Each year, DG Interpretation (SCIC) provides bursaries to students accepted for full-time postgraduate conference interpreting training at recognized universities.

Eligibility

• Be a national of an EU Member State or a candidate country;
• Be enrolled or intending to enroll in a master’s/postgraduate degree in conference interpreting;
• Need/have paid the 2024/2025 enrolment fee for their course;
• Be registered in one of the active languages: Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Irish, Italian, Latvian, Maltese, Portuguese, Slovak or Slovene

or

• Be registered in one of the active language in your course with a retour into English, French or German: Estonian, Hungarian, Lithuanian, Polish, Romanian, Spanish or Swedish.
• Passive languages and/or retour languages must be in line with the preferential profiles as published here.

Bursary amount: EUR 3 000.

How to apply

Fill out the application form 2024/2025 and upload all the following documents:

1. A passport or ID copy
2. A detailed CV in French, German, or English using the ‘Europass‘ template
3. A 250-500 word motivation letter in your mother tongue
4. A completed university information form
5. A signed and dated bank details form (follow the footnotes’ instructions)
6. A signed and dated legal entity form
7. A copy of your latest university degree.

Deadline: 26 September 2024, 17:00 (Brussels time).

Find out more here.