THIS CALL IS NOW CLOSED AND REVIEW AND SELECTION PROCESS IS IN PROGRESS.
Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies (AIAS) is pleased to announce one available tandem fellowship for an Artist-in-Residence in collaboration with an Aarhus University-based researcher. The fellowship is for ten months, starting from September 2025 until June 2026.
At AIAS we seek to advance the creative and experimental collaboration between the arts and sciences, where creativity and scientific inquiry complement and enhance each other. With the AIAS-ART fellowship, we aim at fostering collaboration between artists from all over the world and Aarhus University researchers.
The fellowship encourages research projects at the intersection of artistic and academic practices, enhancing innovative thinking and creative exchange between the arts and sciences. AIAS provides a dynamic, interdisciplinary environment, where artists and researchers from diverse fields can interact, share expertise and inspire each other.
This unique call invites applications from interdisciplinary teams consisting of an artist and a researcher to collaborate on a joint research project during the ten-month fellowship.
The Artist-in-Residence will be based at AIAS, a physical house with office space and facilities for interaction between researchers from all academic disciplines. The institute is located close to the city centre of Aarhus at the campus of Aarhus University. AIAS has fellows from all research fields and from all over the world which provides a unique international and interdisciplinary setting. This environment offers the Artist-in-Residence and tandem partner the opportunity to:
Applicants for a fellowship should bring intellectual and artistic curiosity and readiness to engage in research discussions with colleagues from a variety of backgrounds.
This call is open for a joint collaborative application from an Aarhus University-based researcher of any discipline in collaboration with an artist from a variety of different artistic practices. What is important is the mutual benefit of the fellowship for both the artist and the researcher at Aarhus University.
We welcome artists from artistic practices such as:
The artist-in-residence can be of:
The Aarhus University researcher can be at:
AIAS and Aarhus University strive to create a multidisciplinary, inclusive academic environment and to be an inspiring workplace for all by fostering a culture in which each individual can thrive, achieve and develop. We view equality and diversity as assets, and we welcome all applicants.
Applicants apply as a team, but it must be the Aarhus University-based researcher who submits the application.
Applications must be submitted online via the application system: GrantOne
In the ‘Guide for Applicants,’ you can find the detailed application requirements, the structure of the online application system and the selection process and selection criteria.
After the application deadline, applications will be subject to an eligibility screening. A review and selection panel, consisting of members from the AIAS management and researchers affiliated to AIAS, will evaluate each eligible proposal and make the final selection
Timeline of the application process
For more information about the application process, guidelines or the application system, please contact Programme Manager Helle Villekold at helle@aias.au.dk.
As an 'Institute for Advanced Study,' AIAS brings researchers together across disciplines, seniority and nationality. AIAS offers individual or theme-based group fellowships for excellent researchers from all core academic disciplines to pursue cutting-edge research projects for the benefit of society and humankind in optimal research conditions.
The daily encounter with the diverse research disciplines at AIAS provides fellows with fresh and different insights and perspectives on their own research, leading to new and unexpected research questions, ideas and solutions.
A small section of the painting 'Literary Geometry' by contemporary Danish artist Jesper Christiansen (b. 1955). The painting is located at AIAS on permanent loan from the New Carlsberg Foundation.
