At a ceremony in Missionskyrkan in Linköping on 5 October, Stiftelsen Övralid awarded Peter Bengtsen Övralidsstipendiet 2018 for his "research related to the transformation and creative development of street art". The stipend will help realise a project tentatively titled "Street Art: Site, Travel and the Conditions of Creation". On 6 October, Peter presented an outline of this project at a research seminar held in Verner von Heidenstam's library at Övralid.