Archives and Libraries

Experts of the Cambridge University Library with Talmud palimpsest

Repositories across the breadth of Europe tell the story of the Jewish presence on this continent, from the Medieval period all the way up to the present day. Often fragmentary, at times fragile and generally underused, these records are some of the last surviving links between historic communities and the contemporary researchers investigating them. To enable and encourage access to documents of Jewish significance, the Rothschild Foundation Hanadiv Europe offers the grants detailed below.

We welcome applications from any organisation or institution active in Europe (this includes non-EU member states, such as Albania, Armenia, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Gibraltar, Iceland, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Liechtenstein, Macedonia, Moldova, Montenegro, Norway, Russia, Serbia, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine and the United Kingdom), where activities qualify as charitable under UK charity law.

If you are an applicant from the Spring 2020 round and have not received a decision for your application, please contact the foundation at info@rothschildfoundation.eu

If you are an applicant from the Autumn 2020 round a decision for your application will be emailed in January 2021.

Applications for Language grants are open until 30 June 2021.

The Application round for all other categories will open 18 January 2021.