Research Residencies

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Medialab Matadero presents the fifth edition of its annual Situated Research Residency program.

Application deadline: 27 September 2026
Stipend: €10,000 (before tax)

Through this open call, Medialab will select 3 research and creation projects capable of exploring the relationships between contemporary art, design, science, technology, and society, with a critical, experimental approach open to collaboration.

We are looking for proposals that sit at the margins or intersections of disciplines, methodologies, and ‘knowledges’. Inspired by the principle of learning by doing, the residency aims to foster new ways of researching, prototyping, documenting, sharing knowledge, or mobilizing communities around relevant issues.

Submitted projects must connect explicitly and coherently with one or more of the themes from Medialab Matadero’s recent programs: LAB 1 Medios Sintientes, LAB 2 The Metabolic Sublime, LAB 3 Synthetic Minds, LAB 4 Weird Futures, and LAB 5 The Mechanics of Truth.

The residency will run from January to July 2027 and carries a stipend of €10,000 (before tax).

For more details, we recommend reading the call’s legal terms, followed by our answers to the most frequently asked questions below.

Potential applicants are very welcome to meet Medialab’s team online on September 8 at 6pm (Madrid time) for a live Q&A session.

Who is it for?

For individuals or collectives researching in the fields of design, art, architecture, urbanism, economics, film, photography, journalism, digital media, environmental science, philosophy, engineering, social studies, political science, programming, materials science, activism, or any other field consistent with the stated goals. We will value each applicant’s particular trajectory, with the aim of fostering exchange between expert and emerging profiles.

If you have questions about the application process or the legal or financial conditions, you can contact the Medialab team at info.m@medialab-matadero.es

Note: This call has been edited for formatting purposes. To read the full listing and to apply, please visit the link below.

Image credit: Martin Zellerhof via Medialab Prado website