Application Form

General information

Please read the General information and the guidelines on our website at Individual/Cooperation Fellowships carefully.
You may apply for a single fellowship (1 person) or for a cooperation fellowship (1 person with up to 2 guests. Please note: Only one guest may be on site at a time; if there are 2 guests, they will be split over the three-month period).
The duration of the fellowship is three months. For scholarships in humanities and social sciences, a shorter period of stay can be specified if necessary.
Applications are possible in one discipline only.
It is strongly recommended to first prepare the information offline and insert it into the form afterwards.
The application form has to be sent by 15 April 2026, 11.59 p.m. Central European Summer Time (CEST). Please keep in mind that uploading the documents may take some time. Documents that do not arrive on time must be excluded from the application process.
The project description should refer to the work you would like to carry out on site in Wiepersdorf.
In the composition discipline, it is helpful to indicate whether a premiere of the work is planned. Rock, pop, jazz, and CD productions are excluded from the application process.
You will receive information on the work samples as soon as you have selected a discipline.
Your application is not complete without a work sample.
Incomplete documents will not be considered.
Work samples may be submitted in English or German language.
Please note that Schloss Wiepersdorf is located in a rural region and check before you apply whether this suits your way of working.
Re-applications after a previous stay will only be shortlisted again in exceptional cases.

Work samples: Literature, Humanities and social sciences/Romanticism, and Humanities and social sciences/Topics focusing on the previously divided Germany

The publication of at least one opus by a publisher or undertaking a doctoral degree is mandatory for a fellowship.

Please select a maximum of one work or excerpts (ca. 15 pages) from it, and hand in a copy (one PDF; max. 30 MB) of the selected work sample. If possible, the work sample can be taken from the project proposed in this application.

You will receive the upload link for the work sample automatically after submitting this application form. The work sample must have been successfully uploaded no later than 15 April 2026, 11.59 p.m. (CEST). Please note that uploading larger files can take several minutes, so please start the upload in time, we recommend several hours before the deadline. Any materials that arrive after the deadline will not be considered. Please do not send work samples or publications by mail or email!

Work samples: Visual Arts

A public exhibition or participation in a group exhibition is mandatory for a fellowship.

You can enter links (URL) to websites with your works and the corresponding title or description in the fields provided. The links (URLs) can, for example, lead to film or digital works on Vimeo, YouTube or the artist's own website, the website of a gallery or an exhibition project. Video and audio formats can only be submitted via these links (URL). The works must be directly viewable; therefore, you cannot link to zip folders or other files for download. A registration may not be required.

In addition, after submitting this application form, you will automatically receive an upload link via which you can submit a work sample (PDF; max. 30 MB). The PDF should ideally contain multiple images/works as well as links to works and exhibition views. The work sample must have been successfully uploaded no later than 15.04.2026, 11.59 pm (CEST). Please note that uploading larger files may take longer. Therefore, please start the upload in time—at least several hours before the deadline. Any materials that arrive after the deadline will not be considered. Please do not send work samples or portfolios by mail or email!

Work samples: Composition

Prerequisite for a fellowship is the public performance of at least one work.

Below you can enter links (URL) to websites with your own work and the corresponding title or description in the fields provided. The links can point to, for example, concert recordings on Vimeo, YouTube, SoundCloud or your own website. The works must be directly viewable; therefore, you cannot link to zip folders or other files for download. A registration may not be required. The works may not be hidden behind a paywall.

In addition, you will automatically receive an upload link after submitting this application form, which you can use to upload up to six work samples, if you wish (e.g., scores as PDF and/or audio as mp3 and/or as AAC and/or video as mp4, max. 30 MB in total). The work samples must have been successfully uploaded by 15.04.2026, 11.59 pm (CEST) at the latest. Please note that uploading larger files may take longer. Therefore, please start the upload in time—at least several hours before the deadline. Materials received after the deadline will not be considered. Please do not send samples of your work by mail or e-mail!

Next steps

After sending the form, you will receive a confirmation email at the email address you specified above. It may take several hours for the confirmation email to get through.
Before submitting the form, please make sure that the links you have provided to the work samples are correct.
Submit the form by 15 April 2026, 23.59 p.m. Central European Summer Time (CEST).
Only complete applications will be considered.
Please click 'send' only once and wait a moment if necessary; after submitting the form, the successful submission will be confirmed in your browser.
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The results of the jury's decision will be communicated in writing by fall 2026. Reasons for positive or negative decisions will not be sent.