Notice deadline: 21 January 2027 within hours 13:00
Goals: The call intends to support training and orientation projects aimed at students of lower and upper secondary schools, to increase STEM and ICT knowledge and skills and encourage more informed future training and professional choices. It also aims to make people understand the relevance of these skills for the development of talents and personal inclinations and to accompany the transition between the different study cycles.
Financing Actions: The call intends to finance projects aimed exclusively at a target between the following two:
- male and female students of lower secondary school;
- secondary school students.
The proposed interventions may include actions of:
- training for male and female students, with interactive and innovative methodologies, aimed at bringing them closer to the STEM world and enhancing their talents and diversity, also through the involvement of universities and specialized public or private bodies;
- orientation, curated by industry professionals, on the opportunities offered by secondary and tertiary education and the world of work in the STEM and ICT fields. Businesses and public administrations may be involved, also through direct experiences such as internships and PCTOs;
- training and awareness raising of teachers, families and organizations of the territory, as complementary activities aimed at creating stimulating environments and educational communities free from stereotypes.
The term total of the projects must be between 12 e 24 months.
Projects can take place in one or more regions belonging to the same area of intervention: North and Center or South and Islands.
The activities take place preferably in presence and cannot be created online in asynchronous mode.
Eligible Entities: Proposals must be submitted by partnerships composed of 3 a 8 subjects, including the Responsible Party, and predict at least 3 partner schools. These do not fall within the numerical limit and the beneficiary students must belong to the schools involved.
Il Responsible party must be a private non-profit entity, established for at least two years and with registered office in Italy; it cannot be a trade association or a trade union.
The other partners they must be public or private non-profit entities with registered office in Italy. Companies can participate only for training and orientation activities that the other partners are not able to carry out independently and can manage overall no more than 30% of the requested contribution.
Financial allocation: The announcement provides an overall amount of 25 millions euro, thus divided:
- 14 million for the North and Central area;
- 11 million for the South and Islands area.
In base al target, they are destined 7 million for projects aimed at lower secondary schools and 18 million to those aimed at secondary school. The resources not used in one of the two areas will flow into the ceiling of the other.
Amount of Contribution: The requested contribution must be included Between 800 thousand and 3 millions euro.Procedure for submitting the application: The projects, accompanied by all the required documentation, must be completed and sentexclusively online through the Re@dy platform within hours 13:00 of the 21 January 2027.
