$10,000 Processing Foundation Fellowship
- Organization: Processing Foundation
- Type: Fellowship
- Location: United States
- Deadline: November 1, 2026
- Funding: Fully Funded
The Processing Foundation, the US non-profit that stewards the Processing and p5.js creative coding software, pays fellows to spend eight months building open-source tools for the arts together with a real community. For 2027 there are three tracks, in AI education, game design and DIY computing, and every one is for people based in the United States. Anyone can make a nomination, and you can nominate yourself. **What you get:** - A $10,000 stipend across the eight-month fellowship - Open-source software mentorship from the Processing Foundation team and collaborators - A cohort of fellows to work, share and check in with - Professional development - Public opportunities to share your work, from talks and workshops to published documentation - Connection to the wider Processing community of artists, educators and contributors - The chance to join the Processing Foundation Fellowship Alum Network **What you'll do:** - Build an open-source tool or resource on one of the Foundation's own projects: p5.js, the p5.js Editor, Processing 4.x and its development environment, the Processing 5.0 Rust R&D, or the experimental Python package built on it - Collective Intelligence (remote, anywhere in the US, two fellows): co-design creative AI education tools with Mark Cuban Foundation's youth community - Gaming the System (hybrid, Los Angeles, one fellow): build an open-source video game design toolkit with underserved communities in Los Angeles, plus tutorials, templates, online workshops and an in-person summer intensive - DIY Computing (hybrid, New York City, two fellows): build open-source hardware and software, such as a cyberdeck or a new instrument, with an NYC community you are part of - Take part in mentorship sessions and cohort check-ins, then present and document the work publicly at the end **Key dates:** - Nominations open: October 7, 2026 - Nominations close: November 1, 2026, 11:59 PM PST - Selected nominees invited to submit proposals: November 2, 2026 - Info session for invited nominees: November 7, 2026, 10:00 AM PST - Proposals due: November 23, 2026, 11:59 PM PST - Video interviews with finalists: week of December 7, 2026 - Fellows notified: week of December 14, 2026 - Fellowship runs: January 25 to September 26, 2027 - Final presentations and documentation: October 2, 2027 **More information:** - Nominating is a short Google Form: your details, the nominee's name, email, city and website, one track, and four answers of up to 200 words each - To nominate yourself, answer "This is a self-nomination" where the form asks whether you have discussed the nomination with the nominee - The form asks for your relationship with the Processing Foundation; if you have none, use its Other option - Nomination is round one. Selected nominees are invited to write a full proposal, and finalists then have a video interview - Proposals are judged on the strength of the project, its fit with the Foundation's mission and its potential impact on the creative coding community - Based outside the US? The Foundation points you to its Microgrants and to Processing Community Day instead - Questions go through the contact form at the bottom of the fellowship page
