Call for applications for scholarships for Professional Translators to be held in 2025

The Romanian Cultural Institute is launching a call for applications to offer five scholarships for professional translators in 2025. We invite interested translators to submit their application files until the 17^th of February,16:00 h, Romanian time at the email address bursatraducatori@icr.ro.

The programme is proposing a way to develop a tight collaboration with professional translators (foreign nationality) which professional focus is on translating Romanian authors* in foreign languages. Selected candidates are offered the opportunity to translate in Romania and interact directly with Romanian writers, editors, and translators. The selection of files is made by an independent committee of specialists (university professors of foreign languages), based on the application files received.

*authors who are Romanian citizens or originated from Romania or authors whose mother tongue is Romanian.

Number of annually granted scholarships: 5 (five)

Duration of scholarships: one or two months, depending on the duration requested by the candidate

Areas for which evaluation and selection are organized:

• translation

Deadline for submission of files: February 17^th 2025, 16:00 h, Romanian time.

Granted amounts: 1.500 euro/one month or 3.000 euro/two months depending on the period requested by the candidate

Documents required for enrolment (the scholarship application file):

a) enrolment form;

b) CV, which should contain, as appropriate: participation in colloquiums, seminars, conferences, congresses, communications; published works, projects completed or in progress; other data considered useful by the applicant;

c) copy of the ID document/passport;

d) copies of academic diplomas;

e) letter of intent/work project;

f) copy of a contract valid at the time of submitting the application file, concluded with a foreign publishing house for the publication of the translated work (application draft) of a Romanian author;

g) affidavit stating that all the documents sent are in accordance with the original.

CALENDAR

Publication of the announcement – January 20^th , 2025;

Deadline for submission of files – February 17^th , 2025, 16:00 h, Romanian time;

Display of results – March 03^rd 2025;

Submission of appeals – 04 – 05^th of March 2025, 16:00 h - Romanian time;

Resolution of appeals and display of results – March 13^th 2025;

Display of final results – March 13^th 2025;

Signing of contracts: March 13^th – March 28^th 2025.

Contact: bursatraducatori@icr.ro

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Formular inscriere Anexa VI la Regulamentul general privind acordarea burselor 2025 REGULAMENT GENERAL privind acordarea burselor pentru cercetare şi documentare, cât şi asigurarea altor forme de sprijin material (rezidenţe)