World Heritage Scholarship 2026

The World Heritage Scholarship is now open for 2026.

The scholarship is aimed at professional artists, cultural practitioners and researchers who want to develop an artistic or research idea that connects the World Heritage Site Decorated Farmhouses of Hälsingland to one or more other World Heritage Sites on the UNESCO list

Will you spend your time in a World Heritage Farm next year?

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The scholarship is international and awards to the applicant who shows in the clearest, most relevant and feasible way how the Decorated Farmhouses of Hälsingland relates to other World Heritage Sites in the spirit of UNESCO, for example through cultural heritage, conservation, universal value, cultural meetings or knowledge exchange.

Last year, 1000 people from 100 different countries applied.

The World Heritage Scholarship includes:

Staying and living in one or two World Heritage farms for a period of one month

A grant of equivalent 50.000 SEK to carry out the idea/project in question

Travel to and from Sweden

Applications will be accepted from 15 january 2025 – 28 february 2026.

For more information and application: www.regiongavleborg.se/en/scholarship