Research Travel Grants for CEU Students

Center for Religious Studies offers travel grants for students who signed up for the Advanced Certificate in Religious Studies (ACRS) to support their research in a religious-related topic. All MA and PhD students enrolled in the ACRS are eligible to apply for a max. amount of 250-300 EUR per project.

Please attach the following documents to your application and send them to Eda Güçlü:

  • A detailed research plan
  • A research timetable
  • summary of preparations (who you plan to meet, where you plan to go)
  • A complete budget detailing all the planned use of funds and how much you are asking for
  • Please briefly explain in your documents the request’s relevance to your thesis and why the funds cannot be obtained/covered by other means

Application deadlines for 2025-26:

  • September 4, 2025
  • October 7, 2025
  • November 4, 2025
  • December 2, 2025
  • January 13, 2026
  • February 10, 2026
  • March 10, 2026
  • April 14, 2026
  • May 12, 2026
  • June 16, 2026
  • July 14, 2026

Reporting: Within one month after the expiration of the grant period, a final report shall be presented for CEUBPF (sent to your program director and coordinator), which shall also be considered by your supervisor from scientific aspect. The report shall contain all written material in its planned or final version, which were produced with the help of the grant.

Please note that  students can apply to CRS travel grants only after they completely used the central funds under Research and Internship Support for MA students.