New opportunities for students of CIVIS universities to develop new collaboration and create new activities. With this call for student-led projects CIVIS empowers students to take an active role in developing student-led experiences within the Alliance, which will foster and facilitate student community building. This call aims to select proposals that showcase CIVIS's distinctive attributes — co-creation, challenge-based learning, innovation, civic engagement, and societal connectivity, with a strong focus on the European values.

Who Can Apply?

• individual students or groups of students from a CIVIS university (Bachelor’s, Master’s or PhD students) at the time of application;
• student associations operating inside a CIVIS university or the CIVIS Alliance.

PhD students/candidates may only apply with projects unrelated to any teaching obligations they may have or to a research activity they are paid or receive any other funding for.

Individuals, non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and youth organizations outside CIVIS universities may participate as partners, but are not eligible as organisers of projects or to receive funding. Strategic partner universities in Africa may be included in this call. However, some funding and regulatory constraints apply. Contact your local Institutional Coordinator to explore options.

The mission of the student-led initiatives is to create a way through which students, academics and local actors can cooperate with a transdisciplinary approach for developing innovative and inclusive initiatives to drive societal change. The proposed projects will therefore include extracurricular activities and initiatives initiated, led, managed and implemented by students and can include (but are not limited to) community service projects, civic hackathons, public forums/debates, civic education clubs, conferences, student-led community research projects or cultural/social events.

Interested parties may apply for two types of funding:

• a fixed amount of 1.000 Euros: this a seed fund for student-led projects to facilitate the creation of a full project;
• a maximum amount of 10.000 Euros: this is for projects with a larger scope and for which a budget detailing the cost of the planned student-led project must be included.

Eligible costs include:

• mobility costs (for meetings or other project-related travel);
• expenses for publicity, communication and dissemination (e.g. posters, flyers, other publications);
• expenses for activities, e.g. catering that is appropriate to the event, according to each university’s policies;
• other expenses in line with CIVIS regulations.

For each project, some mentoring and support will be provided, based on the specific needs of the project. Also, CIVIS will be involved through its student structure, the CIVIS Global Student Council, who will both endorse and support the selected projects. 

To submit your proposal, please consult Sapienza's CIVIS Institutional Coordinator and then use the online form to apply for the project. Finally, you will need to fill in and submit the budget form at the appropriate time. 

The deadline for applications is October 31, 2024. An information session is planned on the objectives of the call and to answer any questions on Tuesday, October 8. To attend the session, you can register at the link provided.