The Austrian Ludwig Foundation is offering a grant to support research for academic as well as artistic and curatorial projects in the field of visual arts by funding a research trip outside of Austria in 2025.
The Foundation invites Scholars, Artists, and Curators living in austria to apply. Applicants must have completed postgraduate education such as MA, diploma studies, or similar in the fields of fine arts, art history, cultural studies, curatorial studies, or related disciplines.
The grant is being offered as part of the research season “Beside, not infinite,” which the Austrian Ludwig Foundation is realizing in 2025/26. The research season focuses on seven works from the collection of the Foundation. Scholars, artists, and curators are invited to suggest research projects in response to the seven works. Find out more about the research season and download the "call for applications" at https://www.ludwig-stiftung.at
Grant Amount: €10.000
1. Application deadline: December 15, 2024.
2. The grant recipient will be selected by an international jury by January 31, 2025.
3. The research stay must take place in 2025. The minimum stay is one month; the maximum stay is three months.
Application Documents:
Applications written in Englisch in one PDF (max. 3 pages) with the following content:
Biography (max. 1 page)
- Personal details; education; previous artistic, curatorial and/or academic activities and/or list of publications
- A reference relevant to the project (including contact details), who will only be contacted if the application is successful
Project description (max. 1 page)
- Short abstract describing the project and how it connects to the research season “Beside, not infinite”
- Reasons for choosing the planned research location(s); relevance of the travel activity for further developing the project.
Schedule (max. 1 page)
- Work plan or planned stages of realizing the project
- Time and duration of the research stay. The minimum stay is one month; the maximum stay is three months. The residency must take place in 2025 and be completed by the end of 2025.
- Funding already approved or requested for the project
The application documents must be sent as one PDF to officeludwig-stiftung.at by December 15, 2024 with the subject “Grant Application”. Due to the international jury, ONLY SUBMISSIONS IN ENGLISH can be considered. If you have any questions, please contact Bettina Brunner, Managing Director (in German or English) at officeludwig-stiftung.at
Quellennachweis:
STIP: Austrian Ludwig Foundation Travel and Research Grant 2025. In: ArtHist.net, 31.10.2024. Letzter Zugriff 07.11.2024. <https://arthist.net/archive/43072>.