University offers scholarships for people to do ‘nothing’

Sloths, unite! A German university, University of Fine Arts in Hamburg, is offering scholarships to three people who would have to do…“absolutely nothing” and applications for the “Scholarships for Doing Nothing” will be accepted until 15 September, writes Paula Froelich for the New York Post.

“The world we are living in is driven by the belief in success, in growth, in money. This thinking was leading us into the ecological crisis – and social injustice – we are living in. We wanted to turn that upside down – giving a grant not for the ‘best’ and for ‘doing a project’, but for doing nothing,” Professor Friedrich von Borries, creator of the scholarship project, told CNN.

Applicants of any age and any nationality can apply for the US$1,900 stipend. Questions from the application form: what do you want not to do? How long do you want not to do it for? Why is it important not to do this particular thing? Why are you the right person not to do it?
Full report on the New York Post site