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Please note that reapplication is only possible after three years. Your last application must therefore have taken place in 2022 at the earliest. This condition applies VATMH-wide and therefore also applies to former applications for the Villa Aurora.
Please note: Dual applications are possible for a maximum of two persons. Each applicant must complete a separate application form. The letter of recommendation must address the qualifications of both individual applicants as well as the joint project.
(For an application to be considered, the project needs to refer to the annual topic.)
Possible time frame for a fellowship in 2026 (please list at least three and a maximum of ten months):
To apply for a fellowship at the Thomas Mann House, at least one recommendation letter is required. The letter must be written in either German or English.
After submitting your application form, you will receive a confirmation email from us. This email will include an upload link, which can be used by you or the author of the letter to upload the recommendation.
Please ensure that the recommendation letter is submitted no later than February 14, 2025, at 11:59 PM (CET).
Your data will be collected and stored for the purpose of selecting the VATMH Fellows and the implementation of the fellowship. The provided data will be processed internally and passed on to the jury members exclusively for selection purposes. Your data will be stored on a server in the data center of Artfiles New Media GmbH Artfiles New Media GmbH, Zirkusweg 1, D-20359 Hamburg until the end of the respective application process.
You have the right to receive information about the personal data stored by us at any time and ask for correction in case of errors. At your request, we will delete all your personal data. Furthermore, you have a right to cancel any further processing of your data and the right to receive your data in electronic form. In all cases mentioned, please contact us for information, correction, deletion or cancellation via infoberlin@vatmh.org.
If you believe that the way your information is being handled at Villa Aurora & Thomas Mann House e. V. is not in accordance with the applicable data protection laws, you have a right of appeal to a data protection supervisory authority.
