GRAIN 2026 Bursary

Deadline: 09/03/2026

Two £2,000 bursaries will be awarded to UK based artists to realise ambitious new works made in the West Midlands In addition to the bursary, the selected artist will receive mentoring support from GRAIN Projects to create…

https://grainphotographyhub.co.uk/portfolio-type/2026-bursary-opportunity-x-2/

arebyte Hotel Generation

Deadline: 12/03/2026

Hotel Generation mentors the next generation of UK digital artists during the critical early stages of their careers in the arts. The development programme selects four young digital artists and pairs them with a mentor for online…

https://www.arebyte.com/hotel-generation-open-call

European Media Art Platform (EMAP) Residencies 2026

Deadline: 13/03/2026

the European Media Art Platform (EMAP) invites artists, artist duos, collectives, and artistic collaborations working in digital, media, robotic, and bio art to apply for a two month production residency in 2026. The…

https://call.emare.eu/node/179

Rosetta Arts Artist Accelerator 2026

Deadline: 15/03/2026

Rosetta’s Artist Accelerator programme helps kickstart the careers of local artists that have faced barriers to their careers. This year five artists will selected and provided with access to networks, know how, funded opportunities for…

https://rosettaarts.org/project/artist-accelerator-2026

URRA Residency Open Call 2

Deadline: 16/03/2026

This residency open call is for UK based emerging and mid career contemporary visual artists. The eleven week, fully funded residency will take place at URRA, Buenos Aires, Argentina from 7 September – 23 November…

https://www.urraurra.com/convocatorias

RivelinCo ‘Rubbish’ Commission

Deadline: 23/03/2026

RivelinCo are inviting applications for a £12,000 outdoor art commission, to take place in public spaces across North Sheffield in Summer 2026. They are looking for an artist or collective to create and present an outdoor artwork…

https://rivelinco.org/jobs/call-out-for-outdoor-artists-12000-rivelinco-rubbish-commission/

New Contemporaries 26/27

Deadline: 30/03/2026

New Contemporaries welcomes submissions from emerging and early career artists aged 21 or over. The selected artists will participate in the New Contemporaries Artist Development Programme which includes a structured programme running once a month, with online…

https://www.newcontemporaries.org.uk/open-call

Jerwood Artist in Residence at the Soane 2026

Deadline: 31/03/2026

The Jerwood Foundation are now supporting Sir John Soane’s Museum in their initiative of marking the restoration of Soane’s Drawing Office and have announced the annual residency will now be known as…

https://drawingoffice.soane.org/jerwood-artist-residence-soane

Massee Arts Grant 

Deadline: 31/03/2026

The Massee Arts Grant provides an annual fund of £10,000 to support new individual projects up to a maximum of £5,000 each. Artists who can help encourage all sectors of society to engage with and learn about…

https://www.britmycolsoc.org.uk/massee-arts-grant.html

The Drawing Year

Deadline: 01/04/2026

The Drawing Year is a full time, full scholarship postgraduate level programme. It is designed for artists and creatives who wish to engage in creative exploration and critical enquiry, and discover how drawing can further enrich their…

https://royaldrawingschool.org/courses/postgraduate-drawing-year

Schloss Wiepersdorf Fellowships 2027

Deadline: 15/04/2026

Writers, visual artists and scholars’ from Germany and abroad, are invited to apply for the Schloss Wiepersdorf Fellowship 2027. The residency fellowship lasts for three months and In addition to room and board at Schloss Wiepersdorf,…

https://www.schloss-wiepersdorf.de/en/individual-and-collaborative-fellowships.html

The COAL Prize 2026: The Night

Deadline: 28/04/2026

The COAL Prize 2026 is dedicated to the theme of night. Artists are invited to defend the night as a common good, a major ecological issue for the regeneration of life, a refuge, a…

https://projetcoal.org/en/prize/coal-prize/call-for-projects-2026/

FVU:LAB

Open deadline

FVU:LAB is delivered in collaboration with Nottingham Trent University and provides opportunities for four UK based emerging moving image artists to work with cutting edge technologies at NTU’s new Design and Digital Arts building. This can be either for…

https://www.fvu.co.uk/projects/fvulab

ARTCRY

Open deadline

ARTCRY is a new fund supporting urgent artistic responses to current social and political events. The fund aims to encourage artists to create bold political work with funding in seven days to enable fast action. ARTCRY are seeking applications…

https://www.artcry.co.uk/apply

Arts Council England National Lottery Project Grants

Open deadline

National Lottery Project Grants is an open access programme for arts, museums and libraries projects. The fund supports thousands of individual artists, community and cultural organisations. National Lottery Project Grants supports a broad…

https://www.artscouncil.org.uk/projectgrants

Black Artists Grant

Open deadline

The Black Artists Grant is £1,500 given out monthly to black artists in the UK, with each artist selected receiving £500 each.The BAG is no strings attached financial support to help the selected artists in whatever they…

https://creativedebuts.co.uk/bag/

Interfaces Monthly

Open deadline

Interfaces Monthly is a get together for people working at the junction of art and technology, organised by the Barbican and The Trampery. Each event includes selected artworks, presentations and discussions. They accept proposals on any form of work…

http://bit.ly/2cDgTfd

Jonathan Ruffer curatorial grants – Small grants

Open deadline

The Jonathan Ruffer curatorial grants support UK curators, museum professionals and researchers to undertake travel and other activities that will extend and develop their curatorial expertise, collections based knowledge and art historical interests.…

https://www.artfund.org/professional/get-funding/programmes/jonathan-ruffer-curatorial-grants