Fully Funded Residency for early-career curators and CPs, especially those from underprivileged backgrounds. Apply by 12 Sep 2025.

Tate Papers is calling for contributions exploring the role of art museum interpretation in serving audiences, artists and institutions. Deadline: 13 Oct 2025.

AWC Journal, in collaboration with the decolonial research lab Mycelium, invites contributions for its 2025 issue on Decolonisation. Deadline: 1 Sep 2025.

A unique opportunity for one curator to undertake a focused, research-driven journey across India. Apply by 31 Aug 2025.

Research-based residency programme for EU-based curators and/or art critics. Apply by 7 Sep 2025.

KADIST is seeking a creative thinker and curator for the inaugural edition of a Curatorial Fellowship at KADIST, based in Paris. Apply by 15 Sep 2025 (12pm CEST).

NAAS invites applications for its 9–10 month fellowship supporting research on cinema, media, and visual culture from the Arabic-speaking region and its diasporas. Apply by 22 Aug 2025.

eikones invites applications for three one-year fellowships starting September 1, 2026, exploring how images act as models or paradigms in scientific and aesthetic contexts. Apply by 1 Sep 2025.

transmediale e.V. is inviting applications for the Exhibition Curation for transmediale 2027. Apply by 6 Aug 2025.

421 invites curators and curatorial collectives to submit full proposals for an exhibition to be developed and presented at 421 during Winter/Spring 2027. Apply by 20 Oct 2025.

HBK Braunschweig is now accepting applications for a twelve-month curatorial fellowship starting on 1 April 2026. Apply by 17 August 2025, 11:59 pm. 

Curators Workshop for early-career curators, educators, and other practitioners on the occasion of the 13th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art. Apply by 13 July 2025.

The RAi Residency is a 12-week programme designed to support the development of artistic and curatorial practices. Apply by 1 Jul 2025.

The Global Informality Project invites submissions for the Global Informality in the Arts conference, to be held at University College London (UCL) and Pushkin House, London, 15-16 January 2026. Deadline for abstract submissions: 1 Sep 2025.

Writers worldwide are invited to submit critical reviews on any contemporary art exhibition — held anywhere in the world or online — between 1 Sept 2024 and 31 Aug 2025. Deadline: 14 Sep 2025.

Call for Papers: Curatorial Matters: on research methodologies invites curators, artists, and theorists to submit proposals exploring curatorial practice as a site of research, critical inquiry, and knowledge production - deadline 6 July 2025.

The Driskell Center invites applications for its 2025–2026 Archives Research Fellowship program. Apply by 30 June 2025.

The Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson launches the first Martine Franck Curatorial Research Grant to support curatorial and research projects on Martine Franck and/or Henri Cartier-Bresson. Apply by 31 May 2025.

Organised by AICA International, this annual essay competition invites critics from around the world to submit writing that engages with contemporary art. Apply by 27 July 2025.

Tokyo Arts and Space (TOKAS) invites curators, art critics, and cultural researchers from around the world to apply for its Curator Residency Program. Apply by 25 June 2025.