Dear associations,

Unite! university alliance invites students and student associations to send proposals for collaborative projects for seed funding. Unite! is an alliance between nine European universities of which Aalto is one. The eligible projects can be about any subject or extracurricular topic that brings an added value to students and is collaborative. Possible ideas include joint projects such as exhibitions, events, excursions, competitions, hackathons, courses; in areas such as innovation, sports, careers, language, education, communication, outreach, or any other promising idea.

Each proposal must include students from at least two Unite! universities. The nine Unite! universities include Aalto, KTH (Sweden), Grenoble INP-UGA (France), PoliTO (Italy), TU Darmstadt (Germany), TU Graz (Austria), UPC (Spain), ULisboa (Portugal) and Wroclaw Tech (Poland).

The maximum amount of funding for an accepted proposal is 20,000 euros. The deadline for applications is December 15 2023.

Who can apply?

* Under- and Postgraduate students (including PhD Students) * Student organisations/associations * Units and service centres of Unite! universities (such as sports unions, language centres etc.)

How to apply?

I have attached a document in this email that includes more detailed information about the Seed Fund, along with the application form and an excel sheet for creating a budget. You can also read more and download the funding guidelines and application forms from Unite!'s websitehttps://www.unite-university.eu/about-us/unite-seed-fund-initiative.

I and Unite’s student representatives at Aalto are happy to help you find students at other Unite! universities with whom to make the proposal.

Contacts For questions about the seed fund process:

anneli.vartio@aalto.fi

For reaching out to students at other Unite! universities:

alarik.rantala@aalto.fi (Telegram: @AlarikRantala) joona.huikuri@aalto.fi luisa.leitegomescardoso@aalto.fi

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Alarik Rantala

Student Liaison Officer

Aalto University

Mail alarik.rantala@aalto.fi

Phone/Mobile +358 50 4335018