The application deadline for the CIVICA Student Engagement Fund (SEF) has been extended from November 4 to November 9, 2025.
The CIVICA Student Engagement Fund (SEF) is a mini-grant scheme that supports student-led projects and cross-campus collaboration across the CIVICA alliance.
About the Fund
Bring your ideas to life with CIVICA!
The Student Engagement Fund (SEF) offers mini-grants for student and early stage researcher-led projects that connect peers across CIVICA universities. Whether you’re passionate about sustainability, democracy, diversity or digital innovation, this is your chance to turn ideas into real impact across Europe.
In the first 2024/25 funding round, successful projects took diverse forms, including conferences, short films, policy papers and hackathons. Explore all the winning projects here.
Apply for the 2025/26 Student Engagement Fund
Who can apply and what kind of projects get funded?
Students and early-stage researchers from at least two CIVICA universities team up to design and lead their own initiatives. Projects should clearly enrich the CIVICA student experience and create a positive impact in their communities. We encourage projects that tackle Europe’s big challenges and bring students together across borders.
For example, you might:
- Host a conference on democracy in the 21st century,
- Run a hackathon on AI and social sciences,
- Organise workshops on sustainability and climate action,
- Launch a campaign on diversity, equity and inclusion, or
- Create a cultural exchange project celebrating Europe’s languages and traditions
By aligning your project with CIVICA’s four thematic priorities, or broader EU goals such as sustainability, solidarity and intercultural understanding, you’ll strengthen your proposal and its impact.
How to apply
STEP 1 – Form a project team and prepare the joint proposal: team up with other CIVICA students/registered student associations, form a project team (and identify a team leader) and prepare a detailed concept of a joint project/initiative by completing the following Application form template
STEP 2 – Develop your idea: outline your project, budget and impact. Budget form template here.
STEP 3 – Get pre-approval on the initiative and budget by the Committee @SNSPA: in order to obtain the required pre-approval, SNSPA students must send via email to teodora.bitoiu@administratiepublica.eu the Application form and the Budget form duly filled no later than 9 November 2025.
STEP 4 – Submit online the joint proposal (Application form and Budget form, and the proof of pre-approval by the SNSPA Committee) via my.civica.eu no later than 12 November 2025, 13:00 CET (please note: Projects will not be considered without pre-approval).
Download the full call documents and application form:
Student Engagement Fund Regulations
Timeline at a glance
Selection results announced: by 8 December 2025
Project implementation: January – June 2026
For general inquiries about the CIVICA Student Engagement Fund (SEF) please send an email to teodora.bitoiu@administratiepublica.eu
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