The EUPeace Alliance members are excited to announce the second EUPeace Fund Call as a step towards permanently creating a EUPeace academic and administrative community and to generate valuable input towards fine-tuning our EUPeace roadmap. By providing a format for collaboration via EUPeace Fund seed funding, we give participating researchers, educators, students and administrators a tool for experimentation and participation. The EUPeace Fund offers a bottom-up approach to generate information on the interests and needs of our communities.

Application procedure

Complete proposals must be submitted electronically to: eupeace@uni-marburg.de by 15 April 2024 (23:59 CEST).

Proposals consist of the following documents:

1) Application form

2) Financial form in .xlsx format

3) List of CVs of the project team (merged in one .pdf file)

Eligibility

All employees of EUPeace member universities are eligible to apply. At least three universities jointly apply with a collaborative proposal. An involvement of students and EUPeace associated partners is possible and can be combined with funding from Erasmus+ mobility grants.

Partner Search

Project coordinators can write to eupeace@uni-marburg.de with their proposed idea and the request for partner matching. The EUPeace team will assist applicants with establishing relevant contacts at member universities to establish a project partnership. Please keep in mind that this should be one of the first steps of your project proposal.

Project Design and Evaluation Criteria

Applications should be clearly related to EUPeace Work Package activities and/or flagship actions. They must not replicate Work Package tasks. Projects may address research, teaching, societal outreach, curriculum and other topics and activities.

Evaluation process

Complete proposals will be reviewed by the EUPeace Steering Committee and prepared for a final funding decision by the EUPeace Governing Board. All applicants will be notified about the result by July 2024.

Funding

The project team submits one joint proposal. The budget overview shows the shares of funds requested per institution. Each institution funds its own project participants in the course of the project duration. An overview of the available budget per project/University is available here. Please note that local regulations and restrictions regarding certain funding might apply (e.g. travel costs, catering etc.). Please consult your home institution.

Project duration

Selected projects may start from 1 September 2024 for a period of max. 12 months.

Feedback and Re-Applications

If your project does not receive funding in this call, it can be revised and resubmitted in the next call.

Communication

Each project coordinator will be requested to provide a project outline for publication on the EUPeace Website.

Reporting

An activity as well as a financial report are to be submitted within two months of the completion of the project. Report forms will be provided to project coordinators.