Talent scouting and providing training for young people: the Talent Scholarship aims to support young talent and dedicated volunteers who are members of the German minority and who have previously been awarded an ifa scholarship in the context of promoting German minorities. The Talent Scholarship offers them the opportunity to develop their individual skills and to strengthen their commitment. Following on from the scholarship, the knowledge gained in the process is directly applied within German minority organisations in Eastern Europe and Central Asia.
The Talent Scholarship is funded from the Ilse and Werner Lechtenberg Family Foundation.
As part of the call for applications, interested candidates must submit their own training concept, including a cost calculation.
The training concept must include:
An application including a training concept can be submitted via the online application form.
Please have all required documents ready before submitting your online application. The form cannot be saved temporarily.
Applications for the scholarship are open from 31 March - 30 April 2025.
The Dortmund-based Ilse und Werner Lechtenberg Family Foundation was established on 15 May 2009. The Foundation serves directly and exclusively public-benefit and charitable purposes.
The Foundation’s purpose is to promote art and culture in the sense of promoting German culture and language by awarding scholarships, promoting animal welfare and altruistically supporting persons who are dependent on others' help on account of their physical condition. In the area of artistic and cultural funding, priority is given to Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Poland, Hungary, Romania and the post-Soviet states, in accordance with the founders' intentions.
Scholarship Programme Coordination
Charlottenplatz 17
D-70173 Stuttgart
