Thanks to the generous support of Nicholas Curtis AM and Angela Curtis, the Power Institute is delighted to offer a new suite of Residency Fellowships for 2025.

Applicants can apply for one of three categories:

• Category A: Artists / craftspeople.
• Category B: Art writers, art curators, art historians or art administrators.
• Category C: University of Sydney staff-members or PhD candidates.

The Fellowship covers the rental fee for a studio at the Cité des Arts Internationale in Paris for 3 months in 2025. Residency winners will also receive $6,000 AUD towards travel and living expenses.  

Applications close at midnight, 24 July 2024.

Selection Criteria

The Fellowships are awarded by a Committee chaired by the Director of the Power Institute. The Committee will award four Fellowships, with at least one Fellow from each of the three categories outlined above. 

The Committee will award Fellowships with strict regard to the following criteria:

1. The strength of the applicant's project.
2. The benefit of pursuing this project via a Residency in Paris.
3. The potential for the Residency to further the applicant's professional development at this stage of their career.
    

Eligibility Requirements

Applicants must be an Australian citizen or Permanent Resident. 

Applicants cannot have previously received a residency at the Cité Internationale des Arts (either through the Power Institute or another organisation).

Eligibility requirements for Category C: "University of Sydney staff-members or PhD candidates":

• An eligible "PhD candidate" is someone who is enrolled as a PhD candidate at the University of Sydney at the application closing date.
• An eligible "staff-member" is someone who, within 2 months of the application closing date, has been or will be employed by the University as a Professional or Academic staff-member, including those on casual, temporary or fixed term appointments. This does not include those engaged under other forms of contract.

The ability to speak French is an advantage, but is not essential.

Fellowship Conditions

• The Fellowship covers the rental fee for a studio at the Cité des Arts Internationale in Paris for 3 months in 2025, in one of the following periods: January - March, April - June, July - September, October - December.
• Fellows will be required to pay a bond deposit (refundable) and utility costs for the duration of their stay.
• $6,000 (AUD) will be provided to Fellows to contribute to travel and living expenses. Payment will be made approximately 6 weeks prior to travel. Successful applicants will need to have sufficient funds if they would like to book air tickets well in advance of commencement of residency.
• Fellows must submit a report detailing their outcomes at the end of their residency.

Key Dates

Applications open: 11 April 2024.

Applications close: Midnight, 24 July 2024.

Applicants notified of outcome: September 2024. 

Inquiries and More Information

More information about the Cité des Arts Internationales, and past Residencies, can be found on the Power Institute's website. 

If you have any inquiries about the Residency or the application process, please email powerinstitute@sydney.edu.au