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The Mrinalini Mukherjee Foundation invites applications for the Mrinalini Mukherjee Creative Arts Grant 2026, aimed at supporting an Indian artist or collective engaged with contemporary art and seeking to push their practice beyond the familiar, with a grant of INR 10,00,000 awarded to one selected proposal. Interested applicants are required to submit a detailed project proposal, along with supporting materials, by 15 May 2026.

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The Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) invites applications for the IARTS Textiles of India Grant 2026, a biennial award supporting scholars, curators, educators, artists and cultural practitioners. The grant offers CAD 15,000 for initiatives that advance the preservation, documentation or interpretation of Indian textiles. The selected project will also culminate in a public programme in collaboration with ROM. Applications close on 15 May 2026.

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The Sharjah Art Foundation invites applications for the ninth edition of the Sharjah Film Platform Short Film Production Grant, supporting independent filmmakers across genres with production funding for short films up to 50 minutes in length. Open to individuals and collectives worldwide, the grant offers a total of AED 120,000 to selected projects. Applicants are required to submit a three-minute video pitch, a script, a budget plan and a production schedule. Applications close on 28 May 2026.

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The Sher-Gil Sundaram Arts Foundation invites applications for UN.MAKE. The Art of Gender, a five-day residential workshop at the SSAF Kasauli Art Project exploring gender through artistic, performative and critical practices. Conceptualised by reFrame Initiatives, the programme brings together participants across disciplines to engage with questions of identity, embodiment and social structures. The last date for applications is 30 May 2026.

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The Prameya Art Foundation invites applications for its annual Art Writer’s Award, which supports emerging writers whose practices engage critically with research, curatorial thinking and art history. The selected recipient will participate in a one-month residency at Château La Napoule, culminating in an exhibition curated by them in New Delhi. Open to Indian citizens under 40 with at least two years of professional experience, the last date for applications is 1 June 2026.

The India Foundation for the Arts invites applications for Productions under its Arts Practice programme, supporting projects that emerge from sustained creative exploration. Open to projects across performance, sound, visual arts and interdisciplinary practices, the programme encourages experimentation across forms. Selected projects can receive funding of up to INR 5,00,000. Applications close on 5 June 2026.

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India Printmaker House invites applications for the Manorama Print Award 2026, supporting visual artists in India working with printmaking. The award will select three artists through a juried process, offering funding and recognition for the completion of a printmaking-based project. Open to artists residing in India, the grant welcomes original, handmade traditional and experimental prints created after 2019. The last date for applications is 30 June 2026.

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The Indian Institute of Management Kozhikode, in collaboration with the Vrihi Foundation, invites applications for the Culinary Lens Fellowship 2026, a research fellowship exploring food histories, migration and informal food economies through street food cultures in New Delhi and Kozhikode. Open to master’s students and young researchers in the social sciences, the six-month fellowship supports interdisciplinary research and audio-visual documentation with a grant of INR 3,00,000. Applications close on 30 June 2026.

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The Green Hub invites applications for the Green Hub–Royal Enfield Conservation Grants, supporting community-based conservation and social change projects in Northeast India and the Western Himalayas. Open to indigenous youth and Green Hub alumni, the grant supports initiatives related to biodiversity, traditional knowledge, sustainable livelihoods and conservation education, with funding ranging from INR 1.5 lakh to INR 5 lakh over a duration of 1 to 1.5 years. The last date for applications is 31 May 2026.

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The Sher-Gil Sundaram Arts Foundation invites applications for Disruptive Photography: How to Destroy a (Well Meaning) Photograph, a SKAP Summer School workshop conceptualised and facilitated by Madhuban Mitra and Manas Bhattacharya. This intensive summer school workshop interrogates photography’s pious facade and its claims to unmediated reality, social good and emotional authenticity. The workshop will take place in Kasauli from 3–9 August 2026. The last date for applications is 12 June 2026.