skill.ED - 2025

Objective

The objective of this open grant is to support general, vocational and technical education in the selected countries, regardless of the field.

Theme

The projects which will submitted must develop the general, vocational and technical education by any means, such as (but not limiting to): equipping a laboratory, purchasing specific equipment, setting up specialized classes, offering scholarships for students, organizing internships etc.
Only state institutions are eligible to receive funding within this Program.

Who can apply?

Regular, Vocational and Technical High Schools / Secondary Schools and Universities, which perform their activity in the participating countries.

Participating countries

Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lichtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovak Republic, Spain, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States

When?

The registration period starts on 25th of September and ends on 31st of October 2025.

How?

Create a project that will develop general, vocational and/or technical education in your high school/secondary school or in your university. The projects can include a different range of activities and actions, such as: equipping a laboratory, purchasing specific equipment, setting up specialized classes, offering scholarships for students, organizing internships etc.

Value of the grant

The total value of the Grant is of 200.000 EUR:

Each project may receive 10.000 EUR (or less) funding for the implementation. The budget of the winning project may exceed 10.000 EUR but the difference has to be covered by the applicant.

Where?

Fill in the Application Form online and submit it: CLICK HERE

Please take into consideration that the Application Form cannot be saved and you will have to send it as soon as you fill it.

Information

We would like to thank to all the schools and universities for the outstanding participation to skill.ED 2025 and their dedication to improve education through innovation and collaboration. 🙌🏻

 

Because we were thrilled by the incredible number of projects received for skill.ED 2025, we have decided to offer funding to all the projects that were evaluated with and above the minimum score required to receive funding (270 points).

 

Congratulations to all the participants! 👏🏻

Contracts will be sent starting with January 2026.

skill.ED 2025 - Evaluation

skill.ED 2025 – projects that will receive funding

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Name of the project

Name of the school

Country

Score

 

1

Expanding the Skills of Practical Training at

the Holztechnikum Kuchl

Holztechnikum Kuchl

BetriebsGmbH

 

Austria

 

294

 

2

Inclusive Culinary Lab: Modern Kitchen for

Vocational Training

Saint Mary Special High School

for the Hearing Impaired

 

Romania

 

292

 

 

3

 

 

MST_ Innovation Hub

Ion Mincu University of Architecture and Urban

Planning (UAUIM)

 

 

Romania

 

 

292

 

 

4

Establishment of a school woodworking classroom for practical technical education

Elisaveta Vazova Vocational High School of Design

 

 

Bulgaria

 

 

291

 

 

 

5

XYLOTHEQUE Lecturing Room for Macroscopic Study of Wood and Bark for Students at the Technical University in

Zvolen

 

 

 

Technical University in Zvolen

 

 

 

Slovakia

 

 

 

290

 

 

6

TSD CloudLabAI: Building Future-Ready Technical Skills Through Cloud Computing

and Artificial Intelligence

 

 

Technical school Daruvar

 

 

Croatia

 

 

288

 

7

Development of a Neuromarketing and

Consumer Behavior Laboratory

 

BABEȘ-BOLYAI UNIVERSITY

 

Romania

 

287

 

8

Green technologies for children and young

people

“Jacques M. Elias” Technological

High School

 

Romania

 

287

9

Physics laboratory for HTL Braunau

HTBLA Braunau am Inn

Austria

285

10

Kronospan Tools for Tomorrow Talents

Střední škola stavební Jihlava

Czech Republic

283

 

 

11

Education with RFID – School of the Future for Industry 4.0

Zespół Szkół Ekonomicznych im. bł. ks. Romana Sitki w Mielcu

 

 

Poland

 

 

283

 

 

12

Educational Platform for Hydrogen Technologies

University of Zagreb Faculty of Mechanical Engineering and

Naval Architecture

 

 

Croatia

 

 

283

 

13

Project SENSE – Sensory Empowerment

for Inclusive and Supportive Education

“Yordan Yovkov” Secondary

School – Burgas

 

Bulgaria

 

282

 

14

MULTIMEDIA THEATER-FILM STUDIO – The

Art of Acting in the 21st Century

National College of Art, Tîrgu

Mureș

 

Romania

 

282

 

15

 

MAKE IT HAPPEN!

ESARDI (Amposta School of Art

and Design)

 

Spain

 

282

 

 

16

V-ABLE: Virtual Reality Assisted Vocational Laboratory for Employment

Recep Tayyip Erdogan University, Faculty of Education

 

 

Turkey

 

 

280

 

 

17

SMART AMR 4.0: INTEGRATION OF 3D VISION, COLLABORATIVE ROBOTICS, AND

FLEET MANAGEMENT IN VET

 

 

CIFP Simón de Colonia

 

 

Spain

 

 

279

 

 

18

CNC WoodLab 4.0 – Modernizing Wood Processing Education for Students and

Small Crafts

 

 

Craft School Požega

 

 

Croatia

 

 

279

 

 

19

SmartHome Lab 4.0: Eco-Systems of Industrial and Home Automation for the

Skills of Tomorrow’s Market

Centrum Kształcenia Zawodowego i Ustawicznego w

Strzelcach Opolskich

 

 

Poland

 

 

279

 

 

 

20

Sensors, Physics and AI Lab for Industrial

Training (SPARK-ED)

Faculty of Science, University of

Kragujevac

 

Serbia

 

278

 

 

21

 

 

Green Future and Artificial Intelligence

M. V. Lomonosov School of Electrotechnics and Electronics

 

 

Bulgaria

 

 

278

 

 

 

22

Procurement of Laboratory Equipment for IoT and Networking Technologies, Electrical Measurements, and

Measurements in Electrical Power

 

 

 

The First Technical School

 

 

 

Serbia

 

 

 

278

 

23

Educational and Scientific Field Station for

Environmental Monitoring Research

Taras Shevchenko National

University of Kyiv

 

Ukraine

 

278

 

24

RoboMakers – Coding & Robotics for

Future Skills

Şehit Barış Öztürk Secondary

School

 

Turkey

 

277

 

 

 

25

 

 

 

Eco-STEM HUB “SmartGreenHouse”

Skole Secondary School I–III levels No. 2 named after Stefania Vitruk of Skole City

Council

 

 

 

Ukraine

 

 

 

277

 

 

26

Safe Science – Expanding Chemical Education at 1st Secondary School

Großenhain

 

 

Oberschule Am Kupferberg

 

 

Germany

 

 

276

 

 

 

27

 

 

 

A 3d printed educational research pavilion

Technical University of Cluj-Napoca TUCN

Faculty of Architecture and

Urban Planning

 

 

 

Romania

 

 

 

276

 

 

28

 

 

AI Lab – Creating the Future

IV Secondary School with Bilingual and Integrative Classes

in Jasło

 

 

Poland

 

 

276

 

29

 

Program Your Future

Vocational Training Centre No.1

in Jaslo

 

Poland

 

276

 

 

 

30

 

 

CraftPRO – a workshop for modern carpenter

Communal institution “Dnipro Higher Vocational School of Construction” of the Dnipro City

Council

 

 

 

Ukraine

 

 

 

275

 

 

31

 

 

Telling the Story of Water with Digital Art

Tenzile Erdoğan Anadolu Lisesi – Tenzile Erdogan Anatolian

High School

 

 

Turkey

 

 

273

 

 

32

Integrate obstetrics for cattle into

everyday school life and master difficult situations using a dystocia simulator

Landwirtschaftliche Fachschule Kleßheim

 

 

Austria

 

 

272

 

33

 

Skilled automation student

Zespół Szkół Technicznych w

Szczecinku

 

Poland

 

271

 

 

34

 

 

DOBOT Magician Mini Car Assembly Line

FEJE Noroeste – La Merced y

San Francisco Javier – Jesuitas Burgos

 

 

Spain

 

 

271

 

 

35

ElectroLab: a modern electricity and magnetism laboratory for engineering

education

Dmytro Motornyi Tavria State Agrotechnological University

(TSATU)

 

 

Ukraine

 

 

271

 

 

36

EduPneumatics – Mechatronics for practice

Gymnázium, Obchodná akadémia a Stredná odborná

škola Detva

 

 

Slovakia

 

 

270

 

 

37

3D Digital Fashion Design Laboratory at

the National Academy of Arts (NAA)

 

National Academy of Arts (NAA)

 

Bulgaria

 

270

 

38

STEM EduLab — Innovation Laboratory for

Teaching and Learning

Matej Bel University, Faculty of

Natural Sciences

 

Slovakia

 

270

 

39

Laboratory for the Physicochemical

Properties of Wood-Based Materials

Warsaw University of Life

Sciences

 

Poland

 

270

 

 

40

Industrial Robotics and Mechatronics Laboratory: a modern learning space for

future engineers

National Aerospace University “Kharkiv Aviation Institute”

 

 

Ukraine

 

 

270

 

 

 

 

41

 

 

 

Innovative Learning through 3D Printing and Virtual Reality in Technical Education

Separate structural subdivision “Professional College of Kremenchug Mykhailo Ostrogradsky National

University”

 

 

 

 

Ukraine

 

 

 

 

270

 

42

 

SmartFinance: Financial Literacy for Youth

Odesa National Economic

University (ONEU)

 

Ukraine

 

270

 

 

43

STEM Bridge: Digital Integration of Science Education at Bratkivtsi Lyceum

Bratkivtsi Lyceum of the Stryi City Council of the Stryi District,

Lviv Region

 

 

Ukraine

 

 

270

 

 

44

STEM Robotics Laboratory Development at Igor Sikorsky Kyiv Polytechnic Institute

National Technical University of Ukraine “Igor Sikorsky Kyiv

Polytechnic Institute”

 

 

Ukraine

 

 

270

 

 

45

STEM-lab for Young Innovators — Laboratory for Junior Researchers

Novovolynsk Lyceum №1 of

Novovolynsk City Council, Volyn Region

 

 

Ukraine

 

 

270