Student-Led Projects
Be a change-maker!
The Student-Led Projects Initiative fosters student collaboration across the Alliance. Once a year funds are made available for student teams to explore and develop their ideas about how to improve university and campus life. Throughout the project – from brainstorming ideas, identifying partners, managing adminstrative and financial matters – experts and university staff are available for advice and support. What idea do you want to explore?!
About
Every year, SEA-EU offers student teams 3000-4000 Euro to explore innovative project ideas that bring a fresh perspective to social, green and digital aspects of university life. Generally projects must include at least two student participants located at different SEA-EU partner universities, encouraging cross-alliance collaboration and communication.
"There is a vast resource of untapped ideas and perspectives out there that we can all benefit from. For the students themselves, this is a unique chance to have their say about the present and future of education in Europe, while also developing skills, insights and mindsets that will remain far beyond the timeline of this initiative.”
The initiative encourages students to find solutions that address societal challenges around topics central to SEA-EU such as inclusion and diversity, digitalisation, sustainability, and social entrepreneurship. Funds can be used to create materials, pay for travel costs, or publication fees.
Open Calls
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News
January 2026:
For her project, Barbora Furychova from the University of Malta, highlighted the plight of sea turtles in the Mediterranean, and the scientists and organisations studying them. Watch her documentary film she produced thanks to the SEA-EU Student-Led Projects Initiative here.
December 2025:
In this series of four videos, participants from the second round of Student-Led Projects talk about their projects, what inspired them and what advice they would share with others thinking about applying. Check out the videos here.
December 2024:
The power of collaboration, self-expression and creativity – from research on invasive species in the Mediterranean Sea, to webpages and online tools challenging perceptions around disability and identity, the first cohort of students delivered a vast range of projects and creating a wealth of data, results and experiences that surprised even themselves. Read what they have to say here, and listen to them talk about their projects in the video posted here.
