Call for new educational activities

    This call for proposals is currently closed.

CIVIS Europe’s Civic University Alliance is actively seeking innovative educational proposals that align with our commitment to interdisciplinary, transdisciplinary, and civically engaged education across our network.

This call seeks to support proposals that showcase co-creation, challenge-based learning, innovation, civic engagement, and societal connectivity.

It also aims to promote educational activities, such as joint Bachelor degrees and Single Learning Activities (SLAs) in online format.

Who can apply?

We warmly invite all CIVIS academics to join us in this collaborative endeavour. Your participation will bolster our ongoing commitment to inclusivity and academic excellence, enriching our collective capacity to innovate and excel.

Strategic partner universities in Africa are also included in this call. Though funding and regulatory constraints apply. 

Contact the CIVIS Institutional Coordinator within your university to discuss your initiative before submitting it.

Please download the Call for more details

What types of activities are funded?

This call includes two levels of educational activities:

  1. Development of NEW Joint bachelor’s degrees that are inter/ transdisciplinary and that takes into account the current European process towards establishing a framework for a European Degree by targeted dates: agreement signed among the HEI’s involved by September 2026 for Bachelors that can be:

a) newly developed bachelor offerings to foster broader participation and innovative delivery;

b) redevelopment of an existing bachelor and forming a new consortium.

 2.  Single Learning Activities (SLAs)

 3.  CIVIS Micro-credentials

 4.  Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL)

General requirements and criteria

Proposals should:

  • include at least 3 CIVIS universities and, in addition, ideally also include participation of African partner institutions;
  • link with CIVIS European Project objectives;
  • include letters of commitment from the involved universities, including the Department, Faculty, and/ or CIVIS Vice Rector;
  • present a detailed planning and implementation phase, supported by the CIVIS coordination teams;
  • ensure transparency and coherence, by accurately estimating ECTS credit points and/ or number of hours.

The proposal will be assessed on set of quality criteria built on CIVIS Alliance objectives:

  • involvement of external stakeholders;
  • African Dimension;
  • teaching and learning;
  • cross-disciplinary approach;
  • inclusion/ accessibility.
Please see the call's criteria here

Calendar

    This call for proposals is currently closed.
  • Please submit your online application only through the CIVIS application portal depending on the educational activity proposed by October 20, 2024 (24:00 CEST/UTC+2):
Applicants should consult the local CIVIS Office/contact person at the potential host university before submitting the application. All contact persons for proposals (main applicants) should inform their local CIVIS Office about their application. 

Calendar

  • July 2024: Call opens. Proposals should be submitted through the CIVIS platform (soon to be opened) with all required documentation and endorsements from participating institutions.
  • September 12, 2024 (10.00-11:30 CET): Information session. Please register here to be receive the link to participate.
  • October 20, 2024 (24:00 CEST/UTC+2) 20 October 2024: Submission deadline
  • 21 October – 10 November 2024: Evaluation period. If the proposal is approved, the plan will need to be further detailed following a review by evaluators in November.
  • January 2025 - September 2026: Implementation of selected projects
You can address your inquiries to educational-call@lists.civis.eu.