International

Phileas - The Austrian Office for Contemporary Art supports artists, curators, galleries and institutions in Austria and works to strengthen their presence on the international landscape of contemporary art.

The Creativity Pioneers Fund supports non-profit organisations that reinforce the critical role of creativity in driving social impact and are actively involved in creative skills development.

Visualise is a long-term programme by the Ukrainian Institute aimed at supporting exhibition projects outside of Ukraine. The programme provides opportunities for co-programming, co-financing, and communications support to international exhibitions that contribute to promoting the art of Ukraine globally and establishing institutional partnerships. Deadline: 2 August 2020.

Fanak Fund has opened a fund supporting artistic and cultural mobility in the Euro-Arab-speaking Middle East region, and from this region to the rest of the world. Artists and cultural operators living and working in Europe, the Arab-speaking world, and the Middle East can apply. Priority is given to mobility from the Arab speaking region to the Middle East and vice versa. Deadline: 31 August 2020.

Mophradat creates opportunities for artists from the Arab world through an inventive approach to funding, commissioning, collaborating, and gathering. Grants can be used to pursue threads of research, stage an event, make new work, publish, travel, take part in a residency or workshop, or present an exhibition or performance. Applicants must come from the field of contemporary arts (all disciplines are welcome). Activities or projects can take place anywhere in the world, but must be by artists or arts practitioners from or living in the Arab world, and/or engaged with the Arab world. Deadline: 1 October 2020.

Phileas is an independent philanthropic organisation based in Vienna that raises private funding to support and co-produce ambitious projects within the field of contemporary art. A particular focus lies on the commission and production of exhibitions by Austrian artists abroad, but Phileas also organises and funds research trips for international curators and critics to Austrian museums, galleries and artists’ studios. Applications are now open to institutions who wish to apply for project funding in 2021. Deadline: 11 September 2020.

The Programme for the Internationalisation of Spanish Culture (PICE) is designed to encourage foreign organisations and institutions of interest in the cultural field – both public and private – to feature Spanish or Spanish-resident artists, culture professionals and cultural creators in overseas programmes. Applications can be made by foreign organisations and institutions under the categories of theatre, circus and dance; visual arts, design and architecture; film; literature; and music. Deadline (extended): 17 June 2020.

The 2020 GRAFT Travel Grants grants will fund study or project trips that deal with the topic of climate change and its consequences for the built environment. The grants are aimed particularly at applicants who address the topic from an interdisciplinary perspective. To be eligible, applicants should be a current bachelor, master’s, diploma , or doctoral student, or have completed master’s or diploma studies in the last two years. Work funded by the grant must be completed by December 2020. The results will be presented in January 2021. Deadline: 29 February 2020.

Movin’Up Spettacolo-Performing Arts is a competition addressed to young Italian creatives between 18 and 35 years of age who work with professional goals and who have been hosted or invited officially abroad by cultural institutions, festivals, public and private institutions through competitions, residencies, seminars, workshops, internships or similar initiatives, or who have projects that are productions and/or co-productions with centres or foreign institutions. Deadline: 11 March 2020.

A UK charity founded in 1987, Barakat Trust operates for educational and heritage purposes focusing on the heritage of the Islamic world. They provide scholarships and grants for study and research projects, as well as supporting conservation and documentation work, travel for research and education, and training programmes. The Trust has a number of open grants for scholars. Deadline: 31 March 2020.