Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes
This advancement program belonging to the largest and oldest German scholarship institution offers awards in the area of art as well as in the areas of design, film, typography, graphic art and stage imagery.
The nomination procedure at the HFBK Hamburg:
Each professor (except for theory and history) can nominate one student by October 20. These students must fill out the online form and upload a portfolio. Based on the application documents, a group of students will be selected to present to the HFBK Jury on November 6. The HFBK jury nominates up to 7 students (4 for the field of art, 3 for the field of graphic design/film) for the Studienstiftung; the Studienstiftung selects its final scholarship recipients in spring 2026 based on presentations.
Criteria for nomination:
Candidates* must be at least in their 3rd (BA) semester at the time of nomination.
MA students must be in their 1st MA semester at the time of nomination.
After WS 2025/26, candidates* must still have at least 2 semesters of standard period of study until completion of the Master’s degree (i.e. only Bachelor’s students and 1st Master’s semester students are admitted).
Applicants* have the best chances between the 4th and 6th semester for Bachelors and in the 1st Master semester.
All EU citizens (including students from candidate countries and/or with status pursuant to Sections 8 (1) to (3) or 61 of the Federal Training Assistance Act (BAföG)) may be nominated for the scholarship.
Proposals for the funding of second and supplementary studies are excluded.
Students in bursary program
| from 2025 onwards | Tristan Isak Bendixen, Bildhauerei, Lasse Bork, Design, Jannis Reinelt, Film, Apollonia Stoisits, Zeitbezogene Medien, Elisa Maria Zeisler, Bühnenraum |
| from 2024 onwards | Valerio Sampognaro, Design, Loerdy Wesely, Bildhauerei, Enes Yurdaün, Film |
| from 2023 onwards | Irini Schwab, Design, Amin Motallebzadeh, Film, Lena Kunz, Fotografie/Bildhauerei, Leonie Wahler, Zeitbezogene Medien |
| from 2022 onwards | Tina Henkel, Design, Sandra Makhlouf, Film, Monika Orpik, Fotografie, Paul Jonathan Stümke, Film, Lili Süper, Bühnenbild |
| from 2021 onwards | Belia Brückner, Zeitbezogene Medien, Lara Molenda, Design, Marlon Weber, Film |
| from 2020 onwards | Raphaela Andrade Cordova, Bühnenraum, Laurel Chokoago, Zeitbezogene Medien |
| from 2019 onwards | Vicente Hirmas Schmidt-Timmermann, Bildhauerei, Salka Tiziana Poeschel García-Courtoy, Film, Anas Saleh, Film, Szerafina Schiesser, Bildhauerei, Martha von Mechow, Film |
| from 2018 onwards | Jamil Jalla, Zeitbezogene Medien, Tanita Olbrich, Film, Pia Schmikl, Zeitbezogene Medien, Jakob Spengemann, Bühnenraum |
| from 2017 onwards | Noémi Barbaglia, Bildhauerei, Marie-Theres Böhmker, Design, Jesús Antonio Pulpón Jiménez, Film, Signe Raunkjær Holm, Zeitbezogene Medien |
| from 2016 onwards | Leonie Rottmann, Zeitbezogene Medien, Laslo Strong, Grafik/Typografie/Fotografie |
| from 2015 onwards | Daniel Hopp, Zeitbezogene Medien, Lulu Eliza MacDonald, Bildhauerei, Badrieh Wanli, Zeitbezogene Medien |
| from 2014 onwards | Torben Wessel, Malerei/Zeichnen |
| from 2013 onwards | Magnus Gburek, Design, Saskia Senge, Zeitbezogene Medien, Lisa Sperling, Film, Nuriye Tohermes, Design |
| from 2011 onwards | Jens Franke, Zeitbezogene Medien, Marlene Denningmann, Film, Björn Last, Film |
| from 2010 onwards | Nina Hollensteiner, Bildhauerei Helena Wittmann, Film |
| from 2009 onwards | Susanne Itzel, Freie Kunst |
| from 2007 onwards | Lena Schmidt, Freie Kunst |
| from 2006 onwards | Nora Klasing, Design |