IFA Scholarship on the Management of Cultural Heritage and the Transformation of Museums and Exhibition Centres 2026

🏛️ About

The Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen (IFA) is offering a scholarship aimed at enabling professionals to deepen their knowledge transnationally, introduce new perspectives, and foster long-term cooperation through exchange. This initiative strengthens IFA’s contribution to creating worldwide interpersonal understanding, trust, and promoting democratic civil societies.

🎁 Benefits

The scholarship covers the following:

• Net payment of EUR 1,500 per month
• Monthly family allowances for family members traveling with you:
  • EUR 250 for a spouse
  • EUR 250 per child
• Visa costs
• Travel costs for the outward and return journeys
• Health insurance, including coverage for family members
• Monthly travel pass for public transport in the city of residence
• Up to EUR 500 for a language course

✅ Eligibility Criteria

Who can apply?

• Curators
• Restorers
• Mediators
• Culture managers

Requirements:

Applicants must:

• Work with cultural heritage, collections, and/or archive records in institutional contexts.
• Name a non-commercial, physical host institution for each stay and submit a specific concept note drawn up jointly with the host institution (this is decisive for the award of scholarships!).
• Have completed their higher education or vocational training.
• Have a very good knowledge of English (knowledge of German or the language of the host institution’s country is an advantage but not mandatory).

Exclusion Criterion:

• Holding another scholarship or parallel residence during the funding period.

📅 Important Dates

• Scholarship Period: February to December 2027.
• Application Deadline: 30 June, 2026.

📝 Application Process

• Applicants must prepare a final report at the end of their stay.
• Applications from Black people, people of color, women, LGBTQIA+ persons, people with disabilities, and members of historically marginalized groups, particularly people from colonized contexts, are actively welcomed.

For more details and to apply, visit the official IFA website.

• A net payment of EUR 1,500 per month
• Monthly family allowances for family members travelling with you (EUR 250 for a spouse, EUR 250 per child)
• Visa costs
• Travel costs for the outward and return journeys
• Health insurance (including family)
• Monthly travel pass for public transport in the city of residence
• Up to EUR 500 for a language course