Organizer Information
The ZEIT STIFTUNG BUCERIUS, in cooperation with the Hamburg Ministry of Culture and Media, supports professional artists and strengthens Hamburg’s position as an international center for culture and the arts. Since the 2019/20 scholarship year, the foundation has enabled additional funding for visual artists in Hamburg through this program. Each year, seven scholarships are awarded to artists or long-term artistic groups whose previous work demonstrates a high level of artistic quality.
The program is designed around artistic freedom rather than a narrowly defined theme or discipline. An expert jury evaluates applications primarily according to the quality of the applicant’s previous artistic work and the quality of the proposed artistic project. For the 2027 scholarship year, seven outstanding artists or artistic groups will each receive €10,000.
Title & Description
Art Scholarships of the ZEIT STIFTUNG BUCERIUS
Art Scholarships of the ZEIT STIFTUNG BUCERIUS 2027 provide financial support and dedicated working time for professional visual artists and artistic groups based in Hamburg. The scholarship aims to create space for concentrated artistic development, research, experimentation, production, and professional development over an extended period.
Funding can support a wide range of artistic activities, including 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.
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
The scholarship is open to professional visual artists and artistic groups living and working in Hamburg. Applicants must have completed artistic training or demonstrate a comparable period of professional artistic activity through their artistic career and work samples.
For artistic groups, the collaboration must be long-term; one-off, project-specific collaborations are not eligible. In groups, at least one member must live in Hamburg.
Applicants must not be enrolled as students at a university and must not currently receive another scholarship from the Hamburg Ministry of Culture and Media (BKM). Other forms of BKM funding, such as project funding or public-art funding, are permitted.
Program Benefits & Awards
- 7 scholarships
- €10,000 per scholarship
- Financial freedom to pursue artistic development and production
- Support for research, experimentation, further education, and new artistic work
- Funding may support exhibitions, performances, publications, workshops, digital projects, and artistically motivated travel
- Public announcement of selected artists and groups
- An independent five-member expert jury selects the recipients
Application Fee
None
How to Apply?
Online Application
Key Dates
- Application Deadline: 9 September 2026
- Notification: November 2026
- Substantive report: March following the scholarship year
Location
Hamburg, Germany
Additional Details
The application requires a completed online form, a detailed artistic CV in PDF format, and a short project description of up to 2,500 characters including spaces and paragraphs. A more detailed illustrated project presentation of up to three pages must also be uploaded.
The portfolio must contain previous artistic work and may not exceed 15 pages. Catalogues do not replace the required portfolio. For time-based practices such as video, film, performance, and sound, applicants should provide still images, a short description of each work, and accessible links.
Only applications satisfying all formal requirements will be submitted to the jury. After the scholarship year, recipients must submit a substantive report describing their artistic work and development. No financial expenditure report is required.