Call for applications for Foreign Researchers Grants to be held in 2025

The Romanian Cultural Institute is launching a call for applications to offer three Grants for Foreign Researchers in 2025. We invite interested researchers to submit their application files by 28^th of February, until 13:00 Romanian time, online, at the email address foreignresearchers@icr.ro

Grants for Foreign Researchers consists of financial support for an internship of 3 (three) months, in a specialized institution in Romania, in order to develop a study that discusses topics related to various spheres of Romanian society. The program is dedicated to academic improvement, targeting both PhD students working on a Romanian topic, for the preparation of doctoral theses, and well-known researchers. The selection is made by an independent commission of specialists based on the received application files. The application file must contain, among others, two letters of recommendation from specialists in the field.

Number of Grants awarded annually: 3 (three)

Grants duration: 3 (three) months, between April 1^st – November 30^th 2025

Areas for which the evaluation and selection are organized: research and documentation in the fields:

• Visual arts, curatorship and art critic, museology/museography;
• Music and musicology;
• Architecture, town-planning and design;
• Literature and literary criticism;
• Cultural patrimony; Cultural management;
• Economic sciences;
• Human and social sciences.

Deadline for submission of applications:28^th of February 2025, 13:00 Romanian time.

Amounts awarded: 5.000 euro/grant.

Documents required for registration (grants application file):

a) the registration form;

b) CV;

c) copy of the identity card / passport;

d) a research project;

e) 2 (two) letters of recommendation from specialists in the field;

f) copies printed after the studies published in the last 2 (two) years in a recognized journal in the research field chosen by the candidate;

g) a work plan during the period for which the scholarship is requested;

h) in the case of doctoral students, copies of official documents certifying participation in an accredited doctoral program;

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

The documentation will be written and submitted in English.

CALENDAR

Publication of the announcement – January 31^st 2025;

Deadline for submission of the applications – February 28, 2025, 13:00 p.m., Romanian time;

Display of results – March 14^th 2025;

Submission of appeals – March 17^th – 18^th2025, 16:00 p.m. Romanian time;

Resolution of appeals – March 26^th 2025;

Display of final results – March 26^th 2025;

Signing of contracts: March 31^st – April 15^th 2025.

Contact: foreignresearchers@icr.ro.

---

FORMULAR DE ÎNSCRIERE PENTRU BURSĂ INDIVIDUALĂ / INDIVIDUAL GRANT APPLICATION FORM Annex no. VIII to the general regulation for granting scholarships for research REGULAMENT GENERAL privind acordarea burselor pentru cercetare şi documentare, cât şi asigurarea altor forme de sprijin material (rezidenţe)