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EUPeace Fund - First Call for Proposals

Together, as members of EUPeace, we are launching the first EUPeace Fund Call as a step towards permanently creating an 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.    

The EUPeace Fund at a glance
Deadline: 25 July 2023 (23:59 CET)
Project Content: not restricted in terms of content or themes
Project Duration: max. 1 year
Amount: up to max. 5,000 € per participating member institution per project. Local regulations might apply.
Eligibility: collaborative proposals by staff of at least three consortium members
Contact: eupeace@uni-marburg.de     

Application procedure
Complete proposals must be submitted electronically to: eupeace@uni-marburg.de by 25 July 2023 (23:59 CET).
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
The call is not restricted in terms of content or themes and may address research, teaching, societal outreach, curriculum and other topics. Preference will be given to applications that generate added value for future collaboration of the participating member universities, particularly in the framework of the EUPeace thematic foci and core commitment.
Proposals will be evaluated based on the quality and innovative potential of the project ideas, e.g. in terms of new exchange formats/tools, new research ideas, digitization, entrepreneurship, ideas for shaping future Europe and global engagement etc.

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 the end of August 2023.

Funding
The project team submits one joint proposal. The budget overview shows the shares of funds requested per institution. The maximum grant allocated per participating member institution per project is 5,000€. Each institution funds its own project participants in the course of the project duration. Local regulations and restrictions might apply. Please consult your home institution. It is possible to co-fund members of other institutions, please indicate accordingly in the budget table. 

Project duration
Selected projects may start from 1 September 2023 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.

Schedule