Welcome to the The Inlaks Foundation's Online Application System.
Listed below are applications forms for opportunities that are currently open. Please note the deadline for each opportunity and click on the blue button Apply now to begin the process of application. Please also read the guidelines for each opportunity carefully available on this page as well on the application form.
The system allows you to save your application in drafts till you are ready to submit. We would recommend that you do not wait till the last moment to avoid system or network failure.
For submission related queries write to submissions@inlaksfoundation.org.
For queries about the fellowship opportunity specifically write to fellowships@inlaksfoundation.org
For general query about any other opportunity listed on our website please write to info@inlaksfoundation.org
All the best !
Team Inlaks
The Inlaks Shivdasani Foundation, in collaboration with NIROX Foundation and the Centre for Indian Studies in Africa at the University of the Witwatersrand, offers a residency in South Africa to support an Indian artist. The residency provides a comfortable, enabling, stimulating environment – for residents to research, imagine, experience and produce diverse ideas and works, to grow personal and creative practice.
Residency date: 1st October to 12th November 2026
Duration and Value:
- The Residency is for six to seven weeks and covers travel and production costs.
- Living arrangements are provided by the Residency.
Eligibility Criteria:
- The applicant must be an Indian citizen currently residing in India.
- The applicant must be born on or after 1st January 1991.
- The applicant may be an emerging and mid-career Indian artist.
- An applicant with a practice in contemporary visual art working in all disciplines may apply.
- The applicant must be proficient in English
Exclusion:
The applicant should not have received any prior grant from the Inlaks Shivdasani Foundation for any other overseas project.
Application Process:
Complete the duly filled application form on the our online application system. For any queries, contact gladys@inlaksfoundation.org. For technical queries, write to submissions@inlaksfoundation.org
Selection Process:
The selection process consists of two stages - desk-review of applications followed by an online interview of the shortlisted applicants.
Application Instruction & Process
The applicant must submit a duly filled application form on the online application system.
Deadline for submissions: Monday, 29th June 2026, 11:59pm (IST)
Candidates shortlisted for the interviews will be informed by last week of July.
Final results will be released in the first week of August 2026.