Curated, with verified official links. A weekly check of official sources in Portugal, Iberia and Europe — for a solo creator working in media art, electronic music and audiovisual practice, based in Lisbon.
38 open calls · 1 opening soon · 50 expected · 16 in the closed archive
Last updated 9 November 2026. Deadlines are shown as published by the organisers; the list is refreshed with each update.
Every open call, soonest deadline first. Use the filters to narrow by who can apply, type, region, tag or month — or change the sort order.
12 NOV 2026
No. 01
Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity (Canada)
Support — Paid residency: fee CA$9,075.15 − scholarship CA$6,048.79 = ≈ CA$3,026 net + travel/visa; application fee CA$65
3-week residency for classically trained musicians (instrumentalists, singers, composers; jazz/electronic also invited), collaborative interdisciplinary work; 19 Apr–8 May 2027, Banff (Canada). NOTE: pay-to-attend — net ≈ CA$3,026 after the automatic scholarship, plus travel and visa
14 NOV 2026
No. 02
ARC Athens — Artist Residency Center Athens
Support — $3,000 fellowship + $200/week food and local travel + room + studio + economy return flight (2 fellowships: 1 visual artist, 1 curator)
3-month Athens residency (4 Feb–26 Apr 2027) for artists/curators/scholars living outside Greece; studio visits, institutional meetings, one public presentation. Deadline confirmed on the official page (closes 14 Nov 2026, 11:00 pm ET)
15 NOV 2026
No. 03
EU Delegation to the United States
Support — Fully funded US residencies: Visual Arts — 8 weeks (Apr–Jun 2027), Film and Music — 2 weeks. Application cap: 350 per programme (Visual Arts / Film / Music) — confirmed by the TRSP mailing, November 2026.
Mid-career visual artists, directors and musicians from the 27 EU countries; collaboration with a US artist; deadline extended from 30 Oct to 15 Nov 2026
Eligibility — Mid-career artists from the 27 EU countries; collaboration with a US artist required
Application cap: 350 per programme (Visual Arts / Film / Music) — confirmed by the TRSP mailing, November 2026.
15 NOV 2026
No. 04
Hangar (Lisbon, Graça)
Support — Paid residency: €1,000–€1,400/month, 1–3 months
Four separate calls sharing one deadline: residencies for curators and researchers; for musicians, DJs and producers; for visual artists; for writers (plus a 5th — coworking without accommodation). Studios in Lisbon (Graça); apply by email to residency@hangar.com.pt. PAID residency, not a grant. Deadline from the Resartis listing; the call page itself states no date
15 NOV 2026
No. 05
Greylight Projects (Heerlen, Netherlands) × schrit_tmacher festival
Support — 3-month residency 1 Jan–29 Mar 2027 (space/studio; stipend not stated in the listing)
Residency at the intersection of visual arts and dance (reflection, movement, space) for visual artists, dancers, choreographers and performers based in Europe. Deadline from the TransArtists listing; the organiser page was not opened — re-verify before applying
17 NOV 2026
No. 06
POCTEP (Interreg ES-PT)
Support — ~€21M FEDER (co-financing up to 75%)
Cross-border ES–PT projects. Lisbon (AML) is NOT in the eligible regions (only border NUTS 3 regions). For Priority 1 (innovation/digitalisation) there was no grant funding at the time of publication.
Eligibility — Only border NUTS 3 regions; Lisbon (AML) excluded
22 NOV 2026
No. 07
FDDM / EPFL-Valais
Support — 2,000 CHF/month + accommodation + travel up to 1,500 CHF + production
3-month Art+Science residency, Sion (Switzerland), 11 Jan–18 Apr 2027
23 NOV 2026
No. 08
Arts at CERN
Support — Fully funded 2-month residency: 5,000 CHF/month + 30,000 CHF production budget + mentoring
Art & science residency at CERN for Geneva-based artists/collectives. Geneva-based ONLY — off-profile for a Lisbon-based artist. Deadline 23 Nov 2026 per the CERN announcement of 8 Oct 2026; the official arts.cern page could not be opened during the 9 Nov 2026 check (load error), so the date was not re-verified on the page itself
25 NOV 2026
No. 09
Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival (TiDF) AGORA
Support — Lab 6–11 Mar 2027; accommodation 5 nights + partial travel reimbursement
Workshop development of XR/new media projects; teams of 2 or more; Portugal in the eligible list
27 NOV 2026
No. 10
Fablab Buinho (Messejana, Alentejo)
Support — Paid residency: €900–€1,300/month by house (2 weeks–2 months, Feb–Dec 2027)
Residency in a rural fablab village (Messejana, Alentejo); media/video/sound artists explicitly welcome; apply to info@buinho.pt. PAID residency, not a grant. Deadline from the Resartis listing
30 NOV 2026
No. 11
EU / Goethe-Institut
Support — Travel + per diem
Individual artist mobility
30 NOV 2026
No. 12
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian
Support — Per the competition rules. Apply via MyGulbenkian; no direct public call page published.
Visibility of Portuguese cinema abroad
30 NOV 2026
No. 13
ICA — Instituto do Cinema e do Audiovisual (Portugal)
Support — Remunerated independent jury work for ICA funding competitions in 2027 (rates per official tables)
Joining ICA's jury pool; professionals with experience/merit in cinema/audiovisual, PT or foreign, resident or not, with knowledge of Portuguese language and culture. This is jury work, not an artist grant — off-profile. Deadline confirmed on the official ICA page (expressions of interest by 30 Nov 2026)
1 DEC 2026
No. 14
European Cultural Foundation
Support — €10,000 (travel, accommodation, production)
Archival research at the Historical Archives of the EU (Florence, 1st trimester 2027) + an original public work (installation, film, multimedia) for the House of European History (Brussels, September 2027); the theme is fixed — the history of ERASMUS
1 DEC 2026
No. 15
Jan van Eyck Academie (Maastricht, Netherlands)
Support — Stipend €1,500/month (€2,000 with children) + €2,000 annual working budget + studio apartment; application fee €65 (excl. VAT); enrolment fee for accepted participants €2,750 (excl. VAT)
11-month artistic research residency, 15 Jan–15 Dec 2028 (Maastricht), ~30–32 places; artists, curators, designers, writers, architects; duos/collectives and applicants with children welcome. NOTE the fees: €65 to apply and €2,750 enrolment. Deadline 1 Dec 2026, 23:59 CET per the e-flux announcement and listings; the official page returned only a loader (JS) in the 9 Nov 2026 text check, so the date was not re-verified on the page itself
2 DEC 2026
No. 16
DGLAB — Direção-Geral do Livro, dos Arquivos e das Bibliotecas (Portugal)
Support — 42 × €15,000 (€630,000 fund)
Annual creation grants: 24 literary creation (dramaturgy/theatre writing, essay, narrative fiction, poetry) + 18 comics and children's/young-adult literature. Literature only — off-profile for media art. Applications 2 Nov–2 Dec 2026 (until 23:59) via the gov.pt portal
Eligibility — PT citizens or residents; works in Portuguese; literature only
8 DEC 2026
No. 17
CURRENTS New Media
Support — Festival exhibition (not a grant); $30 fee per work
Installations, audio, VR/AR/MR, robotics, multimedia performance, experimental video; festival 11–20 Jun 2027
11 DEC 2026
No. 18
Fablab Buinho (Messejana, Alentejo)
Support — Paid residency: €900–€1,300/month by house (2 weeks–2 months, Feb–Dec 2027)
Second 2027 call of the Buinho residency programme (a distinct listing from the AIR call); media/video/sound artists welcome. PAID residency, not a grant. Deadline from the Resartis listing
15 DEC 2026
No. 19
EGEAC / Câmara Municipal de Lisboa
Support — €10,000 × 20 prizes (10 — journalism, 10 — digital content), €200,000 fund
Production of digital cultural content about Lisbon (strand b “Conteúdos Digitais”: Instagram, YouTube, Spotify, TikTok); 12-month project; content must remain freely available for at least 10 years
15 DEC 2026
No. 20
Bibliothek Andreas Züst (Switzerland)
Support — Studio residency stipend for duos and collectives (up to 5 people), 6 weeks, 4 Jul–31 Aug 2027 (stipend amount not stated in the listing)
Studio residency for cultural workers across disciplines — visual arts, literature, new media, music, theatre, design, architecture, film, photography. Deadline from the TransArtists listing (application window 20 Oct–15 Dec 2026); the organiser page was not opened — re-verify before applying
22 DEC 2026
No. 21
NewImages Festival (Forum des images)
Support — XR Competition: Grand Prize €6,000 + Impact Award €3,000; Fulldome €3,000; Virtual Worlds €3,000; fee €75 (€45 Individual Talent) until 10 Dec, then €100 (€60); Virtual Worlds — free
Immersive works: VR, AR, MR, narrative games, hybrid performances, fulldome, virtual worlds (VRChat, Roblox, Fortnite Creative); festival 21–25 Apr 2027
31 DEC 2026
No. 22
RIXC Center for New Media Culture (Riga, Latvia)
Support — Three fully funded 2-month residencies: stipend €3,000 + €600 food + €250 travel + €500 materials + accommodation + travel
Art & science residencies on ecological/climate themes (digital media, sound, data visualisation, immersive ecological art, XR); May–Jun 2027, Mar–Apr 2028, Jun–Jul 2028. NOT ELIGIBLE: Baltic and Nordic artists only, Latvian artists excluded, a PT resident does not qualify. Deadline confirmed on the official RIXC page (31 Dec 2026)
4 JAN 2027
No. 23
Ministério da Cultura / Fundo de Fomento Cultural
Support — €1M fund; up to €50,000 per application, max 80% of costs
Taking Portuguese culture abroad: festivals, fairs, biennials, exhibitions, tours, residencies, exchanges; events 1 Jan–31 Dec 2027; a confirmed opportunity (invitation/contract) is required
Eligibility — A confirmed opportunity (invitation or contract) is required
4 JAN 2027
No. 24
COMPETE 2030
Support — 4 calls: €107.95M Inovação Produtiva Digital/Biotec (MPR-2026-10); €100M Inovação Produtiva Energia; €76M I&D&I Empresarial Digital/Biotec; €75M I&D&I Empresarial Energia
Productive investment and business R&D in STEP strategic technologies (digital/deep tech, clean energy, biotech). Companies of any size, Norte/Centro/Alentejo (+Algarve for digital/bio). All four calls close 4 Jan 2027, 17:00
8 JAN 2027
No. 25
COMPETE 2030
Support — €25M FEDER, rate up to 85%
Collective decarbonisation actions for SMEs (low-carbon technologies, energy efficiency, renewables); only Norte, Centro, Alentejo — Lisbon excluded; only associations, universities, R&D institutions
18 JAN 2027
No. 26
European Commission / Goethe-Institut (Creative Europe)
Support — Host €50/day per resident; resident €30/day + travel €400/€800 + top-ups
Legal entities in Creative Europe countries host 1–5 artists/cultural professionals for a residency (21–90 days, 12 Apr 2027–31 Mar 2028); results 9 Mar 2027; the solo artist applies as a resident in phase 2 (info cards 9 Mar–31 Jul 2027), not here. Deadline confirmed on the official page (call open 15 Oct 2026–18 Jan 2027)
20 JAN 2027
No. 27
European Commission — Creative Europe, Cross-Sectoral strand
Support — €3.5M fund; up to €500,000 per project
Collaborative media-literacy projects (resilience against disinformation); apply via the Funding & Tenders Portal. Organisations/consortia only — off-profile for a solo artist. Deadline 20 Jan 2027, 17:00 (Brussels) per the FTOP topic page and Creative Europe Desk listings
26 JAN 2027
No. 28
ANI / Eureka
Support — Advanced manufacturing R&D
International R&D projects
27 JAN 2027
No. 29
European Commission — Creative Europe, Culture strand (EACEA)
Support — €5M fund; ~40 projects; up to 60% funding; max €200k (single applicant) / €300k (consortium)
Translation, publication, distribution and promotion of European literary works. Publishers/legal entities only — off-profile. Deadline 27 Jan 2027, 17:00 (Brussels)
27 JAN 2027
No. 30
European Commission — Creative Europe, Cross-Sectoral strand
Support — €3M (2-year project; co-financing up to 90%)
Europe-wide rapid response mechanism for media freedom and journalists' safety. Consortia only (min. 2 entities from 2 countries) — off-profile. Deadline 27 Jan 2027 per Creative Europe Desk Greece and the EC digital-strategy page
31 JAN 2027
No. 31
EU / Goethe-Institut
Support — Travel + per diem
Individual artist mobility
4 FEB 2027
No. 32
European Commission — Creative Europe, Cross-Sectoral strand
Support — €7M fund; max €2M per project; up to 80% co-financing
Cross-border journalism collaborations; consortia of 3+ partners from 3 Creative Europe countries. Media organisations only — off-profile. Deadline 4 Feb 2027 per the official EC page
28 FEB 2027
No. 33
EU / Goethe-Institut
Support — Travel + per diem
Individual artist mobility
2 MAR 2027
No. 34
European Commission — Creative Europe MEDIA (EACEA)
Support — Co-development of a single project (animation, creative documentary, fiction); funding rate 70%
Cooperation among European production companies developing works with strong international audience potential. Production companies only — off-profile. Deadline 2 Mar 2027, 17:00 CET per the call document; Desk Ireland lists 3 March — verify on FTOP
31 MAR 2027
No. 35
EU / Goethe-Institut
Support — Travel + per diem
Individual artist mobility
31 MAR 2027
No. 36
Alentejo 2030 (Portugal 2030)
Support — €2.125M (FSE+ 50%)
Hiring of highly qualified staff (level 6+) by SMEs in low-density territories of Alentejo. SMEs only — off-profile. Applications 30 Sep 2026–31 Mar 2027 (until 18:00) per the official aviso ALT2030-2026-48
22 APR 2027
No. 37
European Commission — Creative Europe, Cross-Sectoral strand
Support — Amount not stated in the sources checked (2026 edition: €7,021,561 fund)
Innovative solutions for the audiovisual sector (compulsory) plus at least one of: music, books, museums. Legal entities/consortia only. CAVEAT: multimedia-art projects were explicitly ineligible in the 2026 call — re-check 2027 eligibility before applying. Deadline 22 Apr 2027 per Creative Europe Desk pages
Eligibility — Multimedia-art projects were explicitly ineligible in the 2026 call — re-check 2027 eligibility before applying
30 APR 2027
No. 38
EU / Goethe-Institut
Support — Travel + per diem
Individual artist mobility
Announced calls whose applications have not opened yet.
1 MAR 2027
No. 01
Kala Art Institute
Support — $3,000 + equipment access up to 9 months + group exhibition; travel/accommodation not stated
Film/video, sound, animation, performance cinema, media arts installation; applications open December 2026
Grantsradar is a personal curation project by a solo creator working in media art, electronic music and audiovisual practice, based in Lisbon. It collects grants, residencies, mobility funding, festivals and fellowships that fit — or nearly fit — that profile, from Portugal, Iberia and Europe.
How curation works. Official sources are checked weekly (see the Sources page). Every card links to the official call page or the nearest working entry point. Amounts and deadlines are shown as published by the organisers — always verify the details on the official page before applying, and note that some calls close early when an application cap is reached.
What the tags mean. “Individuals welcome” — a solo artist can apply. “Duos / collectives” — apply as a duo or group. “Organisations only” — a legal entity is required. “Outside solo profile” — listed for completeness, but it does not fit a solo application. “New” marks a call added recently.