Fellowship

The Curatorial Fellowship is a 10-month program awarding an emerging curator $5,000 with the goal of advancing and supporting their practice. This fellowship provides a platform for exploring new curatorial approaches to craft. The Curatorial Fellowship is a yearlong program created to give an emerging craft curator a platform to explore and test new ideas […]

Thanks to the generosity of our supporters, VCCA is proud to offer a rotating selection of fully-funded fellowships at each of our three annual application deadlines (January 15, May 15, and September 15). At each deadline, applicants will be considered for a VCCA residency and as many fully-funded fellowships for which they are eligible; only one application […]

BGC Visiting Fellowship applications for the 2025–26 academic year are now open; applications are due Saturday, March 1, 2025, at 11:59 pm EST. Fulbright applicants for the 2026–27 academic year are on a different timeline; please see below for more detail. Bard Graduate Center invites scholars from university, museum, and independent backgrounds with a PhD […]

Forge Project is a Native-led non-profit organization that fosters Indigenous leadership in arts and culture through community-building, education, and collective action. Situated on 38 acres in the Mahicannituck (Hudson River) valley, on the ancestral homelands of the Moh-He-Con-Nuck people, Forge Project supports Indigenous artists, scholars, and cultural workers. For 2025, Forge Project is selecting six […]

Description: The U.S.-Japan Creative Artists Program offers U.S. artists a unique opportunity to live and work in Japan for a 3-5 month residency, promoting cultural exchange and providing support for artistic exploration. This program is designed for contemporary and traditional artists from diverse backgrounds who wish to develop their work in Japan and engage with […]

The Alpine Fellowship partners with New York University to give two graduate students per year a cash bursary.   Key dates: 1st January 2025 – 1st March 2025   Who is this right for? The ideal students “seek to explore the connections across and between humanistic fields of study, build bridges across fields of study […]

Awarded for the best playwriting response on the theme of Fear.   Key dates: Applications open: 1st February 2025 Applications close: 1st April 2025 at 23:59 (UK time)   Prizes: First place: £3,000 Second place: £1,000 Third place: £1,000   Rules: Open to all nationalities. Applicants must be aged 18 or above at the time […]

APPLICATIONS OPENING SOON. We are proud to award two cash prizes to students who identify as refugees, asylum seekers, displaced persons or stateless persons. UN Refugee Agency This programme is being run in partnership with Bard College Berlin and the Open Societies University Network, and is a Global Compact on Refugees (GCR) approved pledge towards […]

Awarded for the best poetic response on the theme of Fear.   Key dates: Applications open: 1st February 2025 Applications close: 1st April 2025 at 23:59 (UK time)   Prizes: The winner and runners-up will receive cash prizes and will be invited to attend our annual symposium. First place: £3,000 Second place: £1,000 Third place: […]