Student initiatives
Open call to support student initiatives that aim to improve their university and the entire T4EU Alliance
About
Do you have a great idea on how to improve your campus and the Transform4Europe Alliance (T4EU)?
International teams made up of students from three different T4EU universities will be competing with their ideas to receive funding for their project.
Find like-minded students and together create an initiative that will improve collaboration, cooperation, and sustainability of T4EU, as well as benefit general well-being on the university level! Find your Team on the WhatsApp group or join up with new friends form one of the T4EU events.
Initiatives must be submitted in the form of a project with a clear start and end date and budget. Each initiative must positively impact the interconnectivity of the Alliance and improve mutual understanding and cooperation. They should address students with an aim to improve the affiliation and the feeling of belonging to one common transnational campus.
Initiatives should address:
- inclusiveness and diversity and/or
- sustainability and/or
- wellbeing.
To apply, students must fill out the questionnaire HERE and answer a series of questions by 20 March 2026 and send the filled-out budget template (xlsx, 26KB) to transform4europe@upr.si.
The questions are:
- Provide a summary of your initiative idea.
- Who is part of your team (name, surname, and contact information), which university do they study at, and what will be their role in the initiative?
- What Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) priorities will the initiative address and how? (100 words max)
- How will the initiative improve the T4EU universities? (100 words max)
- Will the initiative improve the teamwork of T4EU universities and students? Explain how. (100 words max)
- Explain the plan for your initiative, its ambitions, and how you’ll achieve them. (100 words max)
- How will your initiative have a lasting effect on your university and the T4EU universities? (100 words max)
- Explain how your initiative can be implemented in T4EU universities. (100 words max)
Each initiative can receive up to €2,500 of funding for one and a half years. In the case of funds being left, they will be distributed among the selected initiatives based on needs.
The budget must be justified within the application, with a detailed explanation of how the funds will be allocated and for what purpose.
The funds will cover:
- direct costs needed to implement the initiative (e.g., purchase of materials or equipment, renting of facilities, equipment, or services),
- costs related to event organisation,
- costs related to travel & accommodation,
- any other direct costs related to the implementation of the action.
Personal stipends are not eligible costs.
For more information consult the budget guidelines (pdf, 57KB).
Information regarding teams
Student teams:
- The initiative has to be developed jointly by a T4EU student team composed of members from at least three different universities,
- Initiatives that already received funding under any T4EU programme cannot be supported again,
- Initiatives that were not selected for funding, can be improved and resubmitted.
Regulations regarding teams:
- The teams must be made up of at least 5 students from 3 T4EU universities.
- Each student:
- will participate in only one initiative,
- cannot be part of more than one team,
- cannot compete individually with more than one initiative,
- cannot compete individually, and also be part of one or more groups, even if with different and distinct initiatives.
Each team member’s role and work tasks must be clearly defined in the application.
Initiatives will be evaluated according to the criteria available in the table below by a committee made up of 2 students appointed by the Student Council and 3 representatives appointed by the Steering Committee.
Student initiatives
European Student Wellbeing Network
The European Student Wellbeing Network is a project created by students for students as part of the Transform4Europe university alliance. We are a group of students from the University of Trieste, the University of Primorska and the University of Alicante, and we will be carrying out the project online and offline in the coming months. Our goal is to improve university students’ mental health.
Through our group sessions, we aim to offer students from various universities tools and a sense of belonging, ensuring they know they are not alone. These tools will improve not only their studies but in general, their future professional and personal life. Our initiative will fill the gap between institutional services already offered and the community of students; it will spread the idea that our wellbeing is very important and create open safe spaces to meditate, rest and recenter inside the university.
Here is a questionnaire which is the first step of the project. If you are a student, your opinion is very important to us. It will help us understand what is most useful for you and the student community at our universities. The questionnaire will take 3-5 minutes to complete.
Link to the questionnaire: https://shorturl.at/t4bzJ
If you have any questions or suggestions, or if you want to get in touch, email us at: eswellbeingnetwork@gmail.com.
