ICES Calls for Proposals

ICES Call for Proposal to strengthen European Studies at EUF  

ICES welcomes proposals from ICES Members for initiatives that aim to foster European Studies at the EUF by expanding EUF’s research infrastructure, promoting early career researchers, or strengthening academic networking. This semester’s call has been expanded to include two additional funding opportunities – support for pre-studies and support for journal editing. Our call now includes funding opportunities for:

1)      Preparation of a third-party funding application

We support applications for an interdisciplinary collaborative research project in the field of European Studies. ICES helps you to identify suitable funding sources (if necessary), offers personalised advice throughout the funding application process and covers costs for activities that you feel are best suited to prepare a competitive research proposal (e.g. research assistant positions, small workshop or professional coaching/training).

2)      International Conferences

We welcome proposals from ICES members who are interested in organising an international conference at the EUF in the field of European Studies and intend to apply for third party funding. ICES will support you in setting up the proposal and will (co-)finance the conference in case your proposal is not successful! With this initiative, we offer a possibility to request speakers (which is necessary when applying for third party funding) without the common reserve "in case it is funded".

3)      (Researchers in Residence) Fellowships

This opportunity is aimed at ICES members who wish to invite renowned colleagues in the field of European Studies to foster interdisciplinary collaboration, develop project ideas or forthcoming publications and support innovative research in European studies. Fellows are expected to participate in the interdisciplinary events at the centre and introduce their research at one of these occasions (ICES Colloquium, Lecture, Workshop or Atelier). The fellowship provides financial support to cover travel, accommodation for the visiting scholar.

4)      Open Access Fees

You can apply for funding to cover Open Access Fees up to €3000 per publication. Funding can be granted if 1) the research article is produced in the context of scientific activities at ICES; 2) the journal/publisher is internationally renowned and fulfills recognized quality assurance standards, 3) the article has already been submitted and you are "submitting author" or "corresponding author" responsible for paying the publication fees. Please refer to each of these points in your application. Publications by early career researchers in pure Open Access journals, dissertations and habilitations as well as publications by EUF members (no matter what career stage) in journals of the Wiley, Springer Nature or Elsevier publishing groups cannot be funded, as funds are available from other EUF sources (more information about EUF’s publication funding schemes here).

5)      Research infrastructure

The proposed measures should be relevant not only to individual members, but should be interesting and accessible to other members as well. Examples include access to academic databases, software licenses, or membership in scholarly societies like ECPR and ECSR. Measures that can be funded through other EUF support schemes are not eligible for funding. We generally (co-) fund ideas with up to 3,000 euros. Exceptions can be made in well-justified cases.

6) Pre-Studies for funding proposals (new)  

We can grant seed funding for small-scale pre-studies in the field of European Studies to strengthen the chances for a successful third-party funding proposal. You can apply for e.g. preliminary archival visits or interview trips, small focus groups, and scoping literature reviews. 

7) Support for Journal Editing & Special Issues (new) 

We provide support for editorial activities for scholarly peer-reviewed journals to enhance the visibility of European Studies at EUF. Funding is to be linked to establishing or managing an academic journal as well as guest-editing special issues. You can apply for e.g. hiring student assistants, workshop for contributors or board members as well as publisher and Open Access fees. 

For each of the above mentioned initiatives, please send a short description (max. 1-2 pages; English or German) of your idea, background, purpose and relevance for strengthening European Studies at EUF, as well as a rough timeline and an estimate of the costs to ices@uni-flensburg.de by October 15th, 2025. This deadline is not a cut-off date. Applications can still be submitted after that date, but funding is subject to the availability of remaining funds. This call is planned to be announced two times per year in March and September.

This programme is financed from the bonification of the projects affiliated with ICES. We are delighted that the third-party funding successes of our members make this possible.