Lower Saxony Annual Fellowships for Visual Art 2027 — Three Grants of €12,000, One for Recent Graduates, Optional Months in Worpswede
Lower Saxony Ministry for Science and Culture
A state fellowship for visual artists in Lower Saxony, with a share reserved for new graduates.
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Three annual fellowships of €12,000 each in 2027, allowing up to a year of intensified artistic work, with the option of spending one to two months of the period in the Martin-Kausche studios in Worpswede. Awards follow the recommendation of the Lower Saxony Art Commission.
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Freelance artists with their primary residence or production base in Lower Saxony whose artistic training is complete at the time of application; one of the three fellowships is for applicants who finished their higher-education training between 1 January 2025 and 31 December 2026. No fellowship is granted to anyone who receives regular third-party payments (stay or work fellowships) or state funding during 2027, to be stated in the application.
Dates & details
- Deadline
- Online application until 15 January 2027; the application runs through the state's online system with a BundID account
- Programme dates
- Calendar year 2027
- Language
- German