The project provides financial support for the exchange and mobility of students and teachers between the three universities of the Euregio through the proposal of joint educational initiatives.

In the initial phase, the Euregio Mobility Fund was allocated to students and teachers of the University of Innsbruck, the Free University of Bolzano and the University of Trento, and the total amount was set at €100,000 per year. Later, the offer will be extended to all universities, EURAC Research and similar institutions that cooperate within the Euregio.

Possible fundable initiatives are joint educational activities such as: courses, lessons, workshops, seminars, joint e-learning initiatives, study trips, summer or winter schools.

So far, 43 tri- or bilateral projects have been promoted, in various scientific fields, and approximately 1200 students and 200 teachers have been involved.

For information on the Euregio Mobility Fund calls, you can contact the project partner universities and their contact persons:

Free University of Bozen-Bolzano - Kathrin Staffler: [email protected]
University of Innsbruck - Barbara Tasser: [email protected]
University of Trento - Mara Sartori: [email protected]

The Euregio supports scientific research by financing multi-year research projects. The Euregio Science Fund promotes multi-year and joint research projects (IPN - International Project Networks) involving the three regions of the Euregio. The topic is chosen by the proposing consortium in line with the objectives of the Euregio Science Fund in order to strengthen interregional scientific cooperation.

The first mission concerns teaching for quality education, which is attentive to the needs of the university community. Among the objectives is innovation in teaching, which means exploring new approaches, methodologies, content, spaces and enhancing the use of technology; but also connecting teaching and research more closely. The aim is to consolidate the center responsible for teacher training and teaching innovation (FormID) in order to promote training, experimentation and reflection on new participatory, inclusive and flexible practices.

The second concerns research. The objectives are the promotion of quality with respect to the best international standards; encouraging participation in national actions (such as the Pnr and Pnrr); strengthening and renewing the university's research system (support functions, technological infrastructure adaptation); making the University of Trento a point of reference at a national and international level on the issues of research integrity, open data and open science; positioning UniTrento among the national and international leaders for innovation and synergic relationship between research and entrepreneurship.

Finally, the third mission involves the university's commitment to supporting the local territory and society in a process of evolution and maturation based on the principles of sustainable growth and widespread innovation. To relaunch the university's role as a strategic partner of the provincial school system, the Teacher Training and School Relations (Firs) group will be used as a space for sharing strategies and good practices, in collaboration with FormID.
UniTrento also believes it is necessary to strengthen the visibility of its research results and work to build a "scientific citizenship" based on shared knowledge.

The project is currently at its fifth call. To view the calls for past editions (2020 and previous) visit the dedicated section.

Registrations are now open for the 2025 edition of the Euregio Young Researcher Award. This year's theme will be competitiveness: candidates will be able to investigate it from a wide range of perspectives: ethical and administrative aspects, mobility, education and innovation.

The award is open to young researchers up to the age of 35 (born after 15/08/1990). Those enrolled at universities, colleges and research institutes in the Euregio or those who are originally from the Euregio and work at any university or research institute in the world can participate.

To participate in the competition, interested young researchers must submit a paper in English by 6 April 2025 via an online registration form. Applications are possible in the following disciplines:

• Category 1: Economics, social sciences, law, education and human sciences
• Category 2: Technical sciences, natural sciences and medicine

A high-level jury, led by Ulrike Tappeiner, President of the Free University of Bolzano, will select the best projects by 23 May 2025. The selected young researchers will be invited to present their work on the morning of Saturday 16 August 2025 at the Tyrol Days at the European Forum in Alpbach. The finalists will be reimbursed for their travel expenses to Alpbach as well as their accommodation there (maximum two nights).

The young researcher with the best project will receive 5,000 euros. The second-placed will receive 2,500 euros, and the third-placed 1,000 euros. During the award ceremony, which will take place on the evening of 16 August 2025, the three prizes sponsored by the Chambers of Commerce of the three Euregio territories will be awarded.

• NeuroTrain: Neurocognition of arithmetic (re-)learning - Manuela Piazza, CIMeC
• INTERFACE - Investigating the surface energy balance over mountain areas - Lorenzo Giovannini, Department of Civil, Environmental and Mechanical Engineering
• Atmosferic Boundary-layer modelling over complex terrain - Lorenzo Giovannini, Department of Civil, Environmental and Mechanical Engineering