Art Scholarships of the ZEIT STIFTUNG BUCERIUS 2027
Submit an online application with CV, project description (up to 2,500 characters), illustrated project presentation (up to 3 pages), and portfolio (up to 15 pages) to apply for one of seven €10,000 scholarships for professional visual artists and artistic groups in Hamburg.
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- 7 days left
- Entry fee
- Free
- Award
- $10,000
- Location
- Hamburg, Germany
- Applicants notified
- Nov 1, 2026
About
Overview
The ZEIT STIFTUNG BUCERIUS, in cooperation with the Hamburg Ministry of Culture and Media, awards seven annual scholarships of €10,000 each to professional visual artists and artistic groups based in Hamburg. The program supports artistic freedom and concentrated artistic development, research, experimentation, production, and professional development over an extended period.
Categories
- Visual Art
- Contemporary Art
- Artistic Research
- Installation
- Performance
- Photography
- Video and Film
- Sound
- Digital Art
- Publications
- Workshops and presentation projects
- Other contemporary visual-art practices
Eligibility
- Must be a professional visual artist or artistic group living and working in Hamburg
- Must have completed artistic training or demonstrate comparable professional artistic activity
- Artistic groups must have long-term collaboration; one-off collaborations are not eligible
- For groups, at least one member must live in Hamburg
- Must not be enrolled as a student at a university
- Must not currently receive another scholarship from the Hamburg Ministry of Culture and Media (BKM); other forms of BKM funding are permitted
Awards
Seven scholarships of €10,000 each, providing financial freedom to pursue artistic development and production, support for research, experimentation, further education, and new artistic work, and public announcement of selected artists and groups.
Key Dates
- Application Deadline: 9 September 2026
- Notification: November 2026
- Substantive report due: March following the scholarship year
Application Requirements
Submit an online application form, a detailed artistic CV in PDF format, a project description of up to 2,500 characters (including spaces and paragraphs), an illustrated project presentation of up to three pages, and a portfolio of previous artistic work of up to 15 pages. For time-based practices (video, film, performance, sound), provide still images, short descriptions, and accessible links. Catalogues do not replace the required portfolio.
Program Details
Funding can support research and conceptual development, further education, artistically motivated stays abroad, creation of new works, exhibitions, performances, publications, workshops, and digital projects. Artists may use the scholarship to begin a new project, continue an existing project, or complete a project, although completion is not required. After the scholarship year, recipients must submit a substantive report describing their artistic work and development; no financial expenditure report is required.
Application Fee
None
- Award
- 7 scholarships of €10,000 each
- Entry fee
- Free to enter
- Theme
- The scholarship supports concentrated artistic development, research, experimentation, production, and professional development for visual artists. Artists may use funding to begin a new project, continue an existing project, or for research, further education, artistically motivated stays abroad, creation of new works, exhibitions, performances, publications, workshops, and digital projects.
- Eligibility
- Professional visual artists and artistic groups living and working in Hamburg who have completed artistic training or demonstrate comparable professional artistic activity; artistic groups must have long-term collaboration with at least one member in Hamburg; applicants must not be enrolled as students and must not currently receive another scholarship from the Hamburg Ministry of Culture and Media.
- Audience
- Professional visual artists and artistic groups based in Hamburg
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