Competitions and calls for projects

Online application portal opens: October 1, 2026
Application deadline: November 5, 2026, at 11:59 p.m.

“Immediate Departure” is a travel program that enables young architects to gain valuable experience through travel by setting out to discover different ways of thinking about cities and regions and to examine, on the ground, the state of the European landscape in light of contemporary challenges and the environmental, economic, political, cultural, and social transitions underway in Europe.

The call for applications is organized by the Quartus Endowment Fund for Architecture, in partnership with the Ministry of Culture, the Cité de l’architecture et du patrimoine, the Atelier Parisien d’Urbanisme, the AREP Group, and MAF, and is co-organized with ENSA Paris-Est on behalf of the network of French National Schools of Architecture.

Deadline for project submissions: September 6, 2026

The Pavillon de l’Arsenal is launching the 2026 edition of its FAIRE call for projects, dedicated to design and urban innovation, architectural and landscape design, aimed at anyone who wishes to invent new ways of shaping the city in the Greater Paris area.

This call for projects aims to encourage young creators and recently established organizations by awarding grants to eight winners, including one student prize.

Registration deadline: September 30, 2026

The Maison de l’architecture Île-de-France awards two annual prizes recognizing the work of students at schools in the Île-de-France region: the Graduation Project Prize and the Thesis Prize.
The 2026 edition is open to students enrolled in a Master’s 2 program during the 2025–2026 academic year.

Application deadline: 01/07/2026

Run by the Maison étudiante de la Ville de Paris, Créart’UP provides annual support for students and recent graduates (less than two years old) from Paris and the Île-de-France region wishing to develop an artistic or cultural project and gain professional experience in the arts and culture sector.

Eligible fields are: music, theater, dance, visual arts, audiovisual, design, fashion, performance, digital cultural projects, and more broadly all innovative artistic and cultural projects.

Application deadline: 04/09/2026

Organized every year since 2010 by the QUALITEL Association, this competition rewards a housing construction or renovation project devised by architecture students during their studies, focusing in particular on quality of use, environmental performance and innovation.