Call for applications Spark Grants Spring 2025

Early or mid-career researcher at TU/e, WUR, UU, or UMC Utrecht and ready for business as unusual? Are you interested in inter- and transdisciplinary research in unusual ways to address societal challenges? Join the Spark Grant program offered by the Centre for Unusual Collaborations part of the EWUU Alliance.

The Spark grant process consists of two phases: a series of four half-day workshops (phase 1) followed by a period of time in which a research topic can be explored with a team (phase 2). Workshop dates – 13.00 – 17.00 CET, taking place at CUCo’s Nest, Princetonlaan 6, Utrecht:

  • Monday, 10 March 2025
  • Monday,  17 March 2025
  • Monday, 24 March 2025
  • Monday, 31 March 2025

Application deadline: 24 February, 2025

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About Alliance EWUU

In the Alliance EWUU (TU/e, WUR, UU, UMC Utrecht), Eindhoven University of Technology, Wageningen University & Research, Utrecht University and University Medical Centre Utrecht connect their scientific knowledge to contribute to urgent social transitions. The four institutions collaborate in research and education in areas in which they complement each other. Under the motto 'Challenging future generations', the alliance challenges researchers, teachers and students to work together in an unconventional and interdisciplinary way. Therefor the alliance also emphatically cooperates with external partners in the business community and in society. 

About CUCo

The Centre for Unusual Collaborations (CUCo) was set up to encourage and facilitate unusual collaborations between young academics within Alliance EWUU.