Updated 26 October 2026 · CallOpen.art
“Fully funded” has no fixed meaning. Residencies in Europe open in the CallOpen catalogue today: 207. With housing: 116. With a stipend or a fee for the artist: 118. With both: 87. With travel covered: 57.
- Residencies in Europe
- 207
- Housing and a stipend
- 87
- With housing
- 116
- With a stipend or fee
- 118
- Travel covered
- 57
- Free to apply
- 72
Counted from the 1,583 open calls in the CallOpen catalogue, each checked against the organiser’s own page.
What “fully funded” can mean
Organisers use the words for very different packages. One residency gives a flat, a studio, a monthly stipend, travel and a production budget; another gives a room and a desk and calls itself funded. Read the list of what is provided, not the label. The catalogue counts only what the organiser’s terms state: housing, a stipend or fee, travel, a studio, a production budget.
What residencies in Europe give
Of the residencies in Europe open now — housing: 116; a stipend or fee: 118; both: 87; travel: 57; a studio: 148; a production budget: 28. Fully funded: 79. The table lists the countries with the most residencies.
Residencies the artist pays for
Some residencies are paid by the artist: a weekly or monthly rate for a room and a studio. That is not a scam in itself — some are good places to work — but it is not funding. Self-funded residencies in Europe now: 34. They are left out of the hubs of residencies with housing and with a stipend.
Fees to apply
Free to apply: 72 of the residencies in Europe open now. A fee to apply or to take part: 39. A fee charged only to the selected residents is a fee too.
Who can apply
Many residencies in Europe are international; others are for artists from one country, often through a cultural institute or an exchange. A residency in Germany for artists based in Hungary is not open to everyone. Check the eligibility line: country of residence or citizenship, career stage, age, language.
How to apply well
Residencies choose a person and a project together. Say what you will do there and why that place: a collection, a landscape, a community, a workshop. Keep to the format they ask for. Plan for what a residency does not cover, such as insurance, a visa or materials.
| Country | Residencies |
|---|---|
| France | 40 |
| Germany | 35 |
| United Kingdom | 14 |
| Spain | 13 |
| Italy | 11 |
| Ireland | 11 |
| Portugal | 11 |
| Switzerland | 10 |
