The KUNSTFONDS_Grant aims to promote focused artistic work and new ideas as a sustainable foundation for future freelance artistic practice. Eligible applicants are visual artists who work primarily as freelance visual artists, have their primary residence in Germany, and are neither enrolled in school nor employed during the grant period (part-time jobs are permitted).
You can find the 2026 grant recipients HERE.
The recipient of the annual Valerie and Prof. Kurt M. Schulz-Schönhausen Encouragement Award is selected.
In addition, through 2025, the recipient of the HAP Grieshaber Prize of VG Bild-Kunst from among the scholarship applicants. Since 2026, VG Bild-Kunst has been awarding the prize in collaboration with the Deutscher Künstlerbund. For more information about the prize and the award process, please visit bildkunst.de.
The KUNSTFONDS_Stipendium program is funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media (BKM) pursuant to a resolution of the German Bundestag and by the Kulturwerk Foundation of VG Bild-Kunst.
Application deadline: January 15, 2027