Through the IHRA Grant Program, we are are able to fund projects of external organizations. The Grant Program is core to our work as an organization, and projects that receive IHRA funding also have access to the IHRA’s expertise, tools, and guidance.
This page is about the IHRA Grant Program, including what we fund and how to apply for funding for your organization’s project.
The call for IHRA Grant applications is now closed. The next call for applications will open on 19 June 2024. All applications must be submitted via our application portal.
The IHRA Grant Strategy welcomes applications from all over the world and from any organization or institution in the field of education, remembrance, and research of the Holocaust and the genocide of the Roma.
The projects we co-fund are innovative, relevant, and impactful, have a clear international component, and either safeguard the record of the Holocaust and the genocide of the Roma (Program 1), or counter distortion (Program 2).
We are pleased to announce that the winners of the IHRA Grant Program have now been chosen. This year, the IHRA Grant Program received a record number of applications from across the world. The IHRA’s Grant Review Committee, which is comprised of experts from various disciplines related to education and remembrance on the Holocaust and genocide of the Roma, have now chosen 16 projects to fund from Europe, North America, Asia, and Africa.
The IHRA is proud to announce the projects it is funding for the 2023 grant cycle.
Discover some of the grant projects we have supported in the past few years.
IWalks brings personal memory and pedagogy together in creative ways to help students connect to Holocaust history and keep its memory alive.
The message of the Museum of Romani culture about the Lety u Písku concentration camp is clear – Roma culture has deep roots in Czech history and continues to thrive despite the discrimination the community still faces today.
An artist’s journey to uncover her family history grew into a decades long mission to establish a memorial for the victims of the Jungfernhof concentration camp.
Ordinary objects; extraordinary journeys: items we take for granted can provide clues to the stories of our ancestors. An IHRA grant is helping keep the memory of the Holocaust alive via an emotive exhibition.
Our grant guidelines contain all the information you will need to make an application for funding. Please read them carefully before starting your application.
IHRA Grant Projects are required to make use of IHRA resources. Learn how with this Resources Explainer.
All applications must be submitted through our application portal, which will open on 19 June 2024. Please read the above Grant Guidelines and IHRA Resources Explainer PDFs carefully prior to beginning your application.
Over the last decade, the IHRA Grant Program has funded over 150 projects from around the world, supported by annual contributions from each of the IHRA’s Member Countries.
The IHRA works closely with each project, and our expertise means organizations are able to reach a level and an audience which they probably wouldn’t be able to reach by working alone.
These projects have provided the field with innovative approaches in areas like: teaching about the Holocaust or genocide of the Roma; collecting and publicizing untold testimonies; combating antisemitism and antigypsyism; and countering distortion of the Holocaust and genocide of the Roma.
Core to their success is their international approach, allowing them to share ideas and approaches with a wider range of people and organizations, and build networks between different countries and regions.
Of the 12 grants completed between 2019-2022:
Watch this 70-minute webinar from 5 July 2023, to discover everything you need to know about applying for the IHRA Grant Program, including how to apply, how to write a strong proposal, and answers to frequently asked questions.
The call for applications will open on 19 June 2024. Applicants should first submit project abstracts via the application portal by 29 September. Applicants with successful abstracts will be notified by mid-October, and invited to submit a full application via the application portal.
For more information, see the Grant Guidelines Document.
The IHRA Grant Program provides a maximum of 50,000 EUR per project per year of funding, and a minimum of 15,000 EUR per project per year of funding. At least 50% of the total budget for the project is to be covered by sources other than the IHRA. Your co-funder may be your formal project partner but does not need to be – further details found in the Grant Guidelines Document.
The maximum amount of funding we offer per year is 50,000 EUR and the minimum amount of funding per year is 15,000 EUR. Therefore, the maximum amount of funding you could receive in total is 100,000 EUR for a two year project. The minimum amount of funding you could receive would be 15,000 EUR for a one year project.
If, at the time of applying, confirmation from other funding sources has not yet been received, the applicant should list all potential co-funders that have been contacted. The applicant must furnish proof that other donors have committed themselves to co-funding or that co-funding will be provided from other sources to receive the initial installment of 70% of the annual allocation.
Every IHRA-funded project must take an international approach. Projects should bring together target groups and project partners from at least two different countries.
No, you must find at least one project partner in a different country. Our international directory of Holocaust organizations might help you identify another organization to partner with.
The IHRA does not fund individual research or monographs. We do, however, fund joint research projects. Please apply through your research consortium, institution, or university.
Read the IHRA resource explainer for a complete guide to using our resources and working definitions.
If you have a question that hasn’t been answered above, please email Program Officer Joe Silverman at jsilverman@holocaustremembrance.com.
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The work that we do as an organization includes our own projects, campaigns, statements, and policy recommendations and other tools.
The seven excellent initiatives selected as 2021 IHRA Grant Projects represent innovative approaches to countering distortion and safeguarding the record of the Holocaust and the genocide of the Roma.
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