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Jan van Eyck Academie Food Lab Fellowship 2027

Jan van Eyck Academie Food Lab Fellowship 2027
Deadline 2026.06.05
Results Available Date Beginning of July 2026
Website Jan van Eyck Academie Food Lab Fellowship 2027 Website
More About Residency Jan van Eyck Academie
The Jan van Eyck Academie welcomes applications from food artists or designers for a Food Lab Fellowship from 15 January to 15 December 2027. The programme seeks artistic practitioners whose creative work critically explores global food systems and communal histories around food. Candidates should demonstrate radical imagination and present evocative research, cultivating sustainable and regenerative approaches to food. For this Fellowship, the Jan van Eyck Academie is teaming up with System Earth Science (SES) at Maastricht University, located in Venlo. SES focuses on understanding how Earth’s environmental systems support sustainable and healthy food production. The selected candidate will have access to the expertise and facilities of SES in Venlo, such as advanced research methodologies, analytical tools, and interdisciplinary knowledge on the interactions between ecosystems, food, and human wellbeing. The Food Lab Fellowship is in the framework of the European cooperation project Institution(ing)s.
Duration 15 January 2027 – 15 December 2027
Fields and Media Other
Funding The Fellow will receive a monthly stipend of €1,750 and an annual working budget of €2,250. The stipend is 80% exempt from income tax. Maastricht University will cover local transport costs to and from Venlo, up to €750.
Provided by Host The selected candidate will receive access to a private studio and the expertise of the Labs, in-house experts, and guest advisers, and will be able to participate in and contribute to the academy’s public programme.
Costs The Fellow will search for their own accommodation; the institute can provide guidance. The application fee amounts to €50 excl. VAT. When finalising the online application form, applicants will be redirected to Paypal. If applicants do not have a valid PayPal account and are not able to register for one, they should contact the organiser well in advance of the application deadline. The application fee is waived for applicants from and living in the Least Developed Countries, Low Income Countries and Lower Middle Income Countries and Territories on the DAC list for ODA recipients and Palestinian artists.
How to Apply To apply, applicants should submit a single PDF, max. 10 MB, via the online registration form, consisting of the following materials presented in English: 1. A motivational letter and project proposal, max. 500 words each; 2. Documentation of previous work, max. 15 pages with 1–2 images per page. The presented material should not be older than 5 years; 3. A curriculum vitae, max. 2 pages.
Selection Procedure The selection committee is composed of Hicham Khalidi, director of Jan van Eyck Academie; Pim Martens, Scientific Director System Earth Science and Professor of Planetary Health; Marente van der Valk, Food Lab – Jan van Eyck Academie; and Reinier Hoon, grower, plant breeder and MERIAN PhD candidate.
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