Funding & Grants

Organisation: Statens Kunstfond (Danish Arts Foundation) Location: Denmark and abroad. Non-Danish venues and organisations may apply, but only for exhibitions that feature Danish artists. Award: DKK. No published minimum or maximum; the committee assesses each application on its merits and historical awards are published on the site. No stated co-financing requirement. No application fee. Applications must be submitted digitally via the Danish subsidy portal (Tilskudsportalen). Duration: Project-length; production and exhibition periods vary. Deadline: 24 Sep 2026 The Danish Arts Foundation's Production and Exhibitions programme funds the production, dissemination and exhibition of contemporary art in Denmark and abroad, and it is one of the few Nordic national schemes a foreign organisation can apply to directly. Eligible costs include creating new works where an exhibition agreement is in place, exhibition costs, exhibition programming featuring Danish or international artists, promotion tied to an exhibition, and honorariums covering artists' work and installation time, which lets a festival or biennial cover commission and artist-fee lines. THE KEY CONDITION for non-Danish applicants is that the exhibition must feature Danish artists; Danish artists and venues face no such restriction. No minimum or maximum grant is published since the committee decides case by case, and previous award levels are visible on the site. Two 2026 deadlines apply: 26 March 2026 (closed) and 24 September 2026 at 14:00, with the application form opening one month before each deadline. TIMING: applicants receive a response no later than twelve weeks after the deadline, so expect a decision by mid-December 2026. Applications must go through the Danish digital subsidy portal; submissions outside it are rejected except in very special circumstances. FLAG: earliest-start-date rules are not specified on the funder's page. Open call details Want to see more grants? Visit The Grant Desk (https://www.artificialnouveau.com/smalltools/grants/).

Organisation: Artist Grant Location: Remote (worldwide). No residency or travel component. Award: Unrestricted USD 1,200 grant to one visual artist per round, awarded three times a year. Application fee of USD 30, paid separately via Stripe or PayPal. Duration: One-off unrestricted award; no reporting or project period Deadline: 15 Nov 2026 Artist Grant awards an unrestricted USD 1,200 grant to one visual artist three times a year, on a deliberately low-friction application: NO grant proposal is required. You email a link to your website, or 3-5 images of your work as JPG, PNG or PDF, plus a resume, CV or short bio with your name, to submit@artistgrant.org, and separately pay the USD 30 fee through Stripe or PayPal. If the name on your payment differs from the name on your email, say so in the email. ELIGIBILITY: visual artists aged 18 or over, worldwide. Past winners may NOT apply again. MEDIA ACCEPTED: painting, drawing, sculpture, ceramics, printmaking, photography, mixed media, installation, and new or alternative visual art forms. NOT ACCEPTED: film and video, music, theatre, dance. SELECTION CRITERIA: a cohesive body of work; well-crafted work; well-presented work, judged with an explicit allowance that artists have differing financial means for presentation; work that communicates its viewpoint, ideas and concepts clearly, effectively and creatively; and work that is not derivative. RESULTS: all applicants are notified within 6-8 weeks of each deadline, and results are announced on the website, social media and newsletter. They will not respond to individual queries during the review period. VISIBILITY: grantees are showcased on the website, social media and marketing materials, and selected applicants are featured on social media with permission. Artists retain their copyrights. NOTE: the grant recurs on 15 March, 15 July and 15 November each year, and this desk lists each round separately. There is a USD 30 application fee. Open call details Want to see more grants? Visit The Grant Desk (https://www.artificialnouveau.com/smalltools/grants/).

Organisation: Digital Defenders Partnership (DDP), hosted by Hivos Location: Remote (worldwide) Award: Rapid-response grants of up to USD 5,000 (historically up to EUR 10,000) for costs that directly reduce the risk or impact of a digital attack, covering activities for a maximum of four months. No application fee. Duration: Up to four months of activity; DDP aims to respond to requests within two weeks Deadline: Rolling / undated The Digital Defenders Partnership runs the main rapid-response fund for digital threats against human rights defenders, journalists, activists and the organisations they work in. The Incident Response Fund covers urgent costs after or during a digital attack, including incident response and forensics, emergency infrastructure or hosting changes, secure devices, account recovery, legal or psychosocial support tied to the incident, and short-term relocation of digital operations. This is the practical counterpart to physical-safety emergency funds for anyone whose work makes them a target online. ELIGIBILITY: human rights defenders, journalists, activists and civil-society organisations facing digital threats or attacks, worldwide. Applications are rolling; DDP aims to respond within two weeks and funds activities for up to four months. DDP also runs a Sustainable Protection Fund for longer-term digital-security capacity building (currently invitation-only in some regions) and an invitation-only Community and Network Fund of up to EUR 15,000 for rapid responders and digital-security facilitators. Contact team@digitaldefenders.org or apply through apply.grants.digitaldefenders.org. Open call details Want to see more grants? Visit The Grant Desk (https://www.artificialnouveau.com/smalltools/grants/).

Organisation: Rory Peck Trust Location: Remote (worldwide); London-based organisation supporting freelancers anywhere Award: Individual emergency grants; amounts are set case by case from an assessment of circumstances and need. No application fee. Duration: One-off emergency assistance; assessment takes roughly one to three weeks Deadline: Rolling / undated The Rory Peck Trust's Crisis Fund gives direct financial assistance to freelance news journalists whose work has put them in crisis: physical attack, urgent medical costs, replacement of confiscated or destroyed equipment, forced relocation, or support for the family of a journalist who has been injured, imprisoned, kidnapped or killed. This is one of the few funds built specifically for freelancers working in conflict and high-risk environments, who are usually outside any staff safety net. ELIGIBILITY: professional freelance journalists in news and current affairs whose sole income comes from journalism, who have been working freelance for at least the last 12 months and can provide reference letters from editors, who have no access to other financial or government support and no contractual benefits such as sick pay or social security. The crisis must have happened within the last six months and must be evidenced (invoices, bank statements). Anyone who received Rory Peck Trust support in the last three years is ineligible. The Trust also runs a separate Therapy Fund and a HEFAT safety-training fund. Applications are rolling, in English, French, Arabic, Spanish, Ukrainian or Russian. Contact assistance@rorypecktrust.org or info@rorypecktrust.org. Open call details Want to see more grants? Visit The Grant Desk (https://www.artificialnouveau.com/smalltools/grants/).

Organisation: European Space Agency (ESA) Location: Ideas can be submitted from anywhere in the world via ideas.esa.int. To implement a funded idea yourself, you or your affiliated entity must be eligible to do business with ESA under its procurement regulations, which in practice means being based in an ESA member state (the Netherlands qualifies). Award: Varies by route and campaign. Successful ideas are supported through PhD or postdoctoral research co-funded by ESA and universities, early technology development activities, or system studies. Free to submit. Duration: Rolling: open channels have no deadline; targeted campaigns are regularly issued with their own timelines Deadline: Rolling / undated OSIP is the European Space Agency's standing front door for unsolicited novel ideas, launched in 2019 and now the main entry point for new concepts into ESA, both in response to specific problems and through open calls. HOW IT WORKS: ideas are submitted through two mechanisms. Campaigns are targeted calls responding to specific questions with defined timelines (recent examples include Future Navigation Demonstrators and elements for the EOCognitiveLab mission); Channels are permanently open, open-ended calls on broader topics with no deadline. Submissions can go through an optional community discussion phase, with voting and comments, before expert evaluation by ESA. WHO CAN SUBMIT: individuals, businesses, universities and organisations anywhere in the world. The catch for funding: to implement a funded idea yourself, you must be eligible to do business with ESA under Article 18 of its procurement regulations, which in practice means affiliation with an entity in an ESA member state. WHAT FUNDING LOOKS LIKE: successful ideas are typically supported as co-funded PhD or postdoctoral research (ESA plus a university), early technology development activities, or system studies; amounts vary by route and campaign. WHY IT IS ON THE DESK: this is the one genuinely public, always-open route into ESA for independent researchers, technologists and artists working with space data or space technology concepts; new campaigns appear regularly, so checking the platform periodically is worthwhile. Submit via ideas.esa.int. Open call details Want to see more grants? Visit The Grant Desk (https://www.artificialnouveau.com/smalltools/grants/).

Non-repayable cash grant of ₦50,000 for nano and micro businesses in Nigeria, with minimal paperwork. Recipients are typically required to employ at least one additional person.

Continuous funding support for Lagos-based entrepreneurs and SMEs, with an emphasis on job creation within Lagos State.

Grant access for tech-enabled startups and SMEs at seed/early stage, prioritizing agriculture, retail, housing, clean solutions, transportation/logistics, data infrastructure, and energy innovation.

Pan-African entrepreneurship programme offering seed funding, training, and mentorship to early-stage African founders. Competitive, but open to all sectors and business stages.

Federal direct cash disbursement programme for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, allocating over ₦1 billion to support business growth and job creation nationwide.

Entrepreneurship training and startup funding of up to ₦10 million for young Nigerians building businesses in energy, agriculture, or technology.

Funding of up to ₦10 million with flexible, low-interest loan terms aimed at addressing youth unemployment through skills and capital access.

Grants of up to $10,000 plus mentorship for female-led businesses across Africa with high growth potential.

Grant funding of up to $50,000 for youth-focused organizations and leadership initiatives that strengthen Nigeria's youth ecosystem.

National initiative helping Nigeria's most promising AgriTech startups and SMEs become investment-ready, fundable, and scalable.

Grant funding prioritizing scalable, high-impact community programmes, with focus on inclusion of marginalized and vulnerable groups (women, rural youth, children, persons with disabilities).