Deadline:
September 21, 2024
Location(s)
Belgium
Brussels
Overview
Do you want to become a conference interpreter? You may be eligible for a study bursary from the Directorate General for Interpretation. DG Interpretation study bursaries are available to students of all disciplines who have been accepted for a full-time postgraduate training course in conference interpreting offered by a recognised university or university-level institution. If successfully completed, this will lead to a qualification certifying that you are able to work as a professional conference interpreter in both consecutive and simultaneous modes.
Details
Selection procedure
- In granting study bursaries, preference will be given to applicants offering a language combination which is most suited to DG Interpretation’s current and foreseeable needs. Selection will be based on the applicant's language combination and on the assessment of the potential of the candidate.
- Only eligible application files will be considered by the Bursaries Evaluation Committee. The Committee will submit a list of possible beneficiaries to the Authorising Officer for award decision. The award decision is final; however, questions can be sent to: SCIC-Bursaries@ec.europa.eu
- All applicants will be informed of the outcome of the selection before the end of November 2024 and short-listed applicants will receive a bursary offer. All communication will be sent by e-mail or through the application platform.
- The bursary will amount to the equivalent of the enrolment fee (tuition and/or administrative fees) for academic year 2024-2025, with a maximum amount of EUR 3 000, and will consist of one single payment. If the enrolment fee is not paid in euro, the bursary amount will be calculated following the currency exchange rate provided by InforEuro. The currency conversion rate published in October 2024 will be taken into account.
Deadline for applications
The call for academic year 2024-2025 will be published on this website in May/June 2024.
Opportunity is About
Eligibility
Candidates should be from:
Description of Ideal Candidate
Criteria:
-
You may be eligible for a bursary if you:
- are enrolled in a master's/postgraduate degree in conference interpreting or intend to enrol in one (for courses that last more than one year, you will need to be enrolled in your last year)
- and are a national of an EU Member State or of one of the candidate countries
- and need to pay / have paid an enrolment fee for your course (tuition fee and/or administration fee)
- and have never received a bursary from DG Interpretation before
and if you meet one of the following requirements:
a) you are registered in the course with one of the following active languages ('A' language): Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Irish, Italian, Latvian, Maltese, Portuguese, Slovak or Slovene.
or
b) you are registered in the course with a retour into English, French or German from one of the following active languages: Estonian, Hungarian, Lithuanian, Polish, Romanian, Spanish or Swedish.
In any case, your passive languages and/or retour language will need to be in line with the preferential profiles as published in the call for applications.
Dates
Deadline: September 21, 2024
Cost/funding for participants
The financial contribution proposed for master's/postgraduate studies in Conference Interpreting consists of one single payment and will amount to the equivalent of the enrolment fee (tuition fee and/or administration fee) paid for the academic year 2024-2025, with a ceiling amount of € 3 000.
Un-save Opportunity
Internships, scholarships, student conferences and competitions.
