Student research clubs

You can apply and create your own research club, focusing on a research topic of your interest, however it must be related to one of these fields: digital and green transitions, one of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals or women as under-represented group in STEM subjects.

CALL: a call will be opened in the first half of the year, and interested EUNICE students from all study levels and study fields will be able to submit an individual application by completing a brief survey. This survey will request your personal key data and you have to choose the area of your research idea and that of your potential future club. You have up to three choices. Your three choices can be allocated to the following topics:

• The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
• Digital and Green Transition
• Women as under-represented group, especially in STEM subjects.

Following your selection, the contact details of other applicants in the same field of interest will be shared with you.

CLUB COMPOSITION: your Research Club should ideally be made up of Bachelor’s, Master’s or PhD-level applicants from at least two EUNICE universities.

RESEARCH PROJECT: once you are in a research club, you will have approximately one month to develop a research project with your club members, related to the chosen topic/research field in the completed survey. The form that your research project takes will depend on your club and your research topic. Some examples are: creating research events or conferences, organising workshops (on-site or online), collaborating with EUNICE labs, etc.

WINNING CLUB: a jury consisting of research specialists from the ten EUNICE universities will evaluate your research project and select the winning club, based on the evaluation criteria here below. The winning club will receive funding to carry out its research project.

DURATION: approximately six months. The research project must be completed within two months of the winning club being announced.

BUDGET: max. € 3,000 for winning research club for carrying out their research project.

FURTHER INFORMATION:

• Detailed description of SRC Bottom-up-Approach_2026
• Information sheet for research club registration
• Evaluation criteria of the research project proposal
• Eligible costs for budget planning

The focus of this Student Research Club call is based on a real, challenging problem from a EUNICE company. This is a unique opportunity to present your solution to the company, win a prize and travel to their headquarters to gain further insight into their operations.

CALL: a call will be opened in the second half of the year and interested EUNICE students and researchers will be able to submit an individual application by completing a brief survey. This survey will request your name, surname, home institution, field of study, level of studies or research and a short description of your motivation.

As soon as we receive your application, you will be assigned to an interdisciplinary research club made up of EUNICE students at Bachelor, Master or PhD level.

In your research club, you will work virtually on the real-world-challenge posed by the company and have to prepare a short presentation (pitch), that represents your solution to the proposed problem. The winning club is decided by the EUNICE jury and the involved company.

DURATION: approximately three months.

BUDGET: travel and accommodation costs for visiting the company are covered by EUNICE.

♣ Previous calls:

November 2025. ASG Challenge
May 2025. LEAG Challenge