Salt Artistic Research and Production Grant Program
In collaboration with the BBVA Foundation
Initiated in collaboration with the BBVA Foundation and geared towards artists from Türkiye who investigate contemporary social questions through interdisciplinary approaches, the Salt Artistic Research and Production Grant Program continues in 2025.
The program offers two types of grants to support artists and researchers working across diverse media and methodologies in art, architecture, design, and social and urban studies: Artistic Research Grant and Production Grant.
The Artistic Research Grant supports an interdisciplinary research project addressing contemporary topics, particularly concerning societal and environmental issues. Applicants for the Artistic Research Grant are encouraged to:
• Focus on critical and timely issues at the intersection of art and design, technology, and ecology.
• Pursue an interdisciplinary and experimental approach to address pressing issues in the field of artistic research.
• Utilize archival resources at Salt Research.
• Explore innovative ways of presenting an artistic research project.
The research project is expected to be presented as a work-in-progress or completed work as part of the Grant Program exhibition, which will take place in early 2026 at Salt Galata.
The Production Grant supports an artistic project that engages with the moving image’s dynamic, diverse, and evolving nature and responds to contemporary societal and environmental issues. Applicants for the Production Grant are encouraged to:
• Focus on critical and timely issues at the intersection of art and design, technology, and ecology.
• Pursue an interdisciplinary and experimental approach to explore novel forms of storytelling, visual expression, and performance across film, cinema, and/or new media.
This grant is expected to be used for the production phase of the project, which should be completed by the end of 2025. The completed work will be presented in the Grant Program exhibition in early 2026 at Salt Galata.
The application period will run from February 10 to April 7, and the selected projects will be announced on May 7. Each project will receive funding support of 20,000 EUR. The program will also cover an optional trip to Madrid, Spain, and additional costs to exhibit the research outcomes and body of works produced within the scope of the grant program in Türkiye.
This year’s selection committee comprises Amanda de la Garza (Artistic Deputy Director, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía), María Berríos (Director of Curatorial Programmes and Research, Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona), Guillermo Zuaznabar (Curator of Design and Architecture, Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao), Marina Otero Verzier (Architect-Researcher), Özge Ersoy (Senior Curator, Asia Art Archive), Laura Poderoso (Deputy Director, BBVA Foundation), and Fatma Çolakoğlu (Director of Research and Programs, Salt).
For further details regarding eligibility and required documents, click here. For the application, click here.
The BBVA Foundation, as the corporate social responsibility of the BBVA Group, is committed to advancing society by promoting and disseminating knowledge through research-based, artistic, cultural, and scientific projects.
The program offers two types of grants to support artists and researchers working across diverse media and methodologies in art, architecture, design, and social and urban studies: Artistic Research Grant and Production Grant.
The Artistic Research Grant supports an interdisciplinary research project addressing contemporary topics, particularly concerning societal and environmental issues. Applicants for the Artistic Research Grant are encouraged to:
• Focus on critical and timely issues at the intersection of art and design, technology, and ecology.
• Pursue an interdisciplinary and experimental approach to address pressing issues in the field of artistic research.
• Utilize archival resources at Salt Research.
• Explore innovative ways of presenting an artistic research project.
The research project is expected to be presented as a work-in-progress or completed work as part of the Grant Program exhibition, which will take place in early 2026 at Salt Galata.
The Production Grant supports an artistic project that engages with the moving image’s dynamic, diverse, and evolving nature and responds to contemporary societal and environmental issues. Applicants for the Production Grant are encouraged to:
• Focus on critical and timely issues at the intersection of art and design, technology, and ecology.
• Pursue an interdisciplinary and experimental approach to explore novel forms of storytelling, visual expression, and performance across film, cinema, and/or new media.
This grant is expected to be used for the production phase of the project, which should be completed by the end of 2025. The completed work will be presented in the Grant Program exhibition in early 2026 at Salt Galata.
The application period will run from February 10 to April 7, and the selected projects will be announced on May 7. Each project will receive funding support of 20,000 EUR. The program will also cover an optional trip to Madrid, Spain, and additional costs to exhibit the research outcomes and body of works produced within the scope of the grant program in Türkiye.
This year’s selection committee comprises Amanda de la Garza (Artistic Deputy Director, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía), María Berríos (Director of Curatorial Programmes and Research, Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona), Guillermo Zuaznabar (Curator of Design and Architecture, Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao), Marina Otero Verzier (Architect-Researcher), Özge Ersoy (Senior Curator, Asia Art Archive), Laura Poderoso (Deputy Director, BBVA Foundation), and Fatma Çolakoğlu (Director of Research and Programs, Salt).
For further details regarding eligibility and required documents, click here. For the application, click here.
The BBVA Foundation, as the corporate social responsibility of the BBVA Group, is committed to advancing society by promoting and disseminating knowledge through research-based, artistic, cultural, and scientific projects.
