Fifth Call for Applications: Transnational Access Fellowships 2025-2026
RESILIENCE, the European cross-disciplinary research infrastructure serving the study of religion, launches its fifth call for applications for Transnational Access Fellowships. The call will be open March 13 to May 1, 2025. Users will gain direct, fast, and effective access to the collections of leading research institutions and universities in Europe, guided by experts in the field. As more and more institutions are joining RESILIENCE as TNA hosts, the range of offerings has expanded considerably.
Access and Benefits
Users of the Transnational Access (TNA) fellowships will gain direct and effective access, both physical and virtual, to the unique collections and expertise of leading research institutions and universities in Europe. In addition, a TNA stay guarantees faster access to resources, which means more effective use of research time. Each host institution offers a place to work and support in navigating physical and digital collections, while also providing locally tailored travel and accommodation tips, as well as additional benefits for the TNA user unique to the institution. Crucially, the TNA user will enjoy expert guidance provided by senior scholars from the host institution, incorporating valuable networking opportunities to the research visit.
TNA Hosts
TNA Hosts are RESILIENCE’s coordinator FSCIRE (Bologna, IT), Archivio Generale Arcivescovile di Bologna, AAB (IT), Bar-Ilan University (Ramat Gan, IL), Bektashi World Center (Tirana, AL), CIRCSE (Milan, IT), J.A. Comenius Museum (Uherský Brod, CZ), KU Leuven (BE), KADOC KU Leuven (BE), New Georgian University (Poti, GE), “Saint Epiphanios” Cultural Academy (Agia Napa, CY), Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski” (BG), Theological University of Apeldoorn (NL), University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Theology (SI), University of Münster (DE), University of Sarajevo (BIH), and Volos Academy for Theological Studies (GR). New Hosts are: Bibliothèque nationale et universitaire de Strasbourg (FR) and École Pratique des Hautes Études (Paris, FR).
Scholars can also apply for a research stay at one of the five Italian institutions participating in the ITSERR consortium, which specializes in the intersection of Digital Humanities and Religious Studies. These research stays are fully funded by the ITSERR project.
Call for Applications
The call for applications is open from March 13 to May 1, 2025. Scholars from all career levels can apply for a short research visit to the host of their choice and on the conditions of that host from July 2025 - May 2026.
About
RESILIENCE is a European cross-disciplinary research infrastructure serving the study of religion in all academic fields. It connects research centers, data holders and services distributed all over Europe and creates new instruments and services for its scientific community. RESILIENCE entered the ESFRI Roadmap 2021 and has received funding from the European Commission for its Preparatory Phase (2022-2026).
ESFRI
ESFRI is the European Strategy Forum on Research Infrastructures. It is a strategic instrument to develop the scientific integration of Europe and to strengthen its international outreach. The ESFRI Roadmap is a key instrument through which the ESFRI Forum establishes long term European strategic planning for the development of Research Infrastructures.
RESILIENCE TNA Call for Applications
More detailed information on the RESILIENCE TNA Call for Applications can be found here.
RESILIENCE Consortium Partners
- Albanian University UFO (Tirana, AL)
- Bar-Ilan University (Ramat Gan, IL)
- CINECA (Casalecchio di Reno, IT)
- École Pratique des Hautes Études (Paris, FR)
- Fondazione per le Scienze Religiose (Bologna, IT)
- Institut für Angewandte Informatik (Leipzig, DE)
- KU Leuven (BE)
- Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski” (BG)
- Theological University of Apeldoorn (NL)
- University of Münster (DE)
- University of Sarajevo (BIH)
- University of Warsaw (PL)
- Volos Academy for Theological Studies (GR)
ITSERR
ITSERR is an Italian project that benefits from NextGenerationEU funds, designed to strengthen the ESFRI RI RESILIENCE according to the needs of the Religious Studies scientific community. ITSERR supports the existing infrastructure and brings it to a higher level of maturity, in terms of involvement of technology and ability to increase the innovation, quality and variety of the knowledge produced by the community of Religious Studies.
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