The Nordic Summer University operations and activities are mainly financed by the people of the Nordic and Baltic States, through in-kind contributions of their voluntary time, and by participation fees. Up until 2020, part of the activities were funded by the Nordic Council of Ministers. After 2020, the activites were funded by Nordplus Horizontal, Svenska Akademien, Kungl Vitterhetsakademien. Thematic funding of separate circles includes Polin Institute, Experimental Humanities Collaborative Network.
Each circle organises a winter symposium with a local partner, such as a university, a research institute or another independent organisation. These are documented in the annual reports. Among collaborating partners are University of Latvia, European Humanities University, University of Akureyri, Islandic Academy of the Arts, Aarhus University, University of Copenhagen, University of Iceland, University of Gothenburg, Tampere University, University of Oslo, Roskilde University, Vilnius University.
In 2024 with support of the General Assembly in Denmark, the Nordic Summer University established an economic fundraising foundation. Read the text of the public declaration of the foundation.
Opportunities for Individual Mobility
For Researchers
European Grants
- ERASMUS+ Staff Mobility Grant – check homepage of your home university with your foreign office of academic exchange
- Letterstedtska föreningen – https://www.letterstedtska.org/ – funding for Nordic activities with a special section for young scholars and early career researchers
National Grants
- Germany: PROMOS Mobility Grant – check homepage of your home university with your foreign office of academic exchange
- Germany: Congress Travel Grants (Kongressreisenprogramm) – application through the website of DAAD and for post docs only
- Germany: FAZIT foundation -promotion – individual mobility for PhD students for a presentation
- Check for funding through your university – usually the PhD programmes offer individual support
For Artists
European Grants
- Culture Moves Europe – https://culture.ec.europa.eu/culture-moves-europe/home – mobility grant for artists
For Journalists
National Grants
- Sweden: individual mobility of the Journalist Förbundet – https://www.sjf.se/stipendier
- Sweden: individual mobility of the Publicist Klubben – https://www.publicistklubben.se/
The abovementioned funding list was curated by the funding working group of NSU. It is an initial version, if you have suggestions for expanding the list please contact funding@nsuweb.org.