Following the I EELISA Connect Call for Workshops, the EELISA InnoCORE Advisory Board for Research and Innovation (ACRI) met during the 5th May for evaluating the proposals received. As a resulti, three workshops have been selected for funding with a total budget of 51,000 €. The ACRI has emphasized the high quality of the applications…
A total of 20 proposals have been selected to be funded by the Second EELISA Joint Call; 12 of them have been awarded as part of the challenge-based learning section covering activities such as an entrepreneurship hackathon, workshops on inclusiveness and diversity, guided visits to the bridges of Madrid, Paris, and Budapest or a Metaverse…
On the 27th of April, a big crowd was gathering at the entrance of the School of Civil Engineering at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. Some people were wearing black and golden robes and academic “regalia”, other people showed a more informal dress code, but all of them were “carrying” a big smile. It was the…
A total of 11 researchers from EELISA universities were awarded one of the prestigious European Research Council (ERC) grants in the most recent calls: consolidator grants (results announced on 31 January 2023) and starting grants (results announced on 22 November 2022). With its grants, the ERC supports highly qualified young scientists with several years…
The European Engineering Learning Innovation and Science Alliance (EELISA) will be 3 years old in October 2023. This is also the date on which the first phase of our alliance will be completed. Under the motto “becoming the engine that leads to a new future” and with the aim to celebrate the achievements, share the…
Are you part of the EELISA Communities ecosystem and have ideas that would promote and sustain innovative learning practices, boost the recognition of challenge-based learning experiences, or increase transnational mobility and cross-sectional exchange? Then, this is your chance to turn your ideas into reality! This second call brings the first EELISA Joint call to the…
In the current challenging global context, higher education is increasingly taking on an important role in activating innovative ways of learning, knowledge exchange, and experiences that can lead to the necessary social transformations. Thus, one of the main goals of the EELISA Alliance is to propose a compelling, implementable, and shared vision of the profile…
EELISA InnoCORE participated in the second TORCH Annual Forum celebrated on 8 March 2023. Under the title “Sharing Common R&I Policies and Strategies: strengthening collaborations towards a transformational approach”, researchers, innovators, and policymakers gathered in Dublin to discuss topics such as research assessment reform, and equality, diversity, and inclusion in research. Isabel Salguerio (UPM), and…
Last week, the Seasonal School “Ethos+tekhne, a new generation of researchers”, took place in Pisa. This was a groundbreaking student-led activity organised by Scoula Normale Superiore, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna and Université Paris Sciences et Lettres which was selected for funding by the first EELISA Joint Call. During this one-week schoool, participants from different EELISA institutions…
Research-based learning (RBL) is a paradigm of education where students/learners are exposed to a research problem in their field. Through this experience, learning is enabled as learners need to research many subjects, methods, and problems new to them. In this approach, teachers/educators act more like an enabler or a mentor rather than an instructor. This…