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
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 |