Worldwide,

with a focus on the priority
countries named in the government’s
international cultural policy: Belgium
(specifically Flanders), Brazil, China,
Germany, Egypt, France, Indonesia,
Italy, Japan, Morocco, Russia,
Suriname, Turkey, United Kingdom,
United States, South Africa and
South Korea.
Grant coverage: The grant covers the

budget deficit of the project.

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Voucher procedure for presentations abroad

Creative Industries Fund NL has a shortened Type of mobility: Event participation
procedure for makers who have been invited by a grants
foreign cultural institution or organisation to give a Disciplines: Architecture, design
presentation abroad in the near future. This could be (including fashion) and digital culture
participation in an exhibition, manifestation, individual
presentation, workshop or lecture, or participation as
a speaker at a conference or symposium Nationality: Any nationality can
apply, but the project must serve
Dutch interests
https://stimuleringsfonds.nl/en/grants/ Profession: Individual designers,
voucher_procedure_for_presentations_abroad/ makers, curators, architects,
companies and collectives.

Commerce (KvK) business registry,
or a foreign equivalent. Applicant
must have a letter of invitation from
foreign event.
Destination: Outgoing (Worldwide)
Grant coverage: The subsidy

requirement amounts to no more
than EUR 1,500 per applicant. Only
one voucher can be applied for per
studio, company or collective.

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Upstream: Music x Design

The grant programme aims to support innovative Type of mobility: Project or
artistic formats and collaborations within Dutch pop/ production grants
urban music. Artists work together with designers and Disciplines: Architecture, design
makers on new applications of design, visual culture (including fashion) and digital
and technology within music. Dutch partnerships culture, music
formed by at least one pop artist and one designer
or maker from the creative industry may submit an
application for this grant programme. It is important
apply, but the project must serve a
that together they make a proven contribution to
Dutch interest
their disciplines, nationally or internationally.
Profession: Individual designers,
makers, curators, architects,
https://stimuleringsfonds.nl/en/grants/ companies, collectives, bands,
grant_programme_upstream_music_x_design/ ensembles, big bands, singers, song-
writers, DJs, composers

Grant coverage: Project development

and realisation grant: a maximum of
EUR 50,000.
Note: For the Netherlands, it is recommended to have a look at ARIAS,

the platform for collaborative research through scientific and artistic
practices. Its foundational drive is to nurture a diverse and sustainable
research ecology among the institutions and organisations of education
and knowledge in Amsterdam. It lists relevant grants for individual
researchers and organisations: https://arias.amsterdam/grants/
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Norway
* Norsk kulturråd - Norwegian Arts Council PUBLIC
Fond for Ly dog bilde - Audio and Visual Fund

The Audio and Visual Fund administers funds to Type of mobility: Project or
promote and disseminate recorded sound and film. production grants, Touring incentives
The funds are distributed in the best interest of for groups, Market development
rights holders and as a compensation for the legal grants
reproduction of works within the music, stage, visual Disciplines: Digital arts, sound arts,
arts and film sectors audiovisual
https://www.kulturradet.no/stotteordning/-/vis/ Nationality: Norwegian citizens or
fond-for-lyd-og-bilde-prosjektstotte (NO) residents
https://www.kulturradet.no/english/vis/-/the- Profession: Professional artists and
audio-and-visual-fund (EN) production companies

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Poland
* Adam Mickiewicz Institute - Instytut
Adama Mickiewicza PUBLIC
Digital Cultures
The Adam Mickiewicz Institute is a national cultural Type of mobility: Artists / writers
institute, whose mission is to build and communicate residencies, Event participation
the cultural dimension of the Poland brand through grants, Project or production grants
active participation in international cultural exchange. Disciplines: Digital technology, visual
The Digital Cultures programme introduces the arts
international audience to Polish artists whose work
combines digital technology and fine arts. The key
Nationality: Polish citizens and
project of Digital Cultures is an annual conference
residents
held since 2017. During the year, Digital Cultures
supports the participation of Polish artists in Profession: Artists, creators
international exhibitions, festivals and residencies. Other criteria: Depends on the calls
Digital Cultures also supports digital productions and
co-productions.
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Spain
* BBVA PRIVATE
Multiverso grants for video art creation

Video art and artistic creation online are core to Type of mobility: Project or
the BBVA Foundation’s Art and Culture programme. production grants
To support the promotion of video and digital art, Disciplines: Video art, digital arts
Multiverso provides grants for creation, commissioning
of works, holding of exhibitions, and organisation
of workshops and meetings for video artists and Nationality: Spanish citizens or
students of artistic specialties in which video art and residents
digital creation occupy a prominent place. Profession: Individual artists and

creators
https://www.multiverso-fbbva.es/becas/becas- Destination: Not specified

multiverso-a-la-creacion-en-videoarte-2019/ Grant coverage: Grants of max.
https://www.multiverso-fbbva.es/ amount EUR 30,000

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* BilbaoArte PUBLIC
Cooperation grants (Becas de colaboración)

BilbaoArte is an artistic production centre belonging Type of mobility: Artists / writers
to the Culture Department of the Bilbao City Council. residencies
It provides resident artists with the means and Disciplines: Among others, art &
infrastructures required to develop their artistic ideas. technology
Among other local activities, it provides scholarships
to artists and develops artistic exchanges with
residencies abroad. Nationality: Spain (no nationality
specified)
Artists awarded with these grants are expected to work
Profession: Artists and creators
as assistants at the production workshops under the
guidance and direction of the various master artists for Destination: Incoming
four hours per day, up to a maximum of 20 hours per Grant coverage: Grants of max. EUR
week. They will be expected also to develop their own 5,500, covering a single 11-month
projects concurrently with their cooperative work. term. The grant will be paid in
monthly instalments of EUR 500
https://bilbaoarte.org/category/calls/?lang=en Last viewed: 7 September 2020
Residency exchanges (programa de residencia)

BilbaoArte is an artistic production centre belonging Type of mobility: Artists / writers
to the Culture Department of the Bilbao City Council. residencies
It provides resident artists with the means and Disciplines: Among others, digital arts
infrastructures required to develop their artistic ideas.
Among other local activities, it provides scholarships
to artists and develops artistic exchanges with Nationality: Spanish citizens or
residencies abroad. residents
Profession: Artists
The Fundación Bilbao Arte Fundazioa maintains stable
collaboration relationships with other European and Destination: Outgoing: among
American artistic production centres, which allow the other partnerships, the Dublin
resident artists of the Centre to develop their projects Technological Institute (Ireland)
in other institutions for a period of approximately two Grant coverage: The Fundación
months, as well as to know of various cultures and Bilbao Arte Fundazioa covers
to contact various agents of the communities that the expenses corresponding to
participate in the exchanges transport, accommodation, stay, and
expendable materials necessary for
the development of artists’ projects,
https://bilbaoarte.org/category/calls/?lang=en
who participate in its exchange
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* Hangar PRIVATE
Production / exhibition / residency

Hangar is a centre for art research and Type of mobility: Projects or production
production, offering support to artists. In grants
addition to offering international residencies Disciplines: Digital arts, art & technology,
(often in partnership with other residency visual arts
programmes), it provides art production grants
related to arts & technology by offering the
use of the Hangar Interaction Lab. Nationality: Any nationality, residing in
Catalonia
Profession: Artists, researchers and

https://hangar.org/en/category/
developers
convocatories-3/
Other criteria: Projects presented in digital
arts must privilege work with open source
technologies and under free licenses.
Destination: Incoming (Barcelona)
Grant coverage: Between EUR 6,000 and

EUR 9,000 for the grants in partnership with
Institut Ramon Llull, NewArtFoundation and
Hangar; or Grants of max. amount EUR 3,500
for the programme offered by Hangar only.
* Spanish Ministry for Culture PUBLIC
Grants for the modernization and innovation of

the Spanish cultural and creative industry
This grant is intended to increase the legal Type of mobility: Event participation grants,
offer of cultural digital content on the Internet Market development grants, Project or
and to modernize and innovate the cultural production grants
and creative industries. Disciplines: All
http://www.culturaydeporte.gob.es/en/
Nationality: Spanish/ EU/ EEA citizenship;
cultura/industriasculturales/sc/becas- enterprises based in Spain
ayudas-subvenciones.html
Profession: Cultural enterprises; freelancer
Destination: Outgoing - worldwide
Grant coverage: The grant covers 70% of the

total project budget

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Sweden
* Konstnärsnämnden PUBLIC
Kulturbryggan
Cultural bridge supports innovative cultural activities, Type of mobility: Project or
collaborative projects, etc. Projects may be based also production grants
on interaction between the cultural sector and other Disciplines: All, with a focus on new
sectors. There are two support forms: project support initiatives
aimed at those who want to deepen and develop
artistic and cultural innovation project ideas; and
structural support: aimed at further development of Nationality: Swedish citizenship or
permanent residence in Sweden
artistic and cultural innovation projects.
Profession: Organisations and
individuals
https://www.konstnarsnamnden.se/
Destination: Incoming (Sweden) /
kulturbryggan/att-soka-stod/
Outgoing (Worldwide)
Grant coverage: Project contribution

minimum of SEK 50,000. Structural
support up to SEK 1,000,000 (at
least 50 % of the project’s budget
must be funded by another funding
organisation). Support that is larger
than SEK 1,000,000 may be applied
for, if previously agreed upon with
Culture Bridge.

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Switzerland
* City of Zürich PUBLIC
Digital arts stipendium

The City of Zürich provides a 3-month Type of mobility: Artists / writers residencies
stipend for artists to develop their practice Disciplines: AR/VR/XR, new digital technology
at The Laundry in the Mission District of San
Francisco. Connections to Swissnex Network
will be facilitated. Nationality: Individuals residing in Zürich
(the applicant must have a Swiss bank
account)
https://www.stadt-zuerich.ch/kultur/de/ Profession: Artists, creators
index/foerderung/digital-arts-stipendium.
Destination: Outgoing (San Francisco)
html
Grant coverage: Use of the space at The
Laundry, accommodation, stipend of CHF
2,000 per month to cover all expenses
(including travel)
* Pro Helvetia PUBLIC
Interactive Media
Pro Helvetia supports computer games, Type of mobility: Event participation grants,
virtual and augmented reality (VR/AR) and Project or production grants, Travel grants
interactive comics, as well as any other form (valid for different purposes)
of digital content whose use requires a high Disciplines: Digital arts, XR/VR/AR
level of interaction. The focus is primarily
on high-quality and innovative projects with
international potential that combine creativity, Nationality: Swiss citizenship or permanent
residence in Switzerland
state-of-the-art technology and marketability.
Profession: Artists, cultural professionals,
organisations and associations
URL: https://prohelvetia.ch/en/
interactive-media/ Destination: Incoming / Outgoing
(worldwide)
Grant coverage: Different funding principles.

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Interdisciplinary Media
Pro Helvetia promotes the production and Type of mobility: Event participation
presentation of interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary grants, Scholarships for further/
projects in Switzerland and their dissemination postgraduate training courses,
to other language regions in Switzerland and to Project or production grants, Travel
countries abroad. Funding can be awarded for guest grants (valid for different purposes)
performances in Switzerland, interdisciplinary projects Disciplines: All - Projects that

abroad, arts education projects, productions and combine several arts disciplines in
co-productions and multidisciplinary festivals and a conceptual manner, in particular
events. involving new media and technology,
are considered to be interdisciplinary.
https://prohelvetia.ch/en/
Nationality: Swiss citizenship or
interdisciplinary-projects/
permanent residence in Switzerland
Profession: Artists, cultural

professionals, organisations and
associations

(worldwide)
Grant coverage: Different funding

principles. Grants up to CHF 25,000
and over CHF 25,000.
Note: Pro Helvetia ran from 2016 to 2020 the pilot programme called
«New models of collaboration – Culture and Business» involving
partners from the fields of innovation, business and cultural promotion,
specifically in design and interactive media. While this programme is
being evaluated, it is possible that funding opportunities will continue
after 2020 in this field. See: https://prohelvetia.ch/en/initiative/
culture-and-business/
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* Swissnex San Francisco PUBLIC
Pier 17 Science Studio programme

The Pier 17 Science Studio is a fellowship programme Type of mobility: Artists / writers
that supports emerging talents in science residencies
communication and public engagement to develop Disciplines: Art & science
new ideas, practices, and models aimed at building
open dialogues around science, society, and the
wider issues facing us today. Fellows traveling from Nationality: Swiss citizens and/or
Switzerland spend one to three months working residents
within swissnex San Francisco’s creative hub at Pier Profession: Artists, creators,
17. The programme offers them exposure to the Bay entrepreneurs
Area’s vibrant science communication community, an Other criteria: Applicants must have
extensive network of mentors and partners, visibility, a body of work, projects, or creative
and financial aid. enterprises around science-related
matters.
Destination: Outgoing (San Francisco)

https://www.swissnexsanfrancisco.org/
what-we-do/pier-17-science-studio/ Grant coverage: Workspace,
pier-17-science-studio-application/ accommodation, travel, professional
support

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Ukraine
* Ukrainian Cultural Foundation PUBLIC
LOT Multimedia and Technologies

“Multimedia Technologies” LOT aims at supporting Type of mobility: Project or
Multimedia and immersive technologies as a means production grants
of deep immersion in a creative product that Disciplines: Multimedia, media art,
contributes to gaining personal art experience; video art, VR/AR/XR, digital arts
Supporting multimedia and immersive technology at
the development, implementation and development
stages. Nationality: Ukranian
Profession: Legal entities of all forms

International cooperation project is a cultural and
of ownership, duly registered in the
artistic project that involves the implementation of a
territory of Ukraine for a minimum
project in Ukraine and/or abroad in partnership with
of 2 years
other organisations. In this case, the applicant must
be a Ukrainian resident and one of the partners - a Destination: Not specified
non-resident. Neither the applicant nor the partner of Grant coverage: 70% of the budget,
this type of project can be an individual entrepreneur. with a grant amount between
UAH 500,000 and UAH 8,000,000

https://ucf.in.ua/
en/m_lots/5dbb8d803c20fe410a3755d3
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United Kingdom
* Arts Council England PUBLIC
Project grants - Creative media and digital activity

Project Grants help artists and arts organisations, Type of mobility: Project or
museums and libraries to explore creative media production grants
and digital opportunities across the artforms and Disciplines: Artists’ film, video
disciplines that the Arts Council supports. and audio, artist-led animation,
interactive / immersive arts and
culture (VR/AR/XR), artistic and
https://www.artscouncil.org.uk/arts-
cultural games and game-based art,
council-national-lottery-project-grants/
live-to-digital ‘captured’ content
all-information-sheets?f%5B0%5D=field_areas_
of_work_tags%3A908 Eligibility criteria
Nationality: UK citizenship or
permanent residence in UK (must
have UK bank account)
Profession: Individual artists and

organisations
Destination: Outgoing
Grant coverage: GBP 1,000 - 15,000;

GBP 15,000 - 100,000. Detailed
budget description is required

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Developing Your Creative Practice - DYCP

Developing your Creative Practice (DYCP) supports Type of mobility: Project or
the development of independent creative production grants, Travel grants
practitioners. This programme will give individuals (valid for different purposes)
the opportunity to apply for GBP 2,000 to 10,000, Disciplines: All, including digital arts
to take a dedicated period of time to focus on their and creative media
own creative development, and take them to the
next stage in their practice. To be eligible for this
Nationality: UK citizenship and/
programme your application must identify a clear
or permanent residence in England
development opportunity. This could be for a period
(must have UK bank account)
of research, time to create new work, travel (including
international working), training, developing future Profession: Artists, designers,
ideas, networking or mentoring. creators
https://www.artscouncil.org.uk/ Grant coverage: GBP 2,000 to

developing-your-creative-practice/dycp-how-apply 10,000
* Creative Scotland PUBLIC
Go See Share Creative Industries Fund

Go See Share is a small fund for individuals, Type of mobility: “Go and see” or
organisations and creative businesses to undertake short-term exploration grants
trips allowing them to explore new ways to expand Disciplines: Creative Industries
their business activity and make them more financially
sustainable.
Nationality: Applicants must be
based in Scotland
https://www.creativescotland.com/funding/ Profession: Individual artists
funding-programmes/targeted-funding/ and creative practitioners,
go-see-share-creative-industries-fund representatives of arts organisations
and creative businesses.
Grant coverage: Up to GBP 1,500 and

this can cover all, or a proportion, of
the total costs of the visit. Additional
costs for access requirements or
childcare costs (above the GBP 1,500
upper limit) can be covered.

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* New Media Scotland PUBLIC
Alt-w
The Alt-w Fund is for practitioners based in Scotland Type of mobility: Project or
to make and develop new artworks, devices and production grants
creative applications that challenge the notions of Disciplines: Media arts, screen-based
what new media creativity can be. arts
http://www.mediascot.org/alt-w Nationality: Any but must be based

in Scotland
Profession: Artists, creators,

designers
Other criteria: Lead applicants for

a new commission should be based
in Scotland but can collaborate
with anyone from anywhere. When
applications for existing work are
eligible, those can be from the UK
and EU.
Destination: Incoming (Scotland)
Grant coverage: Production Awards

for new work of GBP 2,500 to 7,500
each and Exhibition Awards of GBP
1,000 to 2,500 for existing work

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* Oppenheim-John Downes Memorial Trust PRIVATE
Award
The Oppenheim-John Downes Memorial Trust provides Type of mobility: Research grants,
small scale grants to British artists, designers, Travel grants (valid for different
writers and performers over the age of 30 who are purposes), Project or production
experiencing financial difficulties in the pursuit of grants
their careers. Disciplines: All, including digital
media
http://www.oppenheimdownestrust.org/index.
html Nationality: British citizens
Profession: Professional or aspiring

artists, designers, writers and
performers
Other criteria: Must be over 30 years

old on 1 December in the year that
you apply
Grant coverage: GBP 250 - GBP

1,000, which can include travel
Note: For the United Kingdom, it is recommended to have a look at the

Creative Economy programme of the British Council for international
opportunities (incoming and outgoing) related to the creative industries,
including tech and interactive media - https://creativeconomy.
britishcouncil.org/
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Europe-wide
This sub-chapter refers to information provided in the guide
‘Fund-Finder - Guide to funding opportunities for arts and culture in
Europe, beyond Creative Europe - 2019 Edition’, IETM, January 2019.
https://www.ietm.org/en/publications/fund-finder
* Creative Europe PUBLIC
The Creative Europe programme aims to support the Eligibility – who can apply: Creative,
European audiovisual, cultural and creative sector. The cultural and heritage organisations
different funding schemes encourage the audiovisual, working across any art form, such as
cultural and creative players to operate across Europe, visual arts, dance, theatre, literature,
to reach new audiences and to develop the skills performance, music, heritage,
architecture, design, circus, festivals,
needed in the digital age. The programme has two
craft, fashion and audiovisual arts.
main sub-programmes, Culture and MEDIA. For the
purpose of this guide, XR/VR/AR projects can look Eligibility – geographical criteria:
for funding under the MEDIA sub-programme. Other Legally established in one of the
projects should consider the Culture sub-programme. countries participating in the
relevant sub-programme of Creative
Europe.
https://ec.europa.eu/programmes/creative-europe/ Last viewed: 31 August 2020
node_en
Examples of projects supported by Creative Europe: AI Lab, Beyond

Matter, Beyond Quantum Music, BioFriction, EASTN-DC, EMAP, Play On!,
Re-Imagine Europe, SHAPE, Sounds of our Cities, Studotopia, We are
Europe
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* Erasmus+ PUBLIC
Erasmus+ is the EU programme for Education, Eligibility – who can apply: The
Training, Youth and Sport for the period 2014-2020. programme reaches individuals
It is designed to support actions, cooperation and through organisations, institutions,
tools contributing to the implementation of the bodies or groups that organise such
Europe 2020 strategy for growth, jobs, social equity activities. The specific conditions for
the participating organisations and
and inclusion by tackling socio-economic changes.
their participants in an Erasmus+
Erasmus+ also contributes to achieve the objectives of
project depend on the type of Key
the Education and training 2020 strategic framework
Action concerned. The required
and of the European Youth strategy.
number of partners depends on the
In order to promote synergy and cross- sector type of the actions concerned.
cooperation, Erasmus+ has been designed as an Eligibility – geographical criteria:
integrated programme supporting 3 main types of Key As a general rule, organisations
Action (KA), common to all fields: participating in Erasmus+ projects
Ʒ Learning mobility of individuals (KA1) must be established in a Programme
Country. Some Actions are also open
Ʒ Cooperation for innovation and exchange of good to participating organisations from
practices (KA2) Partner Countries, notably in the
Ʒ Support for policy reform (KA3) field of higher education and youth.
Funding opportunities are numerous for the cultural Last viewed: 31 August 2020
and creative sector under the Erasmus+ programme

but it is important to keep in mind that Erasmus+
does not support international cultural activities, such
as festivals or touring events per se.
https://eacea.ec.europa.eu/erasmus-plus
Example of projects supported by Erasmus+: Hybrid Lab Network

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* Horizon 2020 PUBLIC
Horizon 2020 is the EU’s Framework Programme for Eligibility – who can apply: Any
Research and Innovation. It runs from 2014 until legal entity (e.g. academia, research
2020 and implements the Innovation Union flagship organisations, company, public
of the Europe 2020 Strategy, aiming at making Europe bodies, NGOs, universities, etc.)
a world class science performer, removing obstacles established in one of the countries
or territories eligible under Horizon
to innovation and changing the way public and private
2020 may apply for funding under
sectors work together by creating synergies between
this Programme. International
them.
European interest organisations
Horizon 2020 is structured in 3 main sections (also are also eligible for funding. They
known as ‘pillars’), some of which are further divided all need to possess and be able
into sub-sections. Support for culture-related research to demonstrate the required
is available across the three pillars of the Programme, operational, technical and financial
namely Excellent Science, Industrial Leadership and capacity to carry out the proposed
Societal Challenges. research and/or innovation tasks.
Other specific requirements may
apply depending on each call.
https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/ Individuals (like researchers) can
opportunities/portal/screen/programmes/h2020 also apply for some funding lines.
Last viewed: 31 August 2020
Examples of projects supported by Horizon 2020: S+T+ARTS (since

2015), Digital Crossings in Europe (2016-2021), MAKE-IT (2016-2018),
RE-Fream (2018-2021), MindSpaces (2019-2021)
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* Interreg PUBLIC
The Interreg programme is focused on improvement Eligibility – who can apply: Legally
of member states’ and regions’ wealth and established public and private
competitiveness through cross-border or regional organisations are eligible to apply.
cooperation and joint projects. The Interreg Some calls require the project lead
programme uses 3 different levels of European to be a public authority or public
organisation, or not-for-profit.
cooperation which, broadly speaking, are focused on
Number of partners depends per call.
priorities that fit with the EU 2020 agenda of smart,
sustainable and inclusive growth. There are a total Eligibility – geographical criteria:
of 11 objectives around which the programmes are Specific areas per call
built. Generally, the most applicable priorities would Last viewed: 31 August 2020
be around the efficient use of cultural and natural

resources, including tourism and urban development,
supporting SMEs and competitiveness, and building
capacity for innovation.
https://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/en/
policy/cooperation/european-territorial/
contact-funding/
Examples of projects supported by Interreg: IMPACT (2016-2019),

RegionArts (2018-2023), Cross Border Living Labs (since 2016).
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Other continents
Africa
* ArtBox Digital PRIVATE
Bringing together artists, critics, theoreticians and Type of mobility: Event participation
professionals of art and digital culture, ArtBox Digital grants, Artists / writers residencies
seeks to promote the reappropriation of current Disciplines: Digital arts
technologies in the world of contemporary creation, in
accordance with local digital identities. This happens
in a global dynamic of exchange and interdisciplinary Nationality: Depending on the call,
collaborations at the international level. The ArtBox African or Latin American countries
Digital Award is a device to support digital creation in Profession: Individual artists

Africa and Latin America, which offers award-winning Destination: Depends on the call (in
artists the opportunity to carry out their creative the past, Senegal, Niger, Benin, Togo,
project in an international space, surrounded by an Ivory Coast, South Africa)
experienced and multidisciplinary team. Conceived as
Grant coverage: Airfare, visa, support
a workshop-laboratory, the residency is combined with
(logistic, technical, artistic), stay
a series of events centering on the artist and their (accommodation, food and local
project (workshops with local and international artists, transport), workspace, cost of
meetings, conferences), allowing them to explore new production up to EUR 2,000.
ways of working and expand their network at the
international level.
https://artbox.digital/en/
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* Ayadalab PUBLIC PRIVATE
AyadaLab is an intensive French-German incubation Type of mobility: Scholarships for

and acceleration programme for West Africa. It is further / postgraduate training
an initiative of the Goethe Institut and Institut courses, Support for the participation
français. The AYADA Lab programme takes place in of professionals in transnational
Côte d’Ivoire, Cameroon, Nigeria, Senegal and Ghana networks
over a period of 10 months. It consists of local and Disciplines: Creative industries,

regional workshops, mentoring by some of the best digital innovation
African entrepreneurs today in the areas of cultural Eligibility criteria
and social entrepreneurship, networking with African
Nationality: Be a national of and
and European cultural entrepreneurs. The programme
based in either Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana,
takes place in English and French, the two languages
Senegal, Nigeria or Cameroon
of the Lab. The programme consists in developing and
Age: Aged between 20 and 35
mentoring to support the development of a project in
the areas of fashion, books, cinema, e-learning, digital Profession: Entrepreneurs
education, civil society issues, women rights and (individuals)
empowerment, civic tech, education, active citizens. Other criteria: Have a 1 year project
experience or a tested idea creating
https://www.ayadalab.com/index-EN.html?force=1 value through innovation, with high
impact on society. Have a project in
the Cultural and Creative industries
(fashion, books, cinema, etc.), Civil
society issues (education, women
rights and empowerment, civic tech,
active citizens) or the Environment.
Destination: Various

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Americas
Brazil
* Mines and Metal Museum – MM Gerdau PRIVATE
Science Awareness: Occupation with Art, Science

and Technology (CoMciência de Ocupaçãoem Arte,
Ciência e Tecnologia)
CoMciência is the science communication programme Type of mobility: Events participation
of the Mines and Metal Museum – MM Gerdau grants, Project or production grants.
located in Belo Horizonte. Since 2013 it brings current Discipline: Art & sciences. Specific
topics to debate through lectures and round-table focus defined in yearly call for
discussions, offering science-related courses and fairs proposals.
in partnership with educational institutions. Annually,
MM Gerdau opens a call for the selection of artistic/
scientific proposals for the (physical) occupation
of the Mines and Metal Museum – MM Gerdau as Profession: Artists, scientists and
well as virtually, through currently available digital other creators and researchers
technologies (website, augmented reality, cell phone (individually or collectively)
apps, virtual reality, video streaming platforms, among Destination: Incoming / online
others that may be created).
Grant coverage: Prize Funds (PF)
or Artistic/Scientific Compensation
http://programacomciencia.org.br range from BRL 3,000 to BRL
15,000. Technical Support Funds
(TSF) for the execution of projects
and works range from BRL 500-
1,000 (existing projects) to
BRL 2,000-7,000 (projects in
development) to BRL 5,000-15,000
(unreleased projects).

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Canada
* Canada Council for the Arts PUBLIC
Digital Strategy Fund

The Digital Strategy Fund grants are for strategic Type of mobility: Project or
initiatives that will help Canadian artists, groups, production grants
and arts organisations understand the digital world, Disciplines: Digital arts
engage with it, and respond to the cultural and social
changes it produces. The Canada Council encourages
initiatives that share the values and principles of the Nationality: Canadian citizens or
digital world, including: landed immigrants/permanent
residents
Ʒ a focus on collaboration, partnership, and
Profession: Professional artists; arts
networking;
professionals (excluding consultants
Ʒ open-mindedness and willingness to share and third-party service providers);
knowledge, results, ideas, and lessons learned; artistic groups; Canadian arts
organisations.
Ʒ experimentation, risk-taking, and iterative
development. Destination: Incoming /Outgoing /
Online. No destination specified
The Fund has three main components: Digital
literacy and intelligence; Transformation of Grant coverage: Depending on the
Organisational Models; Public Access to the Arts and Fund component, 85% of project
costs, up to CAD 500,000. Travel is
Citizen Engagement. This last one lists increased
an eligible cost.
discoverability and access to the works of Canadian
artists abroad as one of its priorities. Last viewed: 7 September 2020
https://canadacouncil.ca/funding/strategic-funds/
digital-strategy-fund
https://conseildesarts.ca/financement/fonds-
strategiques/fonds-strategie-numerique (FR)
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Arts Abroad - Residencies

Arts Abroad celebrates the creativity, innovation Type of mobility: Artists / writers
and excellence of Canadian artists by helping to residencies
bring Canadian works to the world. This programme Disciplines: Digital arts
supports artists, arts professionals, groups and
organisations to enhance international exposure,
undertake artistic exploration or exchanges with Nationality: Canadian citizens or
international colleagues, and nurture new and existing landed immigrants/permanent
residents
art markets in a global context. The Residencies
component of Arts Abroad funds activities linked Profession: Professional artists, arts
to international artistic and cultural exchanges for professionals, artistic groups and
Canadian artists, arts professionals, artistic groups collectives
and arts organisations. Grants support creative Other criteria: You must be invited
research, creation and networking activities within the or selected by an international
context of an international residency. organisation to participate in a
residency of at least 1 week.
Additional programmes under Arts Abroad include
“Travel” and “Circulation and Touring”. Destination: Outgoing
Grant coverage: Up to CAD 20,000

https://canadacouncil.ca/funding/grants/arts- Last viewed: 7 September 2020
abroad/residencies (EN)
https://conseildesarts.ca/financement/
subventions/rayonner-a-l-international/
residences (FR)
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* Conseil des Arts et des Lettres du Québec - CALQ PUBLIC
Exploration and digital development

The Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec (CALQ) Type of mobility: Project or
fosters the appropriation of digital technology by production grants, Travel grants
artists and organisations for the purposes of creation, (valid for different purposes)
dissemination, and promotion, and supports them in Disciplines: Visual arts, arts and
their efforts to optimize the discoverability of digital crafts, architectural research, digital
content. Additionally to this programme, note that arts, and film and video art
CALQ provides travel grants to support professional Eligibility criteria
artists in their international development.
Nationality: Canada (Quebec)
Profession: Professional artist,

https://www.calq.gouv.qc.ca/en/aides/
independent curator
exploration-et-deploiement-numerique-artists/
Grant coverage: Maximum

CAD 100,000 to cover travel,
transportation, remuneration, fee for
participating artists and curators,
Costs for the acquisition, installation
and rental of digital equipment,
research and promotion.

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* Hexagram PRIVATE
Hexa_Out: National and international

mobility programme
Hexagram is an international network dedicated Type of mobility: Travel grants
to research-creation in the fields of media arts, (valid for different purposes), Event
design, technology and digital culture. Consisting participation grants
of researchers mainly from Université du Québec Disciplines: Media arts, design, digital
à Montréal (UQAM) and Concordia University, and culture
from Université de Montréal, Université Laval, École
de technologie supérieure, Université du Québec
Nationality: Not specified
à Chicoutimi, Université du Québec en Abitibi-
Témiscamingue and McGill University. Profession: Individual artists and
students
Hexa_Out provides financial support for members’
research activities and dissemination outside of their Other criteria: Only Hexagram
own academic community. It privileges international student members can apply for these
grants. It is necessary to have a
outreach at major events and/or established cultural
letter of invitation from the event
organizations (symposia, festivals, conferences,
abroad to apply for this grant.
exhibitions, shows, study days, research-creation
residencies, and so on). Half of its budget is allocated Destination: Outgoing
to student members Grant coverage: CAD 1,050
https://hexagram.ca/index.php/eng/programming/
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* Ontario Creates PUBLIC
Interactive Digital Media Fund | Global Market

Development
The IDM Fund is aimed at strengthening and Type of mobility: Event participation
stimulating economic growth in the interactive digital grants, Market development grants
media sector. Programmes include: Concept Definition Disciplines: Interactive media, digital
and Production; Global Market Development; media, games
Marketing Support; and Industry Development.
More specifically, the Global Market Development
programme provides eligible Ontario companies with Nationality: Canada (Ontario)
funding to participate in international activities that Profession: Ontario-based, Canada-

support company growth and produce measurable owned private, for profit companies.
business and market development results. Primary Individuals travelling must be
activities supported include targeted sales trips and working full time for the applicant
attendance at international market events. company, be Canadian citizens
or landed immigrants/permanent
residents; and be Ontario residents.
https://ontariocreates.ca/our-sectors/
Destination: Outgoing (no specific
interactive/interactive-digital-media-fund/
destination mentioned)
idm-fund-global-market-development
Other criteria: Bonus score for
projects that support and reflect
diversity and gender parity in
Ontario, and/or applications from
Francophone, Indigenous, culturally
and otherwise diverse applicants/
organisations
Grant coverage: Up to CAD 15,000

capped at 50% of the total costs for
all activities

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United States of
America
* FACE Foundation PRIVATE
>> see Chapter 1 Funding (1.1.4 France)
* Google PRIVATE
Artists and Machine Intelligence

AMI is a programme at Google that brings artists and Type of mobility: Project or
engineers together to realise projects using Machine production grants
Intelligence. By supporting this emerging form of Disciplines: Contemporary art
artistic collaboration it opens research to new ways of including machine learning in the
thinking about and working with intelligent systems. artistic practice
Selected artists have the opportunity to work with
Google creative technologists to develop and produce
Nationality: Not specified
artworks over the course of a five-month period.
(international)
Profession: Artists
https://ami.withgoogle.com/
Other information: Emerging
artists, especially artists from
underrepresented communities in
art and technology, are strongly
encouraged to apply.
Grant coverage: Technical mentorship

from a Google Creative Technologist,
Stipend of USD 10,000 gross,
Weekly advisory meetings, Artist
development support and technical
advice.

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* Jerome Foundation PRIVATE
Artist Fellowship - Media (including Film/Video

and New Media)
Fellows receive USD 50,000 over two consecutive Type of mobility: Project or
years (USD 25,000 each year) to support self- production grants
determined activities for creation of new work, artistic Disciplines: Film/video and New
development and/or professional artistic career Media
development. 10 fellowships are granted in this field
every 2 years.
Nationality: USA - Minnesota or New
York City-based artists
https://www.jeromefdn.org/
Profession: Early-career artists
jerome-hill-artist-fellowships
Grant coverage: USD 50,000 - the

grant can be used to cover travel as
well as childcare costs.
* Rhizome PRIVATE
Micro grants
In 2014, Rhizome launched a micro-grants Type of mobility: Project or
programme, awarding USD 500 to USD 1,500 production grants
to anyone with a compelling vision for net art Disciplines: Net art
through an annual open-call taking place in the
summer. Micrograntees are sometimes awarded
additional support through the Curated Commissions Nationality: International
programme. Profession: Artists
https://rhizome.org/editorial/2019/aug/19/ Grant coverage: USD 500 to USD

net-art-microgrants-a-history/ 1,500

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* Sundance Institute PRIVATE
New Frontier Story Lab

With an emphasis on story, this lab supports artists Type of mobility: Scholarships for
who are developing interactive, immersive, or further / postgraduate training
experimental projects that aim to create rich and courses, Event participation grants
resonant experiences for audiences. The New Frontier Disciplines: Film, gaming, theatre,
Story Lab is open to a wide variety of storytelling music, visual arts, creative coding/
disciplines, forms, and story designs. robotics, literature, design, and web/
mobile native arts
Every year, New Frontier invites six story-centered
projects for an immersive Story Lab experience with Eligibility criteria
a group of leading artists, designers, filmmakers, Nationality: International
storytellers, technologists, and innovators in the field.
Profession: Artists and creators,
After identifying the unique needs of each selected
emerging and established. If the
project, the Sundance Institute will source leading project is carried out by a team, two
creative advisors to provide individualized feedback team members can attend the lab.
and will create a customized agenda of activities to
Destination: Incoming (Utah, USA)
support the development of the projects.
Grant coverage: Air travel, ground
transportation, accommodations, and
http://www.sundance.org/programs/new-frontier
meals
Important note: There is a fee to

apply for this programme. Under
very exceptional circumstances only
can the fee be waived.

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Asia & Oceania
Japan
* Kao Foundation for Arts and Sciences PRIVATE
The Kao Foundation for Arts and Sciences provides Type of mobility: Project or
grants for art exhibitions and for performing arts production grants
centering on music. It also provides grants and Disciplines: Performing arts, music,
awards for research in two areas: arts and culture, visual arts, research
and science and technology. Finally, the foundation
supports interdisciplinary research across the arts and
sciences and organises related symposia. Nationality: Japanese
Profession: Organisations
http://www.kao-foundation.or.jp/english.html Destination: Japan. An international

dimension to the project is possible
if the project is submitted through
Japanese organisations.
Grant coverage: Up to JPY

1,000,000.

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* Toyota Foundation PRIVATE
Co-Creating New Society with Advanced Technologies

The specific subject programme focuses on the Type of mobility: Project or
research projects corresponding to social challenges production grants
associated with advanced technologies such as Disciplines: Performing arts, music,
Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things, Big Data, visual arts, research
Robot, and Blockchain. This programme started in
2018.
Nationality: Japanese
Thematic areas:
Ʒ theoretical research on the social impact of
Destination: Japan. An international
cutting-edge science and technology from a
dimension to the project is possible
medium- to long-term perspective,
if the project is submitted through
Ʒ the practical utilization can be used in social life, Japanese organisations.
Ʒ the creation of an international network, centering Grant coverage: Up to JPY

on young researchers, beyond the boundaries of 1,000,000.
humanities. Last viewed: 6 September 2020
https://www.toyotafound.or.jp/english/
special/2020/
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Korea
* Paradise Cultural Foundation PRIVATE
Paradise Culture Foundation encourages talented Type of mobility: Event participation

artists and supports various art and cultural events. grants, Project or production grants.
Within the Paradise Artlab, the Foundation promotes Disciplines: Performing arts, visual
the creation and production of artworks whose arts, cross-disciplinary arts with a
themes reflect contemporary art trends, exploring art focus on Art & Technology
in the present and envisioning its future possibilities.
With the support of subject projects, artists create
Nationality: Korean individuals
engaging and awe-inspiring works which combine art
or groups. In case of groups,
and technology.
a combination of Korean and
international artists is possible.
http://paradise-cf.or.kr/program/art_lab
Profession: Individual artists, groups.
Destination: Korea and overseas
Grant coverage: Up to KRW

30,000,000 per piece, showcase in
Paradise City

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Taiwan
* Ministry of Culture PUBLIC
Grants for Cross-disciplinary Arts Creations (Performing

Arts Integrated with Technology)
This grant aims to encourage cross-disciplinary art Type of mobility: Project or
creations centered on performing arts that integrate production grants, Event
multimedia technologies, and to promote ideas of participation grants
diverse art development. Disciplines: Cross-disciplinary arts,
Technology arts, Performing arts
https://grants.moc.gov.tw/ Eligibility criteria
Nationality: Taiwanese. Other

nationalities eligible in collaboration
with Taiwanese entities.
Other criteria: Persons whose art

activities involve dance, theatre arts,
music, traditional theatre, Legally-
registered studios, legal persons,
organisations, public/private colleges
and universities.
Grant coverage: Each grant is up to

TWD 2,500,000 or TWD 5,000,000
depending on the duration of a
project.
Grants shall be used mainly on

technology-integrated performing
arts creations and their related
marketing and business expenses,
including production, personnel,
equipment and facilities rentals,
venues, airfare, transportation,
and other expenses related to
cross-disciplinary productions.
Administration costs for the grant
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Grants for Technology Arts Creations

The grant aims to encourage the creation of Type of mobility: Project or
technology arts and original works of experimental production grants, Support for the
and cultural nature, as well as integrate cross- participation of professionals in
disciplinary resources for the participation in transnational networks
international exhibits and performances, and further Disciplines: Technology arts
Taiwan’s advantage in the development of technology
arts.
Nationality: Taiwanese. Other
nationalities eligible in collaboration
https://grants.moc.gov.tw/ with Taiwanese entities.
Other criteria: Legal persons, public/

private colleges/universities or
groups registered by the government
of Taiwan.
Grant coverage: Grants up to

TWD 10,000,000 can be used on
recurrent expenditure, excluding
capital expenditure such as
personnel, administration, and
equipment procurement costs for
the grant recipient.

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* TAICCA - Taiwan Creative Content Agency PUBLIC
Immersive Content Grants

TAICCA has set up the Immersive Content Grant Type of mobility: Project or
for International Joint Ventures or Co-Productions production grants, Support for the
to support international joint ventures and participation of professionals in
co-productions of immersive content that feature transnational networks
Taiwanese elements. Application is open to two Disciplines: Technology arts,
categories of projects: PROTOTYPE DEVELOPMENT specifically 360-degree VR,
and PRODUCTIONS. The grant is to support the interactive, online multiplayer,
completion of immersive content productions and cross-reality (XR), somatosensory,
the development and production of prototypes for immersive audio or mixed-content
early-stage projects. It is hoped through international spatial experience
co-production, content with international visibility Eligibility criteria

and market potential can be created, and Taiwan Nationality: Republic of China and
can become an international center of innovation in abroad - specific conditions are
immersive content. listed in the call
Profession: Companies or tertiary

https://en.taicca.tw/article/67933f11 level educational institutions
Other criteria: Applicants must have

an international joint-venture or co-
production team
Grant coverage: PROTOTYPE

DEVELOPMENT CATEGORY: Each
project is limited to TWD 1 million.
PRODUCTION CATEGORY: Each
project is limited to TWD 3,5 million.
The amount of grant applied for a
project shall not exceed 49% of
the total estimated production cost
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Focus:
Francophonie
* Bourse Orange XR / Beaumarchais-SACD PRIVATE
Writing grant - Virtual reality (Réalité Virtuelle)

The Bourse Orange XR is a writing and production Type of mobility: Project or
grant designed to support a pair of author-producer production grants
working on a virtual and/or augmented reality project, Disciplines: XR / VR / AR
in the development of their project. It is aimed at
French-language fiction projects placing immersive
technologies and devices (virtual, augmented, mixed Nationality: French and French-
reality, etc.) at the heart of the experience offered to speaking countries
the viewer. Profession: Pair writer - producer

http://beaumarchais.asso.fr/aides-a-lecriture/ Grant coverage: EUR 6,000 as
realite-virtuelle/ writing grant, EUR 24,000 as
production grant

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* Fondation Jean-Luc Lagardère PRIVATE
Bourse Créateur Numérique

The Créateur Numérique scholarship is Type of mobility: Project or production grants
awarded to one or more candidates presenting Disciplines: Digital arts
an innovative digital creation project in the
field of art and culture (artistic work, cultural
service or product, cultural device, etc.). Nationality: French and French-speaking
residents. Nationality is not a requirement,
but the candidate must be able to present
https://www.fondation-jeanluclagardere. their project in French.
com//bourses/presentation/
Profession: Individual artist or artistic
createur-numerique
collective (up to 3 persons)
Other criteria: The project must be

completed within 5 years
Grant coverage: EUR 25,000
* Salomon Foundation PRIVATE
Salomon Foundation Residency Award

Since 2015, the Claudine and Jean-Marc Type of mobility: Artists / writers residencies
Salomon Foundation for Contemporary Art has Disciplines: Visual arts, including digital and
offered a residency programme in the form media arts
of a prize (Salomon Foundation Residency
Award) in Brooklyn, USA, in partnership with
the International Studio & Curatorial Program Nationality: Citizens from a French-
(ISCP). speaking country (one of the 84 members
of the “Organisation Internationale de la
Francophonie”)
https://www.fondation-salomon.com/ Age: under 35 years of age
salomon-foundation-residency-award/
Profession: Individual artists
Destination: Outgoing in the form of a

6-month residency at ISCP, New-York, USA
Grant coverage: 6-month workspace at ISCP,

travel costs to Paris to receive the award,
travel costs to New York City, stipend of USD
24,000

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* SCAM PRIVATE
Brouillon d’un rêve

The SCAM (Société Civile des Auteurs Multimédias - Type of mobility: Project or
Civil society of multimedia authors) is providing direct production grants
aid to authors, both in terms of financial support and Disciplines: Digital arts, research,
moral recognition for the carriers of singular projects sound arts, radio arts
in the writing phase. Endowed with EUR 2,000 to
EUR 6,000, the Brouillon d’un rêve writing assistance
grants are awarded regardless of age, experience Nationality: None, but speaking
French is a requirement
or residence to authors of all nationalities, whether
or not they are members of the Scam. All fields of Profession: Author
documentary creation are encouraged. The grants Destination: Not specified
“Rêve Schaeffer” (digital arts and research), “Rêve
Grant coverage: Between EUR 2,000
Écritures et Formes émergentes” (documentary digital
and EUR 6,000
arts) and “Rêve sonore” (sound and radio arts) are
specifically relevant to this guide. Last viewed: 6 September 2020
http://www.scam.fr/Brouillon-dun-reve
Note: Check all OTM guides for visual arts (for digital/performance/video
art), music (for sound art) and audiovisual and media (for VR/XR/video).
Check also for more “traditional” mobility grants such as STEP, iPortunus
(soon to be relaunched), ASEF Mobility First, etc.
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NETWORKS
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Focus: S+T+Arts
& AILab
AI Lab
The AI Lab - Residency ‘European ARTificial Duration: 2018-2021
Intelligence Lab. Astronomy x AI’ is advertised within Discipline: Involving artificial
the framework of the European ARTificial Intelligence intelligence
Lab - AI Lab for short. The network initiated by Ars
Types of mobility: Residencies,
Electronica in 2018 includes 15 renowned institutions
exhibitions, workshops,
from the fields of art and science throughout Europe.
performances, discursive
The AI Lab is aimed at artists who work with AI programmes. There will be a total of
applications and/or reflect on their use and effects on four Open Calls in the course of the
our society. The initiative is financed by the Creative project – with the possibility of four
Europe Programme of the European Union. residencies.
Eligibility
Partners: Ars Electronica (Austria), SETI Institute Who can apply: Individual artists
(USA), Leiden Observatory (Netherlands), Muntref working with Artificial Intelligence
Centro de Arte y Ciencia (Argentina), Edinburgh
Geographical criteria: International
Futures Institute and Bayes Centre (Scotland, United
(though specificities might depend
Kingdom), Centar za promociju nauke - Center
on calls)
for Promotion of Science (Serbia), Zaragoza City
of Knowledge Foundation (Spain), Laboral (Spain), Destination: Incoming / outgoing
Kersnikova Institute/Kapelica Gallery (Slovenia), Size of grants: Depending on call

Science Gallery Dublin (Ireland), Onassis Cultural - generally includes artist fee,
Center (Greece), The Culture Yard (Denmark), GLUON production budget, accommodation,
(Belgium), Hexagone Scène Nationale Arts Sciences travel.
(France), SOU Festival (Georgia), le lieu unique Last viewed: 29 August 2020
(France), Waag (Netherlands)
https://ars.electronica.art/ailab/en/
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S+T+Arts
The (s+t)*arts = starts initiative from the European Duration: Since 2015
Commission merges Science, Technology, and the ARTS. Discipline: Any artistic discipline
It attempts to remove the boundaries between art linked with sciences and technology
and engineering to stimulate creativity and innovation. (beyond digital and media art).
The main goal of the STARTS initiative is the inclusion
Types of mobility: Residencies,
of artists in innovation projects funded by the
production grants, monetary prizes,
research programme Horizon 2020. To encourage mentoring, etc
collaboration of research projects and artists, STARTS
Eligibility – who can apply:
funds starts residencies of artists in technology
Depending on the programme,
institutions and of scientists and technologists in
artists, technologists, scientists
studio of artists.
Eligibility – geographical criteria:
Depending on the programme,
Partners: Inova (PT), Ars Electronica (AS), IRCAM (FR), Europe or international
French Tech Grande Provence (FR), Gluon (BE), UCA
Destination: Depending on the
(UK).
programme, incoming / outgoing /
Ʒ STARTS regional centers: BOZAR (BE), Ars online
Electronica (AS), French Tech Grande Provence
Size of grants: Depends on the
(FR), MEET (IT), Made Group (GR), Film University programme.
Babelsberg Konrad Wolf (DE), Gluon (BE)
Ʒ Vertigo STARTS residency partners: IRCAM
(FR), Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne
(CH), Libelium (ES), Fraunhofer (DE), Artshare
(PT), Culture Tech (FR). These organisations are
supported by a network of artistic organisations
hosting the residencies, such as ZKM, V&A
Museum, Laboral, Kerniskova Institute and
many more in Europe and internationally. This
programme has stopped.
Ʒ STARTS prize partners: Ars Electronia (AS), BOZAR
(BE), WAAG (NL)
https://www.starts.eu/
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European projects,
platforms and
networks
Only projects running beyond 2020 are listed in this overview.
Beyond Matter >> see Chapter 4 Residencies (4.3.1)
Biofriction >> see Chapter 4 Residencies (4.3.2)
Creaconnections
Transcultures and the European Pepinieres of Funding programme & Duration: Not
Creation launched from April 2020 a programme specified
devoted to different modes of online creation or Disciplines: Visual, digital, scenic,
using digital networks. It is mainly to disseminate sound, literary arts
through their associated international relays and to
Eligibility
support works/initiatives/projects from all disciplines
and contemporary artistic practices which have a Who can apply: Professional artists
- specific discipline depends on the
poetic, committed, aesthetic, adventurous… quality
call
/ singularity and are the expression of a special
sensitivity and an artistic look in dialogue with our Geographical criteria: Not specified
mutant world. Calls for projects, (online) residencies, Destination: Online
commissions and more are part of this project.
Size of grants: Depends on the call
Last viewed: 1 September

Partners: Pépinières (France), Transcultures (Belgium)
http://pepinieres.eu/en/program-creaconnections/
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Cross Border Living Labs (C2L3Play)

CBBL is an Interreg project, led by UMONS through Fund: Interreg
the NUMEDIART Institute, the objective of which is to Duration: Started in 2016
set up a network of Cross Border Living Labs based on
Discipline: Digital arts - XR, VR, AR,
existing physical structures, partly in the three regions
creative industries.
concerned by the project, on topics related to digital
creativity. It focuses on France and Belgium exclusively. Type of mobility & funding provided:
Project development and coaching,
cross-border development. Support
Partners: UMONS (BE), Leiedal (BE), Designregio is provided in-kind (workspaces,
Kortrijk (BE), Le Fresnoy (FR), DeVisu/ Université de expertise, coaching).
Valenciennes (FR), Cluster Twist (BE), Transcultures (BE),
Louvre Lens Vallée (FR)
https://crossborderlivinglabs.eu/
EMARE >> see Chapter 4 Residencies (4.3.4)
EASTN-DC
The European Art - Science - Technology Network Fund: Creative Europe
(EASTN) for Digital Creativity is a project that emerged Duration: 2017-2021
from several European institutions involved in research,
Discipline: Time-based digital arts:
technology development, creation and education in the
musical arts, visual arts, performing
field of technologies applied to artistic creation.
and interactive arts.
Type of mobility & funding provided:

Partners: Association pour la Création et la Recherche Residencies (Ljudmila for instance),
sur les Outils d’Expression ACROE (France), Aalborg touring. Funding not specified,
Universitet (DK), Cardiff Metropolitan University (UK), depends on calls.
Conservatorio di musica “G.F.Ghedini” (IT), Ljudmila Art
and Science Laboratory (SI), Institut polytechnique de
Grenoble (FR), Interactive media art laboratory ASBL
(BE), Ionian University (EL), Kungliga Musikhögskolan
I Stockholm (SE), Miso Music Portugal, associação
cultural de utilidade pública (PT), OpenUp Music CIC
(UK), Scène de Musiques Actuelles du Pays de Romans,
La Cordonnerie (FR), The University of Manchester (UK),
Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie (DE)
https://www.eastndc.eu/home
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Hybrid Lab Network

Hybrid Lab Network (HYBRID) is an exploratory project Fund: Erasmus+
to promote innovation and good practices for Higher Duration: 2019-2022
Education bridging areas of Art, Science, Technology/
Discipline: Art, Science, Technology/
Engineering and Humanities, and fostering knowledge
Engineering and Humanities - with a
sharing and training.
focus on bio-sciences

Partners: Aalto University (Finland), Alma Mater HYBRID LABs are activities
Europea (Slovenia), Instituto de Biologia Molecular e intentionally structured to explore,
Celular IBMC/i3S (Portugal) and Waag (Netherlands). co-create and test innovative
learning, teaching and training
materials. While these labs are
https://hybrid.i3s.up.pt/
intended for partners, students
and teachers, some will be open to
external participants. Funding not
specified.
IMPACT (International Meeting in Performing Arts &

Creative Technologies) with the Théâtre de Liège
IMPACT project is at the crossroads of artistic, Funding programme & Duration:
economic, industrial and academic sector; at the heart Interreg EUREGIO Meuse-Rhine,
of what is now emerging as one of the high growth 2016-2019 but with a full first online
potential sectors: Creative & Cultural Industries. edition in 2020
IMPACT is taking action on the territory of the Discipline: Science, Technologies and
EUREGIO Meuse-Rhine between Hasselt, Maastricht, Arts
Eupen, Liege, Aachen and Düren. Last viewed : 10 November 2020
Partners: Aalto University (Finland), Alma Mater

Europea (Slovenia), Instituto de Biologia Molecular e
Celular IBMC/i3S (Portugal) and Waag (Netherlands).
https://theatredeliege.be/en/impact/
MindSpaces >> see Chapter 4 Residencies (4.3.5)
Pépinières >> see Chapter Residencies (4.3.6)

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PlayON!
Dedicated to the theme “Concrete Utopias in the Fund: Creative Europe
Digital Age” PlayON! is designed to understand, learn, Duration: 2019-2023
test and apply immersive technology in theatre in
Discipline: Theater
order to shift classical storytelling to interactive
narrative formats. Type of mobility & funding provided:
“Laboratory for Digitisation and
Theatre” (D&T Lab), training,
Partners: VAT Theatre (Estonia), Pilot Theatre (Great meetings, fora. Funding not
Britain), Kolibri Theatre (Hungary), Theatre O Bando specified. Note that the project will
(Portugal), Theatre Dortmund (Germany), Vårt Theatre focus on training the creative and
(Norway), Ludowy Theatre (Poland), Landestheater Linz technical teams of the participating
(Austria), Elsinor Theatre (Italy), The University of York theatres.
(Great Britain). Last viewed: 30 August 2020
https://play-on.eu/about-me/about-playon/
Quantum Music | Beyond Quantum Music

The project aims to explore connections between Fund: Creative Europe
visual arts, music, and quantum physics by means of Duration: 2019-2022
artistic experimentation, resulting in live performances
Disciplines: Music, visual arts and
and other types of interactions with European
digital interactive art
audiences. The project presents quantum physics
and the quantum world to a wider audience and Type of mobility & funding provided:
contributes to the creation of a new music genre: Production & Touring. Artistic fee,
production budget, travel and
Quantum Music.
accommodation costs are provided to
selected projects.
Partners: Institute of musicology of Serbian
academy of sciences and arts (Republic of Serbia), Last viewed: 30 August 2020
Ars Electronica (Austria), New Art Center | Centar

za novu umetnost (Republic of Serbia), TodaysArt
(Netherlands), Institut Incontri, Hochschule für Musik,
Theater und Medien Hannover (Germany).
http://quantummusic.org/open-call/
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Re-Fream
Re-FREAM enables co-creation of scientists and Fund: Horizon2020 - under STARTS
artists in urban environments by offering facilitation Lighthouse project
services, access to know-how and technologies, as well Duration: 2018-2021
as mentoring. Re-FREAM designs a sustainable open
Discipline: Fashion, design
innovation platform with researched technologies,
patterns, concepts, learnings for further development Type of mobility & funding provided:
of fashion of the future. Re-FREAM is an invitation Awarded artists will receive a grant
of EUR 55,000.
to artists and designers to join and submit a project
proposal within three areas of research: from analog Eligibility: Applicants must be a SME
to connected, from 2D to 3D, and from linear to (under the EU definition), a start-
sustainable circular systems. up, self-employed or professional
freelancers legally established as a
business under the national law and
Partners: Wear It (Germany), Creative Region Linz based in an EU member state.
& Upper Austria (Austria), AITEX | Asociación de
Investigación de la Industria Textil (Spain), Care
Applications (Spain), Consorzio ARCA (Italy), Empa
(Switzerland), Fraunhofer IZM (Germany), Haratech
(Austria), IED | Istituto Europeo di Design (Italy)
http://www.re-fream.eu/
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Re-Imagine Europe
Re-Imagine Europe is a 4-year, audience development, Fund: Creative Europe
capacity building and transnational mobility project Duration: 2017-2021
that, through developing a new approach to the
Disciplines: Visual arts, music/sound
production of art, aims to create a community of
arts
change-makers able to respond to key critical, social
and political challenges that are now facing Europe. Type of mobility & funding provided:
Digital literacy and skills, as well as production of Residencies, workshops, labs.
Usually travel, accommodation and
artworks are core to the project.
work allowance are provided for
residencies.
Partners: Paradiso (Netherlands), Sonic Acts
(Netherlands), Elevate Festival (Austria), Lighthouse
(United Kingdom), INA GRM (France), Kontejner
(Croatia), Bergen Kunsthall (Norway), A4 (Slovakia),
Disruption Network Lab (Germany) and Ràdio Web
MACBA (Spain).
https://re-imagine-europe.eu/
RegionArts
The multi-year Interreg Europe programme RegionArts Fund: Interreg Europe
aims to promote collaboration between art and ICT. Duration: 2018-2023
Within the programme, partners explore how policy
Discipline: Art & technology
can play a role in meeting this objective. Ultimately,
each partner delivers a policy advice / action plan Type of mobility & funding provided:
with recommendations to enhance art and ICT Workshops, study visits, events.
collaborations in its own region. Funding not specified.
Partners: Porto Polytechnic Institute (Portugal),

Aster S. Cons. p. A (Italy), Baltan Laboratories (The
Netherlands), Business and Cultural Development
Centre (Greece), University of Lapland (Finland),
Koprivnički poduzetnik Ltd. Business Support
Institution (Croatia), Regione Molise (Italy), SERN
Start-up Europe Regions Network (Belgium).
www.interregeurope.eu/regionarts
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SHAPE
SHAPE is a platform for innovative music and Fund: Creative Europe
audiovisual art from Europe. It consists of 16 festivals Duration: 2015-2021
and art centres, and aims to support, promote and
Discipline: Music, audiovisual
exchange innovative and aspiring musicians and
interdisciplinary artists with an interest in sound. Type of mobility & funding provided:
SHAPE attempts to present a variety of idiosyncratic Live performances, residencies,
music and sonic art from all over Europe, and provide workshops, talks. Applicants must
be based in countries eligible for the
audiences and professionals with insightful lectures,
Creative Europe programme.
talks and workshops by experts in various fields
related to sound and performance. Last viewed: 30 August 2020
Partners: CTM Festival (Germany), Cynetart Festival

(Germany), Festival Maintenant (France), Insomnia
Festival (Norway), Les siestes électroniques (France),
MeetFactory (Czech Republic), MoTA – Museum
for Transitory Art (Slovenia), musikprotokoll im
steirischen herbst / ORF (Austria), RIAM Festival
(France), Rokolectiv Festival (Romania),Schiev Festival /
Productions Associées (Belgium), Skaņu Mežs Festival
(Latvia), Terraforma Festival (Italy), TodaysArt Festival
(Netherlands), UH Fest (Hungary), Unsound Festival
(Poland).
https://shapeplatform.eu
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Sound of our Cities (SoOC)

The central artistic activity of the project takes shape Fund: Creative Europe
through different processes that converge in two Duration: 2019-2021
sound art exhibitions, which will be embedded into
Discipline: Sound art, urban space
specific sites in the urban environments of Roeselare,
Belgium and Barcelona, Spain. The exhibitions will Type of mobility & funding provided:
consist of ten sound pieces, one by each of ten artists Residencies. Artistic fee, travel,
chosen by an European open call. accommodation and workspace are
provided.

Partners: City of Roeselare (Belgium), Idensitat
(Spain), Dear Hunter (Netherlands), Aalborg University
(Denmark).
https://www.idensitat.net/en/current-projects/
sounds-of-our-cities-3/1456-sounds-of-our-cities-
open-call
Studiotopia
With the subtitle “Art - Science - Anthropocene”, Fund: Creative Europe
Studiotopia focuses on raising awareness and Duration: 2019-2022
fostering creative and critical reflections about
Discipline: Arts and sciences
environmental challenges that our society is currently
facing. Type of mobility & funding provided:
Residencies, exhibitions, pop-
up labs, workshops, talks. For
Partners: Center for Fine Arts BOZAR (Belgium), residencies, artistic fee, travel and
GLUON (Belgium), Ars Electronica (Austria), Cluj accommodation are provided. Note
Cultural Centre (Romania), Laznia Centre for that persons of all nationalities
Contemporary Art (Poland), Onassis Cultural Centre are eligible to apply for calls, but
(Greece), Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (Netherlands), applicants must reside in the EU,
Laboral (Spain). UK or a country that currently
participates in the Creative Europe
Programme.
https://www.studiotopia.eu/about
Last viewed: 30 August 2020.
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We are Europe
We are Europe is a co-operative project, aiming to Fund: Creative Europe
group together and develop synergies between 8 Duration: 2019-2022
European cultural structures spread throughout
Discipline: Music, electronic arts
the continent, each of which organises both a
contemporary music festival and a forum addressing Type of mobility & funding provided:
wider issues relating to the evolution and future of Artists and speakers can be invited
culture, with a special focus on the field of creativity. for the events (showcases / panels)
at festivals. Funding not specified.
Focus is on electronic, independent, digital and
contemporary culture. Last viewed: 30 August 2020
Partners: c/o pop Festival and c/o pop Convention

(Germany), Unsound Festival and Unsound Discourse
(Poland), Elevate Festival and Discourse & Activism
(Austria), Insomnia Festival and Insomnia Insights
(Norway), Nuits Sonores Festival and European Lab
Camp forum (France), Reworks festival and Reworks
Agora (Greece), TodaysArt festival and TodaysArt
Context (Netherlands), and Sónar and Sónar+D (Spain).
https://weare-europe.eu/en/about
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International
projects,
platforms and
networks
Amplify DAI
Amplify Digital Arts Initiative connects and empowers Geographical scope: United Kingdom,
an active network of women-identifying artists and Canada, South America
professionals working in the digital arts, sound Duration: 2018-2020 (at least)
and immersive storytelling sectors in Canada, Latin
Discipline: Digital arts, electronic
America and the UK.
music
Type of mobility & funding

Partners: British Council (United Kingdom), MUTEK provided: Networking opportunities,
Montréal (Canada), MUTEK Buenos Aires (Argentina) showcases, exhibitions and
Somerset House Studios (United Kingdom). performances, residencies,
workshops, creative labs and
field trips. Artist fee, travel and
https://amplifydai.com/en/home-ingles/
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selected participants.

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Digital Arabia Network

The Digital Arabia Network (DAN) aims to be a lab for Geographical scope: Algeria, Egypt,
the digital future in the Arab world and to connect Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Sudan
people and projects. It focuses on the following areas: and Tunisia.
Arts & Culture, Business & the Future of Work, Civic Duration: Started in 2017
Participation, Online Media & Journalism, Gender
Discipline: Among other, arts &
Equality & Inclusion, EdTech, HealthTech, or AgriTech.
culture.

Partners: Started by Global Project Partners (Germany) DAN organises challenges for
NGOs, Startups, Entrepreneurs,
https://digitalarabia.network/ Intrapreneurs, Social Change Makers,
Social Enterprises, and Researchers.
Selected participants can join the
DAN conference in Germany with
travel costs covered.
ICAS Network
International Cities of Advanced Sound (ICAS) Geographical scope: Global
is a global network of independent non-profit Discipline: Sound arts
organisations dedicated to advancing sound cultures,
music and related arts. ICAS members aim to
ICAS members offer various open
raise awareness and support for experimental and
calls.
experiential sound and music cultures. Members
are informed by aesthetics and the social impact Last viewed: 30 August 2020
of contemporary sound creation, while influenced

by the transformation processes induced by digital
technology.
Members: Find the full list here
https://icasnetwork.org/
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Leonardo ISAST
The International Society for the Arts, Sciences and Geographical scope: Global
Technology and the journal Leonardo are pioneers in Discipline: Intersection of arts,
the field of Arts, Sciences and Technology. Leonardo/ sciences and technology
ISAST has grown along with its community and is
the leading organisation for artists, scientists and
Beside its publication, Leonardo runs
others interested in the application of contemporary
different programmes. Find here
science and technology to the arts and music. Through more information. Funding depends
publications, initiatives and public forums, Leonardo on opportunity.
facilitates cross-disciplinary research in these
fields, seeking to catalyze fruitful solutions for the
challenges of the 21st century.
https://www.leonardo.info/
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UNESCO Creative Cities for Media Arts

The UNESCO Creative Cities Network (UCCN) was Geographical scope: Global
created in 2004 to promote cooperation with and Discipline: Media arts
among cities that have identified creativity as a
strategic factor for sustainable urban development.
Residencies, biennales, festivals.
The 246 cities which currently make up this network
Funding doesn’t come from the
work together towards a common objective: placing
UNESCO Creative Cities Network
creativity and cultural industries at the heart of their but from the cities themselves.
development plans at the local level and cooperating Check the map of cities and filter
actively at the international level. with “Media Arts” to find current
members and their opportunities.
Members: 2020 UCCN members in Media Arts Last viewed: 30 August 2020
are Lyon (France), York (United Kingdom), Kosice

(Slovakia), Changsha (China), Braga (Portugal), Toronto
(Canada), Gwangju (Korea), Dakar (Senegal), Karlsruhe
(Germany), Santiago de Cali (Colombia), Sapporo
(Japan), Linz (Austria), Enghien-les-Bains (France),
Austin (USA), Guadalajara (Mexico), Viborg (Denmark),
Tel Aviv-Yafo (Israel).
https://en.unesco.org/creative-cities/
creative-cities-map
Note: Many projects are temporary by nature. It is important to check

OTM and other platforms regularly for the latest open calls.
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FESTIVALS,
BIENNALES,
RECURRING
EVENTS
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Focus: Ars
Electronica
Ars Electronica Linz GmbH is an Austrian cultural, educational and

scientific institute active in the field of new media art, founded in
Linz in 1979. Ars Electronica is a key player in the field of digital arts
in Europe and internationally. It organises the following activities and
operates the following programmes:
Ars Electronica Festival (yearly, since 1979). More than 1,000 artists,
scientists, developers, designers, entrepreneurs and activists are coming
to Linz, Austria, to address central questions of our future.
Prix Ars Electronica (yearly, since 1987). With several competition
categories, Ars Electronica searches for groundbreaking projects
that revolve around questions of our digital society and rehearse the
innovative use of technologies, promising strategies of collaboration
and new forms of artistic expression. The best submissions will receive
a Golden Nica, considered by the global media art scene to be the most
traditional and prestigious award ever.
Ars Electronica Center (since 1996) develops educational activities on
digitalisation and Artificial Intelligence.
Ars Electronica Futurelab (since 1996) whose international and
interdisciplinary team of artists and scientists is researching the future.
This programme includes regular residency opportunities for external
participants.
Ars Electronica Export (since 2004). Together with partners from art
and culture, science and education, business and industry, they organise
exhibitions and presentations, conferences and workshops, performances
and interventions at all these locations.
Ars Electronica Solutions (since 2013) has been developing market-
ready products inspired by visions and prototypes from the artistic
cosmos of Ars Electronica.
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Location: Ars Electronica is based at the Ars Disciplines: All digital art-related
Electronica Center, which houses the Museum of the disciplines
Future, in the city of Linz, Austria. Since 2016, Ars Types of mobility: Exhibition,
Electronica is also active all year around in Japan - Residency. Note: while it is not
primarily in Tokyo and Osaka. possible to apply directly to take
part in the Ars Electronica Festival,
many other opportunities exist to be
Collaborations: As a platform for art, technology and
part of the festival, such as the Ars
society, Ars Electronica coordinates and participates
Electronica Prizes or the residencies
in several cooperation projects sponsored by the
in the framework of the Futurelabs
European Union. Current projects include STARTS or European/international projects.
Prize, AI Lab, EMAP/EMARE, Steam Inc. (2019-2022),
Eligibility
SySTEM, SpaceEU.
Who can apply: Artists, researchers,
scientists - depends on the call.
https://ars.electronica.art/
Geographical criteria: Europe
https://ars.electronica.art/news/en/opencalls/
(for European collaborations) or
for current open calls for artists international.
Destination: incoming (Prix,

FutureLab, Festival) / outgoing
(Export) / online (Festival and other
open calls)
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Country-specific
Australia
Curiocity Brisbane
Since 2019, Curiocity Brisbane sparks inspiration Organizer: Curiocity Brisbane and
and innovation, transforming the Australian city Tourism and Events Queensland
into an interactive place to “explore, create and Type of event: Annual festival
play”. Curiocities are interactive digital and physical
Location: Brisbane, Australia
installations that demonstrate the intersection
of science, technology, engineering, art and math Discipline: Digital arts
(STEAM). They are temporary outdoor installations Type of mobility & funding
or digital works that interact with audiences and the provided: Individuals, collectives,
environment, making Brisbane a playable city for organisations, work groups and
visitors to touch, see, hear, learn and wonder. others may apply to take part in
the festival. Curiocity Brisbane will
provide base investment from AUD
https://curiocitybrisbane.com/ 5,000, up to a maximum of AUD
50,000 per Curiocity for the selected
installations, subject to Curiocity
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Austria
AMRO - Art Meets Radical Openness
AMRO is a biennial community festival in Linz that Organizer: servus.at
explores and discusses new challenges between digital Type of event: Biennial festival
culture, art, everyday life, education, politics and
Location: Linz, Austria
active action.
Discipline: Digital arts
https://radical-openness.org/ Type of mobility & funding provided:

Artists, hacktivists, cultural workers,
journalists, F/LOSS developers and
“improvers of the world” who want
to make a contribution (exhibition,
workshop, lecture, performance) to
the festival theme can take part in
the call for entries. When possible,
the organisers provide travel
support, private accommodation,
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Bulgaria
Computer Space
Computer Space is a non-commercial international Organizer: Student Computer Art
computer art forum started in 1989. “Computer Society (SCAS) of Bulgaria
Space” seeks to show the modern trends in the field Type of event: Annual festival,
of computer arts. The forum is divided in two parts – conference and competition
competition and festival. The competition part of the
Location: Sofia, Bulgaria
forum gathers projects in different categories from
all over the world, which struggle against each other Discipline: Computer arts
for the first places of “Computer Space”. Usually the Type of mobility & funding provided:
festival part consists of two events – the awarding By taking part in the international
ceremony and the forum part (seminars, exhibition, competition (8 categories), you
show events, concerts). can be selected by the Jury for an
award. The awarded projects may
receive overage of the participation
https://computerspace.org/ expenses in Computer Space (travel
and accommodation, according to CS
rules) and may be invited to present
their projects during the festival
part.

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Canada
HTMlles: Feminist Festival of Media Arts + Digital Culture
HTMlles is a festival in media arts and digital Organizer: Studio XX
culture that brings together local, national Type of event: Annual festival
and international artists, scholars, and
Location: Montreal, Canada
activists who are passionate about critical
engagement with new technologies from Discipline: Media arts, digital arts
feminist perspectives. Each edition explores Type of mobility & funding provided:
urgent socio-political questions through a Depending on the proposals selected
series of exhibitions, round tables, conferences, based on an open call, Studio XX and its
performances and workshops. HTMlles partners pay fees and honoraria
in accordance with CQAM and CARFAC
recommendations.
https://htmlles.net/
Eligibility: HTMlles welcomes proposals from

artists, curators and activists who identify
as women, trans, gender non-conforming,
and queer, as well as from collectives and
organisations that promote inclusive and
intersectional feminist values.
Vector Festival
Founded in 2013, Vector Festival is a Organizer: InterAccess
participatory and community-oriented initiative Type of event: Annual festival
dedicated to showcasing digital games and
Location: Toronto, Canada
creative media practices. Presenting works
across a dynamic range of exhibitions, Disciplines: New media, performance,
screenings, performances, lectures, and installation, video and digital game
workshops, Vector acts as a critical bridge Type of mobility & funding provided: All
between emergent digital platforms and new artists and curators selected for participation
media art practice. will receive fees in accordance with the up-to-
date CARFAC Fee schedule, as well as support
to apply for external funding.
http://vectorfestival.org/
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China
Sandbox Immersive Festival
Sandbox Immersive Festival (SIF) festival is the Organizer: Sandbox Immersive
biggest new media festival in China, dedicated to Festival
promoting interactive and immersive storytelling. SIF Type of event: Annual festival &
focuses on XR experiences. As part of the festival, incubator
the competition “Sandbox Project” is an incubator
Location: Qingdao, China
for Chinese teams and companies that provides
workshops, master classes, venture capital roadshows Disciplines: VR, XR, AR, 360
and other methods to develop the projects further. Type of mobility & funding provided:
Selected projects in the “Sandbox
Project” are recommended to
http://www.sandboxif.com/
enter Venice, South by Southwest,
Sundance and other international
film festivals. Additionally they
receive help to carry out commercial
promotion and creation.
Eligibility: Chinese companies and

teams of at least two persons

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Croatia
3N|AND Fair
3N / AND Fair combines some unusual exhibits Organizer: Drugo More
and weird ideas that serve as a catalyst for Type of event: Annual fair
new approaches in the use of technology.
Location: Rijeka, Croatia
It’s all about the promotion of the idea to
“hack” the technology that surrounds us, and Disciplines: Artists, DIY enthusiasts,
encouragement not to follow factory settings collectives and inventors who work in the
and manuals blindly, but to adapt devices to fields of DIY, hacks and inventions.
our needs and interests. Eligibility: Artists, innovators and hackers

from Croatia and Europe
http://drugo-more.hr/en/open-call-3n/ Type of mobility & funding provided:

Accommodation and travel expenses will be
covered, and every presenter will be provided
with a fee.
/’fu:bar/ - glitch art festival

/’fu:bar/ is a yearly festival gathering focused Organizer: AKC Attack association
on electronic error-themed reinterpretative (Autonomous Cultural Center — Attack!)
multimedia art. The week-long festival starts Type of event: Annual festival
on the first Saturday of October and hosts
Location: Zagreb, Croatia & Online
an artist residency programme, showcases
diverse talks, workshops, performances and Discipline: Media arts
an inclusive group exhibition, in Zagreb and Type of mobility & funding provided: Travel
online. costs refunds (train, bus, or low budget
flights; partial funding is available for
overseas applicants) *or* symbolic fees for
https://fubar.space/open-calls/
Croatian participants not in need of travel
refunds. Additionally, food, accommodation
and free access to the festival.

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Finland
Pixelache
Pixelache is a Transdisciplinary Platform for Emerging Organizer: Piknik Frequency
Art, Design, Research and Activism. It consists of an Type of event: Annual festival
annual festival in Helsinki, as well as participatory
Location: Helsinki, Finland
art-science and technology productions, public events,
educational programmes, residencies and other Discipline: Art, design, technology,
activities. The programme is based on an annual call research and activism
for proposals. Type of mobility & funding provided:
Contributions selected from the
open call will be included into Piknik
https://festival.pixelache.ac/about
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France
Chroniques Biennale
SECONDE NATURE and ZINC are digital Organizers: SECONDE NATURE and ZINC
imagination incubators that have been working Type of event: Biennial festival
for several years towards fostering and
Location: Aix-en-Provence and Marseille,
promoting contemporary creation, advancing
France
the understanding of the world in the digital
age, and helping audiences appropriate Discipline: Digital arts
technologies to develop their creativity and Type of mobility & funding provided:
emancipation. With this in mind, the two Depending on the type of projects, financial
associations organise CHRONIQUES, the support ranges from EUR 3,000 (artistic-
Biennale of Digital Imagination since 2018. scientific technological creation) to EUR
8,000 (international transdisciplinary
The Biennale offers three calls, open
creation) to EUR 15,000 (public space
internationally: Public space installation, installation).
International transdisciplinary creation and
Artistic Scientific technological creation.
https://chroniques.org/en/
NEMO Digital Art Biennial

Némo, International Biennial of Digital Arts – Organizers: CENTQUATRE-PARIS (Le104)
Paris/Île-de-France is held in various venues in Type of event: Biennial festival
the region. It focuses on contemporary digital
Location: Paris & Ile-de-France, France
art, audiovisual and live performances of
digital works and exploratory music. Disciplines: Digital contemporary art,
performing arts in contact with new
technology, creation in the public space and
https://www.biennalenemo.fr/?lang=en in heritage venues, multidisciplinary creation,
art & sciences
Type of mobility & funding provided: Projects

selected through an open call will benefit
from a commission, a co-production or a
transfer of rights contract depending on
their production stage and their readiness
for distribution. The projects can be
finalised and ready to be shown, currently in
production, or simply in pre-production.

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NewImages Festival
Through the lenses of content and artistic Organizer: Forum des images (a cultural
creation Newlmages Festival closely embraces institution subsidized by Paris City Hall)
all revolutions that transform and reinvent Type of event: Annual festival
the art of storytelling: VR, XR, etc. The festival
Location: Paris, France
started in 2018.
Disciplines: VR, AR, XR
https://newimagesfestival.com/en/ Type of mobility & funding provided: Within

the competition, The Golden Mask (Great
Prize of EUR 6,000), the Special Jury Prize
– VR, and the brand-new Special Jury Prize –
AR (worth EUR 3,000 respectively) award the
selection’s most innovative immersive and/or
interactive works.
Another competition track is the Taiwan

VR residency: The winner will benefit from
three months of residency at Kaohsiung to
develop a VR project with the help of actors
of the Taiwanese industry. The prototype
will be presented at NewImages Festival
and Kaohsiung Film Festival (no sooner than
2021). The residency includes EUR 30,000
budget, daily allowance and round trip.
Eligibility: For the competition, anyone with a

XR project is eligible internationally. For the
Taiwan VR residency, VR talents from France
or based in France are eligible to apply.
Destination: Incoming & Outgoing

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Germany
CTM Festival
CTM, Festival and Platform for Adventurous Organizer: CTM
Music & Art, connects multi-perspective Type of event: Annual festival
experiences, critical reflection, hedonism, and
Location: Berlin, Germany
collaborative learning via a yearly festival and
continuous collaborative projects, publications, Disciplines: Experimental music, sound art,
commissions, concerts, club nights, and more. radio art, performance
Though international in its approach, CTM Type of mobility & funding provided: Art
remains deeply rooted in and committed to works are commissioned through open calls,
Berlin’s DIY and club scenes, from which it which provide artists with production budget
emerged in 1999. and artists’ fee (travel and accommodation
are either included or additional).
https://www.ctm-festival.de/festival-2021/
open-calls Last viewed: 31 August 2020
Cynetart International Festival for Computer Based Art

CYNETART is an international festival for Organizer: Trans-Media-Akademie (TMA)
computer-aided art in Dresden. The festival in cooperation with HELLERAU - European
has been the focal point of the research Center for the Arts
at Trans-Media-Akademie (TMA) Hellerau Type of event: Biennial festival
for over fifteen years now. This work has
Location: Dresden, Germany
made the festival become a countrywide and
internationally recognised platform of digital Disciplines: Computer-aided art
culture – providing an in-depth overview of Type of mobility & funding provided: For
current developments of technology-based art. all invited CYNETART artists the organizer
pays the expenses of travel, transport and
accommodation. A performance or exhibition
http://t-m-a.de/cynetart/about/?lang=en
fee is intended. Every two years the
https://www.cynetart.org/ festival is accompanied by the international
CYNETART competition. With a total prize
money of EUR 28,400, it ranks among
Europe’s top awards in the area of media
art. It also awards a sponsorship prize and
an artist-in-residence-scholarship, funded by
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Lab30
Lab30 is the place for experimental analogue and Organizer: City of Augsburg
digital art projects. The media art festival lab30 wants Type of event: Annual festival
to be a place for art experiments in both analogue
Location: Augsburg, Germany
and digital areas. It includes an art exhibition,
performances and concerts, workshops and a club. Disciplines: Installations, media arts,
audio-visual art, sound art, music
http://www.lab30.de/ausschreibung-2020 Type of mobility & funding provided:

The festival office will cover travel,
board and lodging as well as
transportation costs of all exhibits.
In addition, all artists will receive an
expense allowance.
Transmediale
At the heart of transmediale’s activities is the Organizer: transmediale e.V.
annual festival that has turned into an essential Type of event: Annual festival
event in the calendar of media art professionals,
Location: Berlin, Germany
artists, and students from all over the world. The
annually changing themes are being reflected through Discipline: Digital arts
exhibitions, performances, screenings, and workshops. Type of mobility & funding provided:
As of 2015 there is no longer a yearly thematic call Some projects will be invited to
participate in the relevant festival
for works that leads up to each transmediale festival.
programme. If relevant, return travel
Instead, artists and other cultural practitioners are
to Berlin and accommodation for
welcome to submit their projects through an open
each artist/project are provided.
submission system. With this platform, transmediale
strives to further develop the dialog between its Destination: Incoming
thematic and curatorial frameworks and the wider Last viewed: 31 August 2020
community of artists and culture professionals.
https://transmediale.de/
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Italy
Ibrida Festival
Ibrida is a festival of intermedial arts Organizer: Vertov Project
which started in 2015 for the purpose of Type of event: Annual Festival
investigating and showing the most recent
Location: Forli, Italy
productions and research carried on in the
field of experimental audiovisual (video Disciplines: Video art, experimental cinema,
art, found footage, metacinema, 2D and 3D live performances that have video as an
animation, etc.). The festival naturally includes important part of the work, installations and
virtual reality
performance art and electronic music.
Type of mobility & funding provided: For the
live performances, the festival offers: food
https://ibridafestival.it/ and accommodation during the festival,
ibrida-festival-open-call-2020/ travel and expenses support.
LMDP Festival - The wonders of possible

The International Theatre, Art and New Organizer: Kyber Teatro
Technologies Festival ‘The Wonders of Possible’ Type of event: Annual festival, Residency
is unique in Italy. Its aim is to promote the
Location: Cagliari, Italy
interrelation between artistic and technological
languages. The current open call, addressed to Disciplines: Performing arts, installations,
Italian and international artists, is for projects new technologies
on the topic of ‘Interaction between arts and Type of mobility & funding provided: The
technology’. Through a yearly international call festival will provide full coverage of all the
for participation, artists working individually, costs for the artists’ mobility to and in
or in a group of maximum 5 people, can be Cagliari (international travels, board and
selected to participate. accommodation). Subject to agreements
with the festival’s technical director,
material required for the presentation of the
https://www.kyberteatro.it/en/festival/ performance/show/play/installation can be
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Pergine Festival
Pergine Spettacolo Aperto was founded in 1976 as Organizer: Pergine Spettacolo Aperto
the first cultural institution in Trentino to create a Type of event: Annual festival
summer event with the objective to host the great
Location: Pergine Valsugana, Trento,
artists of theater and music. Today the festival is a
Italy
point of reference in the fields of live performing
arts and experimental and research practices. Pergine Disciplines: Performing arts,
Spettacolo Aperto draws its energy from the place architecture and new technologies
that hosts it, in constant dialogue with the community Type of mobility & funding provided:
and the spaces of the urban landscape. The festival Through the yearly open call OPEN,
is the driving force behind new creativity linked to existing projects adaptable to the
different disciplinary fields and to production methods context of the festival, as well as
and innovative expressive languages. Special support new productions, are selected and
financed. Further details in the
for artists and emerging companies is given each year
yearly calls.
through the Open / Contemporary Creation Call.

https://www.perginefestival.it/en/2019/11/25/
open-call-2020/
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Japan
Japan Media Arts Festival
The Japan Media Arts Festival is a comprehensive Organizer: Japan Media Arts Festival
festival of Media Arts (Media Geijutsu in Japanese) Executive Committee
that honors outstanding works from a diverse range Type of event: Annual Festival
of media – from animation and comics to media art
Location: Tokyo, Japan
and games. The festival gives awards in each of its
four divisions: Art, Entertainment, Animation, and Disciplines: Media arts, animation,
Manga. In each division, Grand Prizes, Excellence manga, video art
Awards, New Face Awards, and the new awards Social Type of mobility & funding provided:
Impact Award and U-18 Award were selected. Award-winning works are exhibited
both within Japan and abroad
Next to the exhibition of Award-winning Works, the
through various projects and events.
festival holds other events, such as symposiums,
Awards consist of monetary prizes,
screenings, and showcases. from JPY 300,000 to JPY 1,000,000.
https://j-mediaarts.jp/en/
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Netherlands
Dutch Design Week | What if Lab
In October of each year, Dutch Design Week (DDW) Organizer: Dutch Design Foundation
takes place in Eindhoven. The biggest design event Type of event: Annual Fair & Festival
in Northern Europe presents work and ideas of more
Location: Eindhoven, Netherlands
than 2600 designers to more than 350,000 visitors
from home and abroad. The organisation behind DDW Discipline: Design
has launched the What if Lab, which links relevant Type of mobility & funding provided:
clients to talented designers so that they can work Artist fee, participation in Dutch
together to find solutions to challenging design Design Week
questions. Participation in the “What if Lab” depends Destination: Incoming
on challenges from clients - eligibility, specific
disciplines and financial support depend on the
specific challenge.
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STRP
STRP Festival is one of the largest art & technology Organizer: Stichting STRP
(e-culture) festivals in Europe where music, art and Type of event: Annual / Biennial
technology meet. The multidisciplinary programme Festival - STRP has evolved over the
combines 360 degree experiences with adventure to years.
appeal to a wide audience. At STRP, interactive art,
Location: Eindhoven, Netherlands
light art, robotics, concerts, theatrical and dance
performances, experimental music, interviews, Disciplines: Digital arts, technology,
music, multidisciplinary, media arts
discussions, films, lectures, video art, animation and
workshops co-exist dynamically. International artists Type of mobility & funding provided:
and makers can enter the annual STRP | Award for The STRP Award for Creative
Creative Technology for international creatives. Technology (ACT)* consists of three
prizes for makers who connect art
and technology in an authentic and
https://strp.nl/about original way. STRP ACT includes
one prize of EUR 20,000 for the
realisation of a new work by proven
talent and two prizes of EUR 15,000
for the realisation of new work by
young talents. As well as this budget,
STRP also offers productional
guidance for the development,
production and presentation of new
work during STRP Festival.
Eligibility: Artist, designer or media

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Poland
INOUT Festival
The festival In Out is a cyclic project of LAZNIA Organizer: ŁAŹNIA Centre for
Centre for Contemporary Art, organized since 2005. As Contemporary Art
part of the festival lectures, film screenings, concerts Type of event: Annual festival
and an open international competition for the best
Location: Gdańsk, Poland
video works, experiments, documents and animations
will be organised. To take part in the festival, artists Disciplines: Video artworks,
need to enter the yearly competition. documentaries, experiments and
animations

http://inoutfestival.pl/index.php?lang=en
The contest is a two-step process:
a preselection of the work shown
during the festival & two monetary
awards given during the festival. All
finalists will be invited to take part
in the festival in Gdańsk.
Eligibility: All the artists must be

aged 18 and over. The work should
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Portugal
Semibreve
Semibreve Festival is an experimental electronic Organizer: AUAUFEIOMAU
music and digital arts festival in Braga, Portugal. Each Type of event: Annual festival
year, an intriguing lineup of artists, musicians and
Location: Mosteiro de Tibães, Braga,
performers come together to create immersive visual
Portugal
and sonic experiences in venues across the city. Digital
artists, sound artists and musicians can take part in Disciplines: Electronic music, digital
the festival by applying to open calls for residencies arts, sound arts
(check Semibreve’s website for details) or by entering Type of mobility & funding
the yearly Edigma Semibreve Award. provided: Edigma Semibreve award
is established to celebrate and
promote the creation of works that
http://www.festivalsemibreve.com/
explore the interactivity, sound and
image supported through the use
of digital technologies. Individual
professionals, groups, companies and
public entities may participate in the
competition. A prize money of EUR
2,500 will be given to the winner,
as well as travel and transport of
material expenses to and from the
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Romania
Simultan
SIMULTAN is an annual festival dedicated to Organizer: Simultan
interdisciplinary arts – emerging media projects, Type of event: Annual festival
experimental music and audio-visual and sound
Location: Timișoara, Romania
projects, in order to support new forms of artistic
expression. The festival hosts annual live audio- Disciplines: Video art; experimental
visual performances, video art screenings, exhibitions, film/video; narratives; documentary;
conferences and workshops. Initiated by a group of digital/generative
artists in 2005, the festival was born as an artistic Type of mobility & funding provided:
project having the goal to create a cultural context Four video works (two from Romania
of the ‘here and now’ on the local scene, encouraging and two from international artists)
new and innovative forms of artistic expression, such with a EUR 300 artist fee.
as visual and sound language. Destination: Incoming
http://www.simultan.org/en/
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Russia
Cyfest
CYFEST is one of the largest international media art Organizer: Cyland - Media Art
festivals in the world. It was founded in St. Petersburg Laboratory
in 2007 by independent artists and curators. The Type of event: Annual festival
festival promotes the emergence of new forms of
Location: Key event is in St
art and high technology interactions, developing
Petersburg, Russia. Additional events
professional connections between artists, curators,
in New York, Venice and in other
engineers and programmers around the world and cities.
exposing wide audiences to the works in the field of
Discipline: Media arts with focus on
robotics, video art, sound art and net art.
video arts and sound arts

http://cyland.org/lab/program-list/cylandfest/
Through the open calls for entries
for the festival, artists can earn
cash prizes (for instance Video Art
Competition in 2020: First prize —
USD 1,000, second and third prizes
— USD 500). However, travel is not
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South Africa
Fak’ugesi Festival
The Fak’ugesi African Digital Innovation Festival Organizer: Wits University’s
is rooted in showcasing and developing skills in Tshimologong Precinct
technology, art and culture in Africa. Founded in Type of event: Annual festival
2014 as a collaboration between the Tshimologong
Location: Johannesburg, South Africa
Digital Innovation Precinct and the Wits School of
Arts, Digital Arts Department, the festival takes as its Disciplines: Digital Cultural
starting point the idea that in order for innovation Economies, Digital Art, Critical
Engagement, VR / AR, Gaming,
with technology to succeed, a strong connection needs
Animation and Sound.
to be made to African cultural practices and creative
encounters. Type of mobility & funding provided:
Travel supported in various open
calls: ColabNowNow, Digital Lab
https://fakugesi.co.za/ Africa, Digital Africa Residency
Eligibility: (Sub-Saharan) African

creators, depending on the call.

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Switzerland
Geneva International Film Festival GIFF
Since its inception in 1995, the Geneva International Organizer: GIFF Foundation
Film Festival (GIFF) has been supporting the role Type of event: Annual festival
of independent authors in creative processes. At
Location: Geneva, Switzerland
the crossroads of genres and disciplines, a place to
experiment, get together and celebrate, the Festival Discipline: Virtual, augmented and
showcases a programme featuring films, TV series mixed reality
and digital arts for ten days every year. GIFF hosts Type of mobility & funding provided:
the International Immersive Works Competition, Depending on budget availability,
dedicated to virtual, augmented and mixed reality. the Festival’s priority is to invite
one of the directors/creators of
each feature, tv series/ immersive
https://www.giff.ch/2019/en/giff-pro/index.html
work in competition. The award for
the International Immersive Works
Competition is the Reflet d’Or prize,
worth CHF 10,000.

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Taiwan
Kaohsiung VR Film Lab
Kaohsiung Film Festival (KFF) is one of the biggest Organizer: Kaohsiung Film Archive
film festivals in Taiwan. It is known for its fantasy- Type of event: Annual festival
oriented curation and willingness to embrace
Location: Kaohsiung City
new technology. In 2017, KFF started its first VR
programme to showcase outstanding local and Discipline: VR
international VR experiences. Since 2018, a VR Type of mobility & funding provided:
Competition, panel talks, workshops, and more events Workshops, residencies. Size of
are held annually during the festival. grants is not specified.
https://www.kff.tw/EN/about/Vr
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United Kingdom
York Mediale
York Mediale is an international media arts festival Organizer: York Media Arts Festival
which celebrates York as the UK’s first and only Type of event: Biennial festival
UNESCO Creative City of Media Arts. The first edition
Location: York, United Kingdom
took place in 2018.
Discipline: Media arts
https://yorkmediale.com/ Type of mobility & funding provided:

Regular open calls for participation
and commissions are published on
York Mediale’s website. Funding not
specified.

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Roaming,
multi-location
and online
events
ACM International Conference on Tangible, Embedded
and Embodied Interaction (TEI)
The ACM International Conference on Organizer: TEI is sponsored by Association
Tangible, Embedded and Embodied Interaction for Computing Machinery’s Special Interest
(TEI) addresses issues of human-computer Group on Computer Human Interaction
interaction, novel tools and technologies, (ACM SIGCHI). Each year the conference is
interactive art, and user experience. Content organised by another ACM TEI member.
of the conference includes talks, interactive Type of event: Conference

exhibits, demos, hands-on studios, posters, art Location: Roaming, worldwide
installations, and performances.
Discipline: Tangible interaction design

https://tei.acm.org
Under the “art and performance track”,
independent artists, academic researchers,
professional practitioners as well as art and
science students can get the opportunity
to exhibit/perform their artworks combined
with a publication in an established
academic research context. Exhibition (with
registration fee waived) and residencies
(with travel and accommodation funded)
are possible for selected participants -
depending on the conference.

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Mutek
Initiated in 2000 in Montreal, Canada, Mutek Organizer: Mutek association
is a festival dedicated to the dissemination and Type of event: Festival
development of digital creativity in sound, music and
Location: Montreal (Canada),
audio-visual arts. Its central platform is an annual
Barcelona (Spain), Buenos Aires
five-day event in Montreal that takes place in late
(Argentina), Mexico City (Mexico),
August. Alongside the Montreal edition, Mutek also
San Francisco (USA), Tokyo (Japan)
hosts international versions of its festival. Next to
Discipline: (Electronic) music, sound
the events, Mutek is also a partner in international
arts, audio-visual arts
projects such as Keychange or Amplify DAI.
In the context of the Montreal &
https://mutek.org/
Tokyo festivals, audio-visual artists
can apply to take part in the AI
Art Lab / AI Music Lab. Stipends
available for the Montreal edition.
NovaXX
Defining itself as “a forum dedicated to innovation Organizer: Wallonia-Brussels Center
by women in technology, science and art at the in Paris
dawn of the fourth industrial revolution”, NovaXX Type of event: Biennial conference/
aims to give the proper space to works created by forum
women - whether they be artists, entrepreneurs, or
Location: France / Belgium
scientists. The forum also hopes to contribute to an
interdisciplinary approach by facilitating meetings Discipline: In its last call for
proposals, NovaXX focuses on
between innovators in different but complementary
“creative process using and/or
fields.
questioning the new media’s digital
tools and favoring the hybridization
https://novaxx.eu/en/ between disciplines, sciences and
technology.” Note that only works
created by a woman are eligible.

If selected to take part in the
exhibition taking place during the
forum, artists are provided with
exhibition fee, per diem, living
expenses, travel and transportation.

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RESIDENCIES &
FELLOWSHIPS
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Country-specific
Austria
* Atelierhaus Salzamt
Atelierhaus Salzamt
The Atelierhaus Salzamt is a meeting place for young Discipline: Visual arts, focus on
visual artists from inland and abroad. A total of public space
nine studios are available for use. Four international Eligibility
scholarship holders are each provided with a small
Who can apply: Professional,
apartment and their own studio free of charge for a
emerging visual artists
maximum period of two months.
or as specified in open call
http://blog.salzamt-linz.at/
Other criteria: Some specific criteria
can be specified in partners’ open
calls (City of Linz, Ars Electronica)
Size of grants: Accommodation,

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* bb15
bb15
bb15 is an alternative, non-commercial location Disciplines: Visual and audio arts
for the arts, which encourages experimental Eligibility
approaches. With roughly 100m² in the
Who can apply: Individual or group of artists
city centre of Linz, bb15 provides a regular
programme of exhibitions, performances, Geographical criteria: International
workshops, discussions and concerts. Other criteria: More criteria can be specified
in open calls.
https://bb15.at/open-call/ Destination: Incoming
Size of grants: Accommodation, workspace,

stipend of EUR 1,200 for a stay of 2-3 weeks
(which includes travel, exhibition costs and
artistic fee)
* Linz FMR
LINZ FM[Ai]R
LINZ FMR – Art in Digital Contexts and Public Disciplines: Digital arts, with focus on public
Spaces is a biennial festival and format for spaces
artistic processes and positions, that reflects Eligibility
the ephemeral nature of our digital and
Who can apply: Artists or collectives working
connected present. The one-month residency is
on topics presented by the festival
linked to the festival, providing selected artists
with the possibility to create a new work, or Geographical criteria: International
further developing an existing project. Other criteria: Applications from women and
artists who identify as LGBTIQ+, members
of ethnic, racial, or cultural minority groups,
https://linzfmr.at/
or those from otherwise underrepresented
backgrounds are encouraged.
Size of grants: Accommodation, workspace,

EUR 800 artist grant, EUR 1,000 production
budget, EUR 450 travel grant, presentation
and (group) exhibition during the festival.

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* Valie Export Center Linz - Research Center for Media and

Performance Art
PhD Fellowships of art and science

The comprehensive archive of performance and Disciplines: Research
media artist VALIE EXPORT forms the basis for this Eligibility
unique international research center whose mission
Who can apply: Researchers
is to establish a scientific reappraisal of the artist’s
with diploma confirming entry
archive. The relationship between art and science
requirements
should be examined based on the implementation of
new technologies in artistic practice and their diverse Geographical criteria: International
possible applications in the field of artistic-scientific Other criteria: Being present on-site
research. The relevant target audience are national to a large degree is a requirement
and international researchers from various disciplines. Destination: Incoming
Size of grants: Workspace, EUR 1,200

https://www.valieexportcenter.at/en/research/ monthly for 12 months (with the
calls possibility to extend for a maximum
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Belgium
* Designregio Kortrijk
Designers in residence Kortrijk

Designregio Kortrijk is the platform for creativity, Discipline: Design
innovation and entrepreneurship for the region Eligibility
Kortrijk, also designated as UNESCO Creative City of
Who can apply: Recently graduated
design since 2017. Each edition of the Designers in
designers, makers and creatives
Residence tackles a broad topic and invites to reflect
on the future urban condition. The residency consists Geographical criteria: International
of research, process, experiment and making - it is not Destination: Incoming
specific to digital arts.
monthly fee (3 months at EUR
https://designersinresidencekortrijk.be/ 400 per month), usage of Budalab
Open Makerspace, one-time travel
expenses
* iMal
Residencies and FabLab residencies

iMAL is an art center for digital cultures and Discipline: Digital arts (Sound, media,
technology, located in the center of Brussels. It offers and contemporary art)
a creative laboratory and a workplace for artists Eligibility
that want to work with new (digital) technologies.
Who can apply: Professional artists
Through its residency programme, iMal provides
with a project proposal
support for artists in their experimentation, research
and production. Two types of residency are proposed: Geographical criteria: International
Research & Experimentation and Production residency. Other criteria: Depending on open
The first one can be considered as a pre-production calls per project (often in European
phase leading to a prototype or alpha version of projects)
a new work, to be presented at a restricted public Destination: Incoming
(mostly professionals), in a format to be defined. The
Size of grants: Infrastructure,
Production residency should lead to some public event,
equipment, accommodation.
e.g. an exhibition or a performance. Depending on the project, they also
provide limited financial support.
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Canada
* Banff Centre
Emergence Lab Media + Production

Emergence Lab is a bilingual residency dedicated to Disciplines: Literature, multimedia
new and emerging forms of storytelling. This seven- Eligibility
day residency brings together experienced traditional
Who can apply: Storytellers, authors
authors with multimedia artists and technicians to
explore the world of multiplatform stories through Geographical criteria: French and
storytelling projects specially selected for the Canadian citizens
programme. Other criteria: Fluency in French and
English
https://www.banffcentre.ca/programs/ Destination: Incoming

emergence-lab Size of grants: Full scholarship
including economy travel to/from
Banff, tuition, accommodation, and
meal plan at The Banff Centre
* La Bande Vidéo
Residencies
La Bande Vidéo, located in Méduse in Montreal, offers Disciplines: Video art, animation
annually 10 to 12 residencies to Canadian and foreign Eligibility
artists. The selection is made through an open call
Who can apply: Video artists
launched usually in November.
(or as specified in open call)
https://labandevideo.com/fr/
Oher criteria: More criteria might be
listed in the annual open call.

workspace, professional support,
travel and living stipend. Sometimes
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* Perte de Signal
Rustines_Lab
Perte de signal’s rustines_lab is an open and flexible Disciplines: Digital, audio, media art
production space, which, in the form of a lab-gallery, Eligibility
presents and mediates between different digital art
Who can apply: International artists
practices. There are different residency programmes
and artist collectives
at rustines_lab, however only the programme SONDES
offers coverage of travel costs. rustines_lab hosts Geographical criteria: For SONDES,
one SONDES residency project per year. International reside in Africa, in the Caribbean, in
Asia, in the Pacific, in South America
partners and the centre’s members submit proposals,
and in the Middle East
and the artistic director selects the residents.
Other criteria: For SONDES, be
French-speaking, or have a good
https://perte-de-signal.org/rustines-lab/
knowledge of French.
Size of grants: Artist fee of CAD

2,000, CAD 300 production budget,
accommodation, transportation fees,
access to rustines_lab and to its
equipment.

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China
* Chronus Art Centre
Fellowship
<CAC_LAB> is a space dedicated to the inquiry of Discipline: New media art
present-day matters regarding art, design, science, Eligibility
technology and their impact on global contemporary
Who can apply: Artists and
culture and society. Through artistic practice,
researchers - individuals or
technological tools and research methodology, CAC
collectives
enables creative processes that result in works of art
of high production and academic value. The 3-month Geographical criteria: International
Research and Creation Fellowship is designed to host Other criteria: English is the working
international artists and researchers in the area language. Applicants are expected
of new media art in order to conduct research and to show demonstrable success in
creation at Chronus Art Center (CAC), Shanghai. previous development of related
projects at this scale.
http://www.chronusartcenter.org/en/
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* Points Art Centre
Points International Residency

Committed to supporting the creation and recording Disciplines: Contemporary arts.
of global contemporary art, and promoting research Digital arts only for the Summer
into contemporary art and culture, Points’ major Sessions open call.
projects include artists’ residency, archive and Eligibility
database construction, exhibitions, and public
Who can apply: Artists, curators,
education activities. For its residency programme,
researchers
Points runs international open calls as well as calls in
partnership with other residencies and projects (such
(certain limitations apply within the
as Summer Sessions).
Summer Sessions open call).
Other criteria: Being over 25 years of

https://www.pointsart.org/en/
age for the general open call. Under
about-residency-program the age of 35 and/or have graduated
within the past five years for the
Summer Sessions call.
Size of grants: Travel subsidy,

monthly living allowance, facilities,
resources, exhibition

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Czech Republic
* Vašulka Kitchen Brno
Residency
The Vašulka Kitchen Brno residency programme Disciplines: New media art
serves to strengthen the legacy and work with the Eligibility
making of the founders of video production of the
Who can apply: Active artist or
Vašulka´s spouses, concerning current approaches and
theoretician
discourse. Hosts offer a platform for the exchange
and development of discussions on the historical Geographical criteria: International
and contemporary form of the new media art, which Destination: Incoming
constitutes an essential part of the current intermedia
art scene. The Brno House of Arts and Vašulka Kitchen studio, technical equipment, artistic
Brno support live communication and realisation of stipendium: CZK 10,000 in gross +
various projects of contemporary artistic approaches per diem CZK 300
in their plurality and openness. The resident can use
the facilities of the Center of New Media Art, including
access to the digital archive of Steina and Woody
Vašulka, to the reference library, the opportunity to
present the work to audiences. A presentation of the
resident in the form of a lecture, discussion, or a small
exhibition is expected during the one-month stay.
https://vasulkakitchen.org/en/
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Egypt
Villa Champollion
The Villa Champollion is a one- to two-month Disciplines: Digital arts, photography
residency programme at B’Sarya in Alexandria, funded Eligibility
by the Institut français d’Egypte and supported by the
“Fabrique des Résidences” programme of the Institut
français. B’Sarya is focused on the development of Geographical criteria: French
the local contemporary art scene in the fields of nationals or residents
music, photography and digital arts. Note that this Destination: Incoming
programme is subject to yearly funding and will be
Size of grants: Travel,
advertised through the Institut français website. accommodation, workspace, per diem

http://institutfrancais-egypte.com/fr/
notre-programmation/villa-champollion-1/
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France
* AADN
Residencies for dome creation

At the cross-road of social and technological Disciplines: Theatre, music,
innovation, AADN in Lyon works on the development audiovisual, trans media,
of digital arts and cultures. As part of the crossover illustration…
residences for dome creation, AADN invites Canadian Eligibility
and European teams to create original projects
Who can apply: Artists or teams
exploring different esthetics in order to propose a
collective experience under a dome. This residency Geographical criteria: Canada, Europe
programme is a partnership between AADN, Other criteria: The artist, or at

Planétarium of Vaulx-en-Velin, LabLab (Villeurbanne), least one of the team members
Society of the technological arts [SAT] (Montreal), will have already produced audio
Planétarium of Cité of sciences and industry (Paris), or visual content for an immersive
Stereolux (Nantes). environment (dome or other format).

(Canada)
https://aadn.org/residences/
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& mobility support

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* ACCR
Odyssée Programme
With the support of the French Ministry of culture, Disciplines: Depends on the Centers
the ACCR has been coordinating the Odyssée artist- and on the selection for that year.
in-residency programme. The programme is aiming For the purpose of this guide,
at artists, researchers and culture professionals following centers were relevant in
from countries other than France wanting to develop 2020: Abbaye de Noirlac (Sound
Arts), Chartreuse de Neuville
projects within French Cultural Centres – Historic
(hybrid practices and transmedia
Monuments.
storytelling), Centre Culturel de
Goutelas (with a focus on technology,
https://www.accr-europe.org/en/residencies/ environment, human sciences…)
call-for-application-2020--odyssee-programme Eligibility
Who can apply: Artists, researchers

and culture professionals

(except France)
Size of grants: EUR 1,200 per month

and the refunding of their travel fees
(up to a determined level according
to the citizen’s country). Residents
are staying free of charge, within the
Centre that has accepted them.

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* ÉSAM Caen / Cherbourg
Laboratoire Modulaire
As a higher education institute, ésam Caen/Cherbourg Disciplines: Research related to
trains creators in the fields of art, graphic design and the issues raised by Laboratoire
edition. Initiated in 2019, the Laboratoire Modulaire Modulaire and working on digital
intends to question the notion of “spatialization” practices and technologies
by exploring the constantly evolving relationships Eligibility
between digital devices and the design of spaces:
Who can apply: Artists-researchers
immersive environments (sound or visual), virtual
reality, augmented reality, crossed reality... Its aim is
to design new forms of sensitive interaction within Destination: Incoming
physical, virtual and hybrid spaces in order to create Size of grants: Grant of EUR 10,000
environments, ecosystems and digital territories which covers stipend, production
involving the body. The residency is dedicated to costs, travel and per diem. A
the implementation of a research project. However, regular presence will be expected,
because of the close links between research and representing at least the equivalent
pedagogy of an art school, pedagogical interventions of eight weeks. Accommodation is
may take place and will be the subject of a specific possible, subject to availability in the
agreement. The residency runs over one year. school.
https://www.esam-c2.fr/Laboratoire-Modulaire
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* IMéRA
Art, Science and Society

IMéRA is the Institute for Advanced Study of Aix- Disciplines: Contemporary art, digital
Marseille University and a member of RFIEA (French art, sound art, art & science
Network of Institutes for Advanced Study), NETIAS Eligibility
(Network of European Institutes for Advanced Study)
Who can apply: Artists and scientists
and UBIAS (University-Based Institutes for Advanced
Studies). Each year it hosts about thirty artists and Geographical criteria: International
scientists from all disciplines (residents), selected Other criteria: Requests for familial
after an evaluation procedure with the most stringent hosting at IMéRA should be
international standards, shortlisting of applications mentioned in the application form,
and external evaluators. IMéRA promotes innovative for consideration.
experimental interdisciplinary approaches in all areas Destination: Incoming
of knowledge. Since September 2016, the research
activity within the institute has hinged around four
travel
thematic programmes: Art, Science and Society;
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Regulation.
The Art, Science and Society Programme hosts
artists and scientists (either humanities, social or hard
sciences) developing experimental approaches at the
intersection of art and science. Its main goal is to
favour collaborative work articulating research and
creation in both art and science. The programme is
open to artists and scientists with no conditions with
respect to their disciplinary background. It is designed
to host art-science projects which renew questionings
and approaches and foster the emergence of original
concepts and frames.
https://candidatures-imera.univ-amu.fr/en
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La Fabrique des Résidences

The Residency Factory (Fabrique des Résidences) is Disciplines: Various, but some
aimed at Instituts français, Alliances Françaises and selected residencies focus on digital
Cultural Services of French Embassies wishing to arts and video arts.
launch a residency programme. To respond to the Eligibility
growing demand from the French cultural network
abroad to set up residencies at their facilities or with
a local partner, the Institut français offers a scheme Geographical criteria: French citizens
and French residents. For some
that aims to support the network at a technical and
residencies, other nationalities are
financial level for the development and construction
eligible.
of artists’ residencies.
Other criteria: Depends on the
individual residency
https://www.if.institutfrancais.com/fr/actualite/
Destination: Depends on the
les-laureats-2020-de-la-fabrique-des-residences
residencies and Instituts français
taking part in the programme (in
2020, Canada, China, Ghana, Greece,
India, Lebanon, Serbia, Tunisia, USA).

individual residency, but travel,
accommodation and stipend are
usually provided.

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* NEF Animation
International Residency for Animated Films

Among its missions, NEF Animation supports Disciplines: Video art, film,
the writing and the creative research in the field audiovisual
of animated film by developing artist residency Eligibility
programmes that encourage international mobility.
Who can apply: Authors can apply
The International Residency for Animated Films
with any personal projects of short,
is hosted and co-produced by the Royal Abbey of
medium or full-length animated
Fontevraud, one of the most important sites of the films. Projects of animated film
Loire Valley (France). in new or hybrid formats (artistic
installation, virtual reality,
https://nefanimation.fr/anglais/ transmedia, video-mapping, TV series
or TV special, animated documentary,
the-international-artist-residency-program/
etc.) are also accepted.
Size of grants: EUR 1,200 per

month and the refunding of their
travel fees (up to a determined
level according to the citizen’s
country). This residency programme
receives the financial support of
the French Ministry of Culture
and Communication, through the
«Odyssée» programme of the
Association of Cultural Encounter
Centres (ACCR).
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* Video Mapping European Center
Video Mapping Festival Residency

Rencontres Audiovisuelles, DeVisu laboratory of the Disciplines: (Animation) movies,
University of Valenciennes and Arenberg Creative Mine interactive pieces or performances,
propose a research and thematic creation residency that are spatialised and
about video mapping. The aim of those residencies contextualised
is to experiment new forms of writing: (animation) Eligibility
movies, interactive pieces or performances, that are
Who can apply: Scriptwriters,
spatialised and contextualised. It is also to experiment filmmakers, museographs, stage
new technological devices. The works produced in designers, animation artists, game
those residencies will be screened during the Video designers, developers, sound
Mapping Festival. designers, musicians

https://videomappingcenter.com/ Destination: Incoming - Arenberg
residencies/?lang=en Creative Mine near Lille, Haut de
France, France

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Germany
* Academy for Theater and Digitality
Fellowship
The Academy for Theater and Digitality is a model Disciplines: Theater, digital arts
project of the Theater Dortmund for digital innovation, Eligibility
artistic research, technical education and training.
Who can apply: Artists, technicians
Here, fellows, together with the Academy’s staff,
and post-graduate fellows
investigate the possibilities of digital technology
for the performing arts: we explore innovative Geographical criteria: International
technologies, changing work structures, new narrative Destination: Incoming (Dortmund)
forms and discuss what it means to be an artist today
Size of grant: Monthly stipend
at the interface between the performing arts and the of EUR 1,600 for a period of 5
latest technologies. months, one-time travel costs,
accommodation, workspace at the
https://theater.digital/en/#fellowships Academy (including workstations,
studios and workshops)
* Akademie der Künste, Berlin
Residency Programme at the Studio for Electroacoustic Music

In 2015 the Studio for Electroacoustic Music of the Disciplines: digital arts, sound arts,
Akademie der Künste launched a new artist residency art & technology
programme in the city of Berlin. The aim of this Eligibility
programme is to encourage the development of
Who can apply: Individuals or
inspiring ideas, new initiatives and emerging talent
collectives, artists, composers or
in the fields of time-based / performing / digital arts
curators
dealing with sound, music and technology.
Other criteria: Candidates should

https://www.adk.de/en/academy/studio-for-
have a record of original thinking
electroacoustic-music/residency.htm
and impact in their respective fields.
Size of grants: In particular cases,

upon request, a bursary may be
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* Goethe Institut
Residence programmes
With its residence programmes, the Goethe-Institut Disciplines: All disciplines are eligible,
would like to offer a “space for new perspectives” but specific programmes focus on
and every year invites artists and creators of culture science, digital arts (under “visual
to live and work for a while in a different country arts”), computer science and other
and culture. This platform repertories all current related disciplines.
residencies offered by Goethe Institutes worldwide. Eligibility
Who can apply: Depends on the

https://www.goethe.de/en/kul/ser/rep.html individual programme
Geographical criteria: Depends on

the individual programme. Usually
residencies in Germany are open
to artists from one particular
country or region of the world, while
residencies abroad focus on German
citizens and residents.
Other criteria: Depends on the

individual programme
Destination: Incoming or Outgoing

programme. Usually accommodation
and travel are covered, sometimes
a production budget and/or stipend
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* Impossible Library
Residency
The Impossible Library, which holds an inventory Disciplines: Design, academia, music,
of over 1,000 independent magazines and zines, art (Media, Fine Arts, Performance,
is looking for allies to take part in a two-week Performing Arts), urbanism,
residency in its Hamburg-based project space to publishing, activism, art education,
research with the stacks, experiment, and formulate curation
new artistic approaches. In the Impossible Library Eligibility

residency programme and event series, the practice Who can apply: Professional artists,
of publishing is explicitly understood as a format collectives, organisations
for exchange to discuss social questions. What is
subversive publishing? What role do archives play in
digital capitalism? How do publics emerge through Other criteria: Parents are eligible
people, publications, places? What can alternative to apply (accommodation in a
double-room) though no day-care is
models to entrenched cultures look like – niches, gaps,
provided.
present, future?
http://impossiblelibrary.com/en/residency Size of grants: Accommodation

in Hamburg for max 2 applicants
(double-room), EUR 1,000 Fellowship,
Access to a studio at Impossible
Library, Access to over 1,000 Zines &
Magazines, Travel costs, Possibility to
exhibit during Indiecon – Germany’s
largest Independent Publishing
Festival, Logistical support by the
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* innogy Stiftung
VISIT fellowship
The JUNGE AKADEMIE of the Akademie der Künste, Disciplines: All disciplines
in partnership with VISIT, the artist-in-residence Eligibility
programme of the Innogy Stiftung für Energie und
Who can apply: Artists
Gesellschaft foundation, is offering an international
fellowship to fund projects at the interface between Geographical criteria: International
art and science on the topic of the human-machine Other criteria: N.a., though
relationship. latest open call might have more
specifications
https://visit.innogy-stiftung.com/en/programme Destination: Incoming
Size of grants: EUR 20,000 stipend,

https://www.visit-junge-adk.de/en/ which can be used for fees,
travel costs, production costs and
documentation. It must be possible
to show the project in the context of
an exhibition/presentation. Fellows
shall also be given the opportunity
to stay at one of the Akademie
der Künste’s studios in Berlin’s
Hansaviertel district as a guest.
* Künstlerhaus Büchsenhausen
Fellowship Programme for Art and Theory

Künstlerhaus Büchsenhausen is a post-graduate center Disciplines: Visual arts, media arts,
for production, research, mediation in the fields of curators
visual arts and art theory. Within the framework of Eligibility
the fellowship programme, the Künstlerhaus offers
Who can apply: Professional
a platform that facilitates the development and
visual/media artists, art theorists, art
production of artistic and art-theoretical projects in a
critics, and curators
critical context. The Fellows are selected by a jury of
experts following an open call for applications. They
come to Büchsenhausen for a minimum of five months Destination: Incoming
to work on realising their proposed undertaking, and Size of grants: Five months
accompany this process with public events. accommodation, monetary award
and budget for travel, production,
facilitation.
https://www.buchsenhausen.at/en/
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* Künstlerhaus Dortmund
Artist-in-Residence programme
Since 1983, Künstlerhaus Dortmund has been an Disciplines: Visual arts (including
artist-run, non-profit space for contemporary and media arts)
experimental arts. Künstlerhaus Dortmund is a place Eligibility
for all kinds of contemporary visual arts: Painting,
sculpture, graphic arts as well as photography, film,
video, installation and new media. This scope of Geographical criteria: Foreign artists
artistic disciplines can be found in the members’ work, residing outside of Germany
as well as in the thematic group exhibitions, which Other criteria: Applications can only
are curated by Künstlerhaus members and feature be made by postal mail
domestic and international artists from around the Destination: Incoming
world. With a focus on contemporary and experimental
Size of grants: Travel subsidy to and
work, the Künstlerhaus is unique in supporting young
from the Künstlerhaus of up to EUR
and emerging artists. Since 2005, the Kuenstlerhaus
500, per diem of EUR 10 for each
has offered an additional option for artists from day in Dortmund, up to EUR 500
abroad: the Artist-in-Residence Programme during the production/material costs depending
exhibition-free summer months. on current budgetary situation

http://www.kh-do.de/en/networking/artists-in-
residence-en.html
* Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics
Inhabit
The INHABIT Artist in Residence Programme of the Disciplines: All disciplines
Max Planck Institute for Empirical Aesthetics invites Eligibility
artists from various disciplines to collaborate with its
Who can apply: Artists from different
team of scientists and researchers. The integration
disciplines who are interested
of artistic thinking and knowledge as reflective
in interdisciplinary collaboration
practices in their own right is an important dimension
between the artistic and scientific
of the institute’s mission. INHABIT invites artists to fields
spend three months creating new work, or further
developing an existing project, in a scientific research
environment. Openness to the mission of the institute Destination: Incoming
and interest and readiness to work together with Size of grants: EUR 6,000 artist
individual researchers or research groups are naturally fee, EUR 2,000 accommodation
preconditions. fee, production budget, travel costs
to/from Frankfurt, curatorial and
scientific support
https://www.aesthetics.mpg.de/en/research/
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* PACT Zollverein
Residencies
Since it was founded in 2002, PACT Zollverein Disciplines: Among others, media art, art &
has clearly positioned itself as an initiator, science, art & technology
catalyst and venue for seminal developments Eligibility
in the fields of dance, performance, theatre,
media and art at the interface of science,
(individuals or collectives up to 4 persons).
technology and society. The residency
programme is at the heart of the activities of Geographical criteria: International
PACT Zollverein. Destination: Incoming
Size of grants: Studio space, accommodation,

https://www.pact-zollverein.de/en/ weekly grant (minimum of 4 weeks), travel
artists-centre/residencies costs (in principle, the least environmentally
harmful means of transport available should
be chosen), technical equipment, professional
technical support
* Radio Corax
Radio Art Residency

This 90-day residency programme was an Disciplines: Time-based and acoustic arts
international fellowship programme for artistic (radio, performance and sound artists)
practice in radio, hosted by the independent Eligibility
radio station CORAX in Halle (Saale) in
Who can apply: Individual artists. Collective
cooperation with the Goethe-Institut. The
applications are possible but the financial
programme will continue in 2021 at another
support cannot be extended.
location. The fellowship was aimed at artists
Geographical criteria: Citizens from non-
from various fields of acoustic and time-
German speaking countries and without
based art, who were each asked to delve into
residence in Germany.
the narrative and technical qualities of the
medium. The resulting radio works not only Other criteria: The artist residency is only
explored the medium of radio as a platform conditionally family-friendly, since the
accommodation provided is a single room
and instrument of sonic expression, but also as
apartment.
a medium of intervention and interaction.
https://radioart-residency.net/en/ Size of grants: Accommodation, travel costs,

en-application/ monthly scholarship rate of EUR 2,300
(includes material and production costs
as well as costs for local transport and
travelling that may be incurred)

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* transmediale
Vilém Flusser Residency Programme for Artistic Research

The Vilém Flusser Residency Programme for Artistic Disciplines: Media art
Research is part of transmediale’s resource all-year Eligibility
activities. The 2-month residency programme aims
Who can apply: Artists and
at creating a sustainable structure for feedback,
researchers
research, and reflection, whose results will also
influence the development of the yearly festival Geographical criteria: International
themes. With the Vilém Flusser Residency Programme Other criteria: Special priority will
for Artistic Research, transmediale is calling for be given to young and/or emerging
artistic research projects that actively explore the artist-researchers
capabilities and limitations of transdisciplinary and Destination: Incoming
transmedial situations in contemporary culture.
Size of grants: Travel costs to Berlin,
They therefore understand artistic research as
stipend of EUR 1,300 per month,
an exploration of the links between aesthetics,
workspace at the Vilém Flusser
materiality, and politics. Archive at the Berlin University of
Arts (UdK).
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* ZKM - Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe
Archivists in Residence
The ZKM is a place of research and production. Artists Disciplines: Research, archivism,
and scientists are given the opportunity to realise media arts, electronic arts
works and research ideas, and are provided with Eligibility
support at all levels – technical, organisational, and
Who can apply: Archivists,
financial. The programme aims to support all genres
researchers
of artworks that involve electronic media. At the same
time, it promotes scientific research that critically Geographical criteria: International
examines electronic arts, media technology, and Other criteria: Not specified but may
their theory and history, and the changes in culture, be listed in open call.
everyday life, and politics in the face of technological Destination: Incoming
transformation. ZKM offers many residencies, among
Size of grants: EUR 2,000 per month
which the ZKM | Hertz-Lab (described under “Awards”
in this guide), the Web residencies by Solitude and Last viewed: 5 September 2020
ZKM (described under “Online residencies” in this

guide) and the Archivists in residence.
This 4-month programme focuses on researchers, who
deal academically and/or artistically with practices
and theories of the archive in a broader sense. The
programme is dedicated to two overlapping themes:
the preservation of artwork which is based on
electronic technology – particularly digital technology
– and the requirements and possible horizons of the
archive under the conditions of digitization.
https://zkm.de/en/research-production/
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Italy
* Officine CAOS
Officine CAOS
Emerging artists from abroad, working in the fields Disciplines: Multimedia art,
of contemporary theatre and dance, performance performance, theater, dance
or multimedia art, are invited for 5 days in Turin at Eligibility
Officine CAOS in order to present their work during
Who can apply: Emerging artists
the winter season. The aim is to engage with cross-
disciplinary and performance art works, lasting up to Geographical criteria: International
40 minutes. Other criteria: Not specified but may
be listed in open call.
https://www.officinecaos.net/index.php/en/ Destination: Incoming

opencallcaos2021en/ Size of grants: Access to
performance space; technical
equipment and assistance;
accommodation (max 4 people; 2
twin rooms plus kitchen); an overall
reimbursement of EUR 1,100.

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Japan
* Villa Kujoyama
Residencies
The Villa Kujoyama is the only French residency for Disciplines: Among other disciplines,
research and creation in Asia. Villa Kujoyama, built digital arts are specifically hosted at
in 1992 by architect Kunio Kato on the Higashiyama the Villa Kujoyama
mountain in Kyoto, welcomes artists from all Eligibility
disciplines already involved in a professional approach.
As a cross-disciplinary tool fostering an exchange,
and duos
Villa Kujoyama aims at strengthening the intercultural
Geographical criteria: French citizens
dialogue between France and Japan.
or residents, Japanese citizens
residing in Japan
https://www.villakujoyama.jp/
Size of grants: Accommodation

(between 2-6 months depending on
the project), workspace and facilities,
EUR 1,600 - 2,100 monthly stipend,
travel costs

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Latvia
* RIXC
Residency for Nordic and Baltic artists

RIXC works at the edges of art, science and digital Disciplines: Cross-disciplinary
technologies, actively developing collaborations in fields of art, science and digital
Baltic-Nordic region. By opening up residencies and technologies
exhibition opportunities for artists, working with Eligibility
science and digital technologies, RIXC aims to support
Who can apply: Established and
new knowledge creation and innovative artistic
emerging artists
productions. The main base of the residency is RIXC
Geographical criteria: Residents of
Laboratory in Riga where’s free access to WiFi, shared
Estonia, Lithuania, Denmark, Finland,
work space equipped with facilities for AR/VR/360-
the Faroe Islands, Greenland,
video production, sound and video editing, and digital
Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Åland
fabrication (3D printer, CNC, laser cutter).
Other criteria: Artist couples are
eligible
http://rixc.org/en/center/residencies/
Size of grants: Travel expenses,

monthly stipend, production budget

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Netherlands
Fellowship programme
Since its founding in 2013, Het Nieuwe Instituut Disciplines: Architecture, design,
has pioneered research in architecture, design and digital arts
digital culture, fostering programmes, exhibitions, Eligibility
lectures, archival investigations and publications in the
Who can apply: Artists, researchers
Netherlands and internationally. Through its annual
Call for Fellows, Het Nieuwe Instituut’s Research Geographical criteria: International
Department acknowledges and gives visibility to Other criteria: Depending on the
research projects offering departures from established priority of the yearly call, individuals
modes of thinking and to become a catalyst for or collectives will be given priority
collective forms of knowledge. Het Nieuwe Instituut Destination: Incoming
Research Fellowships are 6-month positions based at
Size of grants: Travel expenses, EUR
Het Nieuwe Instituut in Rotterdam, the Netherlands
2,000 monthly stipend

https://research-development.hetnieuweinstituut.
nl/en/fellows
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* TU Delft
Kavli Artist In Residence Delft (KIND)

The Kavli Institute of Nanoscience Delft (KIND) Disciplines: Conceptual art, visual art,
was initiated in 2004, as one of the new Institutes photography, music, design, dance,
of Nanoscience founded by this Kavli Foundation, film, theatre, or poetry
dedicated to advancing science for the benefit of Eligibility
humanity, promoting public understanding of scientific
Who can apply: Established artists
research, and supporting scientists and their work.
KIND initiated the artist-in-residence fellowship Geographical criteria: International
to promote the relationship between the arts and Other criteria: Affinity to the
sciences and thus find new ways to interact and sciences (preferably nanoscience,
communicate concerning discoveries about matter on quantum physics, or life sciences),
the nanoscale. The view is that the cross-fertilisation a research-minded attitude, and
between creative approaches and scientific disciplines excellent communicative skills.
will evoke disruptive new insights, strengthen ties, and Destination: Incoming
trigger novel approaches. Size of grants: Accommodation,
office space, travel costs, EUR 4,000
http://kavli.tudelft.nl/kavli-artist-residence/ monthly stipend for 3 months
* V2_
Residencies & Fellowships

V2_, Lab for the Unstable Media is an interdisciplinary Disciplines: media arts, digital arts
center for art and media technology in Rotterdam (the Eligibility
Netherlands). V2_ presents, produces, archives and
publishes research at the interface of art, technology
and society. The activities of V2_ cover a spectrum Geographical criteria: International
ranging from Think-Tank to Do-Tank, from research (or restricted to certain countries for
to creation and presentation of art. To accomplish the Summer Sessions programme)
this, formats such as expert meetings, workshops, Other criteria: For the Summer
residencies, publications, conferences and exhibitions Sessions programme, applicants
are tailored to meet the requirements of individual must be under the age of 35 and/or
projects. V2_ develops residencies in partnership with have graduated within the past five
other organisations worldwide (see further details for years
the Summer Sessions programme for instance) or on Destination: Incoming (or outgoing
its own. in the case of the Summer Sessions
programme)
https://v2.nl/ Size of grants: Travel,

accommodation, materials, stipend

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Poland
* Photon Foundation
Artist-in-residence
During a 7-day residence in one of the chosen dates, Disciplines: Audiovisual projects
6 selected artists will have the opportunity to work on Eligibility
the innovative projection system of the 360° Gallery
Who can apply: Artists (individual or
in the Hevre+1 space in the center of the Kazimierz
duo)
district at Beera Meiselsa 18 street in Krakow. A public
presentation is required. Note that Photon Foundation Geographical criteria: International
also organises the Patchlab Festival around the same Destination: Incoming
dates. In 2020, the call moved online only.
Size of grants: (Partial) travel,
accommodation, technical support
https://fundacjaphoton.pl and assistance, artist fee.
* WRO Center
Wro Res programme

WRO Art Center offers various residency and Disciplines: Media art
internship opportunities to international artists, Eligibility
curators and students working in the field of media
Who can apply: Depending on the
art. These take place in the framework of projects
call
such as EMAP or in bilateral contexts (Austria,
Ukraine). Geographical criteria: Depending on
the call
https://wrocenter.pl/en/pobyty-rezydencyjne/
assistance/support and travel costs.
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Senegal
Villa Ndar
The Villa Ndar is a space in Saint-Louis dedicated to Disciplines: Digital arts, graphic arts,
research and creation for artists and intellectuals. performing arts, writing and research
Offering an unprecedented space for expression, Eligibility
the Villa focuses on a hybridisation between art and
Who can apply: Emerging and
new technologies, and favours a large number of
established artists and researchers
disciplines: digital arts, graphic arts, performing arts,
writing and research. As an incubator of talent and Geographical criteria: French, African
and French-speaking
support for African contemporary artistic creation,
the Villa is designed to be a place of access to culture Other criteria: Young graduates are
for all and an opportunity for local artists to enrich among the target audience for this
themselves. It therefore aims to impress on resident residency
artists their social responsibility, through continual Destination: Incoming
contact with the local population, young people
Size of grants: Not specified at the
and educational institutions, and also by initiating moment, but usually includes travel,
collaborations with local and regional craftsmen. accommodation, workspace, per diem
Villa Saint-Louis Ndar is supported by the Institut
français as part of the programme of La Fabrique des
Résidences (The Residences Factory).
http://villandar.com/p/programmes-de-residence
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Slovakia
* Kosice KAIR
Residency in Košice – UNESCO Creative City of Media Arts

International artist-in-residence programme K.A.I.R. Disciplines: Media arts
Košice Artist in Residence was implemented in Eligibility
2011 as one of the key projects within the frame of
“European Capital of Culture” by the NGO “Kosice
2013”. After the European Capital of Culture year, Geographical criteria: Artists who
the NGO transformed to Creative Industry Košice, were born, live or work in any of the
an organisation, where K.A.I.R. had stable ground UNESCO Creative Cities
to develop the international activities and network Destination: Incoming

of partners. In 2016, KAIR became an independent Size of grants: EUR 2,000 stipend,
association. Košice – UNESCO Creative City of Media accommodation, atelier, travel, up to
Arts offers media artists a two-month stay. By the EUR 4,000 production costs
end of the residency programme, the artist will
provide a public exhibition and a final presentation
of the work created over the 70-day residency period.
The exhibition and presentation will be a part of the
international festival of media arts, technology and
digital culture – Art & Tech Days. The artist will be
also given the option to be one of the speakers at the
Art & Tech Conference (optional).
https://www.kair.sk/en/open-call-for-media-art-
residency-in-creative-city-kosice-4/
https://cityofmediaarts.sk/
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Slovenia
* RUK Network - Network of Centers for Research Arts and
Culture
RUK art residencies

RUK is a network of research centers at the Disciplines: Digital arts,
intersection of art, science and technology. In this interdisciplinary arts
interdisciplinary triangle, it is developing innovative Eligibility
products and services for the soft and humane
technology of the future. The network is run by the
and creators
Institute for Culture Delavski dom Trbovlje together
with partners PiNA (Association for Culture and Geographical criteria: International
Education PiNA, Koper) and KIBLA (Association for Destination: Incoming. Three
Culture and Education, Maribor). The aim of the 2- to locations are possible: Trbovlje and /
4-week residency programme is to explore how an or Koper and / or Maribor.
artistic approach can be integrated into a business Size of grants: Artistic fee of EUR
to further the humanization of technology. Artists 450 per week, accommodation,
together with a mentor in a company explore the contribution towards travel costs on
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develop existing potential. The scope and manner
of work is flexible and agreed with each resident
individually.
https://www.mcruk.si/en/article/
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Sweden
* Hola Folkhögskola
AIRY Sound Arts

Through the years Hola Folkhögskola’s Sound Art Disciplines: sound arts
Course has established a platform for sound art Eligibility
with a practical focus. The course with its network
of guest teachers and course leader, Björn Eriksson,
established artists
is internationally recognised in the audio arts field.
The residency offers a combined sound studio with Geographical criteria: International
lab space and workshop as well as active hosting Other criteria: Only individuals are
that enables access to the regional art life, artist accepted
presentations, performances, installations and Destination: Incoming
interaction with the Sound Art Course. There is no
requirement for artistic production during the 4-week
breakfast and lunch, studio,
residency.
workshop, a grant of SEK 25,000
(which can include travel costs),
https://www.rvn.se/sv/Utveckling/Vara-projekt/ material which can be provided
airy---artist-in-residence/sound-arts/ within certain limits and according
to project needs.
* Inkonst
Residencies
Inkonst is an independent venue in Malmö that Disciplines: Sound arts
features performing arts, music, talks and other Eligibility
art forms. Inkonst has for many years had artists
and groups in residence. It has done both in-house
residencies and collaborative residencies with its Geographical criteria: International
neighbor Inter Arts Center. It has recently developed Destination: Incoming
residencies in the field of music and for artists
working in the borderland between art, sound art and
workspace, per diem, travel costs
experimental club culture. upon negotiation

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Switzerland
* CERN
Collide @CERN (International)

Arts at CERN is the leading art and science Disciplines: Any discipline
programme fostering the dialogue between artists Eligibility
and physicists. Collide is a residency award of up to
Who can apply: Artists with
three months, designed to invite artists to further
clear interest in art, science and
their artistic practice in connection with fundamental
technology. individual artist or
research at CERN. Next to Collide Geneva and Collide
collective (max. 3 members) are
Pro Helvetia, Collide International is open to artists of eligible
any age and any country who has a clear interest in
art, science and technology. For the period 2019-2021,
in partnership with the city of Barcelona and the ICUB Other criteria: The main scientific
(Institute of Culture of Barcelona), it offers a two- language used at CERN is English,
month fully funded residency at CERN plus one month therefore it is essential to speak
English fluently.
at the arts factory Fabra i Coats in Barcelona, Spain.
https://arts.cern/programme/collide Size of grants: CHF 15,000 as a

research and production award,
allowance, travel costs
Accelerate @CERN
Arts at CERN is the leading art and science Disciplines: Depends on open call
programme fostering the dialogue between artists and Eligibility
physicists. Accelerate is a country-specific residency
award of one month to spend time in a scientific
laboratory. Every year, two different countries will Geographical criteria: Depends on
fund two different artistic domains to participate in open call. In the past, South Korea,
the Accelerate@CERN research awards. UAE, Lithuania, Croatia and Taiwan
have taken part in Accelerate@CERN
Other criteria: Depends on open call.

https://arts.cern/programme/accelerate
Size of grants: CHF 5,000,

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* La Becque
Residencies
La Becque ambitions to host and to foster the Disciplines: Among others, media
creativity of artists of all backgrounds and disciplines. arts, sound arts
Residents benefit from an exceptional location and Eligibility
infrastructure, as well as networks conducive to
accomplishing the project they have been selected
established artists. Collaborators,
for. The residency programme dedicates particular
duos, couples and collectives
attention to projects exploring the interplay of the can apply but will share the
notions of nature, the environment, and technology – infrastructure (apartment, studio
which are more than ever intertwined and at the core space) and financial resources.
of contemporary preoccupations.
Other criteria: Partner and/or

https://labecque.ch/en/residency/ child/children can join the artist
in residence. However the same
infrastructure (apartment) and
financial resources will have to be
shared. La Becque does not provide
specific child care. Applicants must
be at least 23 years of age.
Size of grants: Live-work apartment,

possible additional studio space,
CHF 1,500 monthly stipend for 3
or 6 months, travel costs may be
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United Kingdom
* ArtHouse
ArtHouse & ROSL residency

At The Art House, artists and audiences of all kinds Disciplines: All types of
are invited to engage with the creative process contemporary visual art practice,
through a year-round programme of residencies, including photography, new media,
exhibitions, events, workshops, and professional fine art, artists’ moving image, live
development opportunities. The Royal Over-Seas art, crafts, design, architecture,
site-specific, socially engaged and
League (ROSL) and The Art House host artists
interdisciplinary practices. Digital
who would like to take up a two-month supported
media are specifically listed.
residency at The Art House purpose-built studios in
Wakefield. Eligibility
https://the-arthouse.org.uk/for-artists/ Geographical criteria: Commonwealth

residencies/open-call-the-art-house-rosl- (or former Commonwealth)
international-residency-2020/ countries.
Size of grants: Travel costs, visa

costs, living costs, studio space, an
opportunity to show either a new
body of work created during the
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* Digital Arts Studio
International Residencies - Net//Work residencies

DAS (Belfast, Northern Ireland) promotes the Disciplines: Digital arts
convergence of art and technology, and provides Eligibility
invaluable access to the resources essential to the
Who can apply: Mid-career artists
production of and engagement with digital arts.
and creative practitioners
It provides access to digital imaging and audio
equipment and software, and delivers training in Geographical criteria: International.
their use. DAS offers 12 Home Residencies and three For the Net//Work residencies:
citizen or resident of UK, Egypt,
International Residencies annually.
Jordan, Syria or Uganda
https://www.digitalartsstudios.com/residencies
Size of grants: Artist fee, travel,
accommodation, access and
subsistence costs
* Goethe Institut London
Residencies
In the UK, the Goethe-Institut collaborates with Disciplines: Depends on the call
distinguished cultural organisations such as the Eligibility
V&A, LUX, Gasworks, Space and Delfina Foundation,
amongst others, to create innovative genre-crossing
residency programmes. A current priority of the Geographical criteria: German-based
Goethe-Institut is to work on digital arts, art and artists
technology, and artificial intelligence. Other criteria: Depends on the call
https://www.goethe.de/ins/gb/en/kul/res.html Size of grants: Depends on the call.
Usually production costs, living
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* V&A Museum
V&A Research Institute - Andrew W. Mellon

Visiting Professorships
The V&A Research Institute (VARI-) has been newly Disciplines: Architecture, engineering,
created with support from the Andrew W. Mellon design, making, history, social
Foundation, building on the V&A’s strong history science, education, museology,
of research and taking it into a new era. Over the conservation, information science,
five years from 2016 to 2021, VARI is supporting a digital humanities, exhibition
practice, and beyond
portfolio of specific research projects and funded
research positions, including Visiting Professors, Eligibility
Postdoctoral Fellows, Public Engagement Fellows Who can apply: Researchers
and Artists in Residence, to create a unique research
environment. VARI offers an innovative arena for
developing interdisciplinary collaborative research that Destination: Incoming
is both collections-based and object-focused. Andrew Size of grants: Travel to/from and
W. Mellon Visiting Professorships are embedded in the within the UK; central London
V&A Research Institute in South Kensington, which accommodation; research expenses;
works with other Museum departments to further workshop and event costs; and a
knowledge of and access to the V&A’s collections. modest monthly fee.
Nominations are solicited from researchers of any Last viewed: 6 September 2020
age and nationality working in any areas, creative
practices and research disciplines relevant to the
V&A’s collections and core aims and activities, and
who meet the criteria of the Visiting Professorship.
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* Wysing Arts Centre
Residencies - Net//Work residencies

Wysing Arts Centre is a cultural campus of ten Disciplines: All disciplines for the
buildings across an 11 acre rural site in south general residency programme. The
Cambridgeshire, which hosts experimental residencies Net//Work residencies programme is
for UK and international artists, and delivers a dedicated to digital arts.
critically acclaimed public programme of gallery Eligibility
exhibitions and events, including conferences,
Who can apply: Artists
symposia, workshops and music events.
Geographical criteria: International.
For the Net//Work residencies:
http://www.wysingartscentre.org/opportunities/ citizen or resident of UK, Egypt,
residencies Jordan, Syria or Uganda
Size of grants: Budget of GBP 1,000-

5,000, which includes fees, travel
and production

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United States of
America
* Adobe
Creative Residency
Adobe Creative Residents receive access to the best Disciplines: Design (digital and print),
creative tools and resources for the period of a year video art, illustration, photography,
(May-April), along with guidance from advisors and a Experience/Interaction design using
compensation package. In return, residents proactively Adobe XD
pursue their own personal creative projects while Eligibility
sharing their processes, insights, and inspirations with
Who can apply: Emerging artists
the community along the way. Residents travel up to
Geographical criteria: Applicant must
25% of the year for Creative Jams, Adobe MAX, and
live in the United States, Germany,
other conferences. They work with the programme
the United Kingdom, Japan, or
coordinator to determine which trips are most
Canada.
beneficial for their projects, and travel is spread out
over the year. Other criteria: Applicants should
have at least a few years of
education, training, and/or
https://www.adobe.com/about-adobe/creative- experience in the field of their
residency/how-to.html# proposed projects.
Destination: Incoming and Outgoing
Size of grants: Full salary, health

benefits, travel, project costs,
unlimited access to Adobe Creative
Cloud software and services

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* LACMA
Art + Technology Lab

Located on the Pacific Rim, the Los Angeles County Disciplines: Any discipline is eligible,
Museum of Art (LACMA) is the largest art museum in as long as it involves emerging
the western United States, with a collection of more technology
than 142,000 objects that illuminate 6,000 years Eligibility
of artistic expression across the globe. The Art +
Who can apply: Individuals and
Technology Lab supports projects that explore artistic
collectives
applications of emerging technologies and ideas
related to technology and culture. The programme
offers artists and artist collectives financial and Other criteria: Preference is given to
in-kind support for new projects, with the help of project proposals that include some
expert partners from the fields of science, technology, aspect of public demonstration and
and engineering. engagement with the museum’s
audience.

https://www.lacma.org/lab
Size of grants: Up to USD 50,000 per
project to cover artist fees and direct
costs, including materials
* Stochastic Labs
Residencies
Stochastic Labs convenes the best creative minds Disciplines: Art & technology, digital
in the San Francisco bay area and beyond for arts, sound arts, and more
conversations about the future of technology, science, Eligibility
entrepreneurship, and the arts. Residencies are of
Who can apply: Engineers, artists,
variable length and include a private apartment at
scientists, and entrepreneurs.
the Berkeley mansion, co-working and/or dedicated
Individuals or teams are eligible.
work space, shop access (laser cutter, 3D printer
etc), a USD 1,000 monthly stipend and a budget for
materials. Residents become part of Stochastic’s Destination: Incoming
creative community, participating in weekly dinners Size of grants: Accommodation,
and invitation events. workspace, USD 1,000 monthly
stipend (which can contribute to
travel costs), budget for material
http://stochasticlabs.org/
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* ThoughtWorks
ThoughtWorks Arts
ThoughtWorks is a privately owned, global technology Disciplines: digital arts, VR/AR/XR,
company with 43 offices in 14 countries. It provides arts & technology
software design and delivery, and tools and consulting Eligibility
services. ThoughtWorks Arts incubates artists and
technologist collaborations to investigate the impacts
of emerging technologies on industry, culture and Geographical criteria: International
society. The ThoughtWorks Arts Residency programme Destination: Incoming
embeds artists full-time within the ThoughtWorks
Size of grants: Stipend (which
global technology organisation. The programme includes travel costs), workspace,
includes logistical, financial, creative and technical professional resources. Note that the
support in the creation of a project proposed by the residency does not provide housing
artist. or work visas, and is for the artist
only. It does not include family
members.
http://thoughtworksarts.io
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Online
residencies
* Akademie Schloss Solitude & ZKM
Solitude & ZKM Web residencies

The »Web Residencies« programme was initiated by Disciplines: All disciplines dealing
Akademie Schloss Solitude in 2016 to support young with web-based practices
talents from the international digital scene as well Eligibility
as artists of all disciplines who deal with web-based
Who can apply: Individuals and
practices. The goal is to help them present the process
collectives
and results of their work online.
Other criteria: No age limit for

https://webresidencies-solitude-zkm.com/
applicants, students are also eligible
to apply.
Destination: Online
Size of grants: USD 500 for

residencies of 4 weeks

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* CO-Residency
CO-Residency
Over the course of 12 weeks, selected artists will join Disciplines: Visual arts, music,
the other artists to create piece(s) of artwork that theatre, dance, film, writing, design,
respond to the COVID-19 virus: individual, communal, photography, digital/interactive art,
environmental, or societal. At the end of the residency, gaming, fashion, and architecture.
the artists will participate in a live streamed online Eligibility
viewing and round table forum.
Who can apply: Artists and creators

https://www.co-residency.com/
Other criteria: Artists must display a
financial need to be eligible for this
programme.
Destination: Online
Size of grants: Stipend of USD 1,000

for living costs and any supplies,
to help mitigate the impact from
COVID-19.
Note: This residency was initiated in the context of the Covid-19

pandemic. It is announced that it will continue beyond 2020.
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* Format C
Hackn3t
Hackn3t is an online residency programme with the Disciplines: Media art, digital art
goal of showing the everyday practice of (digital) Eligibility
(new) media artists, coders or other tech creatives by
Who can apply: Individuals or
leveraging publicly accessible networked conference
collectives
calls and desktop sharing.
https://hacklab01.org/hackn3t Other criteria: Everyone is invited

to apply with performances, artist
talks, lectures, workshops that
will take place on hacklab01’s own
infrastructure and will be archived
on the web under a permissive
licence.
Destination: Online
Size of grants: Grants (artist fees)

are awarded for each residential
stay in the maximum amount of
HRK 2,200 payable by invoice. The
amount depends on the type of
engagement and the duration of the
residency.

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* Montana Colors
MTN Virtual Residency

Montana Colors, the original brand of spray paint Disciplines: Visual arts (muralism,
from Barcelona, is pleased to present the first edition painting, drawing, illustration),
of their virtual artist residency 2020. The residency digital arts
is virtual, since the execution of the works produced Eligibility
within the framework of the residency will be carried
Who can apply: Individuals,
out in the city where each participant resides. As a
collectives and legal entities.
result, the dissemination of the creative process and
its results will be carried out completely digitally.
Other criteria: Participants must be
able to issue an invoice
https://www.montanacolors.com/en/
mtn-virtual-residency/ Destination: Online
Size of grants: EUR 2,500 in artistic

fees per project, also to cover
possible costs of materials and tools
necessary to develop the works
resulting from the creative process
carried out during the residency.
Note: This residency was initiated in the context of the Covid-19

pandemic. It is not clear if the programme will run beyond 2020 yet.
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* Processing Foundation
Fellowship
Processing Foundation’s mission is to promote Disciplines: Arts & technology
software literacy within the visual arts, and visual Eligibility
literacy within technology-related fields — and to
Who can apply: Artists, coders, and
make these fields accessible to diverse communities.
collectives
The Fellowships support artists, coders, and collectives
in visionary projects that conceive a new direction for Geographical criteria: U.S.-based and
what Processing as a software and a community can international
do. Fellowships are self-initiated projects proposed Destination: Online

by members of Processing’s community, which is Size of grants: USD 3,000
supported with mentorship; infrastructural, technical,
and practical resources; and community connections.
Projects can range from software development of
the existing Processing projects (Processing, p5.js,
Processing.py, Processing for Android), to creative and
exploratory research for new iterations, to community
outreach initiatives that address barriers to access
and diversity. Processing Foundation Fellows are
expected to commit 100 hours to proposed projects,
over the course of 3 months.
https://processingfoundation.org/fellowships
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* Residency 11:11
11:11 Online
Residency 11:11 is an artist-led residency initiated Disciplines: Visual arts, digital arts
in London in 2018 by Giulia Shah in collaboration Eligibility
with Alexandra Bell, and aiming to be shaped by
Who can apply: Artists, designers
the needs of its residents and contributors. Since
2019, Residency 11:11 has been facilitating online Geographical criteria: International
residencies alongside their domestic residency. 11:11 Destination: Online
Online focuses on providing space for art practitioners
Size of grants: Modest artist fee
to develop an online project. The organizers aim to
provide support for work which engages with ideas Last viewed: 31 August 2020
around accessibility, the use of the online and the

distribution of “knowledge” in a digital age. The online
residency seeks to address and contextualise the
why and the how of using the online as artists. 11:11
Online focuses on supporting residents by offering a
platform to share ideas and engage with the public.
https://residencyeleveneleven.co.uk/
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Residency
networks and
projects
Beyond Matter
BEYOND MATTER is an international, interdisciplinary Fund: Creative Europe
project on the revival of past landmark exhibitions, Duration: 2019-2023
the documentation of current exhibitions and the
Eligibility
dissemination of documentation along with actual
artworks – both materially and immaterially present Who can apply: Artists working in
– in innovative ways. In a framework of artist-in- virtual media but also artists and
residency programmes, artists will be invited for two theoreticians with various artistic
and theoretical practices and
months to develop new pieces for these exhibitions,
outcomes.
ensuring that the project resonates with the latest
contemporary tendencies. Geographical criteria: EU and
Associated Countries
Partners: ZKM (Germany), Aalto University (Finland), Destination: ZKM | Center for Art
and Media Karlsruhe (Germany),
Ludwig Museum (Hungary), Centre Pompidou (France),
Tallinn Art Hall (Estonia) or Tirana
Tallinn Art Hall (Estonia), Tirana Art Lab (Albania),
Art Lab – Center for Contemporary
Weiss AG (Germany)
Art (Albania).
Size of grants: Travel expenses,

http://beyondmatter.eu/open-call.html
free accommodation, a stipend and
coverage of production costs.

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BioFriction
Biofriction is a research project with the goal of Fund: Creative Europe
generating and facilitating spaces for exchange where Duration: 2019-2021
artists, curators, theoreticians and different social
Eligibility
collectives, such as activists and educational projects,
can collaborate in transdisciplinary experimental Who can apply: Researchers, artists,
proposals that offer practical alternatives to existing developers, hackers and members of
problems in contemporary Europe, such as the rise collectives of all ages (over 18 years
old) and nationalities working in the
of essentialist discourses, that launch not only a
field of bioexperimentation.
worrying discourse but also policies of marginalisation
and exclusion. Geographical criteria: International
Destination: Spain, Finland, Portugal

Partners: Hangar (Spain), Bioart Society (Finland), or Slovenia
Cultivamos Cultura (Portugal), and Kersnikova Size of grants: Artist fee,

Institute (Slovenia) Accommodation, Roundtrip travel
costs (fully covered in Europe,
partially for international travel),
https://biofriction.org/
Research materials budget, Access
to Biolabs/Wetlabs facilities,
Mentoring / tutoring by expert
biotechnologist(s)
Digital Earth Fellowship

Digital Earth is a 6 month-long fellowship for artists Eligibility
and designers based in Africa or Asia, working across Who can apply: Artists and designers
a variety of media, who would like to investigate our
Geographical criteria: Based in Africa
current technological reality. It is a unique research
or Asia
support programme, which supports experienced
artists to reflect, research, experiment and produce Destination: Unspecified
work. The fellowship consists of a monthly stipend Size of grants: The fellowship
for work and production costs, mentorship and other consists of a monthly stipend and
various resources. The final results will be exhibited in production costs, mentorship and
a roaming exhibition. other various resources. The final
projects will be exhibited in a
roaming exhibition.
Partners: ArtEZ (Netherlands), HIVOS (Netherlands),
SIDA (Sweden), British Council (United Kingdom) Last viewed: 1 September 2020
http://thedigitalearth.org
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EMARE / EMAN / EMAP

In 1995 the European Media Artists in Residence Disciplines: Digital media including
Exchange (EMARE) was initiated by werkleitz, Internet and computer-based artists,
Hull Time Based Arts and Intermedia Department filmmakers, and those working in
Budapest. The ongoing residency exchange had various media based performance, sound or
partners and members during the years. In 2007, the video as well as robotics or bio-art.
European Media Art Network (EMAN) was founded as Eligibility

the institutional backbone for the EMARE programme. Who can apply: Emerging and
In 2017, the newly founded EMAP (European Media established artists
Art Platform) started to offer grants in 11 member
Geographical criteria: Artists with
institutions all over Europe. The basic purpose of
an EU passport or based in an
the programme is to enable European artists to
EU member state or in a country
collaborate on projects and consequently to create participating in the Creative Europe
closer bonds between European media organisations, programme
through their participation in 2-month residency at
Destination: Outgoing to one of the
one of the platform’s partners.
partners
Size of grants: grant of EUR 3,000,

Partners: Werkleitz (Germany), Impakt (Netherlands),
a project budget of EUR 4,000, free
WRO Art Center (Poland), RIXC (Latvia), Laboral (Spain), accommodation, travel expenses
m-cult (Finland), Ars Electronica (Austria), Onassis Stegi up to EUR 500, free access to the
(Greece), FACT (United Kingdom), Antre Peaux (France), technical facilities and media labs
Kontejner (Croatia). Additional partners here.
http://www.emare.eu/members
http://call.emare.eu
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MindSpaces
MindSpaces is a 3-year research project financed Disciplines: All disciplines
by the European Commission STARTS/Lighthouse Eligibility
projects running in 2019, 2020 and 2021. The central
objective of MindSpaces is to create the tools and
develop the solutions for adaptive and inclusive spaces Geographical criteria: International
that dynamically adapt to emotional, aesthetical and Other criteria: Preference will be
societal responses of end users, creating functionally given to artists whose practices
and emotionally appealing architectural design. In this have previously engaged with
project, artists, scientists, architects, engineers and science, emerging technologies, and/
technology experts closely collaborate under a novel or interactive installations, AR/VR
working model scheme to propose innovative designs installations, architectural design
to address societal challenges faced by cities as they and art in public spaces.
expand, and the evolving needs in functionality and Destination: A minimum of 30%
emotional resonance of modern day workplace and of the time has to be spent on the
housing interiors. premises with the main collaboration
partner(s)
Partners: Centre for Research and Technology-Hellas | Size of grants: EUR 40,000 max for
CERTH (Greece), Maastricht University (Netherlands), duration of maximum 12 months,
that includes travel and material
Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Spain), Aristotle University
budgets.
of Thessaloniki (Greece), McNeel Europe SL (Spain),
up2metric P.C. (Greece), Nurogames GmbH (Germany), Last viewed: 6 September 2020
Zaha Hadid Architects (United Kingdom), MoBen

Maurice Benayoun (Hong Kong), Analog Native
(Germany), Espronceda – Center for Art & Culture
(Spain), E-Seniors (France), Hospitalet de Llobregat
City Council (Spain), School of Creative Media (Hong
Kong).
http://mindspaces.eu/open-call/
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Pépinières
Pépinières Européennes de Création (known previously Disciplines: All disciplines, with
under the name Pépinières Européennes pour jeunes particular attention paid to
artistes) promote and accompany the mobility of contemporary and intermedia
young artists in a dynamic of professionalization on arts, digital arts and arts / science
the European and international cultural scene. In projects, sound arts, videographic
arts, performing arts, hybrid arts
a transversal and prospective approach, Pépinières
Européennes de Création are open to all contemporary Eligibility
artistic disciplines and will be particularly attentive Who can apply: Emerging artists
to new hybrid creative practices, new writings and
Geographical criteria: Depends on
artistic languages as well as digital cultures. Among
the call.
other activities, Pépinières coordinates a creation
residency programme (for one or more artists / Other criteria: Depends on the call.
designers / technicians / cultural professions, variable Destination: Depends on the call.

duration depending on the needs of the project) à la Size of grants: Depends on the call.
carte, favoring residents with complementary skills
between France, European countries and a network of
international partners
Partners: Under the leadership of Transcultures

Europe, Pépinières has a network of partners in
Europe and internationally.
http://pepinieres.eu
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Summer Sessions
Every summer the Summer Sessions offer early-career Eligibility
artists and designers support so they can take part Who can apply: Artists and designers
in production residencies abroad. If selected, you will working with technology
gain an opportunity to work in a highly productive
Geographical criteria: Must live in
atmosphere with support, feedback and expert
one of the countries where a host
supervision. Each Summer Sessions residency lasts
institution is present.
approximately eight weeks and takes place between
Destination: Varies from year to year
June and September.
Size of grants: A budget is provided
to cover travel, accommodation,
Partners (2020): V2 (Netherlands), Art Center Nabi
materials and a stipend.
(Korea), Hangar (Spain), iMal (Belgium), Master in
Technology and Aesthetics of Electronic Arts - National Last viewed: 29 August 2020
University of Tres de Febrero (Argentina), Metamedia

Association (Croatia), National Taiwan Museum of Fine
Arts (Taiwan), Points Center for Contemporary Art
(China)
https://www.summersessions.net/about
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* Tranzit
Artist-in-Residence programme at Q21/MuseumsQuartier

Vienna
tranzit is a network of five independent, non-profit Disciplines: Visual arts, including
organisations in Austria, Czech Republic, Hungary, media arts
Romania and Slovak Republic. Since 2002, tranzit Eligibility
has been developing artistic and cultural activities
Who can apply: Young professional
with a critical approach, fostering a permanent
contemporary artists
dialogue between local and global culture. The Artist
in Residence Programme at Q21/MuseumsQuartier Geographical criteria: Czech Republic,
Hungary, Romania, Slovak Republic,
in Vienna (MQ AiR) is part of ERSTE Foundation’s
Slovenia, Croatia
and tranzit’s long-termed endeavour to support
contemporary art and to strengthen the situation of Destination: Outgoing (Vienna,
its creators, especially in the region of Central, Eastern Austria)
and Southeastern Europe. Q21 has 50 institutions at Size of grants: Accommodation,
the MuseumsQuartier, some of which work in digital workspace, EUR 1,050 monthly
arts. It is possible for the residents to collaborate stipend
with them during the residency. Last viewed: 6 September 2020
http://tranzit.org/en/grants/
artist+in+residence+vienna/artist-in-residence-
programme-at-quartier21museumsquartier-
vienna
Note: See annex for overview of noteworthy residency programmes

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AWARDS
They usually don’t include travel, but the prize can be used toward
traveling (or includes some form of a travel grant).
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Adobe Awards (USA)

The Adobe Design Achievement Awards are how Eligibility
students and emerging creators the world over get Who can apply: Students and
feedback, earn recognition, and build their creative emerging creators (less than 3 years
networks so they can launch their careers. There are of experience)
six categories - Motion Graphic and Digital Products
Geographical criteria: Legal
& Experiences are specifically relevant for this guide.
residents above the age of majority
Three entries maximum per creator. from any country except Balkans,
Belarus, Brazil, Burma, China, Cuba,
https://www.adobeawards.com/ DRC, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Libya,
Luxembourg, North Korea, Somalia,
Sudan, Syria, Yemen or Zimbabwe.
Size of grants: 100 prizes will be

awarded for each Category (600
total), which include Adobe products.
1 winner will win the XD Prize
(including an invitation to attend the
Adobe MAX Conference held in Los
Angeles, California, USA with travel
and accommodation paid).
ARCO BEEP Award (Spain)

The BEEP Collection, due to its commitment to Eligibility
promoting and developing electronic art, organises the Who can apply: Artwork, involving
ARCO/BEEP Electronic Art Award with ARCOmadrid, significant use of new technology
the International Contemporary Art Fair. The aim or electronic art, must have been
of this Award is to promote research, production, shown by a gallery at the last edition
and exhibition of art linked to new technologies, of ARCOmadrid, the International
or electronic art. Its final purpose is to favour the Contemporary Art Fair of Madrid
creation of technology-linked artworks, to facilitate (Spain)
communication between technology manufacturers/ Geographical criteria: International
creators and creative artists. The winning artwork
Size of grants: A maximum of EUR
shall become part of the BEEP Electronic Art
15,000, including taxes, is earmarked
Collection. for the Award.

https://www.coleccionbeep.org/en/
arco-beep-award/description/
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CITIC Prize with MANA Global New Media Art Platform

(China)
The CITIC Press Lightening selection aims to introduce Eligibility
artworks incorporating emerging technologies to the Who can apply: Artist, designer and
public. Various categories are presented and each creator of light art
offer different monetary awards.
Size of grants: CNY 1,000 to CNY

https://www.manamana.net/
100,000 depending on award.
match/2020lighteningselection
DDAA (Germany)
The DAM DIGITAL ART AWARD |DDAA| (former d.velop Eligibility
digital art award), established in 2005, honours the Who can apply: Not specified.
most important artists in the area of digital art for
Ggeographical criteria: Not specified.
their life’s work or for an important group of works. It
is awarded every two years. Size of grants: EUR 20,000. The
laureate is introduced the following
year through an exhibition in the
http://www.ddaa-online.org/ddaa-17 Kunsthalle Bremen. The exhibition is
documented in a catalogue.
Edigma Semibreve Award (Portugal)

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eVe AWARD Get on the Grid (USA)

eVe, the new annual award of Get on the Grid, honors Eligibility
outstanding collaborative projects at the intersection Who can apply: Artistic collaboration
of art and technology that have successfully between artist/s and technologist/s
implemented art thinking in tech development that use technology to make us
processes. With this award, Get on the Grid wants to reflect our current state as human
inspire artists, technologists, and industry partners beings. Work cannot be older than
alike to work together on ideas that have the two years.
potential to power technology through art and thereby Geographical criteria: International
help create a better future for all of us.
Size of grants: USD 10,000

https://www.getonthegrid.org/eve-award
Giga-Hertz Award (Germany)

Together with the SWR Experimental Studio Freiburg, Eligibility
the ZKM | Hertz-Lab (formerly Institute for Music Who can apply: Open to composers
and Acoustics) has been awarding the Giga-Hertz of all ages. Candidates are judged on
Prize for Electronic Music since 2007. The Giga-Hertz the basis of a composition not more
Grand Award of EUR 10,000 distinguishes renowned than five years old and a proposal
composers for their lifetime achievement. The prize for a new projected work.
is based on jury recommendations rather than an Geographical criteria: International
open call. Two of the internationally oriented Giga-
Size of grants: EUR 20,000 (EUR
Hertz Production Awards are endowed with EUR 5,000
10,000 for the grand prize and EUR
each. They serve the initiation and promotion of new
5,000 for the production awards,
projects, which are realised during a residence and are
linked with residencies at ZKM |
aimed at sound artists and composers of electronic or Hertz-Lab in Karlsruhe or at the SWR
electroacoustic music as well as mixed music. Experimental Studio in Freiburg). For
the production awards, EUR 2,000
https://zkm.de/en/project/giga-hertz-award are given as a scholarship and EUR
3,000 as a production grant for the
costs incurred during the production
and premiere of the new work
(including travel, accommodation and
fees).

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Live Works (Italy)

Starting from the notion of performance in the visual Eligibility
art practice, the prize is unique in its particular Who can apply: Artists and
attention to hybrid research, underlining the openness professionals with no limits on age
and fluidity of performance, its social and political can enter the announcement, as
implications and its level of public understandability. individuals or in groups, with a single
Born as a competition, today Live Works is an project.
expanded idea of award: neither a professional jury Geographical criteria: International
nor a winner, rather a long-term activity.
Size of grants: The nine selected
projects have a residency at Centrale
http://www.liveworksaward.com/project/ Fies, before Drodesera performing
arts festival, curatorial support, all
technical facilities and a fee for their
production.
NCM Open Call (Korea)

Since 2013, Nexon Computer Museum has begun its Eligibility
communication with the world as the first computer Who can apply: Any person or group
museum in Asia. <NCM OPEN CALL> is an open that creates XR contents, such as VR,
contest that encompasses every innovative and AR or MR
challenging interpretation of virtual and augmented
reality.
Size of grants: The grand award for
the most amazing and innovative
https://nexoncomputermuseum.org/ virtual world will be awarded with
english/?mcode=0706 a prize of KRW 10 million, KRW 5
million to the SK Telecom Special
Award and 1st prize team and KRW
1 million to the each two 2nd prize
teams. In addition, this year, Oculus
Go will be awarded to all teams that
have passed the first round.

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NEM Art Prize (Europe)

The NEM Initiative (New European Media Initiative) Eligibility
was established as one of the European Technology Who can apply: Art contributions at
Platforms under the Seventh Framework Programme, the nexus of Science, Technology, and
aiming at fostering the convergence between ARTS
consumer electronics, broadcasting and telecoms
Geographical criteria: Europe
in order to develop the emerging business sector
of networked and electronic media. The NEM Art Size of grants: EUR 3,000 to be
shared by awarded candidates
Prize takes place in the context of the NEM annual
Summit. The focus of the NEM Art Prize should be on Last viewed: 30 August 2020
the foreseen digital transformation of value for the

creative and media industries towards the future of
media.
https://nem-initiative.org/
nem-summit-2020-call-for-contributions/
New Technological Art Award (Belgium)

The New Technological Art Award from the Liedts- Eligibility
Meesen Foundation aims to reward living artists for Who can apply: This award is
a work in the area defined above that was created restricted to new technology art. This
in the past two years. The prize goes to a specific implies the use of new technologies,
work that is submitted and not to different works by processes or materials but only as
an artist. Additionally, there is an honorary mention part of an artistic creation that
award to one of the artists, a prize from the public does not neglect the aesthetics and
and a prize of the European Commission. artistic expression.

http://www.ntaa.be/en/ Size of grants: Costs related to
transport, accommodation and
technical realisation are reimbursed
by the Liedts-Meesen Foundation.
There is no artist fee or per diem.
Each artist of the winning project is
awarded with a cash prize of EUR
5,000.

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NICE Award (Germany)

Since 2013, the annual NICE Award has been Eligibility
promoting innovations through the cultural and Who can apply: Individuals or
creative sectors, and their integration into the wider entrepreneurs from the cultural and
economy and society, with the aim of tackling the creative sectors, Organisations such
major challenges of our future today. as profit and non-profit companies
and public institutions or agencies,
Collaborative teams and networks,
https://www.e-c-c-e.de/en/nice-award-2019.html
including those without a legal
entity.
Geographical criteria: Applicants

must be based in an eligible
European country.
Size of grants: Monetary prize

between EUR 4,000 and 8,000
(in 2019, total of EUR 20,000).
Shortlisted projects will receive
accommodation and partial travel
costs coverage to attend the jury
interview and award ceremony in
Germany.
Oppo Campus | Renovators (China)

Renovators is aimed at building a platform of art and Eligibility
design, information exchange and resources matching Who can apply: Full-time students
for colleges and universities around the world, so of colleges and universities. Former
as to cultivate the consciousness of innovation, students who graduated 2 or less
encourage the spirit of innovation, promote the idea years ago are also eligible. Applicants
of innovation, support the tries of innovation and may register as individual or teams.
spread the fruits of innovation. Geographical criteria: International
Size of grants: Among others,

https://campus.oppo.com/en/index/index.html monetary prizes ranging from CNY
10,000 to CNY 50,000.

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Prix Ars Electronica (Austria)

With several competition categories, Ars Electronica Eligibility
search for groundbreaking projects that revolve Who can apply: Individuals
around questions of our digital society and rehearse
the innovative use of technologies, promising
strategies of collaboration and new forms of artistic Size of grants: Winners are
expression. awarded the coveted Golden Nica
statuette, prize money ranging up
to EUR 10,000 per category and
https://ars.electronica.art/prix/en/ an opportunity to showcase their
talents at the famed Ars Electronica
Festival in Linz. Note that the
STARTS Prize is one of the prizes
awarded by Ars Electronica.
Prix Émergences (France)

The SCAM Prix Émergences rewards innovative digital Eligibility
works from students and young graduates. The Who can apply: Young graduates in
SCAM Prix Émergences grants a monetary prize for video art, digital arts, audiovisual
a graduation work as well as a creation residency arts
in partnership with the CentQuatre-Paris for the
realisation of a new project in the digital arts. To
apply, the work should be an experimental, non-fiction Other criteria: If the film is in a
foreign language, it needs to be
linear documentary film (including 3D animation, new
dubbed/subtitled to enter the
media, virtual reality, serious game, etc).
competition
Size of grants: EUR 6,000 (EUR

http://www.scam.fr/Vous-%C3%AAtes-auteur-
3,000 as monetary prize, EUR 3,000
dart-num%C3%A9rique#concourir for the residency in Paris, France)

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Prix Numix (Canada)

Since 2010, the excellence prizes NUMIX celebrate Eligibility
multimedia productions from Quebec. There are 22 Who can apply: Enterprises that have
prizes in 8 categories. produced multimedia work in the
last 2 years.
https://numix.ca/reglements/ Geographical criteria: Produced or
co-produced in Quebec, Canada
Size of grants: Not specified
Share project (Italy)

Share Project is a cross-disciplinary platform for the Eligibility
promotion of contemporary art and culture in all Who can apply: Artists with work
its creative forms. The aim of the Share Prize is to (published or unpublished) which
discover, promote and support contemporary art in best represents experimentation
the digital age. There is a yearly open call to take part between arts and new technologies
in the Share Prize. A jury selects 6 candidates from
the submissions, who will be invited to take part in
Size of grants: EUR 2,500, exhibition
the Share Festival, the Italian art fair of electronics,
in Italy
digital art and new media (Turin, Italy). The works
nominated for the prize must comply with the yearly Last viewed: 30 August 2020
theme.
https://www.toshareproject.it
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STARTS Prize (Europe)

Grand prize of the European Commission honoring Eligibility
innovation in technology, industry and society Who can apply: Artists / creative
stimulated by the arts. The prize is part of the STARTS professionals or the researchers /
project (see above for full description). A yearly companies involved.
competition is held to single out for recognition
Geographical criteria: International;
innovative projects at the nexus of science, technology
STARTS is not limited to citizens of
and the arts that have what it takes to make a EU-member states.
significant impact on economic and social innovation.
Size of grants: Two grants of EUR
20,000 each.
https://starts-prize.aec.at/en/
VR Art Prize (Germany)

The VR Art Prize, awarded by the Deutsche Kreditbank Eligibility
(DKB) in cooperation with the Contemporary Arts Who can apply: Artists who work
Alliance (CAA) Berlin, is the first art prize for virtual with the medium of Virtual Reality
reality in the field of visual arts with an institutional and who use this technology
exhibition in Germany. critically and innovatively in their
artistic work
https://vrkunst.dkb.de/en/ Geographical criteria: Any nationality

can apply but artist must be based
in Germany
Size of grants: Five working grants

in 2020 to visual artists who work
with virtual reality: each grant is
for a period of four months and
worth EUR 1,000 per month. The
works of the winning artists will
be shown in an exhibition at Haus
am Lützowplatz (HaL), Berlin. At
the opening ceremony, three VR Art
Prizes will be awarded, with a total
endowment of EUR 12,000.

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VRCORE (China)
VRCORE is a VR developer community in China, Eligibility
which attracts the best Chinese developers and their Who can apply: Game company, a
projects. It is now becoming a global platform that studio or an independent developer
connects the VR developers all around the world to with AR/VR content. The submitted
the hardware providers, publishers and investors in content never participated in any
China. It is expected that finalists and winners attend competitions of the same type as
the award ceremony. VRCORE Awards.

http://en.vrcore.org/ Size of grants: Not specified
VRHAMMY Awards (Germany)

VRHAM! – Virtual Reality & Arts Festival Hamburg Eligibility: Anyone worldwide working
is an artistic Virtual Reality festival taking place in in VR / XR / AR.
Hamburg annually. It is a festival by and for artists Size of grants: The VRHAMMY Award,
using the novel medium Virtual Reality to explore worth EUR 5,000, goes to the best
new dimensions. Through a yearly open call, VRHAM! international VR production in this
accepts artistic Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality year’s exhibition programme and
projects, installations, 360° films, performances or is presented in the presence of the
interactive works. The main goal is a focus on new artists and the international jury of
narratives, unconventional approaches and unusual experts at the festival opening.
artistic positions. Further, the ambition should be Last viewed: 30 August 2020
also the physical presentation of the project. The

submitted projects should not exceed 15 Minutes and
should be in German or English.
https://www.vrham.de/live-program/
awards-jury/?lang=en
Note: See annex for an overview of awards with entry fees for the
competition process.
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Annex 1:
Resources
Temporary calls, training, knowledge bases, mappings,
platforms, policy
Temporary calls &

COVID-19 resources
On the Move & CircostradaList of http://on-the-move.org/about/ourownnews/article/20710/11-
resources developed during lockdown - some-ideas-when-youre-stuck-at-home/?category=34
online opportunities for other disciplines
Res Artis Case studies of digital https://resartis.org/covid-19-updates/digital-learning-2/case-

residencies studies-of-virtual-residencies/
Pro Helvetia Close Distance (temporary http://on-the-move.org/news/topic/article/20725/

call, Switzerland) prohelvetia-close-distance-seeking-new-
cultural/?category=41
Training, resources,
webinars, podcasts
Electronic Arts IntermixEAI’s Online https://www.eai.org/webpages/22
Resource Guide for Exhibiting, Collecting &
Preserving Media Art
Linked Digital FutureDigital literacy https://linkeddigitalfuture.ca/about/

resources for performing arts (focused on
Canada but resources online)
The Space Resources to develop work https://www.thespace.org/resources

online (production, audience, live
streaming, podcast, etc)
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Digital Culture NetworkResources from https://www.artscouncil.org.uk/developing-digital-culture/

UK to develop work online for culture digital-culture-network
organisations - check resources especially
Arts Council EnglandGeneral toolkit for https://www.artscouncil.org.uk/sites/default/files/download-

practitioners - collaborative Digital R&D file/digi_toolkit_book.pdf
Fund for the Arts
START Toolkit Toolkit on collaboration in https://www.starts.eu/article/detail/call-for-feedback-on-

art science technology / 2020 the-first-starts-collaboration-toolkit/
CGSociety Networking platform for https://cgsociety.org/about

professional digital artists
Howlround Online gathering & discussion https://howlround.com/ways-gathering-age-covid-19
[ANTI]MATERIA Academic resources https://anti-materia.org/academic-resources

regarding digital culture, curatorial studies https://anti-materia.org/recursos-academicos (in Spanish)
and post-digital practices
Conseil québécois des arts médiatiques https://www.cqam.org/en/tools/

CQAM creates tools adapted to the reality
of the media arts and addressed to artists,
cultural workers and artist-run centres -
available in English and French
Knowledge, history, education,

magazines (not related to
a specific country)
UNESCO MOOC on art and digital creation https://en.unesco.org/creative-cities/events/enghien-les-
bains-launches-mooc-art-and-digital-creation
On Curating Curating the Digital (2020) https://on-curating.org/issue-45.html#.Xqg5gS-B3_Q
DOCAM Documentation and conservation https://www.docam.ca/en.html

of media arts
Article on collecting digital art https://medium.com/@REAS/collecting-in-the-age-of-digital-

Collecting in the age of digital reproduction-ab0640a42fe6
reproduction
NYTimes Net art & covid-19 https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/06/arts/net-artists-

galleries-coronavirus.html
Medium Overview of museums that play a https://medium.com/digital-art-weekly/18-museums-

role in digital arts worldwide boosting-the-scene-of-digital-art-f8a4b4fa5eb9
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MediaArtNet German platform presenting http://www.medienkunstnetz.de/themes/#theme1

intro to Media Art & its history, English
and German
CAA Annual ConferencePodcast on https://www.collegeart.org/news/2019/12/16/andrew-

emerging media from micro to macro demirjian-and-claudia-hart/
(produced summer 2020), Andrew
Demirjian and Claudia Hart
Culture360 Article on art & technology https://culture360.asef.org/magazine/arttechnology-how-

and their contribution to a sustainable art-and-technology-collaborations-contribute-sustainable-
world world/
AR/VR Journey AR/VR Journey: https://arvrjourney.com/about

Augmented & Virtual Reality Magazine
Neural Printed magazine established http://neural.it/about/

in 1993 dealing with new media art,
electronic music and hacktivism
JoDS Journal of Design & Science from https://jods.mitpress.mit.edu/

MIT, investigating relationships between
the two
Culture & MuséesPublication: The https://journals.openedition.org/culturemusees/1941#ftn4

residence facing research in digital arts (in
French)
Springer Series on cultural computing https://www.starts.eu/article/detail/Technology-Design-Arts-

Technology, Design and the Arts - Opportunities-Challenges/
Opportunities and Challenges
bang.Prix research Global Mobility of http://bangprix.org/insights/this-is-a-deeply-inspiring-

Artists in the Digital Art Field - research insight/
insights
Serpentine Galleries Arts Technologies https://www.serpentinegalleries.org/arts-technologies/

programme Programme from Serpentine
Galleries on arts & technologies > artists,
programmes, labs. Check the Legal Lab for
instance
Compendium | NewsInterview Marjo https://www.culturalpolicies.net/2020/07/13/digital-arts-

Mäenpää about Digital Arts and Culture: and-culture-transformation-or-transgression/
Transformation or Transgression?
Journal of Cultural Management and https://jcmcp.org/call-for-papers/digital-arts-and-

Cultural Policy Call for papers - to be culture/?lang=en
published in 2021
Casino Luxembourg Forum Arts Médias https://www.casino-luxembourg.lu/en/About-279

et Sociétés (French-speaking only) with
video conferences on contemporary art,
society and (new) media
CreativeApplications.Net (CAN) Digital https://www.creativeapplications.net/about/

art blog on which reports, projects, calls
and more are published.
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Mapping, directories
(mostly specific to
a country/region)
Nesta Mapping of Makerspaces in China https://www.nesta.org.uk/report/made-in-china-
(2016) makerspaces-and-the-search-for-mass-innovation/
Nesta More reports from the UK charity https://www.nesta.org.uk/report/?area_of_work=10

focused on innovation - filtered by tag
“creative economy & culture”. Including
overview of Digital Culture in UK in 2019,
per discipline: https://www.nesta.org.uk/
report/digital-culture-2019/
Culture VR Information about VR scene https://culturevr.fr/en/network_category/festivals-en/

in France (this page is specifically about
festivals)
ASEF E-Connector from ASEF - Asia- https://culture360.asef.org/resources/e-connector-digital-

Europe Foundation arts-and-humanities-asia-and-europe-launched/
Institut francais Digital Mediation and https://www.pro.institutfrancais.com/en/programmes-

Cultural Innovation catalogue (July 2020) and-projects/digital-mediation-and-cultural-innovation-
catalogue
Institut francais VR Immersive https://www.pro.institutfrancais.com/en/programmes-and-

Experiences catalogue (July 2020) projects/vr-immersive-experiences-catalogue
CED NL & VR Days AR VR directory https://www.creativeeuropedesk.nl/nl/nieuws/publicatie-

Europe online-arvr-directory
compArt daDA Database Digital Art http://dada.compart-bremen.de/main/about

(daDA) is a growing repository on digital
art
NEA Media Arts Check resources, https://www.arts.gov/artistic-fields/media-arts

factsheet, publications (funding is solely
for the USA)
Digital Dynamics Research & publication http://digitaldynamics.art/

project on production of art in Nordic
context, valid in larger context too
Art & Science Meetings Poland http://www.artandsciencemeeting.pl/publikacje/

Publications Art & Science /from Poland
but with broader focus
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Open call platforms

and overviews
netEX Open call platform from the New http://netex.nmartproject.net/
Museum of Networked Art. Check open
calls and residencies
Makery Online information media for https://www.makery.info/en/

DiYers and creative communities, includes
map of medialabs & fablabs
Artnumerique.be Platform with open http://artnumerique.be/call/

calls, focused on Belgium / Wallonia
STARTS > calls STARTS platform shares https://www.starts.eu/calls/

open calls in the field of Art, Science and
Technology (focus on Europe)
Arts et Médias Resources on media arts https://arts-et-medias.net

(list of organisations, people, etc)
Digicult Platform dedicated to art & http://digicult.it/

science/technologies, including listing of
open calls, agenda, etc
BitForms New-York based gallery https://bitforms.art/info/

specialised in media art, good resources &
news page for content about net/media/
digital arts
Digital Meets Culture Information https://www.digitalmeetsculture.net/digital-art/

platform
Artshake Collaborative artistic project, https://www.arshake.com/en/calls/

blurring the borders between art,
science and technology, information and
production. Check the calls page for news
SPECTRE Open, unmoderated mailing list http://post.in-mind.de/pipermail/spectre/

for media art and culture in Deep Europe.
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Policy, lobbying,
advocacy
Digital Europe Programme European https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/european-
Digital Innovation Hubs in Digital Europe digital-innovation-hubs-digital-europe-programme-0
Programme
Digital Europe Lobby and advocacy group https://www.digitaleurope.org/
UNESCO Creative Cities Map of Unesco https://en.unesco.org/creative-cities/creative-cities-map

Creative Cities - digital arts
IFACCA Supporting Culture in the Digital https://on-the-move.org/news/article/20790/ifacca-

Age (2020) supporting-culture-in-the-digital-age/
DG Connect Report symposium 2015 on https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/news/report-

crossovers culture & technology symposium-crossovers-between-culture-and-technology
DG Connect ICT & Art Workshop 2012 https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/news/ict-art-

workshop-2012
DG Connect ICT ART CONNECT: Activities https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/news/ict-

Linking ICT and Art: Past Experience - art-connect-activities-linking-ict-and-art-past-experience-
Future Activities future-activities
Unesco policy paper on digital UNESCO https://en.unesco.org/creativity/sites/creativity/ files/

2005 Convention on the Protection and sessions/digital_operational_guidelines_en.pdf
Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural
Expressions, in 2017 participating States
adopted the Operational guidelines on the
implementation of the Convention in the
digital environment
European Commission > digital https://ec.europa.eu/digital-single-market/en/digital-

innovation hubs Help companies improve innovation-hubs
their processes, products and services
through the use of digital technologies.
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Annex 2:
Digital arts
ecosystem
Quick scan of organisations and (not funded) festivals working
specifically in digital arts.
These organisations are often in partnership with each other and offer funded
programmes/ projects/ residencies/ production/ research for artists. It can be relevant
to look for organisations in your origin/destination country for one-off calls, special
partnerships and new projects. Only organisations not listed in the rest of the guide are
presented in this overview.
Please note that this is by no means an exhaustive list - additions are welcome.
Tirana Art Lab - Center for Contemporary TransculturesBelgium

ArtAlbania http://transcultures.be/
http://www.tiranaartlab.org/en
TwistBelgium
ANATAustralia https://www.twist-cluster.com/qui-sommes-
www.anat.org.au nous/le-cluster-twist.htm?lng=fr
ExperimentaAustralia WerktankBelgium
https://experimenta.org/our-story/ https://www.werktank.org/about
BiofactionAustria FILE Electronic Language International
https://www.biofaction.com/ FestivalBrazil
https://file.org.br/
Servus.atAustria
https://core.servus.at/en/about/ueber-uns Novas FrequênciasBrazil
http://novasfrequencias.com
SubnetAustria
http://subnet.at Agence TOPOCanada
http://www.agencetopo.qc.ca
Media Architecture InstituteAustria / Australia
https://www.mediaarchitecture.org/ ArtengineCanada
http://wordpress.artengine.ca/about/
GluonBelgium
http://gluon.be/ ElektraCanada
https://www.elektramontreal.ca/
KIKK GalaxyBelgium
https://galaxy.kikk.be/en/about Hexagram Researcher in ResidenceCanada
https://hexagram.ca/index.php/eng/who-are-we/
researcher-in-residence
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OboroCanada Cannes Next & Cannes XRFrance

http://www.oboro.net/en https://www.marchedufilm.com/programs/
cannes-next/
PRIMCanada
http://www.primcentre.org Centre des Arts Enghien les BainsFrance
https://www.cda95.fr/en
Printemps numériqueCanada
https://www.printempsnumerique.ca/en/ Electroni[k]France
https://www.electroni-k.org
Société des Arts TechnologiquesCanada
https://sat.qc.ca/ Espace multimedia GantnerFrance
https://www.espacemultimediagantner.cg90.
Studio XXCanada
net/?lang=en
https://studioxx.org/en/
Experimenta BiennaleFrance
ACSEE festivalChina
https://www.experimenta.fr/en/edito/
www.acseefestivals.com
Instants VidéosFrance
MicrowavesHong Kong
https://www.instantsvideo.com/blog/en/archives/
http://www.microwavefest.net
category/aboutus
VideotageHong Kong
IRCAMFrance
http://www.videotage.org.hk
https://www.ircam.fr/
ArtTec FestivalColombia
La Gaité LyriqueFrance
https://www.facebook.com/festivalarttec/
https://gaite-lyrique.net/en/gaite/the-project
Mutante.labColombia
Laval Virtual - Recto VRso GalleryFrance
https://www.facebook.com/Mutante.Lab/
https://www.laval-virtual.com/laval-virtual/
SuratómicaColombia / Latin America & Global South
Lavoir NumériqueFrance
https://www.suratomica.com/
https://lavoirnumerique.fr/
KontejnerCroatia
Le CubeFrance
https://www.kontejner.org/o-nama/kontejner/
http://lecube.com/english/about-le-cube
Struer//TracksDenmark
Le PhénixFrance
https://struertracks.dk/?lang=en
https://europeancreativehub.lephenix.fr/
Tallinn Art HallEstonia ecosystem/
https://www.kunstihoone.ee/en
Maintenant FestivalFrance
Addis Video Art Festival (AVAF)Ethiopia https://www.maintenant-festival.fr/2019/en/
http://www.addisvideoartfestival.net/index.htm
Mirage FestivalFrance
DARIAH (Digital Research Infrastructure for the http://www.miragefestival.com/
Arts and Humanities)Europe
Plaine ImagesFrance
https://www.dariah.eu
https://www.plaine-images.fr/en/international_
Réseau Arts Numériques RANEurope development_en/trade_fair_en/internation-
http://www.ran-dan.net/ development-test-3-trade-fair/
Aalto Media LabFinland Seconde NatureFrance
https://www.aalto.fi/en/aalto-media-lab http://www.secondenature.org/
Bioart SocietyFinland Sunny side of the doc | PiXii FestivalFrance
https://www.bioartsociety.fi/ https://www.sunnysideofthedoc.com/pixii/
m cultFinland VideoFormeFrance
https://www.m-cult.org/contexts https://videoformes.com/?lang=en
PixelacheFinland VR Arles FestivalFrance
https://www.pixelache.ac/pages/about https://www.vrarlesfestival.com/
Antre Peaux (ex Bandits Mages)France ZincFrance
http://www.bandits-mages.com/en/ http://www.lafriche.org/en/residents/zinc
Bains NumériquesFrance Novembre Numérique (Digital November)France
https://www.cda95.fr/en/bains-numeriques-10e- / Global
edition https://novembrenumerique.fr/en/
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European Media Arts FestivalGermany ai-residency-open-call

https://www.emaf.de/en/index.html
C³: Center for Culture & Communication
Hartware MedienKunstVerein (HMKV)Germany FoundationHungary
https://www.hmkv.de http://www.c3.hu/c3/index.html
New Museum of Networked ArtGermany Sequences - real time festivalIceland
http://www.nmartproject.net/ https://sequences.is/ABOUT-1
Node Forum for Digital ArtsGermany New Media SocietyIran
https://nodeforum.org/ http://newmediasoc.com
Public Art LabGermany TadaexIran
http://www.publicartlab-berlin.de/ http://www.tadaex.com/
Radical NetworksGermany Israeli Center for Digital ArtsIsrael
https://radicalnetworks.org/about/ https://www.digitalartlab.org.il
Re:publicaGermany MEET digital culture centerItaly
https://re-publica.com/en https://www.meetcenter.it/en/home/
STATE studioGermany NODE FestivalItaly
https://state-studio.com/projectss https://www.nodefestival.com
This is fake TIFGermany View ConferenceItaly
http://thisisfake.team/ https://www.viewconference.it/pages/about-and-
resources/
VideonaleGermany
https://v18.videonale.org/en/exhibition/call-for- NTT InterCommunication Center [ICC]Japan
entries https://www.ntticc.or.jp/en/about/#greeting
Werkleitz FestivalGermany art center nabiKorea
https://werkleitz.de/en/festivals/ http://www.nabi.or.kr/en/
dgtl fmnsmGermany / online Multiplica – Une exploration des arts
http://digitalfeminism.net/2020x/index2. numériques festivalLuxembourg
php#menu https://en.multiplica.lu/about
Alliance of Digital Humanities Organisations Laboratorio de Arte AlamedaMexico
(ADHO)Global https://artealameda.inba.gob.mx/
https://adho.org/
Baltan LaboratoriesNetherlands
ArtFutura FestivalGlobal https://www.baltanlaboratories.org/
https://www.artfutura.org
Fiber FestivalNetherlands
EvoMUSARTGlobal https://www.fiber-space.nl/
http://www.evostar.org/2021/evomusart/
iii instrument inventorsNetherlands
FEMeetingGlobal https://instrumentinventors.org/about/mission/
https://femeeting.com/
Impakt FestivalNetherlands
International Conference on Interactive https://impakt.nl/
Experience for Media (ACM IMX)Global
LiMaNetherlands
https://imx.acm.org/2020/
https://www.li-ma.nl/lima/nl/home
International Symposium on Electronic Art
MediamaticNetherlands
(ISEA)Global
https://www.mediamatic.net/
http://www.isea-web.org/
MU Hybrid Art HouseNetherlands
Athens Digital Art FestivalGreece
https://www.mu.nl/en/about/mu
https://www.adaf.gr/
RewireNetherlands
Festival MidenGreece
https://www.rewirefestival.nl/
http://www.festivalmiden.gr/en/
Sonic ActsNetherlands
Medea ElectroniqueGreece
https://sonicacts.com/portal
http://medeaelectronique.com/
SteimNetherlands
Onassis StegiGreece
https://steim.org/
https://www.onassis.org/open-calls/geographies-
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VR DaysNetherlands boda-boda-lounge-2020-now-bite-the-hand-
https://vrdays.co/open-call/ that-feeds-you/
Waag SocietyNetherlands Digital Lab AfricaSouth Africa
https://waag.org/en/home https://digilabafrica.com/submit-a-project/
Up NodeNordic Electric SouthSouth Africa
http://www.upnode-network.com/about/ http://www.electricsouth.org/
PNEKNorway Wits University’s Tshimologong PrecinctSouth
http://www.pnek.org/ Africa
https://tshimologong.joburg/
Streaming MuseumOnline
https://www.streamingmuseum.org/about CCCB / The InfluencersSpain
https://www.cccb.org/en/activities/file/the-
The Wrong BiennaleOnline
influencers-2019/232028
https://thewrong.org
EsproncedaSpain
Web BiennaleOnline
https://www.espronceda.net
http://www.webbiennial.com
EtopiaSpain
Patchlab FestivalPoland
http://www.zaragoza.es/ciudad/etopia/
https://en.patchlab.pl/festival/
Fundación Zaragoza CiudadSpain
WRO Art CentrePoland
https://www.fundacionzcc.org
https://wrocenter.pl/en/
Han Nefkens FoundationSpain
Braga Media ArtsPortugal
https://www.hnfoundation.com/
http://www.bragamediaarts.com/en/
ImmensivaSpain
Cultivamos CulturaPortugal
https://www.immensiva.com
https://cultivamoscultura.com/what-we-are/
L.E.V FestivalSpain
gnrationPortugal
https://levfestival.com/20/
http://www.gnration.pt/en/informacao/#about
LaboralSpain
Museu0Portugal
http://www.laboralcentrodearte.org/en
https://www.museu0.pt
Loop BarcelonaSpain
GarageRussia
https://loop-barcelona.com/about/
https://garage.digital/en
MATADACSpain
New LaboratoriaRussia
https://madatac.es/category/blog/
http://newlaboratoria.ru/www/eng/the_press/
Matadero MadridSpain
Nova IskraSerbia
https://www.mataderomadrid.org/en/calls
https://novaiskra.com/en/about/
Medialab PradoSpain
VideomedejaSerbia
https://www.medialab-prado.es/
http://videomedeja.org
MIRA FestivalSpain
SensoriumSlovakia
https://mirafestival.com/en/
https://www.sensorium.is/
TentacularSpain
AksiomaSlovenia
https://tentacular.es/en/about/
https://aksioma.org/
The InfluencersSpain
Dig GallerySlovenia
https://theinfluencers.org/en
http://www.diggallery.sk/
Sonar+DSpain (& Turkey & Hong Kong)
KersnikovaSlovenia
https://sonarplusd.com/en/about
https://kersnikova.org/en/about-us/kersnikova/
Artists-in-LabSwitzerland
KiblaSlovenia
http://artistsinlabs.ch
http://www.kibla.org/en/?no_cache=1
EPFL+ECAL LabSwitzerland
SONICA MOTASlovenia
https://www.epfl-ecal-lab.ch/
http://motamuseum.com/
Haus der elektronischen Künste Basel HeK
Boda Boda LoungeSouth Africa
Switzerland
https://vansa.co.za/opportunities/open-call-for-
https://www.hek.ch/
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Digital Art CenterTaiwan Austin Museum of Digital ArtsUSA

http://dac.taipei/en/about/ http://www.amoda.org/about/
EFESTTunisia Autodesk Technology CentersUSA https://www.
https://www.facebook.com/pg/EFESTnumerique/ autodesk.com/technology-centers/residency
about
Contemporary and Digital Art Fair (CADAF)USA
AtölyeTurkey https://cadaf.art
https://atolye.io/en/home/
Denver Arts Technology AdvancementUSA
bang. PrixTurkey https://www.denverartstech.org/
http://bangprix.org/open-call/
Flat JournalUSA
AIXR (Academy of International Extended https://flatjournal.com/about
Reality)UK
International Digital Media and Arts Association
https://aixr.org/
(iDMAa)USA
AND Abandon Normal DevicesUK http://idmaa.org/about-us/about-idmaa/
https://www.andfestival.org.uk/
Miami New Media FestivalUSA
arebyte GalleryUK http://www.miaminewmediafestival.com
https://www.arebyte.com/info
MIT Lab USA
Arts CatalystUK https://www.media.mit.edu/
https://www.artscatalyst.org/
New IncUSA
body>data>space UK https://www.newinc.org/
http://www.bodydataspace.net/
Nokia Bell Labs EATUSA
FACT LiverpoolUK https://www.bell-labs.com/programs/
https://www.fact.co.uk/about experiments-art-and-technology/
FurtherfieldUK Pioneer Works | Technology ResidencyUSA
https://www.furtherfield.org/about-us/about-us/ https://pioneerworks.org/technology/residency/
London Design BiennaleUK RhizomeUSA
https://www.londondesignbiennale.com/opencall https://rhizome.org/program/
Noise of ArtUK SETIUSA
https://www.noiseofart.org/ https://www.seti.org
raindance festivalUK Studio for Creative EnquiriesUSA
https://www.raindance.org/festival/virtual- https://studioforcreativeinquiry.org/
reality-submissions/
VRTLUSA
Science GalleryUK https://vrtl.academy
https://sciencegallery.org/
WatershedUK
https://www.watershed.co.uk
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Annex 3:
Other residency
programmes
Noteworthy residency programmes (without travel
funded / with application fee / with some costs).
Note: check also TransArtists.org with filters on digital/multimedia/

video/sound/etc.
Artists-in-Lab Switzerland Eyebeam USA
http://artistsinlabs.ch/en/residency_programs https://www.eyebeam.org/residency-faq/
Artos Foundation Cyprus Frauenhofer | Artist/designer in

http://artosfoundation.org/ Lab Germany (funded but for German applicants
while the website is not frequently updated, their only)
social media are more active: https://www.art-design.fraunhofer.de/de/
https://www.facebook.com/artosfoundation programme.html
Avatar Canada Harvestworks USA
http://www.avatarquebec.org/en/ http://www.harvestworks.org/team-lab-
workspace/
Bioart Society | Ars Bioartica and Field_
Notes Finland (some residencies are funded, Institut français | Réalité
especially for Nordic and Baltic artists) Virtuelle France residence d’écriture (programme
https://www.bioartsociety.fi/projects/ars- funded locally but travel costs not included)
bioarctica/pages/residency https://www.pro.institutfrancais.com/fr/offre/
realite-virtuelle-residence-ecriture
DCU | Artist in Residence in Technology and
Innovation Ireland (funded but for Irish Isthisit? residency Online
applicants only) https://www.isthisitisthisit.com/residency
https://www.dcu.ie/president/Visual-Arts-Office.
Kala Art Institute USA
shtml
http://www.kala.org/studio/kalas-media-arts-
Digital Artist Residency Online artist-residence-exhibition-award/
https://digitalartistresidency.org/news/
Koumaria Residency Greece (programme funded
EMS Elektronmusikstudion Sweden locally but travel costs not included)
http://elektronmusikstudion.se/work/artist-in- http://medeaelectronique.com/koumaria/
residence
Laboral Spain (some programmes are funded but
Espronceda | IMMENSIVA VR/AI residence Spain not all)
https://www.immensiva.com/vr-ai-residency/vr- http://www.laboralcentrodearte.org/en
ai-residence/
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Museu0 Portugal TU Dresden | Schaufler Lab Germany (funded but

https://www.museu0.pt/residencias-artisticas/ not travel)
https://tu-dresden.de/gsw/schauflerlab/
SETI Institute’s Artists in residence USA (not
schaufler-residency
open for application but working on a “Visiting
Artists” programme) Van Eyck Academie Netherlands (funded but
https://www.seti.org/artist-in-residence application fee)
https://www.janvaneyck.nl/en/programma/apply/
Signal Culture USA
http://www.signalculture.org/residency.html On TransArtists:
Art & Sciences
SPACE Art + Technology United Kingdom
Digital Arts
https://spacestudios.org.uk/technology-cats/
Media Arts
residencies-2/
Sound Art
Spokane Laboratory USA
http://residency.laboratoryspokane.com/
Subnet Austria (accommodation provided)

http://subnet.at/category/subnetair/
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Annex 4:
Awards with
entry fee to
competition
Ashurst Emerging Artist Prize – New Media Award (UK)
Focus: open internationally to work that encompasses Eligibility: no restriction on the artist
moving images, mobile apps, interactive installations, regarding age, training or nationality.
and sound art. Award: GBP 1,500 cash prize award and Cost: entry fee of GBP 20 for the
Exhibition of a collection of your artworks in the Rich first artwork, then GBP 10 per
Mix Mezzanine Gallery. additional artwork (maximum 5).
https://www.artprize.co.uk/the-prize.html/
European Design Award

Focus: Acknowledge the best examples of Eligibility: All designers living
communication design in Europe. Categories for digital or working within Europe may
work: Promotional Site, Information Site, E-commerce, participate. Designers in Europe may
Mobile Apps, Motion Graphics, Miscellaneous Digital. submit work done for clients outside
Award consists of a trophy. Europe. Designers who are not based
within Europe may only submit work
that was created for the European
https://europeandesign.org/categories/ market. Only work published during
the previous calendar year and up
to the day of the current deadline is
eligible for submission.
Cost: The standard submission fee

per entry is EUR 140.
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Joseph Binder Award (Austria)

Focus: The Joseph Binder Award is an international Eligibility: Participation is open
competition with a focus on graphic design and to graphic designers, illustrators,
illustration. The Joseph Binder Award is held every advertising agencies and to design
two years. In each category, a Joseph Binder Award in students from all over the world.
gold, silver, and bronze will be awarded in the form of Number of entries is not limited.
trophies. In order to support independent, conceptual, Cost: Submission fee per entry is
scientific, and non-commercial activities in the EUR 115. For entries selected by the
fields of graphic design and illustration, cash prizes international jury to be published
worth a total of EUR 10,000 will be awarded to five in the bilingual catalogue (German/
outstanding projects in the Design Fiction category. English) and presented in the
exhibition, entrants will be charged a
fee to cover parts of the production
https://jba_en.submit.to/landing/award/ costs in the amount of EUR 390
entry-process (though no printing fee for the
Design Fiction category).
Lumen Prize (UK)

Focus: Lumen is an independent, not-for-profit Eligibility: The competition is open
organisation aimed at fostering a conversation internationally. All art is eligible as
between contemporary art, culture and technology. long as it engages with technology
Lumen is more than a prize. All artists selected for in some form. You do not need to be
the longlist, shortlist as well as the award winners are a digital artist or be able to design
software to enter.
eligible for opportunities with Lumen Art Projects, its
parent company, including commissions, exhibitions Cost: USD 38 for two works and USD
and events globally. The prize fund will be USD 11,500. 19 for each additional work.
The categories will be Still, Moving Image, XR, 3D/
Interactive and Artificial Intelligence. Finalists are
also eligible for the Lumen Gold Award with a USD
4,000 cash prize and there is a free-to-enter Student
Award with a cash prize of USD 500.
https://lumenprize.com/
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Lumiere Awards Europe, Middle-East and/or Africa (Belgium)

Focus: The Lumiere Awards Competition consists in a Eligibility: Eligible contents are
competition for Cinematic AR & VR contents. Award limited to cinematic VR productions
consists of a golden Lumiere statuette. The creators from Europe, the Middle East, and
of the nominated contents shall receive up to two Full North Africa (EMEA) - at least
Pass badges to Stereopsia (15-16 December 2020) and 30% co-produced in these regions.
Contents must be stereoscopic-3D
one invitation to the Awards Dinner (16 December
360°.
2020). The Full Pass includes a two-day accreditation
to attend all conferences, keynotes, exhibition, and Cost: entry fee of EUR 40 (+ VAT if
line-ups. The Awards Dinner is a glitzy black-tie applicable) applies for XR and AR
3-course dinner and ceremony, where the Lumiere content submissions.
Awards will be handed out. The invitation also includes

travel expenses (with a maximum amount of EUR 200
per production – reimbursed after the event upon
sending of an invoice).
https://europe.stereopsia.com/en/program/
awards-competition
SXSW Awards (USA)

Focus: The South by Southwest® (SXSW®) Conference Eligibility: international - check the
& Festivals celebrate the convergence of the SXSW website for calls.
interactive, film, and music industries. SXSW also Cost: Entry fee for open calls,
holds numerous competitions and awards ceremonies accreditation for on-site awards,
honoring some of the tech industry’s most important travel, accommodation.
innovators and cutting-edge companies. Relevant for
digital arts are the Creative Experience Awards, the
Innovation Awards and Place by Design. The entries
are either evaluated on-site (Creative Experience
awards) or via an open call (Innovation and Place by
Design).
https://www.sxsw.com/awards/
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Videonale award of the Fluentum Collection (Germany)

Focus: The Videonale is a festival for experimental Eligibility: Artists of all nationalities
video and moving images. Through a competitive and ages can submit up to
process, about 30 works are selected to be exhibited three works each. Works can be
in Bonn during the festival. All selected artists experimental works from the fields
receive an exhibition fee and accommodation during of single- and multi-channel video,
video installation, performance,
the opening days and are given the opportunity to
sound art, and virtual reality.
participate in the festival and networking events.
In addition, the Videonale Prize of the Fluentum Cost: An administration fee will be
Collection endowed with EUR 5,000 will be awarded charged for each submission (EUR
among all selected works by an independent jury at 15-25). Travel to the festival.
the opening of the VIDEONALE.18.
https://v18.videonale.org/en/exhibition/
videonale-arward-of-the-fluentum-collection
VR Award (UK/US)
Focus: Hosted by AIXR (The Academy of International Eligibility: international, VR works
Extended Reality), the independent not-for-profit Cost: Entry Fee – GBP 179 + VAT.
trade body for the immersive industry, the VR Awards AIXR Members receive one free
celebrates outstanding achievement in the virtual nomination
reality industry.
https://vrawards.aixr.org/legal/faq/
XPrize AI for Good (USA)

Focus: A nonprofit 501(c)(3) since 1994, the XPRIZE Eligibility: XPRIZE teams come from
Foundation has designed and operated seventeen all around the world, in every shape
competitions in the domain areas of Space, Oceans, and size. Teams can be comprised
Learning, Health, Energy, Environment, Transportation, of university groups, high school
Safety and Robotics. It organises long-term, large-scale students, startups and innovators,
small to midsize companies, families
international competitions and challenges. Winning
or individuals.
teams receive between USD 250,000 and 7,500,000.
Cost: entry fee.
https://www.xprize.org/aiforgood
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Abbreviations
All currencies are mentioned with their ISO All other abbreviations used in the guide and
4217 code not explained within the same paragraph are
listed here below:
AUD - Australian Dollar
BRL - Brazilian Real 2D / 3D - two-dimensional space / three-
CAD - Canadian Dollar dimensional space
CHF - Swiss Franc 360 - 360-degree videos, also known as
CNY - Chinese Yuan immersive or spherical videos
CZK - Czech koruna ACCR - Association des Centres Culturels de
EUR - Euro Rencontre
GBP - Pound sterling AI - Artificial intelligence
HRK - Croatian kuna AR - augmented reality
JPY - Japanese yen ASEF - Asia Europe Foundation
KRW - South Korean Won CARFAC - Canadian Artists’ Representation
SEK - Swedish krona CED - Creative Europe Desk
TWD - New Taiwan dollar CERN - European Organisation for Nuclear
UAH - Ukrainian hryvnia Research
USD - United States Dollar CQAM - Conseil québécois des arts médiatiques
DG Connect - Directorate-General for
Communications Networks, Content and
Technology
Countries are following the ISO 3166-1 DIY - Do it Yourself
Alpha-2 code, with few exceptions (which are DRC - Democratic Republic of the Congo
included in the list of all abbreviations): EEA - European Economic Area
EN - English (language)
AS - Austria EU - European Union
BE - Belgium FR - French (language)
CH - Switzerland ICT - Information and Communications
DE - Germany Technology
DK - Denmark IETM - International network for contemporary
EL and GR - Greece performing arts
ES - Spain IFACCA - International Federation of Arts
FR - France Councils and Culture Agencies
IT - Italy LGBTQI+ - Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender,
NL - Netherlands queer and intersex
PT - Portugal MR - mixed reality
SE - Sweden NEA - National Endowment for the Arts
SI - Slovenia NO - Norwegian (language)
UK - United Kingdom OTM - On the Move
ROC - Republic of China
SMEs - small and medium entreprises
USA - United States of America
VAT - Value-added tax
VR - Virtual Reality
XR - extended reality
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PROJECTS AND NETWORKS 77

European projects, platforms * RegionArts

and networks 80 * SHAPE

Online residencies 167 * EMARE / EMAN / EMAP

aws Creative Impact

Destination: Incoming / Outgoing.

Grant coverage: Up to EUR 200,000

Last viewed: 7 September 2020

* FWF Wissenschaftsfonds PUBLIC

Programme for Arts-based Research (PEEK)

researchers in Austria, and to increase both public Profession: Researcher (individual)

Grant coverage: Depending on the

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Support for participation in international fairs

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* Bruxelles Economie et Emploi PUBLIC

Exploration aid and participation in an event abroad

http://werk-economie-emploi.brussels/fr_FR/ Grant coverage: There are different

* FIT - Flanders Investment and Trade PUBLIC

Exploration aid and participation in a fair or

Disciplines: Creative industries

https://www.flandersinvestmentandtrade.com/ Eligibility criteria

https://www.flandersinvestmentandtrade.com/ Destination: Outgoing (worldwide).

For fairs outside of Europe as well

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Perpedes Grant Programme

Soutien à un projet artistique

Profession: Artists or artistic

Destination: Not specified

Grant coverage: Depending on the

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* Centre National du Cinéma CNC PUBLIC

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Dispositif pour la Création Artistique Multimédia

Grant coverage: For development, max 75%

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* FACE Foundation PRIVATE

Étant Donnés Contemporary Art

their residency is organised in partnership with Profession: Artists

Destination: Outgoing (USA)

Grant coverage: EUR 10,000

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Nationality: French citizens or residents