Description

• The EUCA aims at stimulating and financially supporting initiatives to benefit the European control community at large, by allocating 20.000 euros per year in the years 2025-2027.
• The list of possible activities that may be regarded as eligible for support includes, but is not limited to: teaching material in the area of systems and control; workshops of broad interest; lecture series; videos of educational nature; … (provided that the material will become available to everybody through the EUCA website or the EUCA Youtube channel).
• Initiatives related to the European Control Conference are eligible for support, provided that they respect the spirit of benefitting the whole European control community at large.
• Initiatives involving proponents from different countries are strongly encouraged.
• Research activities or activities that bring a profit to the organizers are not eligible.
• The main applicant must be working in Europe at the time of application, by this meaning one of the countries that are represented in the EUCA General Assembly.

Implementation

• The deadline for submitting applications is January 31st, 2026 January 10th, 2026

• Each applicant must submit a 3-page-proposal illustrating the details of the initiative, the involved organizers, and showing in which way the initiative benefits the European control community at large.
• Each application must include a budget and the list of financial sponsors (including the estimated support they will receive from them).
• Funds are allocated with the understanding that if they become unnecessary the applicants will inform the Council and renounce to them.
• The organizers of the supported initiatives are expected to submit a financial report immediately before the event/initiative, and at the end of it. The last instalment of the supported funds will be paid only once the final financial report has been received.

Applications and inquiries may be submitted by email to the Chair of the Selection Committee, Christophe Prieur (christophe.prieur@gipsa-lab.fr).