Project funding: the application process

Requirements

The National Fund can sponsor projects that

  • benefit victims of National Socialism and their descendants;
  • contribute to academic research on National Socialism and the fate of its victims, but also on the role of the perpetrators and followers;
  • recall Nazi injustice by fostering remembrance or promoting and imparting knowledge about National Socialism, its consequences and the fate of its victims;
  • educational and school projects;
  • contribute towards coming to terms with National Socialism and its aftermath.

The further requirements are set out in the guidelines and must be observed.

Submission

To submit an application for project funding please complete the online application form and upload the following attachments:

  1. detailed description of the project (project concept)
  2. Details of any co-funders
  3. Other relevant project documentation

Deadlines

Applicantions can be submitted to the National Fund at any time. The Committee and the Board of Trustees of the National Fund decide on the applications for project funding four times a year.

The Board of Trustees decides four times a year on applications submitted by 1 February, 1 April, 1 September and 1 November.

Information on Project Funding

Due to the high number of funding applications received, the funds available for the current year have already been exhausted.

Therefore, funding applications received by the 1 November 1 2026 deadline will foreseeably not be decided on until early 2027.

The National Fund team remains available to answer any questions you may have.

After funding is awarded

In the event that project funding is awarded the applicant is sent a letter of approval. Enclosed with this letter is a funding agreement, which must be signed by the applicant and returned to the National Fund.

Completion of the project

The applicants undertake to evidence the support of the National Fund through the clearly visible placement of the National Fund logo on the project.

Upon completion of a project, the project organiser must submit an ordered and transparent settlement of account demonstrating the use of the funding for its approved purpose within three months.

In addition, specimen copies and a project report with photos must be conveyed to the National Fund and permission granted to use photos, texts and other project materials on the National Fund’s website.