Are you a student, academic, or staff member with an innovative idea to improve communication, academic collaboration or student engagement across EUTOPIA universities? EUTOPIA Alliance, through Erasmus+ funding, is launching the EUTOPIA Design Intrapreneurship Programme to support intrapreneurs in developing and testing new solutions to key challenges faced by member universities.

The objective of the EUTOPIA Design initiative is to contribute to supporting academic staff, administrative and technical staff as well as students in becoming intrapreneurs. We are looking for individuals or teams from EUTOPIA member universities interested in working on solutions tackling one of these three predefined challenges or proposing their own:

• EUTOPIA Challenge 1: Overcoming barriers in joint education/research programmes.
• EUTOPIA Challenge 2: Transform EUTOPIA and its member universities into more student-centered organisations.
• EUTOPIA Challenge 3: Foster greater collaboration and impact by increasing connectivity and improving communication.
• Open Challenge: Propose a relevant challenge for EUTOPIA universities and a potential idea to solve it.

Who can apply?

Academic, administrative, and technical staff, as well as students from EUTOPIA member universities.

• Individuals can apply for EUTOPIA challenges 1-3.
• Teams (2-4 people) are required for the Open Challenge.

Program Phases

The present call is part of Phase 1 of the programme.

Phase 1: Challenge
Express interest in tackling one of the challenges listed above or propose your own one and submit an idea through the present call. First selection: Individuals and teams will be selected to at intra-university level to go to next phase.
1^st selection: Individuals and teams will be selected at intra-university level to go to the next phase.

Phase 2: Idea development
Receive trainings on innovation methodologies to generate, tailor and refine ideas to the challenges. Please note that individual applicants for Challenges 1-3 will be grouped by challenge and collaborate to develop ideas, which may be modified during the process. Second selection: Refined ideas will be assessed to go to next phase.
2^nd selection: Refined ideas will be assessed to go to the next phase.
 

Phase 3: Receive hands-on in agile trainings methodologies as well as building and testing a proof of concept through continuous iterations to ensure it truly meets user needs.
 

For full details and selection criteria, and process visit the full text of the call: Call EUTOPIA Design Entrepreneurship Programme (PDF)

Why you should participate?

• Gain access to training on innovation methodologies.
• Collaborate with peers across EUTOPIA universities.
• Receive funding and expert support to develop your idea (only ideas that reach Phase 3).
• Travel expenses for in-person events covered.

More Infos

A webinar explaining the call was held. Xou can  Watch the session here.

Additionally, the team responsible for the call will answer questions about the call every Tuesday between 14:30-15:00 until call closure. Please use the Teams link if you would like to join and ask questions:
Teams meeting link
Meeting-ID: 363 981 399 718
Password: MA9wW7cW

Or send an E-Mail to

📧 laia.cotet@upf.edu (Pompeu Fabra University)
📧 andreea.maris@gu.se (University of Gothenburg)

You can download the complete Call here.

Timeline

Apply before 5 May 2025

Submit your application by filling out this form before 5 May, 2025.