We are glad to announce the third “Student competition of social and cultural projects”.

Project proposals need to correspond to one of UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) (https://sdgs.un.org/goals) and/or echo the  areas of special interest of TMA strategic development plan: 

(1) Community engagement 

(2) Health awareness raising and advocacy

(3) Environmental and Planetary Health.

(The expected outcomes defined in grant proposals in the social and cultural direction must demonstrate a certain scientific and/or practical significance. Accordingly, the project plan must include appropriate methods of data collection and analysis, the results of which will be reflected in both the interim and final reports.)

Conditions of the project proposals:

Documents to be presented:

1) Filled out application form (view the attached annex)

2) Motivation letter for project implementation (should be written by an applicant or project team), indicating also roles and responsibilities of project participant(s)

3) Confirmation letters of collaboration from the partner organizations (in case of such)

Proposal submission deadline: April 30th, 2026. 

Applicant(s): All TMA students with active student status are eligible to participate in the social and cultural student project grant competition. The project implementation team must consist of at least two and no more than six members. The team must obligatorily have a student project leader, while the remaining roles and responsibilities shall be distributed among the team members according to the project goals and planned activities.

Involvement of TMA academic or invited staff as project advisors will be highly encouraged while it promotes TMA culture and enhances unity of TMA community.  

Duration of the project needs to be a minimum of 3 and a maximum of 6 months. Throughout the project duration, the applicants are entitled to present interim and final reports, with the consideration of the project duration.

Budget: The maximum budget for each project should not exceed 3000 GEL. The applicant should be a TMA student or student group. The budget does not consider the salaries. A contract will be signed with the authors of the winning project.

The project proposals need to be sent no later than April 30th, 2026, on the following e-mail:  studentgrants@tma.edu.ge. The Subject line of the e-mail should state „Competition for Social and Cultural Student projects “.

For further queries related to the competition please contact:  studentgrants@tma.edu.ge  

Application form