Arts and culture opportunities

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Youth Research Vox

YRV Global Teachers Grant 2026 for Secondary School English Teachers

The YRV Global Teachers Grant funds classroom projects by secondary school English teachers that celebrate local cultures and strengthen students' cultural identities. Grants of up to 300 US dollars are available from a 10,000 dollar pool, and applications close on 15 November 2026.

Eligibility: Open to secondary school English teachers

Deadline: November 15, 2026
Location: Africa
Funding or benefit: Up to 300 US dollars per recipient, from a total funding pool of 10,000 US dollars.

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Traditional Building Cultures Foundation

Living Legacy Grants 2027 for Traditional Building Cultures (Up to EUR 3,000 each)

The Traditional Building Cultures Foundation has opened Living Legacy, a new international grants programme that funds work keeping traditional architecture and building crafts alive. Three grants of up to 3,000 euros each are available in this first call, and applications from individuals and organisations are both welcome. The call runs from 22 September to 1 December 2026.

Eligibility: Open to individuals, associations, foundations, universities, research centres, cultural institutions and other organisations whose activity fits the objectives of the call

Deadline: December 1, 2026
Location: Africa
Funding or benefit: Three grants of up to 3,000 euros each. A grant may fund all or part of a project budget, and the jury may award a lower amount or leave a grant unawarded.

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African Poetry Book Fund

Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poets 2026 (USD $1,000 plus Book Publication)

The African Poetry Book Fund is open to submissions for the Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poets, an annual contest that turns a first poetry manuscript by an African writer into a published book. The winner receives USD $1,000 and publication through the University of Nebraska Press. The 2026 window runs from 15 September to 1 December 2026.

Eligibility: Open to African writers who have not yet published a book length poetry collection

Deadline: December 1, 2026
Location: Africa
Funding or benefit: USD $1,000 to the winner, plus book publication through the University of Nebraska Press. No entry fee.

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Mozilla Foundation

Mozilla Foundation Fellowship 2027 to 2028

Ten Fellowships worth up to $125,000 each for builders working on technology that is too early or too ambitious for anyone else to fund. Track I pays $100,000 and places you inside a host civil society organisation, one of which is the Slum and Rural Health Initiative in Nigeria. Track II pays $125,000 for an independent project. The programme is open worldwide and runs 12 months from 1 June 2027. The Letter of Intent closes on 17 December 2026 at 11:59 PM Pacific, which is 07:59 Lagos time on 18 December.

Eligibility: Open to applicants anywhere in the world, and anyone can apply directly

Deadline: December 18, 2026
Location: Global
Funding or benefit: Track I Embedded Fellows receive $100,000 in total, made of a $75,000 stipend and a $25,000 project budget. Track II Independent Fellows receive $125,000 in total, made of a $100,000 stipend and a $25,000 project budget.

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AI Hub for Sustainable Development

Anima Mundi Call for Submissions 2026 (African and Global AI Builders, Closes 31 December)

The AI Hub for Sustainable Development, a G7 endorsed initiative co-led by UNDP and Italy’s Ministry of Enterprises and Made in Italy, is collecting digital work for Anima Mundi, a call that asks builders to set one of their own cultural traditions beside a real AI decision. Submissions are open to everyone worldwide, with priority for the 18 Italy-Africa Mattei Plan partner countries and the G7, and the window closes on 31 December 2026.

Eligibility: Open to submitters worldwide, with priority for the 18 Italy-Africa Mattei Plan partner countries and the G7

Deadline: December 31, 2026
Location: Africa
Funding or benefit: No cash award is published. Each accepted submission enters a permanent open online library under Creative Commons licensing with attribution to the author, and forms part of a programme that runs to presentations in February 2027 and September 2027. Volunteer support is offered to anyone who needs work photographed, scanned or recorded so the format does not exclude them.

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Durham University, Faculty of Arts and Humanities

Durham University PhD Studentships in Transformative Humanities 2027

Durham University is offering up to eleven fully funded PhD studentships for research that works across its Transformative Humanities framework, starting in October 2027. Two of the awards are open to overseas students at overseas tuition level, so applicants writing from Nigeria or elsewhere in Africa can compete. Applications close at noon UK time on 15 January 2027.

Eligibility: Accepted onto a Durham University PhD programme with a supervisory team led by the Faculty of Arts and Humanities or the Faculty of Social Sciences

Deadline: January 15, 2027
Location: Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya
Funding or benefit: Each award covers tuition fees at home or overseas level and pays a stipend for 3.5 years full time or seven years part time at the rate set by UK Research and Innovation, with additional funding opportunities and access to training and placement resources. Durham publishes no fixed stipend figure for this scheme.

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Arts and culture opportunities

YRV Global Teachers Grant 2026 for Secondary School English Teachers

Living Legacy Grants 2027 for Traditional Building Cultures (Up to EUR 3,000 each)

Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poets 2026 (USD $1,000 plus Book Publication)

Mozilla Foundation Fellowship 2027 to 2028

Anima Mundi Call for Submissions 2026 (African and Global AI Builders, Closes 31 December)

Durham University PhD Studentships in Transformative Humanities 2027

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