For Explorers
A month in Cuglieri, fully funded.
No Explorer ever pays. Accepted residents are fully funded — lodging, meals, local transportation, cultural experiences, program management. We hold the logistics so you can hold the work.
Applications
Rolling
Submit any time. We read applications as they arrive — your timing is up to you.
Decisions
Twice a year
We convene the selection committee in late spring and late autumn — two cohort decisions a year, six Explorers each.
Residencies
Sept – May
Nine cohorts per year at full capacity. Each cohort spends 25 days in residence. You commit to all of them.
Three stages
We curate. We don't rank.
How we choose
A gathering. A weaving. An invitation.
01
The Gathering
Submit a brief written application or accept a partner nomination. Five short questions about what you're exploring, what you'd bring to a cohort, and what you'd hope to do with a month in Cuglieri.
02
The Weaving
Our selection team reviews applications for the five qualities and for cohort chemistry — disciplinary diversity, career stage, the 3·2·1 ratio. We curate. We don't rank.
03
The Invitation
Shortlisted Explorers join a pre-cohort video call — the Dinner Party Test. Then a personal, warm invitation. Cohort composition is shared so anticipation can begin to build.
The application
Five short questions, honest answers.
Most Explorers take about thirty minutes. Take longer if you'd like — we read carefully.
- 01
What are you currently exploring?
- 02
How do curiosity, empathy, creativity, collaboration, and action show up in your work?
- 03
What do you hope to do, think about, or create during your residency?
- 04
How might you contribute to your cohort?
- 05
Is there anyone in particular you'd love to share a kitchen with for a month?
Ready
If you embody the five qualities, begin.
The form takes most Explorers about thirty minutes. Take longer if you'd like — we read carefully.