SALTO Participation and Information (SALTO PI) is seeking a researcher, research team, institution, or company to undertake the cross-sector monitoring of the priority “Participation in Democratic Life, Common Values and Civic Engagement” within the Erasmus+ and European Solidarity Corps programmes, covering projects funded in 2025. Building on the 2021–2024 monitoring cycle, the exercise will adopt a stronger qualitative focus by interpreting trends, patterns, and correlations in the data and providing evidence-informed policy recommendations and strategic foresight to support the future development of the programmes.
What?
The expected outputs are:
- A report on the participation priority within Erasmus+;
- A report on the participation priority within the European Solidarity Corps;
- A technical paper describing the methodology;
- An executive summary of the findings.
The successful applicant shall also provide all materials, databases, datasets, and other files created during the assignment and co-host two presentations of the findings.
Who?
Applications are welcome from any individuals, teams, institutions, organisations, companies or consortiums. However, team and consortium applications should designate a lead coordinator who will act as the primary contact and contractual counterpart.
By when?
- Application deadline: 2 August 2026, end of day;
- Notification of results: 3-5 August 2026 (only selected candidates will be notified);
- Expected duration: 6–12 weeks from contract signature;
- Final delivery deadline: 28 October 2026 (with minor adjustments possible due to special circumstances);
How to apply
Submit the following documents in English to [email protected] with the subject line “Cross-Sector Monitoring 2025”:
- An updated CV (maximum 10 pages);
- A list of publications and/or policy contributions (maximum 5 pages);
- A work statement, including a brief work plan and a financial proposal expressed in euro (€) as a single total amount, inclusive of VAT (maximum 5 pages);
- One to three examples of comparable work completed previously.
Applications will be evaluated against the following criteria: financial costs (15%), previous experience (35%), the list of publications and contributions (25%), and the work statement together with the examples of previous work (25%). SALTO PI encourages and welcomes applications from individuals, teams, institutions and companies from diverse and underrepresented backgrounds, including persons with disabilities or other special needs. We are committed to ensuring an inclusive and fair selection process, and all applications will be evaluated equally and exclusively against the published selection criteria, without discrimination on any grounds.
Financial proposals should be reasonable, proportionate and aligned with the scope of work described in this call, taking into account comparable assignments commissioned by European institutions and programmes.
Before applying
This notice summarises the key elements of the call. Applicants are strongly encouraged to read the full call documentation before applying, as it contains the complete and binding conditions relating to eligibility, consortium applications, contractual arrangements, copyright, revision procedures, and the use of artificial intelligence. Incomplete applications, late submissions, or applications submitted by any means other than those specified above will not be considered.
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Application Instructions