Lavesstiftung supports the next generation of built-environment professionals and promotes architectural culture in Lower Saxony, with a strong emphasis on public discourse about design, construction, and urban development. Its giving is closely tied to education and professional development, especially school-based architectural education, student work, exhibitions, research, publications, and archival preservation. The foundation appears most interested in projects that improve architectural literacy and recognize strong student work with a sustainability or design-quality lens.
Programmatic and highly focused, with at least one invite-only education grant program and an annual student award. Support is relatively small for the prize program ($500-$5,000) and likely project-based for school partnerships, with funding concentrated in Niedersachsen and aligned to specific architectural education and cultural goals.
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Check the annual timeline for the Lavespreis: the call opens around 2026-04-01 and the submission deadline is 2026-09-01. For 'Architektur macht Schule,' expect an invite-only process, so outreach should likely come through established school-architect networks or direct contact with the foundation; proposals should clearly connect to architectural education, teacher training, and the Lower Saxony region.
Current and upcoming funding from Lavesstiftung that your nonprofit may be able to apply for.
Who can apply: Eligible are students and graduates of architecture, landscape architecture, interior architecture, and urban planning programs who were enrolled at a university in Lower Saxony at the time the work was completed.
Deadline: Works may be submitted until 1 September 2026 for the 2026 cycle.
Who can apply: Teilnahmeberechtigt sind Studierende sowie Absolventinnen und Absolventen der Studiengänge Architektur, Landschaftsarchitektur, Innenarchitektur und Stadtplanung, die zum Zeitpunkt der Fertigstellung der Arbeit an einer Hochschule im Bundesland Niedersachsen eingeschrieben waren.
Deadline: Auslobung ab 2026-04-01. Einreichungsfrist: bis 2026-09-01.
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