Achievement Grant Awards for International Students
Every year, achievement grants („Leistungsstipendien“) are made available to non-German students by the Hamburg Ministry of Science, Research, and Equality, co-financed by Karl H. Ditze Stiftung. They usually consist of a grant of 450 euros monthly, lasting for up to one year.
Application
All non-German Bachelor students having completed the 4th semester and all non-German Master students are eligible to apply for the Achievement Grants for International Students. Applications and selection take place in the winter semester.
The first step is to apply by completing the online application form. After you have completed the form, you will receive a confirmation e-mail with the request to upload the following documents as one PDF into our cloud:
a short CV/resume,
a letter of recommendation by an HFBK professor,
your portfolio
Please note that each HFBK professor can only propose one student for the Achievement Grants.
Based on the application documents, a group of students will be selected to present a selection of their work to a committee.
Here you will find the current application deadlines in a timely manner.
Latest Grant Holders
| 2026 | Ayala Berger, Marko Grba Singh, Yoav Perry, Gebenfang Shi, Inae Shin |
| 2025 | Ilo Toivio, Sudabe Yunesi, Marija Arakelyan Lucic, Daryna Kuzmina, Yelyzaveta Musiienko |
| 2024 | Mor Afgin, Bertha Daniela Aparicio Ugalde, Ching Wei Bai, Benyamin Bakhshi, Saba Emadabadi, Eythar Gubara, Victoria Iess Stigkjær Hansen, Minji Hong, Nima Latifi, Mark Morris, Liudmila Savelyeva, Agnieszka Sejud |
| 2023 | Catalina Gonzalez, Serafima Kalachenkova Bresler, Kayoung Kim, Nicholas Odhiambo Mboya |
| 2022 | Richard Magee, Olivia Schrøder, Nana Xu |
| 2021 | Seda Yildiz, Noi Fuhrer, Prateek Vijan, Simon Mine, Talya Feldman, Hüsnü Enes Yurdaün |
| 2020 | José Domingo Martinez Rippes, İrem Seda Güney, Shahira Issa, Simin Sadat Jalilian, David Ronner |
| 2019 | Marvin Moïses Almaraz Dosal, Paerhuzate Anniwaer, Arda Çiltepe, Jung Min Lee, Emma Wilson, Chenxi Zhong |
| 2018 | Wonek Lee, Carlos Enrique León Zambrano, Krystsina Savutsina |
| 2017 | Jesús Antonio Pulpón Jiménez, Martine Heuser |
| 2016 | Shuchang Xie, Jeffrey Wallner, Carlos Enrique León Zambrano |
| 2015 | Qianli Ma Hana Kim, Jelena Markovic |
| 2014 | Sohyun Jung, Maria Fernandez Gonzalez, Mitko Mitkov |
| 2013 | Angela Anzi, Rosa Joly, Amy Lien/Enzo Camacho |
| 2012 | Pablo Narezo, Yoojin Chang, Oliver Hannoun |
| 2011 | Ida Lennartsson, Andonia Gischina |