Applications now open for the 2025 edition of the Salt Artistic Research and Production Grant Program
The BBVA Foundation is once again sponsoring the Salt Artistic Research and Production Grant Program, now in its 2025 edition. This initiative aims to create a dynamic platform for artistic research and production, supporting artists from Türkiye who explore contemporary social issues through interdisciplinary approaches.
The program offers two types of grants to support artists and researchers working across various media and disciplines, including art, architecture, design, and social and urban studies: Artistic Research Grants and Production Grants.
The Artistic Research Grant focuses on interdisciplinary research projects that address contemporary topics, particularly societal and environmental challenges. The Production Grant is dedicated to supporting artistic works that engage with the evolving and diverse nature of moving images while responding to significant societal and environmental themes. Both grants encourage applicants to address critical issues of today at the intersection of art, design, technology, and ecology.
The application period is open until April 7, with the selected projects to be announced on May 7. Each successful applicant will receive funding of €20,000. Additionally, the program will cover an optional trip to Madrid and any extra costs of showcasing the outcomes of the resulting research and artworks. These will be presented in an exhibition scheduled for early 2026 at Salt Galata in Istanbul.
2024 Grant Projects Exhibition
The projects selected last year for the program’s first edition will be presented at Salt Galata from March 18 to June 15, 2025. The exhibition will feature Aslı Uludağ’s research project Geothermalisms, Ali Taptık’s Looking at Osmanbey: Social and Spatial Entanglements of Fashion Trade, and Merve Mepa’s An Interwoven Network: Threads and Trace.
For further information on the program’s 2025 edition and to submit your application, please visit saltonline.org.