Designing Possible Futures
Slow Factory’s Fellowship Program
Supporting researchers, scientists, authors, engineers, activists and creators, representing 24 diasporic communities in 11 countries across 4 continents — Black, Palestinian & Arab, African, Indigenous (Turtle Island and Pacific Islands), and Asian; overwhelmingly femme and female-identifying.
Slow Factory’s Fellowship program evolved out of our practice of commissioning research and works across a broad range of areas of culture and industry.
We’re so proud to support and fund the work of Black, Brown, Indigenous, and Disabled folk exploring new ways of being and new ways of moving towards a just, equitable and sustainable future and society.
2026-2027 Fellowship Applications
Political imagination will make or break our civilization.
We understand that everything is political, and everything has to change.
It is urgent that we do things differently. Now is the time to design and build possible futures.
The Slow Factory Fellowship supports artists, researchers, organizers, writers, designers, technologists, and cultural workers whose work expands political imagination and helps build a more just future.
Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.
The Award
- Join an interdisciplinary cohort
- Become part of a lifelong network
- Access a global community of collaborators
- Build your practice alongside an international cohort
- Receive a $1000 grant
- Publish your work in EIP (all IP remains with you)
Before you begin
We don't require polished proposals. We want to understand how you think, what you're making, and why it matters.
You'll need:
- A short introduction about yourself
- A description of the project you'd like to pursue
- A few examples of your work (links or uploads)
- An optional CV or résumé
What happens next
→ Apply
↳ We review every application.
↳ If your project feels like a good fit, we'll reach out for a conversation.
↳ Selected fellows join the Slow Factory Fellowship.
Our Fellows
Collective Liberation, Palestine, & Queerness
Memoir from Gaza
For the Worldbuilders Podcast Series
Mapping Palestine
Sonic Justice
Reclaiming & Reimagining Black Ancestral Land Connection
Resisting Censors: Media Justice in Authoritarian Regimes
Internet Resilience Researcher
Biohacking and Reclaiming Plant Narratives
The Visceral Terrors of Being Native
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Degrowth & Smart Cities
The Role of Mutual Aid in Indigenous Sovereignty
Black & Indigenous Futurisms
Natural Dyeing & Hyperlocal Systems
Creative Critical Media Literacy
Orientalism & Environmental Justice
Climate Education
Disability & Design
Collective Indigenous Spaces
Design for Disassembly
A New Vision of Revolutionary Pan-Africanism & Black Liberation
Black Fashion: Revolution and the Somatics of Joy and Pleasure
Disability & Intimacy
Environ(mental) health
Indigenous Knowledge in Brazil
Nature-empowered Liberation
19th century Mount Lebanon
Fashion & Amazon Deforestation
