Braunschweig Projects 2026/27: fellowships and artist residencies

Braunschweig University of Art (HBK) is an artistic-scientific university with the right to award doctoral and post-doctoral qualifications. With around 1,000 students in the fields of fine arts, art education, performing arts, design, visual communication, art history and media studies, HBK Braunschweig is one of the largest art academies in Germany. With the programme Braunschweig Projects, HBK Braunschweig offers seven 12-month fellowships & art residencies on behalf of the State of Lower Saxony for the year 2026/27: Five scholarships in the field of fine arts / Two scholarships in the field of sound art Braunschweig Projects are part of the university's and the state's promotion of young artists and also serve to internationalise HBK. They are aimed at artists who would like to work on a project in the immediate vicinity of HBK Braunschweig. With their project proposal, fellows should make a significant contribution towards the further development of forms of artistic practice. All fellows will be assigned a mentor, who will help with the integration into university life. Mentors are fine arts professor and can be chosen by the fellows themselves. In addition, all professors of the fine arts department will be available for artistic discourse with the fellows. The university actively supports the mediation of contacts. Fellows will have the opportunity to present the current status of their artistic project within the university. In addition, they are expected to participate in the Welcome Weeks (April 20–30, 2026) and in a joint final presentation in January/February 2027.