HUM:Global Seed Money 2026/2027

Call for applications for activities planned for the academic year 2026/2027

All staff and students* at the Faculty of Humanities, University of Copenhagen are invited to submit applications for HUM:Global Seed Money

HUM:Global Seed Money offers grants of between DKK 3,000 and DKK 35,000 for activities carried out by students and researchers at the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Copenhagen.

Activities should fall under the categories of public engagement, stakeholder engagement, policy work, research, or teaching. Projects could take the form of guest lectures, workshops, symposiums, or seminars in connection with writing applications for external funding. As a student, you may wish to organize a series of meetings or invite a guest speaker to kick-start a new initiative, network or small conference.

The activities should fall within HUM:Global’s area of interest, namely global themes and approaches that allow us to break with ideological, spatial, temporal and scientific barriers and biases. Themes may include history, culture, media, politics, international relations, religions, philosophy, arts and literature, among others. Though not a requirement, we encourage proposals that involve diverse local and international global institutions and non-academic actors, and/or partners that operate across disciplinary and institutional boundaries at the Faculty of Humanities.

We warmly welcome innovative ideas and proposals from NorS, EnGeRom, ToRS, Komm, IKK and Saxo researchers and students. If you have an idea that adheres to the Seed Money Guidelines, send us your application.

How to apply

• The planned activities should take place within the academic year of 2026/2027
• Send an application of max. 5 pages that includes
  • a project description of 1-2 pages
  • the short CV of the main applicant only
  • a simple budget
• Submit your application electronically as one PDF-file to the Global Humanities Coordinator, Nicol Savinetti at globalhumanities@hum.ku.dk 
• Submission deadline: 23:59, Sunday 10 May 2026

See PDF with both call and guidelines.

* Note that applications from students must be supported by a senior researcher (VIP) who will be the financial owner of the project.

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