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*EAMT Sponsorship of Activities – 2025 – European Association for Machine Translation <https://eamt.org/2025/11/25/eamt-sponsorship-of-activities-2025/>eamt.org <https://eamt.org/2025/11/25/eamt-sponsorship-of-activities-2025/>[image: cropped-LOGO-eamt-1-180x180.png] <https://eamt.org/2025/11/25/eamt-sponsorship-of-activities-2025/> <https://eamt.org/2025/11/25/eamt-sponsorship-of-activities-2025/>EAMT Sponsorship of Activities – Students’ Edition 2025 – European Association for Machine Translation <https://eamt.org/2025/11/25/eamt-sponsorship-of-activities-students-edition-2025/>eamt.org <https://eamt.org/2025/11/25/eamt-sponsorship-of-activities-students-edition-2025/>[image: cropped-LOGO-eamt-1-180x180.png] <https://eamt.org/2025/11/25/eamt-sponsorship-of-activities-students-edition-2025/> <https://eamt.org/2025/11/25/eamt-sponsorship-of-activities-students-edition-2025/>* *Call for Proposals * The European Association for Machine Translation (EAMT) is an organisation that serves the growing community of people interested in MT and translation tools, including translators, users, developers, and researchers of this increasingly viable technology. As part of its commitment to promote research, development and awareness about translation technologies, the EAMT is for the sixth consecutive year launching a call for proposals to fund MT-related activities during 2026. *Purpose of the Calls* The EAMT is planning to support various MT activities such as shared tasks, tutorials, workshops, teaching and awareness initiatives, open-source initiatives, dataset creation and small research and development projects by its current student and early career researchers members. The Student call welcomes proposals from students in all levels of education, including undergraduates, postgraduates and PhD students. This call will also give priority to projects that extend work done during the Machine Translation Marathon 2025 ( https://blogs.helsinki.fi/language-technology/mt-marathon-2025/), held in Helsinki, Finnland, from 25 to 29 August 2025. The General call particularly encourages proposals from *early career researchers*. Topics of interest include, but are not limited to: - Recent developments in MT research. - MT evaluation methodology, metrics, and results. - Launch of MT-specific evaluation campaigns. - New or prospective commercial uses of MT technology. - MT environments (workflow, support tools, etc.). - Interaction between users and MT systems. - MT combined with other technologies (translation memories, speech translation, cross-language information retrieval, multilingual text categorization, multilingual text summarization, etc.). - MT for less-resourced languages: development, usage, etc. - MT in the social internet: new uses, new modes of development. - MT for crisis management. - Use of large language models for the task of translation. - Training events on MT, particularly on recent developments. - MT for inclusivity - Events to disseminate MT, especially to the wider public (including shared tasks). - Creation of datasets for MT research. All proposals will be screened by a review committee that consists of EAMT Executive Committee members and possibly a few appointed external experts if necessary. *Submission information**Eligibility requirements for Students Call* In order to qualify for funding, the individual making the proposal must be a confirmed student member of the EAMT at submission time (Membership information: http://www.eamt.org/membership.php). Applicants will also need formal approval from their supervisor. It is important to emphasise that projects are expected to be student-led. Therefore, although we welcome projects showing collaboration with industry and other academic partners, the project is expected to directly benefit the students own career and/or project. *Eligibility requirements for General Call* *In order to qualify for funding, the institution(s) or the individual making the proposal must be a confirmed member of the EAMT at submission time.Selection criteria - The proposed activity should be of direct interest to the MT community at large: researchers, developers, vendors, translators, and/or users of MT technologies.- The proposal shall clearly describe the purpose of the project and include measurable mid-project milestones for which a report should be submitted (see below).- Preference will be given to projects which by nature will involve and be beneficial for several persons, as for instance conferences, seminars, workshops, shared tasks and tutorials.- Proposals with a significant, clearly identified impact on the MT community (through the development, dissemination or use of project results) are those most likely to be accepted.- Preference will be given to projects that produce results that are available under open licences- Proposals that bring together different aspects of MT will be especially valued.- The proposal should be clearly justified as being technically and/or scientifically sound.- The quality and efficiency of the implementation of the proposal will be evaluated.- The budget should be adequate for the proposed objectives and the actual implementation of the activity.- The proposal is complete and contains all required information.- The proposer is based in or affiliated to an organisation based in Europe, the Middle East, or Africa; i.e., the area of operations of EAMT.* *Budget* EAMT anticipates funding several proposals for various activities. The total foreseen EAMT Budget for the Student call is €4,000 to cover all granted projects. The maximum amount EAMT can grant for a single project will be €4,000. The total foreseen EAMT Budget for the General call is €10,000 to cover all granted projects. The maximum amount EAMT can grant for a single project will be €10,000. During the negotiation stage, budget adjustments may be required by the EAMT executive committee. This means that the EAMT may only offer to partially fund a project. A project being granted financial support by EAMT according to this call will receive 50% of the granted amount at the start of the project. The proposer will receive the remaining 50% when the mid-project progress report has been received by the EAMT Secretary and substantiates that the mid-project milestones are met, and furthermore provided that the proposer is still a current member of the EAMT. *Contact for enquiries* Sara Szoc EAMT Secretary e-mail: [email protected] *Submission procedure**Overview* Candidates should submit their proposals as a single PDF file, written in English, that is composed of the elements described below. 1. Proposal description: 2-page maximum (including references) 2. Person/organisation experience: 1-page maximum 3. Budget and project planning overview: 1-page maximum Proposals should be submitted no later than the deadline (see Important Dates below) through EasyChair: https://easychair.org/conferences?conf=eamt20252026calls (Project category: General). Authors should use the template available at https://eamt.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/eamt2024-projects.zip. Templates for both LaTeX and Microsoft Word are available. *Detailed description of sections of the proposal (Students Call)* 1. Proposal summary (two pages) in English 1. Complete contact information of the candidate. 2. A clear and detailed description of the proposed event or activity. 3. A statement on why this event or activity would be helpful for the community and the development of your studies (you should establish a clear connection between this activity and your degree project). 4. A statement justifying why EAMT should support this event or activity. 5. References. 2. Experience of the proposing person in the field (up to one page) 1. It may include a list of experience and related skills of the participants of the team (your team may be composed by your supervisors and potential collaborators). 3. Budget and project planning overview (up to one page) 1. A breakdown of the costs estimated for the entire activity or event. 2. Clear milestones and deliverables must be indicated. 3. An identification of the support requested from EAMT and possible other supporting funds. 4. Supervisor’s letter of approval (up to one page) 1. A letter from your supervisor stating that they approve your project submission and that they will act as fund manager if needed (please note that EAMT needs to make payments into a research account set up at your institution). *Detailed description of sections of the proposal (General Call)* 1. Proposal description (two pages) in English 1. Complete contact information of the candidate. 2. A clear and detailed description of the proposed event or activity. 3. A statement on why this event or activity would be helpful for the community. 4. A statement justifying why EAMT should support this event or activity. 5. References. 2. Experience of the proposing person/organisation in the field (up to one page). 1. It may include a list of experience and related skills of the participants of the team. 3. Budget and project planning overview (up to one page) 1. A breakdown of the costs estimated for the entire activity or event. 2. Clear milestones and deliverables must be indicated. 3. An identification of the support requested from EAMT and possible other supporting funds. *Important Dates* - Submission deadline for proposals: December 15, 2025, 23:59 CEST *January 16, 2026, 23:59 CEST* - Acceptance notifications and negotiations to start on: January 23, 2026 *In case of acceptance:* - Mid-project progress report due: June 30, 2026, 23:59 CEST - Final report and deliverables due: January 31, 2027, 23:59 CET *Additional provisions* - Only complete proposals will be reviewed. - All information submitted with proposals will be regarded as confidential and will only be used in the context of this project. - Following the recommendations from the reviewers and EAMT executive members, projects may be approved with amendments that will be discussed during the negotiation stage. - The funded projects may be required to report at the EAMT events (e.g. Poster at the EAMT conference, a short progress report for the General assembly, etc.), without any claim for additional funds. - The EAMT should be acknowledged in all materials related to the project, activity or initiative. *No obligation to award the proposal* The EAMT shall be under no obligation to fund the proposals pursuant to this call for proposals. EAMT shall not be liable for any compensation with respect to candidates whose proposals have not been accepted. Nor shall it be liable in the event of it deciding not to award the proposal.
