Applications are being accepted for the University of Malta's Research Excellence Funds to be disbursed in Calendar year 2025-2026. They are intended to support Council appointed Resident Academics with TR4 status and higher in carrying out their research and act as a springboard to obtain additional funding from other local and foreign sources.

An award of five projects of maximum EUR 60,000 each will be awarded in each of the thematic areas listed below:

• Natural Sciences and Knowledge Sciences
• Engineering, ICT and Built Environment
• Medical and Health Sciences
• Arts and Humanities
• Social Sciences and Education

Want to know more?

Information about the call and the application process can be obtained here.

For any other queries not addressed in the website, please send an email to internalgrants-funding.rssd@um.edu.mt.

For any budget queries not addressed in the website, please send an email to projectsupport@um.edu.mt.

Kindly note that as from this call, minimum thresholds for each evaluation criterion shall be applicable as follows:

• Excellence: Min. 35 out of 50 marks
• Impact: Min. 15 out of 25 marks
• Implementation: Min. 15 out of 25 marks
• Total: Min. 65 out of 100 marks

The application form must be completed and submitted online through the Google form by Wednesday 28 February 2024.

Late applications will not be accepted.