Grants for universities training conference interpreting students

Open calls for proposals

There are currently no open calls for proposals. The documents from the last call can be found below under 'Past calls for proposals', for information purposes only.

The call for academic year 2026-2027 will be published on this site in the spring of 2026.

If you want to be informed when the call is published, please send an email to SCIC-Grants-to-universitiesec [dot] europa [dot] eu (SCIC-Grants-to-universities[at]ec[dot]europa[dot]eu) 

Past calls for proposals

Applicant's Guide

SPIRIT Grants external user manual

Frequently asked questions and updates

Forms for the grant proposal:

Application Section I (Identification) PDF

Application Section I (Identification) WORD

Application Section II A (Type A action description) PDF

Application Section II A (Type A action description) WORD

Application Section II B (Type B action description) PDF

Application Section II B (Type B action description) WORD

Application Section III (Budget details)

Application Section IV (Declaration of honour and grant amount request) PDF

Application Section IV (Declaration of honour and grant amount request) WORD

Annex 1 (Legal entity)

Annex 2 (Financial identification)

Annex 3 (Official recognition, for new applicants, cf. I.5)

Annex 4 (Financial capacity, for grant requests above 60.000 €, cf. I.6)

Annex 5 (Partner institutions)

Annex 6 (Staff information and CVs) - Europass

Annex 7 (Course plan)

Other reference documents:

Language priorities for succession planning actions 2025-26

Accreditation profiles

Best practices for conference interpreting courses

Work programme for interpreter training 2025

Final grants awarded in 2024-2025

Grants awarded in 2025-2026

Grant agreement template

Instructions for qualified electronic signature (QES)

Timesheet template

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