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EELISA's communities ?

Communities are interdisciplinary groups that aim to respond to the SDGs. They meet around a defined theme and can bring together lecturers, researchers and students from EELISA member institutions, as well as NGOs and companies. Their aim is to propose an innovative educational activity. 

Evaluation criteria

A PSL-EELISA community is made up of a minimum of three people (student, teacher-researcher, administrative staff member).
Proposals will be evaluated by representatives of the working group responsible for the call on the basis of the following three criteria. Proposals should be no longer than 4 pages in total (including the three criteria). 

• Excellence and impact (up to 40 points):  

Relevance and novelty of the activity or activities, within an academic (max 15 points) and social context (max 15 points). Activities should be interdisciplinary and tied with the mission of the Community or Communities involved and aim to have a significant impact on society related to the UN’s SDGs (max 10 points). 

• Learning ecosystem (up to 40 points):  

Innovative teaching methods are used to carry out the activity or activities (max 15 points), with particular emphasis on CBL. A suitable challenge is socially, economically, technically or environmentally relevant at a local, regional or global scale for which solutions are elusive, inadequate or non-existent. It should be an exciting challenge that motivates EELISA Community members and external stakeholders. Challenges can (but do not have to be) embedded in the context of seminars, lectures, summer/seasonal schools and graduate or undergraduate courses, and should also have clear evaluation criteria. The participation of educators (organizers), learners (participants), collaborators (in many cases, the challenge providers) should be balanced, with the aim of considering all EELISA partners and external stakeholders (max 10 points).  

Applicants should provide guidelines regarding the acceptance criteria for participants, as this will be required for reporting purposes should the proposal be accepted. Once accepted and after participating in the activity, participants should be issued an EELISA credential (citing the SDG(s) involved and the impact levels corresponding to the progression of knowledge), which will also be required for reporting, including an assessment of the workload based on ECTS (max 15 points). For more information on EELISA credentials and their impact levels, see https://community.eelisa.eu/eelisa-credentials/  

• Implementation (up to 20 points):  

Provide a clear execution plan for the activity or activities as well as a budget (10 points). Each activity should be clearly defined and follow the preparation and , including . Please mention whether your activity can be reiterated and refer to its sustainability in the mid- to long-term, both in terms of the partnerships and budget (10 points). 

Note that a bonus will be awarded to projects involving the Ukrainian universityKNU is included in the project (KNU is an associate partner of EELISA).  

Timetable

• Application deadline: 15 October
• EELISA information session 13 September:
• Application form:
• Maximum funding of €10,000 per project
• Funding to cover organisational and travel costs