The 2025-2026 Camargo Fellowship /How to Apply (Up to €3500)

The 2025-2026 Camargo Fellowship is now receiving applications. Since 1971, the Camargo Foundation has awarded residencies to more than 1,500 individuals as part of its mission to support advanced research, experimentation, and interdisciplinary approaches in the Arts and Humanities. Each year, the program gathers an esteemed panel of scholars and arts professionals annually to select fellowships from a large pool of applicants from around the world. 

The Camargo Fellowship not only provides time and space for the residents, but also initiates exchanges within the group and develops a collective spirit, which is one of the program’s distinctive features. The interactions developed among the program’s fellows are a vital element of this program. 

Eligibility For The 2025-2026 Camargo Fellowship 

• The Program is open for applicants in three categories: Thinkers, Scholars and Artists. 
• Applicants should have maintained a professional practice for at least 5 years. 
• Applicants should be the primary creators of a new work or project. 
• Applicants must have a mature artistic voice. 
• When applying artists will have to identify under the following subcategories: visual artists, choreographers, theater directors and performance artists. Including writers and playwrights, film, video and digital artists, composers and sound artists, and finally, multidisciplinary artists. 
• Former fellows are eligible to apply three years after their Fellowship. 

Requirements for The 2025-2026 Camargo Fellowship 

•  Work developed during the residency may be in any language. 
•  Applicants must be able to communicate well in English.
• Applicants should have a basic knowledge of the French language. 
• Fellows must be physically in residence at the Camargo Foundation during the entire residency period.
• A copy of any publication (digital or paper) resulting from the fellowship or performance resulting from the grant must credit the Camargo Foundation.
• Research should be at a stage that does not require resources unavailable in the Marseille-Cassis-Aix region or online. 
• Applicants planning on conducting research in local archives may need to rent a car during their fellowship at their own expense.
• CV and work samples 
• A rationale for why the fellowship is needed. 
• A proposal narrative of 1200 words
• Proposal summary of 100 words. 

Benefits:

• A stipend of EUR 350 per week 
• Funding for basic transportation to and from Cassis per Fellow. 
• In the case of air travel, basic coach class booked in advance is covered. 

Deadline: Apply for the fellowship by Tuesday, 1 October, 2024. 

For any technical questions about the application, please email apply@camargofoundation.org.