The Czech University of Life Sciences Prague has become the 14th Czech university which is part of a supported European University Alliance

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The European Commission has published the results of the call for proposals for two-year financial support for European University Alliances.

The European Commission selected for funding 20 of the 36 applications submitted under the 2026 call, which was open to both already funded and non-funded alliances. The Commission launched the call primarily as two-year bridge funding for previously funded alliances whose grants expire in 2026, to help them bridge the gap until the start of the new programming period in 2028. Nineteen of the selected applications are from alliances that have received funding in the past, and the European Commission has now selected the application from the EuroLeague of Life Science Universities (ELLS) alliance, which previously held the Seal of Excellence.

The Czech University of Life Sciences Prague is a member of this alliance, making it the 14th Czech university to be part of a funded alliance. Among Czech universities, Charles University (the 4EU+ alliance) and Masaryk University (EDUC) received funding to continue their activities in this year’s call. All supported alliances are listed below: 

  • 4EU+  
  • ARQUS 
  • CHARM-EU 
  • CIVICA 
  • CIVIS 
  • ECIU University 
  • EDUC 
  • ELLS 
  • EPICUR  
  • EU GREEN 
  • EU4DUAL 
  • EU-CONEXUS 
  • EUGLOH 
  • EUTOPIA 
  • FORTHEM 
  • INGENIUM 
  • SEA-EU 
  • UNA.Europa 
  • Unite!  
  • YUFE 

Twenty selected alliances, comprising 190 higher education institutions, will receive funding to support the long-term institutional integration and mainstreaming of their activities. The 2026 call has a total budget of 145.6 million euros. Each of the selected alliances will receive bridge funding of up to 7.2 million euros over two years, with activities set to begin in the autumn or winter of 2026. 

Czechia now boasts 14 universities participating in these alliances, representing more than half of its public universities:

  • Czech Technical University in Prague (EuroTeQ)  
  • Czech University of Life Sciences Prague (ELLS)
  • University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice (KreativEU)  
  • Masaryk University (EDUC)  
  • Mendel University in Brno (HEROES)  
  • University of Ostrava (NEOLAiA)  
  • Silesian University in Opava (STARS EU)  
  • Technical University of Liberec (RUN-EU)
  • Charles University (4EU+)  
  • Palacký University in Olomouc (Aurora)  
  • Tomas Bata University in Zlín (PIONEER)  
  • VSB – Technical University of Ostrava (U!REKA)  
  • Brno University of Technology (EULiST)  
  • University of West Bohemia in Pilsen (EUPeace)   

The European Commission will publish another call for bridge funding this year for the remaining alliances whose grants will end in 2027. For more information, visit the European Commission’s website.