The Edith Russ Site for Media Art will award three six-months work stipends (10,000 Euros each) from July to December, for artists working in New Media. There are no age limitations. Submitted project proposals will be reviewed by an international Jury. A minimum residency of one month is required. Deadline in February.

Apartments available for up to 3 people, rent free for up to 4 months with approximately 950 Euros per month stipend. Applications accepted twice yearly from artists and writers.

Künstlerdorf Schoppingen "offers an open platform for cooperation between artists and writers". International visual artists, writers and musicians join in scholarships of up to six months. Residents receive a monthly grant of Euro 1,025. Charges for accommodation and studios vary according to time of year. Deadline is 15th January 2009.

Situated 25km north-east of Bremen, Künstlerhäuser Worpswede is an international residency centre that has hosted over 400 artists from thirty-five countries since it was founded in 1971. Residencies of six, nine and twelve months are offered in eleven studios. Grants towards residency costs vary according to length of stay. Access to a darkroom and print workshop is available. The grant is supported by the state of Lower Saxony through the award of a monthly grant of 1.400 Euros.

The Kuenstlerhaus Schloss Balmoral is an institution of the Foundation for Culture in Rheinland-Pfalz. It is a place of artistic production, theoretical reflection and social and artistic contact. It promotes artists and under special circumstances, theoreticians from around the world through the allocation of residential fellowships. The Kuenstlerhaus also has the objective of reaching the public through events such as lectures, seminars, concerts and exhibitions. Since its foundation in 1995, the work of artists here has covered the disciplines of painting, sculpture, installation, drawing, graphic art, design, photography as well as theory. Deadline: usually mid-summer.

Akademie Schloss Solitude is a public foundation that operates an international residency program supporting young artists. Hundreds of artists from the artistic disciplines of music / sound, architecture, literature, design, film / video / new media, and both visual and performing arts have participated in the program since it was founded in 1990. A close-knit worldwide alumni network of these artists has evolved and continues to revolve around Akademie Schloß Solitude. Fellowships are awarded to artists who finished their basic studies not more than five years before applying to Akademie Schloss Solitude or who are not older than 35. Fellowships are granted for either six or twelve months. Deadline: October

Ard Bia Gallery's new satellite project space located in Berlin, incorporates a residency program and exhibition space with a mission to cultivate research, exchange and experimentation in the contemporary visual arts field. They offer one or two month periods from May to January. The programme is not yet fully supported but the cost for participating artists is relatively low at 300Euros per month.

The projects supported by the Robert Bosch Stiftung highlight the contributions people from different cultural and language backgrounds make to contemporary German culture. The competitions organized by the Robert Bosch Stiftung are designed to help develop and disseminate good ideas in a number of different areas. The foundation also runs these international competitions to promote social and cultural exchange.

Artists Unlimited is an artists association and art house that combines living and working under one roof since 1985. The project runs a gallery and a guest studio and has until now financed three-month-grants for 70 guest artists from all over the world. The house pays a grant of Euros 550 a month to buy food and materials. They do not pay for travelling expenses. Deadlines are 1 April and 1 October.

The Berlin Artists-in-Residence Programme, Berliner Kunstlerprogramm, is one of the most renowned international programmes offering grants to artists in the fields of visual arts, literature, music, film as well as dance/performance. Each year, some 20 grants are awarded to international artists for an approximately one-year stay in Berlin. Artists in the fields of literature, film and music may apply. In the field of visual arts, a jury recommends artists for invitation.

The aim of the project is to develop meaningful research networks, by giving artists from the UK the opportunity to collaborate with Berlin based artists, writers and theorists.