Small Research Grant Programme 2024-25, second round:
Call for Applications
Deadline for Applications: 29 May 2025 (23:59, UK Time)
Online Application Form: SRGP Application Form
The European Association for Jewish Studies is delighted to announce the second round of the EAJS Small Research Grant Programme (SRGP) for 2024-25. Funded by its core funder, the Rothschild Foundation Hanadiv Europe, the programme offers support to Full and Student members for their individual research.
Funding will be offered to fully paid-up Full Members of the EAJS as well as EAJS Student Members enrolled on a research degree (PhD) at a European institution of higher learning, to help them to pursue archival and library studies related to their area of research. Scholarly excellence as well as the potential to develop research cooperation in the disciplines constituting Jewish Studies across Europe will be key criteria.
Applicants need to provide a CV (up to 2 pages), a list of up to 10 publications, and provide specific evidence of their expertise and track record in the proposed area of research, such as prior publications, lectures, online resources, or taught academic modules, a working title, and a budget of planned expenses.
Applicants need to specify which archival or library collections will be used. A grant can be used for multiple library or archive visits within the framework of one research project. A schedule of the proposed research needs to be provided. The research trips must be scheduled for the period between 1 September 2025 to 30 September 2026.
Applications need to specify the expected output (book, article, PhD thesis, funding application et al.).
Applicants may apply for up to £ 2,500 for archival and library research.
Grants up to £ 1,500 will be transferred before the planned research trip in full. Grants above this amount will be awarded in two instalments (£ 1,500 as the first instalment and the remainder after the completion of the research trip and the submission of a financial and academic report). A budget about the expected expenses needs to be provided. Proposed budgets will be assessed against the expected outcomes and outputs.
Grants awarded in the framework of the EAJS Research Grant Programme cannot be used to pay honoraria, translations, or other publication expenses. The EAJS Award Committee may award partial grants.
The applicant must be a fully paid-up Full Member of the European Association for Jewish Studies and resident in Europe, or an EAJS Student Member enrolled on a research degree (at PhD level) at a European institution of higher learning.
Successful applicants will be required to provide the EAJS with a short financial report detailing how the grant money was used, and a short academic report about the research trip undertaken, and agree to the academic report’s publication on the EAJS website. This academic report must be written in English. Guidelines for the reports will be provided. Recipients of a Small Research Grant are also requested to acknowledge support by the EAJS in the outputs supported through the Programme.
Previously successful SRGP grant applicants cannot apply for another SRGP grant during the year they successfully applied for an SRGP grant or during the following year.
The application deadline for this round of the SRGP is 29 May 2025. Applications for the EAJS Small Research Grant Programme must be submitted through the following Online Application Form: SRGP Application Form
Enquiries about the programme should be emailed to the EAJS Chief Administrative Officer.