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Unite! Seed Fund 2026
2026/01/22
OPEN CALL
The Unite! Seed Fund Call “Spring 2026” is officially open, offering funding across three strategic lines: Student Activities, Teaching and Learning, and Research and PhD. The new Unite! Seed Fund funding call is now open until 20 March 2026. The call provides financial support for collaborations between Unite! partner universities, helping to initiate projects and place new or emerging collaborations on a strong and sustainable footing. Interested staff members at TU Darmstadt can learn more and receive advice during an online info session on 2 February 2026.
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2025/12/08
ULisboa will award 30 PhD fellowships under a collaboration agreement between FCT and ULisboa as part of European University Unite!
Universidade de Lisboa (ULisboa) is part of the Unite! – University Network for Innovation, Technology and Engineering, together with Technishe Universität Darmstadt (Germany), Aalto University (Finland), KTH Royal Institute of Technology (Sweden), Grenoble INP – UGA (France), Politecnico di Torino (Italy), Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (Spain), Graz University of Technology (Austria) and Wroclaw University of Science and Technology (Poland). ULisboa and Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT) signed a collaboration agreement to award PhD fellowships under Unite! priority areas.
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2025/12/04
Applications accepted until 15 December
The sixth edition of the ULISSES project (University of Lisbon Interdisciplinary Studies on Sustainable Environment and Seas) is once again inviting students to engage intensively with ocean-related sustainability issues. The application deadline is 15 December 2025.
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Solve & Unite! Hackathon
2025/12/01
Unite! Seed Fund for Student Activity
With the project “Solve & Unite! Hackathon”, students from five Unite! universities have successfully secured funding from the Seed Fund for Student Activity. The planned hackathon will take place in spring in Barcelona and aims to improve the integration of exchange students into the academic, social, and cultural life at Unite! partner universities.
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Picture: Aalto UniversityGet started across Europe with Unite!
2025/11/27
Soft landing services
Expanding into new European markets can be both exciting and challenging. Within the Unite! alliance, a range of soft-landing services has been developed to make this step smoother for start-ups and innovation projects.
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Bild: Patrick BalOrange the World 2025
2025/11/24
Gemeinsam gegen geschlechtsspezifische Gewalt
Auch in diesem Jahr bekennt die TU Darmstadt klar Haltung: Sie beteiligt sich erneut an der UN-Kampagne „Orange the World“, die auf geschlechtsspezifische Gewalt aufmerksam macht. Zwischen dem 25. November, dem Internationalen Tag zur Beendigung der Gewalt gegen Frauen, und dem 10. Dezember, dem Tag der Menschenrechte, werden weltweit Aktionen durchgeführt, um auf diese Form der Menschenrechtsverletzung hinzuweisen, so auch an der TU Darmstadt. In diesem Rahmen lädt die Gleichstellungsbeauftragte Dr.‘in Uta Zybell alle TU-Mitglieder zur Lesung mit Franziska Saxler am 02.12.25 um 12 Uhr ein.
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Bild: Klaus MaiEngagiert, reflektiert, praxisnah: Athene-Preise verliehen
2025/11/20
Tutor:innen, Lehrende und studentische Initiativen mit Vorbildcharakter ausgezeichnet
An der TU Darmstadt sind am gestrigen Mittwoch (19.) die „Athene-Preise für gute Lehre“ verliehen worden. Seit 2010 würdigt die Carlo und Karin Giersch-Stiftung mit der Auszeichnung das besondere Engagement von Einzelpersonen, Gruppen oder Organisationseinheiten in der Lehre. Die Preise sind mit insgesamt 46.000 Euro dotiert. Überreicht werden sie traditionell im Anschluss an den „Tag der Lehre“, der jährlich stattfindet und in diesem Jahr unter dem Leitmotiv „Zukunftskompetenzen in der Lehre“ stand.
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Picture: Lena SchwindAcademic excellence meets exceptional commitment
2025/11/06
International students honoured
On 5 November, TU Darmstadt once again honoured recipients of international scholarships with a ceremony. Among them was Mireille Kroon, winner of the 2025 DAAD Prize for outstanding achievements by international students. The award recognises the excellent academic achievements of the Master's student in Business Mathematics as well as her exceptional social and intercultural commitment. The prize is endowed with 1,000 euros.
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Unite! Research School 2025
2025/11/04
Inspiring the Next Generation of European Engineers
From 3 to 7 November 2025, 200 Master’s and PhD students, researchers, and industry leaders from across Europe gather in Autrans, France for the second edition of the Unite! Research School dedicated to AI and cybersecurity, Space & Tech, and Engineering Biology.
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Neuromorphic AI for Energy-Efficient Automated Driving
2025/11/03
Unite! seed-funded project explores next generation of intelligent vehicles
As automated vehicles become more advanced, their energy demands increase rapidly, especially for perception and decision-making. While conventional AI approaches offer high performance, they are often too energy-intensive for scalable and mobile applications in automated vehicles. A promising alternative is neuromorphic computing, which uses brain-inspired techniques like event-based cameras, spiking neural networks, and specialized low-power hardware.
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Celebrating Multilingualism
2025/11/03
European Day of Languages at TU Darmstadt
Discover languages, experience diversity: On 6 November, TU Darmstadt invites all members of the university community and their families to the second edition of the European Day of Languages. From 9:00 to 19:00, a diverse programme awaits visitors in the Lounge and TUbar of Karo 5.
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Study without worries
2025/10/21
TU and Santander award ten scholarships regardless of grades
Together with Santander Universities, TU Darmstadt is giving away the ‘1,000 € TU Darmstadt Sorgenfrei Scholarship’. The scholarship is open to all students enrolled at TU Darmstadt who are not on leave of absence, regardless of their grades. The application period runs from 20 October 2025 to 27 November 2025, 11:59 p.m.
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Bild: Jannik Hoffmann„Schön, dass Sie da sind!“
2025/10/09
TU heißt Erstsemester-Studierende willkommen
Viele Informationen, ermutigende Worte und der Zauber des Anfangs: Mehr als 1.000 neue Studierende der TU Darmstadt kamen gestern (8. Oktober) zur offiziellen Begrüßung ins Audimax.
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Towards a European Ethohydraulics & Fish Passage Network
2025/10/06
Unite! Seed Fund initiative to advance fish protection and sustainable water systems
European rivers are highly fragmented – by barriers, hydropower, water withdrawals and other alterations to their natural flow. These disruptions pose serious threats to biodiversity and hinder fish migration. In response, a growing European research community on ethohydraulics and fish passage is working to improve ecological connectivity and align water management with sustainability goals.
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Der Weg zur Gründung
2025/10/02
Neue HIGHEST-Ringvorlesung beginnt am 27. Oktober
Schritt für Schritt führt eine Ringvorlesung des Innovations- und Gründungszentrums HIGHEST der TU Darmstadt im Wintersemester 2025/26 in den Prozess der Unternehmensgründung ein. Ziel ist es, Studierende für gründungsrelevante Fragestellungen zu sensibilisieren und ihnen unternehmerisches Denken näherzubringen. Dabei werden die vielfältigen Dimensionen des Gründungsprozesses beleuchtet und durch zahlreiche Beispiele aus der Praxis greifbar gemacht. So werden Inhalte vermittelt, die für einen erfolgreichen Gründungsprozess hilfreich sind und zum eigenständigen unternehmerischen Handeln befähigen.