Grants
Awards open to artists outside the United States, or open to everyone.
Basil Sellers Art Prize · Australia
Major national Australian acquisitive biennial prize
Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival / Edward Burtynsky · Toronto, Ontario, Canada (remote application)
C$5,000 annual grant toward the creation of a photobook
Resonance Grants - Enhancing Cultural Journeys between France and Australia
Resonance Grants (France-Australia Cultural Exchange) · Australia
Grant of up to AUD $20,000
Ville de Montréal + Association des galeries d'art contemporain (AGAC) · Montréal, Canada
CA$7,500 grant + CA$2,500 exhibition/promotion budget for a Montréal solo show + acquisition of a work by the City of Montréal
SK Arts Independent Artists Grant
SK Arts (Saskatchewan Arts Board) · Saskatchewan, Canada
Project funding for creation, research, production or professional development; maximum funding varies by project
New Brunswick Arts Board (artsnb) · New Brunswick, Canada
Up to C$20,000 for established artists; up to C$12,000 for early-career artists
Shirley Hannan National Portrait Award 2026
Shirley Hannan National Portrait Award · Bega, NSW, Australia
$50,000
LOEWE Foundation · Madrid; finalist exhibition rotates
€50,000 winner; finalists exhibited.
Patrocinios Fundación Jumex Arte Contemporáneo (2027 cycle)
Fundación Jumex Arte Contemporáneo / Museo Jumex · Mexico City; projects nationwide
Up to MXN $200,000 / $150,000 / $100,000 by category (~US$10,800 max)
Film London (FLAMIN) · London / touring UK
£10,000 cash to the winner; shortlisted artists tour major UK venues (BALTIC, Nottingham Contemporary, Spike Island, Barbican) and exhibit at Whitecha
Landis & Gyr Stiftung Werkstipendien
Landis & Gyr Stiftung, Zug · Zug, Switzerland
10 work grants of CHF 30,000 unrestricted; same deadline as the foundation's studio residencies (London, Belgrade, Budapest, Bucharest, Sofia)
The Joseph Plaskett Award in Painting (Plaskett Award)
The Joe Plaskett Foundation · Canada
CAD $65,000 to live, create artwork and/or travel outside Canada for one year.
Institut français d'Argentine / French Embassy + UNTREF (MUNTREF) · Argentina; winner residency at Cité internationale des arts, Paris
Winner: ~6-month funded residency at Cité internationale des arts, Paris + strong ties to French institutions (Palais de Tokyo, FRAC involvement in ju
Inlaks Shivdasani Foundation · India
INR 300,000/annum to work independently + funded month at a recognized Indian residency
Fondation Giverny pour l'art contemporain / Giverny Capital · Quebec, Canada
CAD $10,000 biennial prize; 11th edition (Feb 2026) to Anthony Burnham
Fredrik Roos Art Grant (Fredrik Roos Stipendium)
Fredrik Roos Stiftelse (in collaboration with Artipelag) · Sweden (exhibition at Artipelag, Stockholm)
SEK 1,000,000 (~$95,000) in 2025 — among the largest Nordic art scholarships; recipient solo exhibition at Artipelag.
Prix AWARE (Nouveau Regard & Outstanding Merit)
AWARE: Archives of Women Artists, Research & Exhibitions (Centre Pompidou) · Paris, France
Cash prize + institutional visibility; from 2026 embedded in Centre Pompidou calendar. Supported by CHANEL and the French Ministry of Culture.
Hong Kong Arts Development Council · Hong Kong
Project funding, scale varies (grants above HK$100,000 need audited accounts)
Jack and Doris Shadbolt Foundation for the Visual Arts · Vancouver, Canada
CA$15,000 unrestricted cash award (one or two per year, alternating with the Balkind Curator's Prize)
Visual Artists Program: Creation
Toronto Arts Council · Toronto, Canada
Fixed CA$10,000 creation/production grant (plus optional Accessibility Grant up to CA$5,000 for Deaf/disabled artists' access costs)
Create Grant (Individual Artists)
Manitoba Arts Council · Winnipeg, Canada
Up to CA$7,500 (emerging), CA$10,000 (mid-career), CA$15,000 (established) for creation, works in progress, or creation-based residencies
Museo Figari / Ministerio de Educación y Cultura (instituted by Banco Central del Uruguay, 1995) · Montevideo, Uruguay
Uruguay's most important career recognition in visual arts: retrospective exhibition at Museo Figari + monograph/catalogue; 30-year lineage (2025: Lui
Creative Scotland Open Fund for Individuals
Creative Scotland · Scotland, UK
£500-£50,000 for research, development and/or delivery of creative activity (up to 24 months)
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