In this sixth round, the maximum grant amount is €12,000. At least three universities must be involved.

European university association EELISA has published its sixth call for activities, with up to €12,000 available for each project. The total funding budget is €150,000, which suggests that interest in the program may be growing, as the maximum grant (€15,000) was higher in the previous round, even though the total budget was smaller (€140,000).

The new call for proposals aims to encourage inter-institutional activities within the EELISA communities. The EELISA website states that projects may adopt a variety of formats and should be interdisciplinary, while focusing on transforming higher education by using innovative teaching methods to solve complex societal problems related to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

EELISA is an alliance of 10 European universities, primarily with a technical profile, and BME is the only member from Hungary. Partners include renowned institutions such as École des Ponts ParisTech in France, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität in Nuremberg, and the Technical University of Madrid.

The deadline for submitting applications is October 15, and potential applicants will receive plenty of help until then. There will be a central information session on Zoom at 12:30 p.m. on September 19 (you can register here and join here, meeting ID: 880 7350 6630). On September 23 at 2 p.m., the EELISA team of BME will hold its own information session on Teams, here. They can also be reached at eelisa@bme.hu.

They have also prepared a detailed guide to applying, which can be downloaded in PDF format from here. It reads that it is worth starting to explore potential areas, research groups, and partners as soon as possible, as a project requires the cooperation of at least three EELISA member institutions from at least two different countries.

Two BME projects won in the 4th call. One aimed to provide educational support to students affected by the war in Ukraine who were involved in nuclear energy training, while the other organized interdisciplinary competitions to promote a deeper understanding of mathematics and physics. In the last call, five BME-related projects won funding.

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