The Institute for European Studies and its affiliated programs and centers offer a number of grants to support faculty, graduate students and undergraduates for research in and about Europe, language study, and the organization of conferences, lectures and events. Please see the information below for our current offerings. We encourage you to join our email list in order to hear about new funding opportunities as they are announced.
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Funding
Scholarship Competition for EU-bound student teachers
EURO supports the IU Global Gateway for Teachers program by providing travel funds to enhance the study of educational systems in the EU and promote student exchange mobility. The program has received strong praise from teachers, students, and host families in the EU for the positive impact of international students working within their communities. These connections foster closer ties between rural Midwestern communities like Bloomington and those across the EU.
For Fall 2024 and Spring 2025, EURO is offering scholarships for students applying for teaching “immersion” placements in European countries. Applications are reviewed based on prior study in the EU, language proficiency, financial need, and the commitment to promoting EU-US educational connections. Nine award winners have been selected for the upcoming placements.
Travel Grants Competition
EURO offers annual travel and research grants to faculty and students, supporting their ability to continue their work, produce new scholarship, and share their findings with the university community. These grants foster connections with academic partners in the EU and around the world. Each spring, a public call for applications is disseminated for faculty and student travel awards. Applications are reviewed by EURO senior staff and the EURO Advisory Board, with criteria focused on feasibility, alignment with EURO programming, and potential engagement with EURO constituencies following the completion of travel or research.
Read about our most recent awardees below.
Christopher Bowers
Travelled to Rome, Italy.
“Sovversivi and Surveillance: State Security and Resistance in Italy (1894-1922)”
Funding supports a research trip to Rome’s Archivio Centrale dello Stato and the Archivio Storico della Federazione Anarchica Italiana (ASFAI) in Imola, enabling a comparative study of state and subversive archival legacies. This project investigates the relationship between the security apparatus of the Kingdom of Italy at the turn of the 20th century and the Italian workers and itinerant laborers it surveilled, both within Italy and across global migration networks.
Melissa Dinverno
Travelled to Madrid, Spain.
“From Exile to the Center: The Archive of Federico García Lorca”
EURO provided support for 8 days of archival work at the Lorca Foundation in Madrid. This work is essential for the final selection, imaging, and preparation of uncatalogued materials for a major international exhibit in Granada in October 2024, which the applicant is co-curating. The trip is critical to include over 100 crucial, previously unseen materials in the exhibit, accompanying book, and online virtual exhibit tour, significantly enhancing the research's impact and outreach.