CIRCLE U. SEED FUNDING 2025

01.10.2025

Deadline: 1 October 2025

To foster new collaborations across institutions in the Circle U. alliance

The objective of the Circle U. seed funding scheme is to foster new collaborations across institutions in the Circle U. alliance. It is a mechanism that provides academic and research staff and students with opportunities to develop projects across the alliance, to strengthen the alliance and to drive bottom-up initiatives.


Examples of activities that can be funded

For educational and research projects:

  • joint courses and programmes
  • educational activities according to Circle U.’s educational formats, including ECTS-bearing activities
  • challenge-based learning activities
  • winter or summer schools
  • short-term physical or blended mobility opportunities
  • workshops or seminars or any other teaching/learning activity
  • innovative teaching models
  • public lectures
  • language workshops or seminars
  • seminars, workshops and conferences targeting early-career researchers
  • (preliminary) research activities
  • surveys, creation of database, development of research materials
  • awareness-raising material for the alliance (e.g. digital brochures or videos, etc.)
  • joint large-scale project proposals to be submitted at European or other calls


For student-led projects (i.e. projects led by BA or MA students):

  • support student-driven learning activities
  • foster student democracy and student engagement in partner universities
  • dissemination of Circle U. towards students
  • learning and training activities
  • cultural activities across Circle U.
  • further develop and implement projects linked to other Circle U. opportunities (for example, the change
  • maker’s programme)

The list above is non-exhaustive, the selection committee will consider applications suggesting other activities too, provided that they clearly state how they match the scope of the seed-funding scheme

 

Max. budget allocated per project: 

  • academic and research projects: up to EUR 10.000 per project
  • student-led projects: up to EUR 5000 per project