What is the typical budget of an ESF Programme?
The typical annual budget of an ESF Programme averages € 105 – 130 000 per year of its duration (not including ESF administration fee) and it is suggested to keep the requested budget in this range. This suggestion is based on ESF experience with the costs of networking-type activities and with the funding capacities of ESF Member Organisations. However a smaller or larger budget can be requested but must be well justified. For example, some types of networking activities like the publication of books or a book series justify substantially larger budgets. It is however advisable to contact the relevant ESF Scientific Unit to discuss budgets substantially deviating from the suggested level. It should be noted that it is the ESF Member Organisations’ pledged contributions that ultimately determine the level of financial support for a particular Programme. This may in the end be less than the sum requested in the proposal. In this event, proposers will be asked to revise, without impactin
