Deadlines for submission of grant applications:

• 2026 ESIL Research Forum in Kraków – deadline to be announced
• 2026 ESIL Annual Conference in Málaga – deadline to be announced

• Only current ESIL members who are chairs or speakers at one of the ESIL events listed below can apply for an ESIL Travel Grant:

  • Annual Conference

  • Research Forum

  • ESIL Joint Events

  • ESIL Interest Groups’ Pre Annual Conference Workshops. (N.B.: chairs and speakers at ESIL Interest Groups’ Pre Annual Conference Workshops can receive a travel grant only if they also attend the Annual Conference).

• New ESIL members who submit an ESIL Travel Grant application must have joined ESIL for the first time before the deadline of the Call for Papers for the event (if applicable).

• You can only apply for an ESIL Travel grant if you are not receiving financial support from your institution or any other organisation to attend the ESIL event.

• You can only receive one ESIL Travel Grant per calendar year.

If there are more applications than available funds, applications will be ranked using a point system, using the following criteria:

• Status on programme (speaker /chair).
  

• Gender balance.

• Geographical origin (priority given to applicants based in developing countries).

• Travel by train or other forms of public/collective transport.

• Career stage (priority given to early-career applicants).

• Contribution to ESIL (priority given to applicants who have demonstrated special engagement with ESIL, such as engagement with Interest Groups or past ESIL membership).

• Past awards (priority given to applicants who have not previously been awarded a grant).

The exact value of the ESIL Travel grant will be decided on the basis of the available funds and following the evaluation of each application against eligibility and, if applicable, point system criteria.

If you are eligible for a grant, the amount will be transferred to you after the event.You will receive an invitation in your inbox from the EUI Reimbursement Platform to upload all your travel documents and the requested information (complete bank details) within one month after the event.

You may be asked to write a short ‘feature’ report about your experience for publication on the ESIL website or in ESIL publications.

Send the complete application form via email to esil.secretariat@eui.eu by indicating in the subject “ESIL Travel Grant Application/SURNAME” before the application deadline.

Please send the application form along with a brief CV as a single PDF.