Alexander Rave Foundation Scholarships in Germany for Fellowship

  •  Fellowship
  •  30-Sep-2025
  •   Germany
  • $$  Monthly stipend, travel, insurance, and additional allowances

Applications are now open for the Alexander Rave Foundation Scholarships 2026, supporting cultural practitioners in the management of cultural heritage and the transformation of museums and exhibition centres. The program offers three to six-month stays in Germany for curators, restorers, mediators, exhibition makers, and culture managers from DAC-listed countries and Germany.

The scholarship is open to cultural practitioners such as curators, restorers, mediators, exhibition makers, and culture managers from DAC-listed countries and Germany. Applicants must have completed higher education or vocational training, be engaged with cultural heritage, collections, or archives, and secure a non-commercial host institution for a stay between March and December 2026.

The Alexander Rave Foundation is a non-profit foundation established through an endowment by Hamburg businessman Alexander Rave and is administered by ifa – Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen. The foundation supports cultural practitioners by offering scholarships that foster international exchange, professional development, and collaboration in the fields of cultural heritage, museums, and exhibition work.
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Eligibility Criteria

  • Eligible Countries: Applicants from DAC-listed countries and from Germany.

  • Acceptable Course or Subjects: The scholarship supports cultural practitioners engaged in cultural heritage, collections, and archive records, including preservation, exhibitions, mediation, contextualisation, and return.

  • Admissible Criteria: To be eligible, applicants must:

    • Be curators, restorers, mediators, exhibition makers, or culture managers.

    • Have completed higher education or vocational training.

    • Secure a non-commercial host institution in Germany (or a DAC-listed country for German applicants).

    • Ensure the stay begins between March 2026 and December 2026.

    • Demonstrate good command of spoken and written English (German or host country language is an advantage).

    • Not hold any other scholarship or residency during the funding period.

    • Applicants from historically marginalised groups, including Black people, people of colour, women, LGBTQIA+ persons, and people with disabilities, are strongly encouraged to apply.

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Offered Benefits

  • Monthly lump-sum net payment of EUR 1,500 (for 3–6 months).

  • Supplement of EUR 250 per month for spouse and EUR 50 per month per child.

  • Coverage of travel expenses for arrival and departure.

  • Health insurance for the scholar and accompanying family members.

  • Language course support up to EUR 500.

  • Opportunity to gain professional knowledge, engage in transcultural exchange, and build long-term partnerships.

Application Process

  • Applications must be submitted via the official online application form.

  • Required documents include: a motivation letter (max. 3,000 characters), a reference letter, a letter of invitation from the host institution, and proof of the host institution’s non-profit status.

  • Optional: joint project outline with the host institution.

  • Applications must be submitted in PDF format to ifa – Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen, Alexander Rave Foundation, Stuttgart, Germany (email submission only; no post required).

  • Application form for applicants from countries on the DAC list
  • Application form for applicants from Germany
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