The Deutsche Shakespeare-Stiftung is a niche cultural and scholarly funder focused on advancing Shakespeare engagement in the German-speaking world, especially through research, publications, and educational or artistic projects. Its support is highly specialized and centered on Shakespeare studies and related early modern, theater-history, and reception studies work, with a strong connection to Weimar-based collections and institutions. It tends to back academic talent, curated publications, and prestige projects that preserve and interpret Shakespeare’s legacy rather than broad-based arts funding.
Small, targeted grants and awards, including an annual graduate scholarship and a prize for outstanding theses or documented student projects. Support is largely program-specific and often tied to partnerships or institutional nominations rather than open-ended, unsolicited proposals.
Watch the annual deadlines closely: the Shakespeare scholarship closes on January 31 with decisions in March, and the Martin-Lehnert-Preis accepts nominated works by December 15. The prize is not open to unsolicited proposals, so applicants should confirm whether their work must be nominated and ensure strong alignment with Shakespeare scholarship, reception studies, or theater/cultural history in the German-speaking context.
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