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How to Fund Your Sustainability Project Idea

Name: How to Fund Your Sustainability Project Idea
Start: 2024-03-12T19:00:00+00:00
End: 2024-03-12T20:30:00+00:00
Location: Online

12 March @ 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Discover how to secure up to CHF 10,000 for your sustainability project idea with the U Change funding programme. Learn from the project manager of Klimaplausch and turn your vision into action. Limited spots – Register now!

Event description

You are interested in sustainability, have your own project ideas and are still looking for funding? Then this workshop is just right for you. The U Change funding programme for student initiatives finances projects in the field of sustainability. Each project can receive up to CHF 10’000. The current call for U Change projects is open and ends on the 30st of April 2024! This workshop is the perfect opportunity to learn more about fundraising activities and the U Change programme.

Programme

In the first part of the workshop, the project manager of U Change, Yves Gärtner, explains how the funding application process works, gives tips for a successful funding proposal, provides background information and answers your questions.

In the second part, you’ll get an inside look at a U Change-sponsored project Klimaplausch. Project leader Karoline Harrer will guide you through the most important steps of her project and give you some tips, that will help you to submit a successful proposal.

We will end the workshop with a summary of tips and opportunities for successful fundraising and open the floor for a Q&A.

Facilitator

Yves Gärtner, Project Manager, funding programme U Change.

Karoline Harrer, Project Manager Klimaplausch.

Co-organiser

U Change is a funding programme for student projects for sustainable development and platform structures supporting such student initiatives. It is run by the Network for Transdisciplinary Research of the Swiss Academies of Arts and Sciences. The main goal of U Change is to anchor sustainable development at Swiss higher education institutions.