Part of the Second edition 2025-26 of the UCF Edu – Fund Platform: UniCredit Foundation UniCredit renews its commitment to education and social inclusion by launching an initiative that supports programs aimed at combating educational poverty, aimed at students aged 11 to 19. Up to €6 million in financing is available for local, national, or international initiatives in the European countries where UniCredit operates.

The platform aims to develop programs that adopt a multidimensional approach to combat school dropout, strengthen skills for employment, enhance university education, and promote the quality of teaching. Nonprofit organizations—Third Sector Entities (ETS) registered with the RUNTS—can apply by choosing from three funding lines:

• Small-scale (up to 300 thousand euros): high-impact local projects;
• Mid-scale (up to 600 thousand euros): structured national or local programmes;
• Large-scale (over 600 thousand euros): multi-country or broad-based national projects.

The initiative is aimed at programs implemented in Austria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, and Slovenia and is open to organizations with consolidated experience in the education sector.

Applications are open until February 16, 2026 and must be submitted in English through the dedicated platform from here