The Mercator Alumni Network is full of people who bring along curiosity and commitment, but also broad expertise, experiences and a diversity of skills from education, career or voluntary work. We support alumni who want to organize and implement ideas for events or projects together in the network.
Do you want to continue working with other alumni on the topics you learned about during the Mercator-funded program or scholarship? Are you an expert in a certain field and would like to share your knowledge with other alumni in a workshop, a seminar, or on an educational trip. Or are you interested in organizing discussion and exchange on socio-political topics in the network through your format?
The Mercator Alumni Fund offers grants of up to a maximum of 5,000.00€ for the planning and implementation of project ideas or events by alumni.
What are the eligibility criteria?
The offer is aimed at alumni of the Mercator Foundation. The proposed project idea or event must be compatible with the strategic goals of Stiftung Mercator and provide a link to the Foundation’s thematic areas:
· Digital society
· Europe in the world
· Climate action
· Participation and cohesion
In addition, projects can also be funded in such areas as democracy, law, civil society, exchange, diversity, education, and science.
More information on the foundation strategy can be found here Mercator - Strategy 2025 – Stiftung Mercator (stiftung-mercator.de)