Short Description
The Open Call 2025 for the Experimental Fellowship at Bauhaus Earth is now open. The Fellowship supports practice-based, research-oriented experimental projects across diverse geographies and scales. The program is designed to expand existing knowledge and expertise with the aim of making a positive contribution towards a more sustainable, circular and climate-conscious architecture through regenerative material practices.
Fellowship projects are based on clear research questions and typically aim to produce architectural fragments of a manageable scale that can serve as 1:1 prototypes. They should aim for longevity and be integrated into a real context, bridging research to building practice and industry.
Eligibility
- Experimental Fellowship is open to individuals and/or teams, studios and collectives of exceptionally talented, emergingin international practitioners and creatives, including architects, artists, designers, engineers, scientists and cross-disciplinary teams or collaborations.
- Fluency in English is required, German an advantage.
- An institutional affiliation is not required.
- Previous recipeints of an Experimental Fellowship are possible.
- Applicants are to notify the organizers of any parallel activitiesor similar programs in which they are involved.
GRANT TYPES
- Projects must have clearly defined objectives, assigned budgets, and processes.
- Experimental Fellowship includes financial support coveringa monthly stipend (ind. €1,500 per month; team €2,500 permonth) expenses and production. Project-related expensesand production costs may total up to €30,000. Please specifywhether you are requesting more funding from us or whetheryou have other sources of funding.
- Each applicant should provide a budget covering eligible, essential production costs for the successful completion ofthe Fellowship project (e.g. materials, equipment, externalcommissions, travel).
- Ineligible costs are not covered, including: non-project-related,general operating expenses and fixed or ongoing costs; capitalor commercial projects; scholarship aid or work in pursuit of anacademic degree
Submission Requirements
- Completed Application Form (Submit via Typeform)
- CV & Portfolio (Upload PDF of 5 projects, max 10 pages, up to10 MB); showcasing the applicant’s specific qualifications and/or knowledge, as well as their capacity to successfully executeprojects encompassing design, construction and research.Both built and unbuilt projects are acceptable as relevantwork samples; unbuilt projects will be considered relevant ifthey contribute to the project proposal. Please add up to threeprofessional reference contacts
- Project Proposal including an abstract (up to 1000 characters),a comprehensive proposal of the process, methodology & tools(up to 1500 characters), objectives, impact & relevance (up to3000 characters), results (up to 1000 characters), schedule andbudget (Upload PDF Gantt chart, excel)
- Production Budget, including eligible costs anticipated for thesuccessful completion of the Fellowship project (e.g. productionfees for workshops or testing, prototyping, field trips,conferences, etc.)
How to Apply
Online Application
Entry Fee
None
Location
Potsdam, Germany
Timeline
- Application Deadline: 2 June 2025
Website Link: https://experimental-foundation.org/en/applications/
