Since 10 June, the archives of the European Cultural Foundation (ECF) are open to the public at the Historical Archives of the European Union (HAEU). To encourage research into ECF’s historical holdings at the HAEU, ECF opened a new annual Fellowship programme. This ECF Fellowship aims to foster new research and creative work engaging with the history of the European Cultural Foundation and the broader role of culture in shaping Europe as a shared space of imagination, cooperation, and solidarity. Fellows are expected to work substantially with the ECF archival holdings – primarily in English, with significant material in French, German, and Dutch, and additional languages occasionally represented. Fellows work at the HAEU, embedded in the international scholarly community of the European University Institute in Florence. There is no fixed fellowship period or residency requirement. Outcomes of the ECF Fellowship must be completed and publicly presented or published within two years after the signing of the Grant Agreement. There are two annual Fellowships: * Academic Research Fellowship: includes a grant of 5,000 EUR to support a research stay at the HAEU, including travel, accommodation, and living expenses. * Artistic Research Fellowship: includes a grant of 10,000 EUR to support a research stay at the HAEU, including travel, accommodation, and living expenses, as well as artistic production.