Rave Scholarships for Young Museum Professionals 2018

The Rave Scholarships, offered by the Rave Foundation and administered by Germany's Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen (ifa) support further practical training for young curators, restorers, museum technicians and cultural managers from countries in transition and developing countries who have arranged a guest period, a practical training or non-paid work at a museum, a non-commercial gallery or a non-commercial cultural institution in Germany.

Target groups

curators
restorers
museum technicians
cultural managers

from transformation and developing countries who have arranged a guest period, a practical training or non-paid work at a museum, at a non-commercial gallery or at a non-commercial cultural institution in Germany.

Conditions

Scholarships will be awarded to applicants

who come from a transformation or developing country and are still living there;
who did not have the opportunity yet to come for a longer stay or did not have further training or working stay in Germany;
who finished their professional training not longer than five years ago and are not yet over 40. Those still studying or training at the time of application will not be considered for selection;
who have found a non-commercial partner institution in Germany that has agreed to take care of them or agreed to a joint project;
who can provide a positive statement from their own country (reference);
Knowledge of one of the three languages German, English or French is a requirement.

Application and further information

Applicants are required to present:

a project sketch (1 page) developed together with the German institution – informing about tasks and responsibilities of the planned visit to Germany;
consent form a non-commercial German institution to care for the applicant during the scholarship period in Germany;

as well as other documents, as explained in the Rave Scholarship's website. This is an annual programme, and applications should be submitted by 30 July each year. For additional information about the Rave Scholarships 2018, please visit https://www.ifa.de/en/visual-arts/art-funding/rave-scholarships.html