This overview lists scholarships and foundations that support fine arts students financially or through other means. The programmes vary in terms of target group and type of funding, ranging from monthly stipends to project-based grants.
With €300 per month, the programme supports students and first-year students whose academic achievements and personal background indicate outstanding performance in their studies and future career.
Further Information: https://www.deutschlandstipendium.de
The competition “Young Artists from Rhineland-Palatinate – Emy Roeder Prize” has been awarded by the Kunstverein Ludwigshafen since 1979. Every three years, emerging artists born in, living in, working in, or having studied in Rhineland-Palatinate are eligible to apply.
Further Information: https://www.kunstverein-ludwigshafen.de/
The foundation supports highly talented young artists in the fields of visual arts, architecture, music, literature, and theatre. It also facilitates concerts, exhibitions, and readings.
Further Information: http://www.juergen-ponto-stiftung.de
Provides project funding (non-commercial and not abroad). Follow-up grants may be awarded after successful project funding.
Further Information: http://www.karin-abt-straubinger-stiftung.de
One of the organisation’s main objectives is to support young artists in the fields of visual arts, architecture, music, and literature.
Further Information: http://www.kulturkreis.org
Awarded to young artists still in artistic training and under the age of 35. Includes the opportunity to exhibit at the historic town hall of Brühl.
Further Information: http://www.bruehl.de/tourismus/kunst/index.php
The Studienstiftung supports exceptionally talented students at universities, universities of applied sciences, and art and music colleges. It is Germany’s largest merit-based scholarship foundation and is politically, religiously, and ideologically independent.
Further Information: http://www.studienstiftung.de
Overview of the 13 German federal scholarship foundations and application routes: http://www.stipendiumplus.de/
Individual foundations: