UNESO Offers World Heritage Residence Scholarship

The World Heritage Decorated Farmhouses of Hälsingland International Scholarship and Residency (World Heritage Scholarship), is aimed at professional artists, cultural practitioners and researchers who want to develop an artistic or research idea that connects the Decorated Farmhouses of Hälsingland to one or more other World Heritage Sites on the UNESCO list. The scholarship is awarded based on the clearest, most relevant, and feasible explanation of how the connection is made in the spirit of UNESCO.

The scholarship is international and open to applicants from all over the world. It is focused on relating the Decorated Farmhouses of Hälsingland to other UNESCO-listed World Heritage Sites, for example through cultural heritage, conservation, universal value, cultural meetings, or knowledge exchange.

Selection is made for the applicant who shows in the clearest, most relevant and feasible way how the Decorated Farmhouses of Hälsingland relate to other World Heritage Sites in the spirit of UNESCO. Decisions will be made in November and announced personally to the designated scholarship recipient.

The scholarship includes a four-week residency at the World Heritage farms Kristofers in Järvsö or Erik-Anders in Söderala, plus a grant of equivalent 50,000 SEK in scholarship. It also includes travel to and from Hälsingland. After decisions, information is published on the official website for the Decorated Farmhouses of Hälsingland.

• Target group: professional artists, cultural practitioners, and researchers.
• Project purpose: develop an artistic or research idea that connects the Decorated Farmhouses of Hälsingland to one or more other World Heritage Sites on the UNESCO list.
• Geographic eligibility: international; applicants from all over the world are eligible.

• Four-week residency at the World Heritage farms Kristofers in Järvsö or Erik-Anders in Söderala.
• Grant of equivalent 50,000 SEK in scholarship.
• Travel to and from Hälsingland.

1. Submit an application during the application period. (The application period is closed.)
2. Wait for the decision: decisions will be made in November and announced personally to the designated scholarship recipient.
3. After the personal announcement, information will be published on the official website for the Decorated Farmhouses of Hälsingland.

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