Challenge: GreenMeta City, A Sustainable City Design Challenge
When: April 4-6, 2025
Where: FAU, Erlangen / Germany
Application Deadline: February 12, 2025
For Whom: Students
This event brings together students and professionals from diverse fields to tackle real-world challenges in sustainability and urban development.
Work in interdisciplinary teams to:
• Develop sustainable city models
• Integrate real-time data solutions
• Explore metaverse application
• Plan green urban strategies
Plus, gain insights from expert guest speakers on advancements in sustainability, technology, and urban planning.


Workshop: Mapping Innovative Solutions for Displaced Academic Communities: Open Science and Education in Crisis Contexts
When: April 4-5, 2025
Where: UPM, Madrid / Spain
Application Deadline: February 14, 2025
For Whom: Students
Funded by the 4th Joint Call, the activity “Mapping Innovative Solutions for Displaced Academic Communities: Open Science and Education in Crisis Contexts”, addresses the academic disruption faced by displaced Ukrainian scholars. The initiative fosters interdisciplinary collaboration, aligns with Open Science, and contributes to societal challenges. This proposal consists of three stages:
- An hybrid hackathon-style event at Universidad Politecnica de Madrid (UPM) to co-develop solutions focusing on key challenges that displaced academics are currently facing.
- A second stage of online meetings to share lessons learned and improvements.
- Last but not least, a third stage, a close-up meeting with representatives from the Re-Shape Next Generation Academia, Ethics, Social Commitment & Entrepreneurship (ESCE) and Open Science Community (OSC).
MOOC: Curves in Engineering and Architecture
When: February 3 – April 6, 2025
Where: Online
Application Deadline: N/A
For Whom: Students
If you are interested in knowing how the geometry of curves can be used to solve optimization problems related to the environment, the economy and the society, enroll in the MOOC Curves in Engineering and Architecture, a course by the group MAMI, integrated in the SSERIES EELISA community, from Universidad Politécnica de Madrid.


EELISA Joint Call #5
When: February 3 – April 6, 2025
Where: All EELISA institutions
Application Deadline: March 15, 2025
For Whom: Students, Academics, Researchers, Staff
5th Joint Call for inter-institutional activities within EELISA Communities:
€140,000 total budget This call aims to promote inter-institutional activities within the framework of EELISA Communities. EELISA Communities are mission-driven, multi-stakeholder (students, teachers, researchers, companies, NGOs, start-ups, and public authorities), interdisciplinary, and international working groups, with members from at least three different EELISA partners, from at least two different member states.
EELISA Joint Call #5 – Info Session
When: February 14, 2025 – 10.00 CET / 12.00 Istanbul time
Where: All EELISA institutions
Application Deadline: March 15, 2025
For Whom: Students, Academics, Researchers, Staff
Join us for the EELISA 5th Joint Call Information Session to learn more about funding opportunities for inter-institutional activities. This session will cover key details such as eligibility, funding scope, and the application process. A Q&A segment will follow, allowing participants to ask questions and clarify any aspects of the call.
