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

Application Form

    Please note that only information sent in English will be considered and evaluated.

    A. Name of the project

    Please fill in the complete name of your project, in English

    B. Presentation of the applicant school

    B.1. Contact details

    B.2. Description of the applicant school/university

    Please provide a brief overview of your school, including details of its management and projects to date (title, short description, source of funding, the project budget)

    C. Description of the Project

    C.1. Scope of the Project

    Please provide the scope of the project

    C.2. Objective of the Project

    Please provide a general objective and specific objectives of the project.

    C.3. Target group and beneficiaries

    Please provide information about the target group and the direct beneficiaries of the project (categories, number of direct beneficiaries etc.).

    C.4. Implementation period

    The implementation period must between January 1st 2026 and December 31st 2026.

    C.5. Description of the project

    Please provide a brief description of the project.

    C.6. Description of the activities

    Please provide a detailed description of each activity of the project.

    C.7. Calendar of the project

    Please provide a detailed description of the calendar of activities.

    C.8. Partners (if applicable)

    Please state all the partners involved in the implementation of the project (if applicable).

    D. Budget

    Please provide the Budget only in EUR (budgets in other currencies will not be considered and this will lead to disqualification of the project). Budget must be detailed for each activity of the project.

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    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

    No

    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