Study Award of the Lower Saxony Savings Banks Foundation for Monument Preservation

Since 2023, the Study Award of the Lower Saxony Savings Banks Foundation for Monument Preservation has honored outstanding theses with a clear connection to the monument landscape of Lower Saxony. With an endowment of 2,000 euros, the award is aimed at graduates and doctoral candidates from universities and universities of applied sciences at home and abroad. The evaluation criteria include scientific quality, relevance to monument preservation in Lower Saxony, as well as innovation and sustainability aspects. Submitted works must address topics such as buildings and monument protection, infrastructure and urban development, research and innovation, and present conceptually or empirically innovative approaches. The cooperation with the Society for Monument Preservation in Lower Saxony e. V. and the Lower Saxony Chamber of Architects underlines the award’s professional anchoring in both science and practice.

The award aims to highlight outstanding achievements in all areas of modern monument preservation and to sustainably promote the built cultural heritage. The Lower Saxony Savings Banks Foundation thus contributes to strengthening the scientific discourse and fostering a sensitive engagement with the built environment. The jury honors works that develop both a nuanced professional approach to historic buildings and forward-looking strategies for their preservation and use. Potential applicants benefit from transparent funding requirements and clear evaluation criteria that guide them from the initial idea to submission. The Study Award thus offers an attractive incentive for in-depth research and innovative protection of Lower Saxony’s monument heritage.