Call for Proposal

Funding allocated under this scheme is intended to support the activities of established DARIAH Working Groups that are currently active. It intends to offer practical support for their programmes, encouraging Working Groups to put forward innovative ideas; to seek synergies by collaborating with each other and, in general, to build capacity to suggest new services, tools or training activities or to help develop and sustain existing ones. 

In light of the above goals, projects should build on and/or contribute to one or more of DARIAH strategic pillars

• Marketplace to facilitate fluid exchange of tools, services, data and knowledge
• Access to Education and Training
• Working Groups, Hubs and other forms of Transnational and Transdisciplinary organisation (Community Formation)
• Bridges between research policy and communities of practice (Advocacy and Impact)

Proposals should clearly indicate  to which of the pillars the activity will contribute. Given the interrelated nature of the DARIAH research communities, more than one of the above pillars may be referenced in the proposal.

Additionally, each proposal should choose from one of the following types of activities/outputs:

• Event organisation (general)
• Development of training material (which may also include training events)
• Contribute to policies, best practices, case studies on open science in the arts and humanities
• Connect to new communities of practice
• Contributions around tools and services

Examples of these activities can be found in the full Call for Proposal.

Grants will be issued up to a maximum of €5 000 per WG, for activities carried out in the period between the signature of the Grant Agreement by both parties and until March 31, 2027. Two (or more) Working Groups can also apply for a joint project and request a funding grant of up to €10 000. The overall budget available in this call is €40 000.

APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS

Before submitting a proposal, please read the detailed Call for Proposals and Terms and Conditions carefully. Applicants are expected to follow the Application Form template to structure their proposal.

Applications should be submitted as a separate file (PDF or DOCX format) by November 21, 2025 via the submission page. On this page, you will be guided through the following steps:

 1. Metadata: provide the title of your project and an abstract (copy this from your application form), and select the topic that best represent your project;

2. Author(s): select yourself and/or your fellow WG chair as author. If your profile is not complete yet, please provide the contact details that you are being asked for. 

3. File(s): upload the full text of your project proposal. There is no need to upload any supplementary data;

4. Overview: review the details and submit your proposal.