Category: Student Calls and Competitions

Startup Weekend in Saarbrücken 2026: apply now!

Applications are now open for the T4EU Stakeholder Challenge: Startup Weekend Saarbrücken 2026, which will take place in Saarbrücken (Germany) from 13 to 15 November 2026, hosted by Saarland University.

T4EU is looking for motivated, forward-thinking students from all academic backgrounds to form international, interdisciplinary teams. Together with top researchers and external European organisations, you will co-create innovative solutions for pressing corporate, public, and social challenges.

You will learn how to think, work, and build like a startup in 54 thrilling hours.

Techstars Startup Weekend will be an exciting and immersive foray into the world of startups. Over an action-packed three days, you will meet the very best mentors, investors, co-founders and sponsors who will show you how to get more done faster – and maybe even start that business!

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WHY YOU SHOULD APPLY

  • Real Impact: Work on active, practical tasks set by real companies, NGOs, and public institutions.
  • International Networking: Collaborate closely with peers and experts from across Europe.
  • Skill Acceleration: Boost your intercultural communication, professional problem-solving, and teamwork skills.
  • Academic Recognition: Earn official recognition or certificates to elevate your CV.

PROGRAMME

  • Day 1 – 5.00 PM to 10.00 PM: Official introductions and presentations of business ideas. Hands-on team-building activities to form working groups.
  • Day 2 – 9.00 AM to 10.00 PM: Intense development of a Minimum Viable Product. One-on-one coaching with expert mentors from the startup scene.
  • Day 3 – 9.00 AM to 10.00 PM: Final project adjustments and presentations. Closing pitches, feedback jury, networking session, and party.

Three UniTS students will be selected from those in the Bachelor’s, Master’s, and PhD programmes.

DEADLINE: 23 AUGUST 2026

Students selected for the 3rd T4EU Festival of European Culture and Languages

The selection process for participation the third T4EU Festival of European Culture and Languages “Crossing, Arriving, Settling: Vulnerability in the Context of Migration, Then and Now”has been completed. Below is the list of students selected to participate in the Festival:

  • LE0101471
  • LE08A00030
  • LE6500260

The Festival will take place in Saint-Étienne (France) from 23 to 27 November 2026.

Students selected for the Sustainable Heritage Workshop

The selection process for the T4EU Sustainable Heritage Workshop event, hosted by Vytautas Magnus University (Lithuania), has been successfully completed.

The following students have been selected to take part in the workshop:

  • SP5400503
  • SM5102378
  • SM58A00005

This intensive workshop will take place at Vytautas Magnus University (Kaunas) and the Kaunas Ninth Fort Museum from 28 September to 2 October 2026.

Join Mnemosyne, the 3rd T4EU Heritage Week

Would you like to explore European heritage, memory, and artistic practices?

Would you like to discuss these topics with students, scholars, artists, and cultural professionals from across the Transform4Europe Alliance?

Join Mnemosyne – the 3rd T4EU Heritage Week, hosted by the University of Trieste from 21 to 23 October 2026 as part of WP7 – Tasks 7.2 and 7.5.

Inspired by Aby Warburg’s reflections on the relationship between art and memory, this year’s Heritage Week explores how Europe’s shared heritage is constructed, interpreted, and reimagined through critical memory studies and artistic methodologies. Bringing together scholars, artists, students, cultural institutions, and GLAM+ professionals, the programme promotes an interdisciplinary dialogue on participatory artistic practices and sustainable heritage.

The event is organised around two complementary initiatives:

  • Reframing Memories in Times of Crises – Regional Heritage Workshop (21–22 October), dedicated to examining how contemporary crises reshape remembrance practices and public narratives across Europe through historical and anthropological perspectives.
  • Art and Science as Participatory Practices – Regional Artistic Research Roundtable (23 October), exploring how artistic methodologies can strengthen interdisciplinary research, education, and public engagement.
Tentative Programme

Throughout the three-day programme, participants will attend keynote lectures and thematic panels, engage in discussions with museums and cultural institutions, take part in a participatory World Café, and exchange ideas with scholars, artists, researchers, and heritage professionals from across the T4EU Alliance. Topics will include contested memories, wars and forced migrations, border regions, authoritarian pasts, public memory, participatory artistic practices, and innovative approaches to heritage research and education.

The University of Trieste will host participants from the Transform4Europe Alliance. Each partner university may nominate up to five Master’s students and PhD candidates (in total), giving priority to candidates whose academic background, research interests, or study programmes are related to the Humanities, Social Sciences, Visual Arts, and Architecture.

If you are a Master’s or PhD student interested in attending all sessions over the 3 days of the event, fill out the form!

DEADLINE IS 1 SEPTEMBER 2026.

Professors will evaluate applications based on the relevance of your field of study to the topics covered, as well as your personal motivation.

Selected participants will be contacted in September, and a certificate of attendance will be issued.

Stay tuned for updates on our website and social media channels!

Apply for the T4EU Festival of Culture and Languages and Sustainable Student Heritage Competition

Applications are now open for the T4EU Festival of Culture and Languages and Sustainable Student Heritage Competition – “INSPIRING ISTRIA” which will take place in Koper from 8 to 11 September 2026, hosted by University of Primorska (Koper, Slovenia).
Participants will engage in hands-on learning by selecting one of three specialized workshops:

  • Visual Arts workshop: translate words and festival themes into visual art. Work in a fully equipped studio to master screen printing, linocut, and etching, using T-shirts as your final canvas.
  • Audiovisual workshop: learn the fundamentals of documentary filmmaking and video editing. Capture the hidden spaces, cuisine, and multicultural life of Koper to create a collaborative ethnographic film.
  • Poetry Workshop: explore intercultural dialogue through the art of traditional haiku. Compose poems in English inspired by Koper and experiment with literary translation into your native language.
    Requirements:
    No prior experience needed for the Visual Arts and Audiovisual tracks—only curiosity and creativity.
    Good command of English is required (especially for the writing and translation components in the Poetry track).
    Explore the Programme details.
    Three UniTS students will be selected from those in the Bachelor’s, Master’s, and PhD programmes.
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Application deadline: 26 July 2026

Apply for the 3rd T4EU Festival of European Culture and Languages

A new T4EU mobility opportunity is available for UniTS students.

Jean Monnet University is organizing the third T4EU Festival of European Culture and Languages: “Crossing, Arriving, Settling: Vulnerability in the Context of Migration, Then and Now” which will take place in Saint-Étienne (France) from 23 to 27 November 2026.

The University of Trieste will select 3 master’s students to participate in the Festival. Preference will be given to students enrolled in study programs related to the Festival.

The Festival will bring together lecturers from various academic fields, including political science, anthropology, history, sociolinguistics, and psychiatry. Students will examine migration and vulnerability from multiple perspectives.

Master’s students will also take part in the T4EU Student Competition. They will work in international teams to develop educational materials based on archival sources related to migration.

Check out the programme details

Students may request recognition of 3 ECTS credits.

What are you waiting for?

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Deadline: 12 July 2026

IMPORTANT!  
Before you attend the selected course, remember to inform your “Coordinatore del Corso di Studi” and the “Segreteria didattica” of your Department, following the dedicated guidelines.

Selected participants announced for the “Data-driven Solutions for a more Sustainable Future” event

The selection process for the “Data-driven Solutions for a more Sustainable Future” event, hosted by Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, has been successfully completed.

The following students have been selected to take part in the programme:

EC0103699
IN05A00140
SM58A00016

The event will explore the opportunities and potential of AI and GeoAI for analysing the local impacts of climate change across European regions. Participants will gain insight into the latest geospatial analytics and predictive modelling tools used to address natural hazards and environmental risks.

Applications Open: T4EU Sustainable Heritage Workshop in Lithuania

The University of Trieste will select 3 students to participate in the T4EU Sustainable Heritage Workshop, Cultural Responses to War: Shaping Heritage, Building Resilience, hosted by Vytautas Magnus University (Lithuania).

This intensive workshop will take place at Vytautas Magnus University (Kaunas) and the Kaunas Ninth Fort Museum from 28 September to 2 October 2026.

PROGRAMME

The programme bridges academic theory and institutional practice. Working alongside museum professionals and mentors, students will address urgent challenges arising from the war in Ukraine, focusing on the following key areas:

  • Practical Mentorship: Solving museum-defined problems in collaborative groups.
  • Heritage at Risk: Crisis management and anti-looting strategies.
  • Weaponised History: Deconstructing propaganda and colonial legacies.
  • Cultural Resistance: Art and museums as pillars of social resilience.

Join this intensive week dedicated to protecting European heritage in an era of global crisis.
The three participants will be selected as follows:
– one BA student;
– one MA student;
– one PhD student / early-career researcher.

Students may request recognition of 3 ECTS credits.

DEADLINE: 30 JUNE 2026

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IMPORTANT!  
Before you attend the selected course, remember to inform your “Coordinatore del Corso di Studi” and the “Segreteria didattica” of your Department, following the dedicated guidelines.
Before attending the selected course, doctoral students must also inform their Doctoral Course Coordinator and the Delegate for Doctoral Studies (delegato.dottorati@units.it).
Failure to comply will preclude credit recognition.