The second call for proposals for the Arqus Innovation Fund is open!

The Arqus Innovation Fund incentivises innovative internal bottom-up initiatives with an impact on the entire Alliance from Arqus staff and students through the availability of seed-funding to foster innovation and entrepreneurial mindset, and also to strengthen the visibility of Arqus internally and promote further staff engagement.

The aim of this seed-funding call is twofold:

• For Arqus Working Groups: The aim is to provide guidance to Arqus Working Groups on the external funding opportunities available for the individual innovative initiatives in the Arqus Erasmus+ work plan 2022-2026, and to provide financial support for expenses that cannot be covered by other sources. Please note that funding for the design of innovative forms of mobility will be assessed separately under this seed-funding call

• For ad hoc bottom-up initiatives: The aim is to incentivise innovative ad hoc bottom-up initiatives from Arqus academics, administrative staff and students with a joint approach.

For this second call, €295.215,57 in total will be allocated. The distribution of the funds is the joint responsibility of the selection committees.

All members of the Arqus European University Alliance – including Working Groups, academics, admin staff and students – are invited to submit proposals for individual innovative initiatives to be developed and implemented up to and including 30^th September 2026 (end of the eligibility period), indicating the expected expenditure and bearing in mind the established selection criteria.

The call runs from 30^th April to 30^th June 2024.

Please note that you must submit one application per initiative and the proposed budget using the Excel template provided.

For further information and link to the online application click here.

For further questions, please send an email to innovation-fund@arqus-alliance.eu.