UCF Edu-Fund Platform
To strengthen its commitment to combating educational poverty, UniCredit Foundation is launching the "UCF Edu-Fund Platform" to support bold programmes focused on identifying, addressing and intervening in instances of youth educational poverty with total funding up to €14mln. Here some details:
- The initiative is open to non-profit organizations operating locally or across countries, with a deep understanding and presence in Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, and Slovenia.
- The platform will be open all year round. The application window is open continuously starting from July 22th, 2024 to April 30th, 2025, or until available funds are exhausted.
- The main objectives are to combat educational poverty, focusing particularly on lower and upper secondary school students (ages 11-19) The platform prioritizes initiatives that adopt a multidimensional approach that help address those peripheral issues that have a direct impact on the educational challenges faced by young people across the countries where UniCredit operates. The initiatives should be focused on:
- Addressing early school drop-out
- Training teachers
- Encouraging university attainment
- Enhancing employability for students by equipping them with the skills necessary for the job market
- The platform provides three streams of funding opportunities, ranging from €100,000 to over €1 million, to engage a variety of entities dedicated to promoting quality education and regional growth.
Regular update on the ongoing process will be given through this page.
For any further information please write an email to info@unicreditfoundation.org.
To apply to the fund, please chick here.
The first submission round closed on October 4th. The current submission round will close on January 31st, 2025. The last round will close on April 30th, 2025 (or until available funds are exhausted).
Winners of the first round will be announced by the end of November 2024.