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Application for Villa Swagatam Third Edition: 2025 - 2026

Deadline : 2 June 2025, 11:59 PM CEST

This call for applications for the residency programme under Villa Swagatam is open to all visual artists, designers, authors, graphic novelists, illustrators and translators coming from India and France.

Applications for residencies in France are open to Indian nationals as well as individuals who have been residing in India for more than five years. Applications for residencies in South Asia are open to French nationals as well as individuals who have been residing in France for more than five years. Fluency in English is essential for participation in the residencies in India and France. Proficiency in French is not required.

In order to determine eligibility for applying for a residency, candidates are requested to peruse the FAQs as well as the individual presentations of the residencies targeted.

Applications should be in English and will only be accepted via this form. The form does not automatically save responses, hence candidates are requested to prepare responses in advance and fill out the entire form in a single sitting. Incomplete applications are not considered, and an application once submitted cannot be modified.

A candidate is permitted to apply for a maximum of 3 residencies from the same country in one year. In case you are applying for more than 1 residency, please indicate your order of preference.

All the residencies are strictly individual. Duo and collective applications will not be considered.

The deadline for submitting the application is 2 June 2025, 11h59 CEST. Late submissions will not be considered.

It is recommended to have the following documents ready before filling out the form:

  • A literary/artistic portfolio including texts, visuals and/or links;
  • A detailed CV;
  • Any other relevant documents you may wish to share [Maximum 3. For example: certificates, recommendation letters, press reviews etc];
  • Applicants applying for literary residencies need to be published professionally. For translators applying to Chalet Mauriac, kindly consult the specific page to know additional documents required.

We also recommend having short texts ready (maximum 250 words per question) before filling out the form to respond to the following:

  • Your motivation for applying;
  • The nature of the project you wish to work on;
  • The correlation between the project you wish to work on and the residency that you are applying to;
  • The correlation between the project you wish to work on and your current professional activity.

Have you already requested support from any Institut français for the same project via another dispositif?*

Have you received support from any Institut français during the course of the last 3 years?*

Have you received support from any residency space in the Villa Swagatam network in the past?*

Residencies in South Asia Residencies in France

Please upload a literary / artistic portfolio including texts, visuals and/or links. [ Supported Formats: DOC & PDF, Max Size: 2MB ] *

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Please upload a detailed CV [ Supported Formats: DOC & PDF, Max Size: 2MB] *

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Please upload a maximum of 3 additional documents [ certificates, recommendation letter, press reviews etc. ] [ Supported Format: DOC & PDF, Max Size: 2MB ] *

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I hereby certify that I have read the presentation of the residency space(s) I wish to apply for and all the FAQs. I accept all the conditions outlined in the same.