Seed Funding

Seed Funding

Open to students, academics and staff, the Circle U. Seed-funding Scheme supports collaborative projects in all fields and at all levels

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Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (ED&I)

The call for flagship initiatives invites all members of the Circle U. community to develop projects advancing equity, diversity and inclusion within their academic environments.

Mobility programme

Postdoc Mobility Programme

Circle U. offers travel grants allowing postdocs to make connections at another partner university. The scheme aims to foster new research collaborations across the alliance.

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COIL: 5,000 euros for innovative European online teaching

Internationalise your teaching through virtual collaborations with other Circle U. academics! Support and funding of up to 5,000 euros are available to projects involving colleagues from Humboldt-Universität. 

Latest on Calls

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PHEMED seed-funded project

Circle U. Seed Fund: Planetary Health in European Medical Education (PHEMED)

12 Feb. 2026
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Call for Papers: Language Teaching in Motion

28 Jan. 2026
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Circle U. Seed Fund: New Challenges for the Circle U. Collections (NCFCUC)

20 Jan. 2026
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Circle U. Seed Funding Scheme

Circle U. Seed Fund: discover the 11 funded projects

11 Dec. 2025

Events

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Apr.
2025

Staff Week on Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (ED&I)

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Past
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Oct.
2025

In­fo ses­sion: Fund­ing for Ini­tia­tives on Equal­i­ty, Di­ver­si­ty, and In­clu­sion

The alliance of 9 European Universities