Un tableau soigneusement sélectionné de bourses, résidences, fellowships, appels à projets et événements pour artistes, créateurs XR, enseignants, étudiants et acteurs du changement, mis à jour régulièrement par l’équipe Tanit XR. Également publié dans notre newsletter LinkedIn.
EU grants for artists et 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 et visual arts; free to apply. Rolling call with monthly cut-offs (October 31 et 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 et XR techniques are not eligible), alongside Fiction, Non-Fiction, Animation, Student et Future Format. Works released January 1, 2025 to December 15, 2026; open worldwide, under-18s need consent. The Immersive winner receives $5,000 et a Meta VR device; shortlisted filmmakers attend a four-day workshop in the US with flights et accommodation covered. Deadline December 15, 2026, 7:00 am CST.
Submissions are open for the 26th Tribeca Festival, Nouveau 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 et Miami Beach across museums, public spaces et immersive venues. Categories include Virtual Reality Project, Augmented Reality Project, Immersive Experience, Interactive Documentary, Interactive Installation, Dome Experience, Public Immersive Installation et Nouveau Games et Applications, plus a market et talks. Open worldwide, any length, fiction or non-fiction; submissions need a budget estimate, technical rider et 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 Médina de Tunis et Zaghouan between October 2026 et March 2027, for research et new work tied to local heritage et communities, with an average budget of about EUR 6,000 each covering the artist fee et production. Open to individual artists of any nationality with provable experience; new media is eligible et 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 Anglais or French, two years of experience, 5,000 or more followers et membership of the African Narrative Collective; film projects et 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 et a public repository. Accepted teams demo at CHI in Pittsburgh, May 10 to 14, 2027. Free to enter; prize amounts et travel support are not stated.
Open call for the new media festival in Santa Fe, Nouveau-Mexique, June 11 to 20, 2027, including a category for virtual, augmented et mixed reality environments alongside installations, audio, robotics, performance et 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 et abstract due January 11, 2027, full submission January 18, 2027, Anywhere on Earth; notification March 19. Pictorials suit visual et practice-based work. Free to submit; registration if accepted.
Up to 7,000 euros for artists et cultural actors from the Arab region to travel for professional purposes: fairs, artistic residencies, forums, conferences, seminars et training or capacity-building workshops. The grant covers flights, visa costs, accommodation, internal transport et partial living expenses, et 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 et groups may apply, et there is no application fee. Applications are accepted year-round et judged in three rounds, with cut-offs at 16:00 Beirut time on January 16 (results February 28), May 29 (results July 1) et 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 et screen-based works for the virtual Creativity & Cognition conference, June 13 to 16, 2027. The theme, Creativity et le Unseen, covers craft traditions, tacit knowledge, memory, archives et cultural heritage. Written submission of up to 2,000 words via PCS; accepted works appear in the ACM Digital Bibliothèque (Library) with no article processing charge, et one author must register et 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 et MR stories, 360° cinema, live et spatial performance, WebXR et installation work, held in Los Angeles et 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 et VR projects at the Thessaloniki Documentary Festival in Greece, March 4 to 14, 2027. Works must be completed within the last 24 months et 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 et other new media. Artists of any nationality et age; previously exhibited or awarded works are eligible. Entry fee JPY 3,000 per work (about $20). One grand prize of JPY 50,000 et up to 35 further award certificates; results May 5, 2027. Deadline March 1, 2027, 23:59 GMT.
Open to artists et collectives aged 18 et 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 et Georgia, a $3,000 package for an artist working in augmented reality, a Times Square screen showing in May 2027 et 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 et involve the local community: conservation planning including photographic et digital documentation, physical conservation, preventive measures et monitoring, training, et public outreach et 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 et 360-degree projects for its Virtual Reality Competition alongside documentaries. Works must be finished in 2025 to 2027, in Anglais or with Anglais subtitles. Documentary entries cost EUR 30, waived for many production countries.
UnitedXR Europe (Brussels, December 7 to 9, 2026) is taking proposals for XR apps et experiences, community meetups, jobs et skills programmes et side events. Selected partners get free passes, reserved space et times, a calendar listing et marketing support. Free to submit, reviewed as received, answers by November 20.
The world's largest annual space et science hackathon, run by NASA with 17 partner space agencies, held November 14 to 15, 2026. Registration is open et free, et la 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 et 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 et Productivity tracks. Entrants must be 18 or older et members of the free Meta VR Start Program; residents of Brazil, Quebec et 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 et a nine-month programme of coaching et workshops, with four-day in-person events in Cambridge et Nouveau 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 et 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 et November 27, 2026, then January 29, 2027.
Copenhagen's documentary festival (March 10 to 21, 2027) takes VR, AR, mixed-media et 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 et select works receive $500 awards. Underrepresented et Indigenous artists especially encouraged.
Four art projects co-created with residents, craftspeople et associations around the heritage of the Médina de Tunis, 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 et cross-border travel; digital et hybrid practices are eligible. Open to artists, collectives et 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 et a trip to an in-person event in London; the cohort is notified in April 2027 et le program runs fall 2027 to September 2028. Free to apply. Deadline November 9, 2026, 11:59 pm GMT.
£10,000 Main Prize et £1,000 Emerging Prize (students et graduates of the last three years), any discipline et 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 et Eyebeam's technical network, for artists living in the US outside Nouveau 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 et hybrid projects qualify. Applicants are organisations based outside Germany et must contact their local Goethe-Institut avant de applying. Projects run January to December 2027; free to apply.
PhotoVogue's first open call for photographers et video makers aged 18+ from the Middle East et North Africa et le diaspora. Submit a series of up to 15 images, or images et video; AI-generated work is not accepted. Free to enter; three grants totalling $8,000 ($4,500, $2,000, $1,500), with festival presentation et possible Condé Nast publication.
Festival for fulldome et immersive cinema at Fiske Planetarium, University of Colorado Boulder, April 21 to 25, 2027. Categories: feature et short dome films, live dome experiences, interactive dome experiences, completed after January 1, 2025. Regular deadline October 16, 2026, then December 4 et 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 et hardware, industry workshops et a prize pool that topped $30k last year. Ouvert à tous skill levels et 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 et online in Gather. People of all genders are welcome et no coding experience is needed; there are Beginner, General, Research et Startup tracks. Hacker registration is open with no closing date published.
Two calls from the Society for Arts et Technology in Montréal, both closing October 18, 2026 with results in January 2027. Dome Production Residency: create et present a work for the Satosphère, an 18 m immersive dome, in the 2027-28 programme; open to artists, collectives, researchers et interdisciplinary teams. Research-Creation Residencies in Technological Arts 2027-28: three projects at CAD 10,000 each with two months of SAT support et facilities, on live arts meeting technological arts around human movement; open to non-profits, collectives et individual artists. No nationality limit stated; travel et housing for the dome call are not stated. Free.
Twenty-five production grants a year for artists et 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 et sound art, performing arts et literature, up to €13,000 for cinema. XR et 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 et immersive works, media art et art documentaries, including art et science, technology et archaeology. Works must not have screened in Montreal avant de. Fees CAD 33 to 58 until October 19, then CAD 45 to 70 until October 26.
Site-specific installations et participatory projects, including immersive experiences, for the Matsu Islands in Taiwan, around three axes: the island's culture et stone houses, its Cold War outpost history, et 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 et a round trip to Paris. Open to artists of any nationality in visual, performing et digital arts with at least five years of professional practice et an international exhibition record; art et science et ecological issues are priority themes. Free to apply.
Internet awards across websites, apps, video, social, podcasts, games, creators, AI et immersive work, including Best Use of Augmented Reality, Best VR Headset Experience et 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 et $525 for a general single entry; later deadlines cost more.
Free call for artists under 35 et fine arts students, from Italy et abroad, working with AI, VR, AR, software art et 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, et sustainability et data ecology. Travel is not covered. Deadline October 31, 2026.
Full delegate access et 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 et accommodation are decided case by case et visa fees are the scholar's own. Only nationals of the 53 countries listed on the page can apply (Tunisia et le United States are not on the list; Mauritania, Oman, Qatar, Chad, Niger et 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 et mentorship; a childcare stipend is available. Applicants must be 18 or older et 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 et cultural sites; photos are uploaded to Wikimedia Commons under CC BY-SA 4.0 between October 1 et 31, 2026. Prizes are 700, 400 et 250 TND plus a 250 TND special prize, et la top 10 go on to the international round. Free.
Residencies in Paris between April 2027 et April 2028 for artists et cultural professionals living outside France, for research et creative projects. Apply on the Institut français eMundus platform by October 8, 2026, 23:59 Paris time.
One-month residencies in the Santa Cruz Mountains, California, at no cost to artists, open to national et international applicants; media arts et technology-driven work are a listed discipline. Five cohorts from February to November 2027, one of them the Leonardo@Djerassi art et science cohort (June 22 to July 27). Applications close October 9, 2026.
Proposals for the 7th PXR Conference on live performance in VR, AR et MR, late February 2027, run by Single Thread et Electric Company Theatre. Three routes: VR projects presented remotely in VRChat, AR/MR projects at venues in Toronto, Kingston et Vancouver, et 2D talks or demos by livestream. Open to Canadian et international creators; no fee listed. Deadline October 9, 2026, 11:59 pm ET.
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 et university age. Educators sign up classrooms et students worldwide can submit; participation is free. Sign-ups for the 2026-2027 cycle are open et le two themes are published: “Everyone Belongs Here”, on fostering belonging, et “Bounce Back”, on building resilience. The submission deadlines for this cycle have not been published yet.
The Holy Art Galerie runs a rolling series of open calls for physical et digital exhibitions in London et other cities, with the current editions et 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 et £380 for two, or £95 to £150 for one to three digital works. Budget for that fee avant de applying.
UNESCO is seeking good practices advancing SDG 4, inclusive, equitable quality education et lifelong learning. Selected practices are featured in the SDG 4 Knowledge Hub et shared globally.
Global network launched at COP25 connecting youth-led organizations working on climate action across education, sciences, culture et communication. UNESCO states that calls for membership are open to youth-led organizations; membership is applied for through the form on the network page, et there is no published closing date.
VIVERSE funds creators building web-based 3D worlds, immersive art et games, with funding negotiated per projet. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis et no prior WebXR experience is required; Unity WebGL, Three.js, PlayCanvas, Babylon.js, A-Frame et Godot are supported.
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Ongoing call from the XR Women Museum for contributions to its Communauté Garden: 3D et XR-ready objects, animated or interactive “pollinators”, botanical or spatial fragments, et 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 et there is no fee or published closing date.
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