Braunschweig Projects 2025–26 scholarship opportunities

Braunschweig University of Art (HBK) is an artistic-scientific university with the right to award doctoral and post-doctoral qualifications. With around 1,000 students in the fields of fine arts, art education, performing arts, design, visual communication, art history and media studies, HBK Braunschweig is one of the largest art schools in Germany.

With the programme “Braunschweig Projects”, HBK Braunschweig offers seven artistic scholarships/art residencies for the year 2025/26 on behalf of the State of Lower Saxony: five scholarships in the field of fine arts and two scholarships in the field of sound art.

The scholarships are part of the promotion of emerging artists by the university and the state. They are aimed at artists who would like to work on a project in the immediate vicinity of HBK Braunschweig. With their project proposal, scholarship holders should make a significant contribution towards the further development of forms of artistic practice.

Scholarship holders will be integrated into the university by a mentor. Mentors are fine arts professor who can be chosen by the scholarship holders themselves. In addition, all professors of the fine arts department will be available for artistic discourse with the scholarship holders. The university actively supports the mediation of contacts.

Scholarship holders will have the opportunity to present the current status of their artistic project within the university. In addition, they will also be obliged to participate in a joint final presentation.

Funding is provided in form of scholarships of 1,400 EUR per month over a period of 12 months. During this time, scholarship holders are required to reside at HBK for at least eight months during the lecture period in the summer and winter semesters. The funding period will begin on April 1, 2025. Scholarship holders can move into their accommodation from April 14, 2025.

There will also be an allowance for project and travel costs. After deduction of the travel costs of all scholarship holders, the remaining amount will be divided among the scholarship holders based on a project calculation and in consultation with the chosen mentor. The realisation of the contributions for the final exhibition as a joint project will be key.

A studio apartment in Braunschweig, designed for one person, will be available rent-free for the duration of the stay in Braunschweig in return for reimbursement of the incidental rental costs of 150 EUR per month.

A pre-requisite for a scholarship is a successfully completed art degree. The most recent studies must have been completed after April 1, 2014 and before April 1, 2021. Scholarship holders must be able to show proof of extensive artistic practice and exhibition participation.

A scholarship cannot be granted if the applicant is receiving regular benefits from third parties during the funding period (e.g. residence or salary payments or work scholarships) or a state subsidy.

Applications
Applications in German or English should be submitted by e-mail using the application form with specific reference to one of the scholarships advertised above to application-bsprojects [​at​] hbk-bs.de no later than October 18, 2024 (e-mail must be received by 11:59 pm, applications received after this will not be considered).

E-mails (RE: application-bsprojects / Braunschweig Projects 25/26 Sound Arts OR! Visual Arts) should not exceed 15 MB, otherwise they will not be considered, and must contain the following documents:

–Fully completed and signed application form with personal details, curriculum vitae and project description (approx. three pages); PDF file, max. one MB/ file name: APF_applicant name.
–Evidence of artistic work: portfolio with any links to video and audio files of artistic works incl. password, if required; PDF file, max. twelve MB/ file name: Portfolio_applicant name.
–Copy of graduation/degree certificate of most recent degree or certified translation in German; PDF file, max. one MB/ file name: Degree_applicant name.

Address to: President Prof. Dr. Ana Dimke, HBK Braunschweig, Johannes-Selenka-Platz 1, D-38118 Braunschweig.

Applications which do not meet the above requirements (complete documents, correct file types, file names, file sizes, e-mail receipt) will not be considered. It is not possible to apply for both scholarships at the same time. For full details regarding the advertised scholarship including the necessary application documents visit here.