Western Europe

The French Institutes for Advanced Study Fellowship Programme offers 10 months fellowships at the seven Institutes of Aix-Marseille, Cergy, Loire Valley (Orléans-Tours), Lyon, Montpellier, Nantes and Paris. It welcomes applications from high-level international scholars and scientists to develop their innovative research projects in France.

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

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

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

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

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

Across three distinct routes—from a drifting boat residency through the canals of France to a cycling expedition connecting Vienna, Bratislava, and Budapest—participants engage in a tapestry of experiences. These include water quality testing, participatory artistic interventions, storytelling, and hands-on workshops on the rights of nature.

The Chalet du Parc, in partnership with Maison Gutenberg, is launching an open call for its artistic residency programme. For its first edition, the programme will host three creative residencies taking place within a unique cultural and natural environment in Lyon.