Art, XR & Impact Opportunities - Week 3 (Sept/Oct Deadlines Inside 🚨)
- ines said
- Sep 28
- 3 min read
Hey friends 👋
This little newsletter is growing fast. Thanks for all the support 💛. Here’s this week’s roundup of global grants, residencies, fellowships, and showcases with deadlines coming up soon. Whether you’re an artist, technologist, or changemaker, I hope something here sparks your next big step.
🔥 HIGHLIGHTS — Don’t Miss These!
🌐 Global Voices Challenge (Games for Change) — Deadline: Oct 3, 2025 — Port your already-released game to Android/Google Play. Winners get $15K each, mentorship from mobile game experts, and promotion through G4C. Focused on underrepresented creators and diverse stories. 👉 https://www.gamesforchange.org/professional_service/25-global-voices-challenge/
🎨 SXSW XR Experience Exhibition 2026 — Deadline: Oct 1, 2025 — Showcase your VR/AR/MR work at SXSW 2026. 👉 https://www.sxsw.com/exhibitions/sxsw-xr-experience/
🌍 Echoing Green Fellowship 2026 — Deadline: Oct 8, 2025 — Mentioned last week, and now applications are officially open. 👉 https://echoinggreen.org/fellowship/apply/
💰 GRANTS & PRIZES
🎮 Global Voices Challenge ( Games for Change )
📅 Deadline: Oct 3, 2025
📍 Location: Global / Online
👥 Eligibility: Creators with a game already released on PC, console, or web who can port it to Android/Google Play; especially open to underrepresented voices
✏️ Three winners will receive $15,000, hands-on mentorship from mobile game experts, and visibility through Games for Change’s platform.
🎨 The Hopper Prize
📅 Deadline: Nov 11, 2025
📍 Location: Global / Online
👥 Eligibility: Visual artists & photographers worldwide
✏️ Six unrestricted artist grants totaling $13,000 (two at $4,500 and four at $1,000). Winners also gain visibility through an online showcase.
🎮 Immerse\Interact Grant Scheme
📅 Deadline: Sept 30, 2025
📍 Location: Netherlands/EU-based (but open to international collaborations)
👥 Eligibility: Professional makers, collectives & producers in immersive/interactive media
✏️ Supports development and realization of VR, AR, MR, and interactive projects. Funding up to €125,000 is available for production.
🎓 FELLOWSHIPS
🌍 Echoing Green Fellowship 2026
📅 Deadline: Oct 8, 2025
📍 Location: Global (virtual program + network)
👥 Eligibility: Early-stage social entrepreneurs worldwide
✏️ Provides $100,000, mentorship, and access to a global network of changemakers.
🙏 Dalai Lama Fellows 2026
📅 Application window: Oct 1 – Nov 12, 2025
📍 Location: Global (virtual + one in-person assembly)
👥 Eligibility: Social innovators aged 20–36 worldwide
✏️ A year-long fellowship with coaching, contemplative leadership training, and a fully funded 5-day international assembly. Not open yet, but included so you can prepare.
🏡 RESIDENCIES
🏙️ @dot.ateliers Artist Residency 2026 (Accra)
📅 Deadline: Oct 12, 2025
📍 Location: Accra, Ghana
👥 Eligibility: Artists worldwide, 18+
✏️ Offers studio space, accommodation, materials, and travel support. Fellows connect with Accra’s vibrant creative scene and present work in a final group exhibition.
🏛️ Art Explora – Cité internationale des arts Residency 2026
📅 Deadline: Oct 31, 2025
📍 Location: Paris, France
👥 Eligibility: Artists, curators & researchers (all nationalities, 5+ years of practice)
✏️ Includes a Paris studio-apartment, €1,000/month stipend, up to €3,000 production support, and travel.
🚀 STARTUP & TECH SHOWCASES
🎭 SXSW XR Experience Exhibition 2026
📅 Deadline: Oct 1, 2025
📍 Location: Austin, TX, USA
👥 Eligibility: XR creators worldwide
✏️ Showcase your immersive work at SXSW 2026 to thousands of attendees and industry leaders.
🌐 XR Creator Con (XRCC) Global 2025
📅 Deadline: Nov 20, 2025
📍 Location: Hybrid (Online + Brussels finals)
👥 Eligibility: XR teams & individuals worldwide (18+)
✏️ The world’s largest XR hackathon. Teams compete online, with finalists invited to Brussels for demos, mentorship, and funding opportunities.
✨ That’s it for Week 3!
If you apply to any of these, let me know so I can celebrate your wins 🎉. And please share this with a friend who’s looking for their next opportunity in art, XR, or impact 💡.
🙋 PS: If you’re interested in contributing to Tanit XR - Tunisia’s first open-source digital archive of endangered heritage sites and artifacts - email me at ines@tanitXR.org. We’re building a global volunteer network of artists, technologists, and cultural advocates, and we’d love your help.
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See you next week 🌟
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