لوحة منتقاة من المنح والإقامات الفنية والزمالات والدعوات المفتوحة والفعاليات للفنانين ومبدعي الواقع الممتد والمعلمين والطلاب وصنّاع التغيير, يحدّثها فريق تانيت XR بانتظام. تُنشر أيضًا في نشرتنا على LinkedIn.
EU grants for artists و cultural professionals living in a Creative Europe country, Tunisia included, to spend 7 to 60 days on a project with an international partner in another Creative Europe country: 85 euros a day plus 400 or 800 euros for travel. Sectors are architecture, cultural heritage, design, literature, music, performing arts و visual arts; free to apply. Rolling call with monthly cut-offs (October 31 و November 30, 2026, then the last day of each month from January to April 30, 2027).
Free short-film awards run by Creo with Sony. The 2027 edition adds an Immersive category presented by Meta for 5 to 20 minute films in 3D, 180° or 360° video (AR, MR و XR techniques are not eligible), alongside Fiction, Non-Fiction, Animation, Student و Future Format. Works released January 1, 2025 to December 15, 2026; open worldwide, under-18s need consent. The Immersive winner receives $5,000 و a Meta VR device; shortlisted filmmakers attend a four-day workshop in the US with flights و accommodation covered. Deadline December 15, 2026, 7:00 am CST.
Submissions are open for the 26th Tribeca Festival, جديد York, June 3 to 12, 2027. Games: $40 early (October 28), $60 official (December 2), $80 extended (March 4, 2027); Shorts: $50 / $70 / $80 to February 3, 2027, with student rates; Digital Creators: $30 / $40 / $60.
FilmGate Interactive 13 runs March 19 to 24, 2027 in Miami و Miami Beach across museums, public spaces و immersive venues. Categories include Virtual Reality Project, Augmented Reality Project, Immersive Experience, Interactive Documentary, Interactive Installation, Dome Experience, Public Immersive Installation و جديد Games و Applications, plus a market و talks. Open worldwide, any length, fiction or non-fiction; submissions need a budget estimate, technical rider و spatial requirements. Regular deadline December 20, 2026 ($35), late January 18, 2027 ($50); notification February 1, 2027.
Four to six residencies of up to 10 days in the المدينة العتيقة بتونس و Zaghouan between October 2026 و March 2027, for research و new work tied to local heritage و communities, with an average budget of about EUR 6,000 each covering the artist fee و production. Open to individual artists of any nationality with provable experience; new media is eligible و applying is free. Proposals are reviewed every two months from October 20, so earlier is better.
Africa No Filter grants of $500 to $3,000 for African storytellers under 35, in Africa or the diaspora, whose work challenges stereotypes about Africa. Applicants need الإنجليزية or French, two years of experience, 5,000 or more followers و membership of the African Narrative Collective; film projects و equipment are not funded. Open until December 31, 2026 or until 12 to 14 storytellers are chosen.
Build an open-source app or tool that improves the attendee experience at ACM CHI 2027, submitting a working prototype, a walkthrough video of up to five minutes و a public repository. Accepted teams demo at CHI in Pittsburgh, May 10 to 14, 2027. Free to enter; prize amounts و travel support are not stated.
Open call for the new media festival in Santa Fe, نيو مكسيكو, June 11 to 20, 2027, including a category for virtual, augmented و mixed reality environments alongside installations, audio, robotics, performance و video. International artists can submit, though international shipping may not be covered. Fee $30 for one entry, $25 each for more; hardship fee waivers on request.
ACM's conference on designing interactive systems, June 28 to July 2, 2027, with online presentation sessions June 21 to 25, so a paper or pictorial can be presented without travelling. Title و abstract due January 11, 2027, full submission January 18, 2027, Anywhere on Earth; notification March 19. Pictorials suit visual و practice-based work. Free to submit; registration if accepted.
Up to 7,000 euros for artists و cultural actors from the Arab region to travel for professional purposes: fairs, artistic residencies, forums, conferences, seminars و training or capacity-building workshops. The grant covers flights, visa costs, accommodation, internal transport و partial living expenses, و Culture Resource can write a supporting letter to the relevant embassy after the contract is signed. Either the departure or the arrival country must be in the Arab region; individuals و groups may apply, و there is no application fee. Applications are accepted year-round و judged in three rounds, with cut-offs at 16:00 Beirut time on January 16 (results February 28), May 29 (results July 1) و September 17 (results October 31); the activity you are travelling for must fall after the results date of the round you apply to.
Curated exhibition of completed or proposed installation, performance, time-based, interactive و screen-based works for the virtual Creativity & Cognition conference, June 13 to 16, 2027. The theme, Creativity و Unseen, covers craft traditions, tacit knowledge, memory, archives و cultural heritage. Written submission of up to 2,000 words via PCS; accepted works appear in the ACM Digital المكتبة (Library) with no article processing charge, و one author must register و present. Abstract due January 19, 2027, full submission January 25, 2027, 11:59 pm Anywhere on Earth.
A long-running, artist-friendly festival for VR و MR stories, 360° cinema, live و spatial performance, WebXR و installation work, held in Los Angeles و online February 22 – March 9, 2027. Rolling deadlines: earlybird September 24, regular November 24, late December 24, extended January 24, 2027 (fees on FilmFreeway). Notifications February 7.
International competition for XR, AR و VR projects at the Thessaloniki Documentary Festival in Greece, March 4 to 14, 2027. Works must be completed within the last 24 months و be a world, international or European premiere. Free to enter through the festival portal.
Online digital art prize from Aion Laboratory (Ise-Shima Art Company, Japan) for computer art, digital installation, interactive systems, video, animation, sound, AR, VR و other new media. Artists of any nationality و age; previously exhibited or awarded works are eligible. Entry fee JPY 3,000 per work (about $20). One grand prize of JPY 50,000 و up to 35 further award certificates; results May 5, 2027. Deadline March 1, 2027, 23:59 GMT.
Open to artists و collectives aged 18 و over from any country, in any art form. No submission fee; you apply with a .ART domain (bought separately) that points to your site, portfolio or social profile. Prizes: a $15,000 grand prize, artist residencies in France, Spain و Georgia, a $3,000 package for an artist working in augmented reality, a Times Square screen showing in May 2027 و a 5,000 tez prize for blockchain artists. Deadline November 1, 2026.
Up to $15,000 from the Archaeological Institute of America for projects that preserve an archaeological site و involve the local community: conservation planning including photographic و digital documentation, physical conservation, preventive measures و monitoring, training, و public outreach و education. Applications close November 1, 2026; awards announced by March 1, 2027. No fee stated.
Prague's human rights documentary festival, March 10 to 18, 2027, accepts virtual reality, interactive و 360-degree projects for its Virtual Reality Competition alongside documentaries. Works must be finished in 2025 to 2027, in الإنجليزية or with الإنجليزية subtitles. Documentary entries cost EUR 30, waived for many production countries.
Grants of $5,000 to $30,000 in three tiers for nonprofit و charitable organizations anywhere working on education و youth development, equality و empowerment, entrepreneurship, health or community infrastructure. Download the application form و email it as one PDF with attachments by November 1, 2026. Free to apply; funded projects send a mid-year و a final impact report.
UnitedXR Europe (Brussels, December 7 to 9, 2026) is taking proposals for XR apps و experiences, community meetups, jobs و skills programmes و side events. Selected partners get free passes, reserved space و times, a calendar listing و marketing support. Free to submit, reviewed as received, answers by November 20.
The world's largest annual space و science hackathon, run by NASA with 17 partner space agencies, held November 14 to 15, 2026. Registration is open و free، وكذلك site lists 14 challenges plus local in-person events by city alongside a fully remote option; teams form on the platform. Open to anyone interested in space و science, at any age, skill level or professional background.
Online VR build competition from Meta with $1 million in prizes: 20 awards of $20,000 to $100,000 across Entertainment, Gaming و Productivity tracks. Entrants must be 18 or older و members of the free Meta VR Start Program; residents of Brazil, Quebec و sanctioned regions are excluded. Free to enter.
Tech-based education solutions at prototype stage or later, from organisations or individuals anywhere. Selected Solver teams get a $10,000 grant, access to more than $1M in prize funding و a nine-month programme of coaching و workshops, with four-day in-person events in Cambridge و جديد York. The 2027 challenge looks for tools that strengthen teachers' practice, work offline or in low-resource settings, include assistive or multilingual support, or improve assessment. Deadline November 2, 2026, 12:00 pm EST. Free.
$1,000 micro-grants for conservation و climate projects, no strings attached. The chapter reviews on a fixed bi-monthly cycle rather than rolling: the next application deadlines are September 25, 2026 و November 27, 2026, then January 29, 2027.
Copenhagen's documentary festival (March 10 to 21, 2027) takes VR, AR, mixed-media و installation works that premiered after April 1, 2026. Deadline November 3, 2026 for works finished after September 1, all time zones; preview links by November 25. Entry fee 150 DKK (about EUR 20) for interactive works; creators from OECD DAC-list countries, which include Tunisia, can ask for a waiver by email, up to two projects per company.
IEEE VR's immersive-art exhibition (Melbourne, Feb 27 – Mar 3, 2027), themed “Sharing Realities: Immersive Experiences Across Boundaries.” Previously unexhibited works only; accepted artists get a free full conference registration و select works receive $500 awards. Underrepresented و Indigenous artists especially encouraged.
Four art projects co-created with residents, craftspeople و associations around the heritage of the المدينة العتيقة بتونس, part of the EU-funded IN-SITU project (Interreg NEXT Italy-Tunisia). Each gets a flat fee of up to EUR 3,000 plus production costs و cross-border travel; digital و hybrid practices are eligible. Open to artists, collectives و arts organisations established or resident in Tunisia, free, one PDF by email; co-creation runs January to March 2027.
Grant program for creatives aged 21 to 30 from any country whose projects advance the UN Sustainable Development Goals, run with the UN Office for Partnerships. Selected participants receive EUR 20,000, one-on-one mentorship, online masterclasses و a trip to an in-person event in London; the cohort is notified in April 2027 و program runs fall 2027 to September 2028. Free to apply. Deadline November 9, 2026, 11:59 pm GMT.
£10,000 Main Prize و £1,000 Emerging Prize (students و graduates of the last three years), any discipline و any theme, two works per entry. Entry £25 until October 11, 2026, late entries £35 until October 18. Shortlisted work is exhibited in autumn 2027.
Two residencies on the theme AGENCY (human agency as AI systems act on our behalf), for US-based artists only. Virtual Residency, November 4, 2026 to February 12, 2027: $2,000 stipend, mentorship و Eyebeam's technical network, for artists living in the US outside جديد York; deadline October 11, 2026, 11:59 pm ET. NYC Residency, March 15 to June 11, 2027: $5,000 for artists in the five boroughs, on site one day a week; deadline November 15, 2026. Individuals only, no full-time students, no fee. Not open outside the US.
Goethe-Institut grants of EUR 15,000 to 30,000, up to 75% of production costs, for new music, theatre, dance or performance coproductions made with a partner in Germany; digital و hybrid projects qualify. Applicants are organisations based outside Germany و must contact their local Goethe-Institut قبل applying. Projects run January to December 2027; free to apply.
PhotoVogue's first open call for photographers و video makers aged 18+ from the Middle East و North Africa و diaspora. Submit a series of up to 15 images, or images و video; AI-generated work is not accepted. Free to enter; three grants totalling $8,000 ($4,500, $2,000, $1,500), with festival presentation و possible Condé Nast publication.
Festival for fulldome و immersive cinema at Fiske Planetarium, University of Colorado Boulder, April 21 to 25, 2027. Categories: feature و short dome films, live dome experiences, interactive dome experiences, completed after January 1, 2025. Regular deadline October 16, 2026, then December 4 و January 8, 2027; fees on FilmFreeway.
A 36-hour XR hackathon at Stanford, November 13–15, 2026, with around 400 hackers, $300k+ of loaned headsets و hardware, industry workshops و a prize pool that topped $30k last year. مفتوح للجميع skill levels و non-Stanford participants; the application takes under 10 minutes. Priority deadline October 2 (decisions October 9), final deadline October 16 (decisions October 23).
The largest hackathon for underrepresented genders in tech, hosted by the University of Maryland on October 17 to 18, 2026, at the College Park Marriott و online in Gather. People of all genders are welcome و no coding experience is needed; there are Beginner, General, Research و Startup tracks. Hacker registration is open with no closing date published.
Two calls from the Society for Arts و Technology in Montréal, both closing October 18, 2026 with results in January 2027. Dome Production Residency: create و present a work for the Satosphère, an 18 m immersive dome, in the 2027-28 programme; open to artists, collectives, researchers و interdisciplinary teams. Research-Creation Residencies in Technological Arts 2027-28: three projects at CAD 10,000 each with two months of SAT support و facilities, on live arts meeting technological arts around human movement; open to non-profits, collectives و individual artists. No nationality limit stated; travel و housing for the dome call are not stated. Free.
Twenty-five production grants a year for artists و writers under 35 who originate from an Arab country, living in the region or in the diaspora: up to €8,500 for visual arts, music و sound art, performing arts و literature, up to €13,000 for cinema. XR و new-media projects fit under visual arts or cinema; the work must take place in or benefit the Arab region. Deadline October 19, 2026, 16:00 Beirut time; results end of March 2027.
Six-month online residency, January to June 2027, for three artists who build one shared VRChat world together, premiered at L.E.V. Matadero in Madrid in September 2027. Each artist receives EUR 10,000 gross plus a shared production budget of up to EUR 15,000. Applicants need VR development experience (Unity, 3D or 2D art, animation, sound, narrative or UX); no nationality limit or fee is listed. Deadline October 23, 2026, 23:59 CEST.
Montreal's International Festival of Films on Art, March 11 to 21, 2027, takes interactive و immersive works, media art و art documentaries, including art و science, technology و archaeology. Works must not have screened in Montreal قبل. Fees CAD 33 to 58 until October 19, then CAD 45 to 70 until October 26.
الموقع-specific installations و participatory projects, including immersive experiences, for the Matsu Islands in Taiwan, around three axes: the island's culture و stone houses, its Cold War outpost history, و ocean ecology. Each selected proposal receives up to NTD 800,000 (tax included); open to artists worldwide. Deadline October 30, 2026, 17:00 GMT+8; the exhibition runs August 20 to November 7, 2027.
Three- or six-month residencies in Paris (solo) or three months (collectives) in 2027, with a furnished studio apartment, EUR 1,000 a month, a EUR 3,000 production grant و a round trip to Paris. Open to artists of any nationality in visual, performing و digital arts with at least five years of professional practice و an international exhibition record; art و science و ecological issues are priority themes. Free to apply.
Internet awards across websites, apps, video, social, podcasts, games, creators, AI و immersive work, including Best Use of Augmented Reality, Best VR Headset Experience و Best Immersive Technology Innovation. Paid entry: at the October 30, 2026 early deadline, $105 for students, $255 for discounted categories, $395 for a creator single entry و $525 for a general single entry; later deadlines cost more.
Free call for artists under 35 و fine arts students, from Italy و abroad, working with AI, VR, AR, software art و other digital tools. Twenty finalists join a group show in Parma in spring 2027 during the festival's 11th edition; four prizes of EUR 1,500 each. Themes: Parma heritage, care, و sustainability و data ecology. Travel is not covered. Deadline October 31, 2026.
Full delegate access و meals at the One Young World Summit in Cape Town, November 3 to 6, 2026, for people aged 18 to 35 working on positive change; travel و accommodation are decided case by case و visa fees are the scholar's own. Only nationals of the 53 countries listed on the page can apply (Tunisia و United States are not on the list; Mauritania, Oman, Qatar, Chad, Niger و Djibouti are). Free to apply, reviewed on a rolling basis until October 31, 2026.
Six-month fellowship (April to September 2027) for early-stage social justice changemakers testing a new idea. Fellows receive a $30,000 unrestricted award, a $1,000 healthcare stipend, covered travel to three in-person convenings, coaching و mentorship; a childcare stipend is available. Applicants must be 18 or older و based in the United States (no visa sponsorship); no organization, finished product or business plan is required. Free to apply, deadline October 31, 2026, 11:59 pm ET.
Photo contest documenting Tunisia's more than 2,600 listed historic و cultural sites; photos are uploaded to Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 4.0 between October 1 و 31, 2026. Prizes are 700, 400 و 250 TND plus a 250 TND special prize، وكذلك top 10 go on to the international round. Free.
Speaker submissions for AWE USA 2027 (June 14 to 17, 2027, Long Beach) are open through the conference portal. No closing date has been published yet.
International game design competition inviting young people aged 10 to 25 to build digital games inspired by the UN Sustainable Development Goals, with prize categories for ages 10 to 18 و university age. Educators sign up classrooms و students worldwide can submit; participation is free. Sign-ups for the 2026-2027 cycle are open و two themes are published: “Everyone Belongs Here”, on fostering belonging, و “Bounce Back”, on building resilience. The submission deadlines for this cycle have not been published yet.
The Holy Art معرض runs a rolling series of open calls for physical و digital exhibitions in London و other cities, with the current editions و their closing dates listed on the open-calls page. Submitting is free, but selected artists pay an exhibition fee, published as £280 for one physical work و £380 for two, or £95 to £150 for one to three digital works. Budget for that fee قبل applying.
UNESCO is seeking good practices advancing SDG 4, inclusive, equitable quality education و lifelong learning. Selected practices are featured in the SDG 4 Knowledge Hub و shared globally.
Global network launched at COP25 connecting youth-led organizations working on climate action across education, sciences, culture و communication. UNESCO states that calls for membership are open to youth-led organizations; membership is applied for through the form on the network page, و there is no published closing date.
VIVERSE funds creators building web-based 3D worlds, immersive art و games, with funding negotiated per مشروع. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis و no prior WebXR experience is required; Unity WebGL, Three.js, PlayCanvas, Babylon.js, A-Frame و Godot are supported.
يقوم Tanit XR على المتطوّعين: مسح ثلاثي الأبعاد، وتنقيح النماذج، وتطوير الواقع الممتد، والبحث التاريخي، والكتابة، والترجمة، وسرد القصص. انضمّ من تونس أو من أي مكان في العالم، وكل المستويات مرحّب بها، والعمل عن بُعد ممكن بالكامل.
Ongoing call from the XR Women Museum for contributions to its المجتمع Garden: 3D و XR-ready objects, animated or interactive “pollinators”, botanical or spatial fragments, و conceptual world-building elements. The museum describes it as a living relational system rather than a submission pool for selection, so contributions join an evolving XR ecosystem that outlasts any single exhibition. Submissions go through a Google form linked from the museum page و there is no fee or published closing date.
احصلوا مجانًا على المنح والإقامات الفنية والدعوات المفتوحة في الفن والواقع الممتد والأثر الاجتماعي، مباشرة من فريق Tanit XR. وستكونون أول من يعرف أخبار عملنا في حفظ التراث.
لا رسائل مزعجة, فرص وأخبار تانيت XR فقط. تُنشر أيضًا على LinkedIn.
أرسلوها إلينا، وإن كانت مناسبة فستظهر على هذه اللوحة وفي النشرة البريدية.
