Call for proposals: Studio Europa Research Calls 2026 – Now Open!

The Studio Europa Maastricht (SEM) Research Calls 2026 are now open for applications

Tesearchers from across UM faculties are invited to apply for seed funding for: 

  • Call 1: Interfaculty research projects, 
  • Call 2: Academic events and outreach activities. 

 Projects should include researchers from a minimum of two faculties and align with the recently updated UM research agenda on Europe and its four themes: 

  • European Integration, Rule of Law and Democracy, 
  • Sustainability, Prosperity and Cooperation, 
  • Knowledge, Technology and Digitalisation, 
  • Europe and the World. 

What’s new: Our calls are no longer open on a rolling basis. Fixed deadlines now apply. 

  • Call 1: One round per year; currently open until 2 March 2026. 
  • Call 2: Two rounds per year; round 1 currently open until 2 March 2026; round 2 opens in September 2026. 

Funding: €10,000 (call 1 projects)/€5,000 (call 2 workshops & events, outreach activities). 

You can apply and find more information on our website. 

For any questions, please contact research@studioeuropamaastricht.nl. 

Studio Europa Maastricht is UM’s centre of expertise for Europe-related research and debate. Since 2019, we have offered seed funding to support Europe-focused research. 

Over the past months, we reviewed our research calls; some of the results of past projects are summarised in the attached report. We are happy to now reopen the calls for application. 

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