Round 2027 is open
A paid summer for one project of your own
Paid time for writers, researchers, makers, musicians and artists, wherever they live. This round is twice the size of the last.
Applications close
15 Jan
2027, 5 pm your local time
Fellowships
6
Each receives
$12,000
Length
12 weeks
Mentor
One each
What a fellow gets
Time, money and one person whose job is to ask how it is going.
Paid time
The money is for your hours, not for receipts, so you can put down the day job for a summer.
A mentor
Someone who works in your field meets you every fortnight and reads what you have so far.
Your own brief
You decide what the work becomes; we only ask to see it at the end.
A showing
In September we publish a page for your project and help you share it.
Who can apply
Most people reading this probably can.
You are 18 or older when the fellowship starts.
You work, or want to work, in writing, research, craft, music or visual art.
You live anywhere in the world; we pay into any bank account we can reach.
You can work and talk with your mentor in English.
How to apply
Three steps, and the first takes about five minutes.
Two of our five panellists read each application, and neither sees a name until both have scored it.
Recent fellows
Scroll through recent fellows and what they did with the time.
Tell us what you would make
A few lines is enough to start, and you can change your mind later.