CEMS Funding Competition 2026
Applications for the 2026 CEMS Funding Competition are now open!
Since 2018, CEMS has awarded funding to doctoral students and early career researchers at the University of Oxford in support of conferences, symposia, and workshops.
Past awards made by CEMS have ranged from £200 to £500.
Applications will be judged by the CEMS Steering Committee on the basis of how far the proposed event facilitates the CEMS mission of furthering interdisciplinarity in early modern studies.
Successful applicants are required to submit a report on activities funded by the competition, to be published on the CEMS website.
Before making your application, please be aware of the following:
- Applicants must be doctoral students or early career researchers currently at the University of Oxford. We welcome collaborative applications from multiple individuals at the University in support of events taking place across faculties and colleges within Oxford. We also welcome applications for events being collaboratively organised with doctoral students or early career researchers outside the University, but the application must be submitted by a principal organiser who is at the University of Oxford.
- While we endeavour to offer support according to merit, we are not always able to award the full amount requested.
- CEMS does not offer financial support to seminar series, only to one-off events.
- CEMS does not contribute to the payment of honoraria.
Please return the application form (see below) via email to the CEMS Research Coordinator, Clémence Smith, by noon on 4 December 2026. Outcomes will be announced on Monday 1 February 2027.
If you have any questions about the application process, please contact Clémence Smith.