CERL Grants
Every year, CERL offers Internship and Research Grants, to the value of 1,000 Euros each, to allow qualified librarians and scholars to work on CERL projects in CERL libraries, or in CERL offices, and to be trained on CERL databases, generally for a period of one month.
In particular, CERL is looking to support people new to the profession, whether in librarianship or in academia, and to facilitate international mobility.
CERL member libraries propose projects suitable to the CERL Grant. Internships are generally advertised in January and should normally take place within the year.
A grant can only be assigned once to the same person. A written report for the CERL Webpage, Newsletter, Blog, and/or a presentation in person will be expected at the end of the internship/research. In the Grantees’ Careers section we keep track of their career and continuous involvement with CERL.
The call for 2026 has closed.
Towards the end of 2026, the Committee will invite CERL member libraries to propose suitable projects.
The projects will be advertised in January; results will be announced in May, and the internships/research should normally take place within the period June-December 2027.
FOR STUDENTS OF UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA OF MILAN: Since 2019, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore of Milan funds a dedicated grant to allow a student from its institution who matches the indicated requirements to be selected for a CERL grant , specifically to work on incunabula and MEI abroad.
Please email the application to c.dondi@cerl.org
- CERL’s Grants Sub-Committee 2025-: Cristina Dondi, Anders Toftgaard, Maria Berggren
- CERL’s Grants Sub-Committee 2014-2024: Cristina Dondi, Adrian Edwards, Anders Toftgaard