Deadline: 30-Sep-25
Applications are now open for the Meet and Code Grant Program.
The Meet and Code initiative is organized by TechSoup Europe together with the respective country partners from the TechSoup Europe network. The main donor partner is Amazon, supporting the initiative through Amazon Future Engineer by providing financial support and expertise. Colt is a supporting donor partner, contributing additional resources and employee engagement to help bring coding opportunities to more young people across Europe. The TechSoup Europe partners are responsible for coordinating the initiative and selecting the event applications to be supported in their respective countries. Meet and Code was originally developed by Haus des Stiftens, SAP and TechSoup Europe.
Funding Information
- Every approved event will receive funding of 500 euros as start-up support. TechSoup Foundation reserves the right to increase or reduce the amount of funding in individual cases.
Duration
- The funded event must take place between July 1, 2025 and October 31, 2025.
Eligibility Criteria
- Charitable non-profit organizations from the following countries are eligible to apply for the Meet and Code grant: Austria, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Romania, Spain, and the United Kingdom.
- The events should address and include children and youth from underserved and underrepresented groups and must be free of charge for participants.
- The following basic criteria apply to event ideas:
- The submitted event idea should aim to inspire and introduce young people to the world of technology and coding, focusing on the theme of digital skills (coding, robotics, IoT, AI etc.).
- The target audiences are children and youth between 8 and 24 years old.
- Each event must cater to a minimum of 20 children and young people. The events should ideally be focused on and include children and youth with underserved and underrepresented (UU) backgrounds.
- Participation in the event must be free of charge.
- The event must be designed to last a minimum duration of 240 minutes. This timeframe can be achieved in one continuous session or divided into multiple sessions. However, if the event is split into several sessions, the same group of participants must attend all of them – different groups for each session are not allowed. In other words, each participant must be engaged in a total of 240 minutes of learning.
Ineligibility Criteria
- The following event ideas are excluded from funding:
- Events not developed and implemented in one of the participating countries
- Political or religious initiatives
- Projects benefiting only individuals
- Projects not related to Meet and Code
For more information, visit Meet and Code.