Artenda — an international platform for grants, scholarships, competitions and academic programmes

Searching for a grant is not only about deadlines and requirements, but also about choosing the direction in which you want to develop your practice. This platform helps you see the whole picture and calmly choose the format of support that really suits your current stage — project, research or educational.

Focus on funding and growth
The resource is aimed at artists, curators, researchers, students, and creative collectives who are interested in finding grant support rather than simply participating in a competition. The catalogue contains programmes with full or partial funding: from production grants and research funding to academic scholarships and professional development programmes.
Here grants are seen as a tool for long-term growth rather than a one-off opportunity.
The catalogue is updated daily. Sources include foundations, universities, cultural institutions, festivals, and international organisations. As a result, the database regularly features local and niche grants that rarely make it to large open call platforms but are often more suitable in terms of scale and objectives.

Geography and participation formats
The main focus is on Europe, the United States, and international online programmes. However, opportunities from Asia, the Middle East, and South America regularly appear in the catalogue. This diversity is important for those who are looking for flexible participation formats and are not tied to a single country or institution.

How navigation works within the catalogue
To avoid getting lost in the array of announcements, opportunities are already divided into clear categories: art competitions, grants for art projects, scholarships in the field of art, residencies for artists, open competitions for exhibitions, and public art projects.
This allows you to immediately work with the type of support you need and compare conditions more quickly.

Registration and access to opportunities
Full access to the catalogue and all current announcements is available after registration. This is a standard solution for platforms with large amounts of data: it allows you to save interesting grants, receive updates, and work with opportunities in a more systematic rather than chaotic manner.

Who will find this platform particularly useful
This resource is well suited to those who are looking not for a single grant, but for a sustainable development trajectory: the opportunity to put together a project, deepen their research, get an education, enter the international arena, or simply give themselves the time and resources to work without constant financial pressure.