scholarships for curators, restorers, museum technicians, cultural managers

[claudia westermann]

http://www.ifa.de/f/f3/ef3merk.htm

Leaflet for Rave Scholarship Applicants
The Rave Foundation would like to contribute to practical further 
education in arranging and realizing fine art exhibitions. It 
therefore awards scholarships to

  curators
  restorers
  museum technicians
  cultural managers

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

The Rave Scholarship is a working scholarship and requires the 
holder's presence. It includes the following payments
  A monthly lump sum of 1,300 Euro for a scholarship period of three 
to six months
  Travelling expenses (to and from Germany)
  Married person's supplement if the spouse is present in Germany
  Assistance with health insurance (also for spouses)
  German course

Conditions
Scholarships will be awarded to applicants
  who come from a transformation or developing country,
  who finished their professional training not less than five years 
previously and not yet over 40. Those still studying or training at 
the time of application will not be considered for selection,
  who have found a 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.
Applicants who are not accepted can apply only once more.

Selection procedure:
The Rave Foundation committee will assess all applications. 
Scholarships are awarded twice per year. About 6 scholarships are 
awarded per year.
There is no legal claim to the award of a scholarship. The decision 
will be conveyed to the applicant in writing without stating reasons.

Application documents
Applications are submitted without forms to the
Rave Foundation
c/o Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen
Charlottenplatz 17
D-70173 Stuttgart
Fax +49.711.2225194
rave-stiftung at ifa.de

The application should be accompanied by
  a CV, including educational qualifications,
  a project sketch about the form of the planned visit to Germany,
  consent from a German institution to care for the applicant during 
the scholarship period in Germany,
  a letter of reference from the home country.
The last application dates are 31 March and 30 September each year. 
Selections will be made within two months.
The Rave Foundation is an independent charitable foundation 
administered by the Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen (ifa). Ifa is a 
mediating organization for German foreign cultural policy.