🔴 Urgent — Closing Soon
📢 MIT Worlding 2026
📅 Deadline: Mar 18, 2026 (Extended)
📌 About: XR + climate storytelling + community design intensive — interdisciplinary teams welcome📍 Location: Virtual / MIT Media Lab
📢 RAY Fellowship 2026–2028
📅 Deadline: Mar 27, 2026
📌 About: 2-year paid conservation & clean energy fellowship for recent US college grads
📍 Location: USA
📢 ChangemakerXchange — Changemakers for Youth 2026
📅 Deadline: Mar 29, 2026
📌 About: Seed-funded social entrepreneurship programme for young changemakers aged 18–35
📍 Location: MENA + Europe (Egypt, Germany, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine, Switzerland, Tunisia)
🟠 April Deadlines
📢 AWE 2026 — Call for Research Posters
📅 Deadline: Mar 31, 2026
📌 About: XR/AI research showcase on the AWE expo floor — demos prioritised, lightning talks possible
📍 Location: Long Beach, CA, USA (Jun 15–18)
📢 HTW Berlin – IUNO AI + XR Artistic Fellowship
📅 Deadline: Mar 31, 2026
📌 About: EU-funded artistic fellowship for Berlin-based artists merging AI and XR (May 2026 – Jan 2027)
📍 Location: Berlin, Germany
📢 Creative Capital Award
📅 Deadline: Apr 2, 2026 (3PM ET)
📌 About: Unrestricted grant of $15K–$50K for US-based artists with 5+ years of practice
📍 Location: USA only
📢 AWE Art Festival 2026 — Call for XR Art
📅 Deadline: Apr 4, 2026
📌 About: Submit immersive/narrative XR art for exhibition at AWE USA — travel stipend possible
📍 Location: Long Beach, CA, USA (Global submissions welcome)
🟡 Mid-Year Deadlines
📢 ACM SIGGRAPH 2026 — Appy Hour
📅 Deadline: Apr 21, 2026
📌 About: Showcase experimental XR and creative tech apps pushing beyond the screen
📍 Location: Los Angeles, CA, USA (Jul 19–23)
📢 AWE 2026 — Startup Pitch Competition
📅 Deadline: Apr 21, 2026
📌 About: Pitch your XR startup to investors — winner receives Auggie Award on main stage
📍 Location: Long Beach, CA, USA (Jun 15–18)
🟢 Rolling & Long-Term
📢 UBS Project Female Founder
📅 Deadline: Rolling — Cohort A starts April 2026
📌 About: 8-week investor readiness accelerator + 12-month support for women-led startups
📍 Location: Global (25+ countries)
📢 Kyoto Art Center – Artist in Residence 2026
📅 Deadline: Jul 15, 2026 (next cycle)
📌 About: Fully-funded residency including studio, accommodation, airfare & ¥200,000 production subsidy
📍 Location: Kyoto, Japan