Award

Max Grünebaum Prize

Award prize for artists of the State Theater Cottbus and students of BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg. Nominations are submitted via the theater management or chair/dean's office, decision made by the foundation board.

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Grant criteria

Application Deadline: Ongoing
Application level: Advanced
Region: Brandenburg

Funding objective

Recognition and support of emerging artists and scholars at the State Theatre Cottbus as well as at BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg.

Eligible to apply

  • Individuals

Funding requirements

  • Proposal by the management of the State Theatre Cottbus or submission via the supervising chair/deanery of BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg

Documents required for application

  1. Proposal submission via institution
  2. Study paper/project description
  3. Statement from the chair or theater management

Evaluation criteria

  • Quality of the artistic or scientific achievement

Description

The Max Grünebaum Prize honors artistic and scientific achievements by emerging talents in the state of Brandenburg. It recognizes outstanding work by ensemble members of the State Theater Cottbus as well as students and doctoral candidates of the Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg. The prize is awarded by the Max Grünebaum Foundation, which with this distinction aims to provide impetus for cultural and scientific development in the region. The goal is to acknowledge and support exceptional creative and research talents in the long term. The selection of the laureates is made annually by the foundation’s board based on the quality of artistic performances or scientific theses.

Proposals are submitted by the theater management of the State Theater Cottbus or via the supervising chair or dean’s office of BTU Cottbus-Senftenberg. Required documents include a project or thesis with a description as well as a formal statement from the institution. The decisive criterion is the excellence of the achievement. The award is granted after review of all submissions by the board, which determines the recipients based on professional and artistic quality. Applications are accepted continuously and always on an annual cycle. This ongoing call provides all eligible candidates the opportunity to submit proposals and qualify for the award.

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