Camargo Fellowship 2027–2028: A Fully Funded 10-Week Research Residency in Cassis, France, With a Furnished Apartment, €3,500 Stipend, and Travel for 14 Artists, Scholars, and Thinkers

Camargo Fellowship 2027–2028: A Fully Funded 10-Week Research Residency in Cassis, France, With a Furnished Apartment, €3,500 Stipend, and Travel for 14 Artists, Scholars, and Thinkers

The Camargo Fellowship gives artists, scholars, and thinkers something that is increasingly rare: uninterrupted time to think and work, in a place designed for it, with the practical costs taken off the table. Each year the Camargo Foundation selects 14 people for a 10-week residency at its property in Cassis, a small port town on the Mediterranean coast of southern France. Fellows receive a private furnished apartment, a stipend, and reimbursement for travel to and from Cassis. In exchange, they are asked to do one thing well — to pursue a project in the company of a small, diverse group of peers.

For the 2027–2028 edition, applications are open in the summer of 2026 and close on October 1, 2026. This guide explains what the fellowship provides, who it is for, how the application works, and how to put together a proposal that reflects what the selection panel is actually looking for.

Key Details at a Glance

Session dates and any updated figures for the 2027–2028 edition are confirmed in the official open call. The table above reflects the program’s established terms; always check the current call before you submit.

What the Fellowship Offers

The core of the fellowship is time and space. Fellows come to Cassis for a 10-week block, and the residency is deliberately light on obligations so that the weeks belong to the work.

Practically, the package includes:

• A private furnished apartment. Each fellow has their own apartment with a fully equipped kitchen, so you can live independently for the duration of the stay. This matters for people who need a real routine — cooking, resting, keeping their own hours — rather than a dormitory arrangement.
• A €3,500 stipend. Paid at €350 per week across the 10 weeks, the stipend is intended to help with living costs during the residency. It is not a salary meant to replace your income, and most fellows plan around that.
• Travel reimbursement. The Foundation funds basic, coach-class transportation to and from Cassis for each fellow, which removes one of the largest barriers to an international residency.
• Shared facilities. Beyond the apartments, the site includes a reference library, a music and conference room, an open-air theater, an artist’s studio with a darkroom, and a composer’s studio with a piano. These are shared resources that fellows can use depending on their practice.
• A community of peers. Because a cohort is only 14 people drawn from very different fields, the informal exchange — over meals, on walks, in the shared spaces — is a real part of the experience. Many fellows describe the cross-disciplinary conversation as the thing they could not have found anywhere else.

The setting is part of the offer. Cassis sits between the sea and the limestone cliffs of the Calanques, a landscape that has drawn artists and writers for more than a century. The Foundation was established on the former estate of the artist Jerome Hill, and the residency has hosted well over a thousand individuals since 1971.

Who Should Apply

The fellowship is built around three categories of applicant, and the cohort of 14 is split as 7 artists and 7 scholars & thinkers. Understanding which category you fit is the first step, because the expectations differ.

• Artists. Open to practitioners across disciplines — visual art, film, music composition, writing, performance, interdisciplinary work, and more. Artists are generally expected to have maintained a professional practice for at least the past five years. There is no requirement to work on a “French” theme; artists are chosen on the strength and ambition of their proposed project.
• Scholars. This category is more focused. Scholars should hold a PhD or a postdoctoral record, or be a PhD candidate in the final stage of writing the dissertation. Crucially, a scholar’s project should engage French and Francophone cultures, or cross-cultural studies involving the Mediterranean region. If your research has no connection to those areas, the scholar track is probably not the right fit.
• Thinkers. This is the broadest category by profile: accomplished professionals such as curators, journalists, critics, urban planners, and independent scholars whose work involves serious critical thought — often around social, cultural, or environmental questions and equitable transitions. Thinkers do not need to be inside academia, but they should show a substantial track record.

Applicants may come from any country. Because the residency community works and lives together for 10 weeks, working proficiency in English is expected. The fellowship is designed for people who are ready to use a focused block of time well, not for those at the very beginning of a career with little to show yet.

Eligibility in Detail

Before you start an application, confirm you meet the requirements for your category:

• Artists: a documented professional practice of at least the last five years, in any discipline.
• Scholars: a PhD or postdoctoral record, or an advanced PhD candidacy, with a project addressing French/Francophone cultures or Mediterranean cross-cultural studies.
• Thinkers: a strong professional record in a field such as curation, journalism, criticism, urban planning, or independent scholarship, with a project rooted in critical inquiry.
• All applicants: the ability to be in residence in Cassis for the full 10 weeks of your session, and English proficiency for community life.

If you are unsure whether you belong in the artist, scholar, or thinker category — some applicants could plausibly fit more than one — read the current call carefully and choose the category that best matches the project you are proposing, not just your job title.

How to Apply

Applications are submitted online through Submittable, and there is no application fee. Because the exact list of required materials can be refined from year to year, treat the checklist below as the typical shape of the application and confirm every item against the live 2027–2028 call before you submit.

Expect to provide:

1. A project proposal. This is the heart of the application: what you plan to work on during the 10 weeks, why the residency is the right context for it, and what you hope to have accomplished by the end. Panels look for a project that is both meaningful and realistic for the time available.
2. A description of your background and practice. A CV or equivalent record establishing your professional history — the five-year practice for artists, the doctoral record for scholars, the professional track record for thinkers.
3. Work samples. Evidence of your work in a form appropriate to your field — images, writing samples, recordings, publications, or links, depending on your discipline.
4. Contact and administrative details, and any references or supporting statements the call requests.

Give yourself time to prepare each part carefully rather than assembling it in the final days before the deadline. Recommenders and collaborators, if involved, need advance notice.

Timeline and Deadline

The rhythm of the Camargo cycle is predictable, which makes planning straightforward:

• Summer 2026: the open call for the 2027–2028 edition is published.
• October 1, 2026: application deadline. This is the fixed date to build your plan around.
• After the deadline: an international panel of scholars and arts professionals reviews applications and selects the 14 fellows. Applicants are notified once decisions are made.
• 2027–2028 program year: selected fellows take up their 10-week residency in either the fall or spring session.

Because the residency runs in two sessions across the program year, the Foundation works with selected fellows on which session they will attend. Confirm the specific session dates in the official call — do not rely on dates copied from earlier editions on third-party listing sites, which are sometimes out of date.

Preparing a Strong Proposal

The single most important document is your project proposal, and the strongest applications tend to share a few qualities.

• Be specific about the work, not just the theme. “I will research Mediterranean migration” is a subject; “I will complete the second and third chapters of a book on X, drawing on Y archive and Z fieldwork” is a project. Panels can evaluate the second kind.
• Explain why Camargo, and why now. A good proposal makes clear that this residency, at this stage of the work, will produce something that would be hard to achieve otherwise — because of the concentrated time, the setting, or the peer community.
• Match your ambition to 10 weeks. Proposing to finish an entire book, film, or body of work in 10 weeks can read as unrealistic. Define a milestone the residency can genuinely deliver.
• For scholars, make the French/Francophone or Mediterranean connection unmistakable. This is a hard eligibility signal, not a nice-to-have. Name the material, the region, or the tradition your work engages.
• Show your record without padding. Let the work samples and CV carry the evidence of quality; use the proposal for the plan and its significance.

Selection weighs the quality and significance of the proposed project alongside the applicant’s capacity to carry it out, so the proposal and the supporting materials should reinforce each other.

Common Mistakes to Avoid

• Choosing the wrong category. Applying as a scholar with a project that has no French, Francophone, or Mediterranean dimension is a frequent misstep. If that describes your work, consider whether the thinker or artist track fits better — or whether this is the right call for you at all.
• Submitting a subject instead of a project. Vague statements of interest lose to concrete, scoped plans.
• Ignoring the residency requirement. You must be present in Cassis for the full 10 weeks. If your schedule cannot accommodate that, this is not the year to apply.
• Copying dates from aggregator sites. Third-party listings sometimes carry stale session dates. Verify everything against the official call.
• Leaving the application to the last week. Work samples, formatting, and proposal revisions take longer than expected, and the deadline is firm.

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does it cost to apply? Nothing. The application is free and submitted through Submittable.

Do I have to be a French citizen or speak French? No. Applicants of any nationality are welcome. English proficiency is expected for the residency community; French is not required, though scholars’ projects should engage French/Francophone or Mediterranean subjects.

Can I bring family? The stipend and apartment are structured around the individual fellow. Anyone considering bringing family should confirm the current policy and any associated logistics directly with the Foundation.

Is the stipend enough to live on? The €3,500 stipend (€350 per week) is a contribution toward living costs during the 10 weeks, not a full salary. Housing is provided and travel is reimbursed, which lowers the overall cost of participating, but most fellows plan their finances accordingly.

Can teams apply? The fellowship selects individuals or teams. If you plan to apply as a collaboration, read the call’s guidance on team applications before you begin.

Official Links and Next Steps

Start with the Camargo Foundation’s official fellowship pages to read the current 2027–2028 call, confirm session dates and required materials, and reach the Submittable application portal. Note the October 1, 2026 deadline, decide which category fits your project, and give yourself several weeks to prepare the proposal and work samples.

• Official fellowship page: camargofoundation.org
• How to apply: camargofoundation.org/en/residencies/apply

If your work would benefit from a concentrated block of time, a place built for focus, and a small international group of peers to think alongside, the Camargo Fellowship is one of the most established residencies of its kind — and the 2027–2028 application is open now.