CAREC Cycle 5 Fellows – Prince Claus Fund
Institution: Prince Claus Fund
Location: Remote / International (eligible countries, see list below)*
Contract: 9-month fellowship
Award: €10,000 per participant
Deadline: 10 September 2025
CAREC (Cultural & Artistic Responses to the Environmental Crisis) supports mid-career artists and cultural practitioners engaging critically with the dynamics, relations, and infrastructures shaping ecosystems. The programme emphasizes climate justice, ethical practice, and fostering reciprocal connections between humans, more-than-humans, and the environment.
Programme Format
- 9-month process-based programme for 9 mid-career artists (7–15 years professional experience)
- Supported by 3 Senior Fellows
- Activities include peer group sessions, individual feedback, guest speaker sessions, and a “Lab Week” intensive in-person gathering
- Average commitment: 20 hours/month
- Participants engage in a group project and develop a body of work from their application proposal
Eligibility Criteria
- Mid-career artists or cultural practitioners with 7–15 years of professional experience
- Must have their own artistic practice (arts managers, facilitators, or academic researchers without personal practice are not eligible)
- Must live and work in one of the Prince Claus Fund’s eligible countries
- Ability to communicate in English
*Eligible Countries: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cambodia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, China (PRC), Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Costa Rica, Cuba, Côte d’Ivoire, DPRK, DRC, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Ghana, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Marshall Islands, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mexico, Micronesia, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Montserrat, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, North Macedonia, Pakistan, Palau, Palestine, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Rwanda, Saint Helena, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tokelau, Tonga, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Türkiye, Uganda, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Wallis and Futuna, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe
