Call for proposals: Apply for the EELISA Joint Academic Call and create innovative educational offerings with partners from our European university

Open to faculty, researchers and academic staff from Université PSL in collaboration with at least one other EELISA member university, the call is structured to support pilot implementations that combine academic quality, recognition, and long-term potential for integration into regular curricula.

The call for proposals covers : 

• Course Pairing (up to 5000 euros): Linking of existing courses or programs from two or more institutions so that parts of their teaching are delivered collaboratively without modifying the core learning outcomes
• Joint Courses (up to 8000 euros)
• EELISA Microcredentials (up to 10,000 euros): Short, formally certified learning experience that includes defined learning outcomes, workload (expressed in ECTS or equivalent), explicit assessment, and quality assurance; in line with EU micro-credentials principles
• Alignment of existing degrees with the EELISA Engineer Profile (up to 3,000 euros)
• Joint Degrees (up to 15,000 euros)

These pedagogical offerings will directly benefit Université PSL academics and students, who will have access to an international curriculum and learning environment supported by our European university.

To discuss the Joint Academic Call and what it means for Université PSL and EELISA at large, we spoke with Christian Lerminiaux, former director of Chimie ParisTech - PSL (through April 13, 2026) and member of the EELISA Governing Board.

What is the Joint Academic Call and why was it created?

The Joint Academic Call, that we decided to implement during the last Governing Board (November 2025, Istanbul), is essentially a call to encourage the evolution of different curricula across EELISA institutions towards something that is suitable for students from the Alliance. As of today, most of the students in our institutions follow curricula that have been designed for local purposes. What we need to do in developing the European university and alliance is ensure we have greater mobility between institutions and more mobility opportunities (in-person and/or virtual) for students from one institution willing to get a degree from another one. For this, we need to change the current curricula to fit the possibility that students move between institutions. The Joint Academic Call is designed to allow curriculum directors to receive funding to adapt to this possible mobility.

How will the call benefit EELISA academics and the larger EELISA community?

The idea is that if you oversee curricula and are willing to have more students participate in mobility within your program, you may apply for this funding. The Call will certainly benefit students, who will be able to access curricula in multiple institutions, European- and EELISA-wide. This will be a huge benefit as the mobility will be recogniwed by an EELISA Supplement, and students will also receive some EELISA credits. At the end of the day, this recognition will show that students are open-minded and have been exposed to international and European learning contexts. That has tremendous value, I think, for when students look for a job and gain employment.

Ton find out more about the Joint Academic Call and submit your application: https://eelisa.eu/first-joint-academic-call-for-proposals/

Questions? An information session for the Université PSL academic community will be held on May 26 at 12 pm, on Teams (in French). Registration is required.