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Calls & Grants

Explore our current and upcoming grant opportunities. Submit your application by the deadline and join our network of researchers advancing landscape architecture archives across Europe.
ConnectLAA organises networking activities through a Grant Awarding Process, which supports researchers and innovators in their mobility and in presenting at conferences organised by third parties.
 
The grant awarding and its implementation:
● Contribute to the visibility of ConnectLAA as an open, flexible, and inclusive funding programme;
● Offer a valuable experience for Young Researchers and Innovators as well as for established researchers in supporting their career development;
● Strengthen existing networks by allowing researchers and innovators to foster collaboration both in face-to-face and online settings, exchange knowledge, learn new techniques, disseminate the Action results, and more.
We invite you to follow the calls organised by ConnectLAA each year!
 

Open calls

STSM “Exploring the use of landscape architecture archives in higher education and other educational contexts” (WG3)

  • Deadline for submission: November 15 2025
  • Grant Period: between January 5 – February 15, 2026 (exact period and details to be decided by mutual agreement)
  • Funding: up to EUR 2500 per grant
  • STSM duration: Four weeks, of which at least one week onsite at the host institution.

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4 STSMs “Exploring best practice case studies on how archives can be used to enhance landscape architecture practice”

  • Deadline for submission: December 8, 2025
  • Grant Period: between January 5 – July 31, 2026 (exact period and details to be decided by mutual agreement)
  • Funding: up to EUR 2500 per grant
  • STSM duration: between 5 and 30 days (minimum 5 days onsite) at the host institution
  • Number of STSM grants available: 4

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Upcoming calls (2026)

6 grants dedicated to disseminate the Action results:

  • 2 Young Researchers & Innovators conference grants
  • 2 Inclusiveness Target Countries conference grants
  • 2 Dissemination conference grants

5 STSMs:

  • 4 in WG1, dedicated to identify and replicate innovative archival operations and contribute to elaborate a manual on best practices
  • 1 WG3 to conduct surveys on students’ and teachers’ needs.

Past grants

Browse our previous grant calls and awarded participants.

STSMs

Short-Term Scientific Missions (STSMs) support research visits to a host institution in another country participating in the COST Action. They are an opportunity for researchers to gain new skills or knowledge not available at their home institution.

ITC Conference Grants

ITC Conference Grants support researchers from Inclusiveness Target Countries to give an oral presentation of their work at international conferences not organised by the COST Action. These grants help increase the visibility of both the researcher and the Action.

General information on grants

Grant Awarding User Guide
Annotated Rules for COST Actions
COST

COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology) is a funding agency for research and innovation networks. Our Actions help connect research initiatives across Europe and enable scientists to grow their ideas by sharing them with their peers. This boosts their research, career and innovation.

https://www.cost.eu/

COST Action 23128

ConnectLAA is an interdisciplinary network that brings together researchers, archivists, landscape architects, educators, and heritage professionals across Europe to uncover, preserve, and share the rich legacy of landscape architecture. By connecting and digitising dispersed landscape architecture archives, the network aims to enhance access to historical materials, foster new research and educational approaches, and strengthen awareness of the cultural, environmental, and societal significance of designed landscapes in Europe.

https://www.cost.eu/actions/CA23128/

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