CALL FOR APPLICATIONS – BOOTCAMP 2025
The Puglia System for Just Sustainable Innovation
📅 May 14, 2025 | Bari & Castellana Grotte
💡 Water. Food. Innovation. Regulation. A future shaped by you!
Are you passionate about sustainability, innovation, and shaping the future of food and water management? Join us for an exclusive one-day Bootcamp where science meets policy, business, civil society organizations, innovators to generate solutions for real-world challenges by exploring their technical, legal, social, institutional, and economic dimension.
What’s at Stake?
Water is one of our most critical resources—yet climate change, urbanization, and overconsumption threaten its availability. The AWARE-EU.EU project is pioneering aquaponics and water reuse, turning wastewater into a valuable resource to grow fish and vegetables sustainably. But we need bright minds like yours to co-design solutions that make these innovations replicable, scalable, and impactful.
Why Should You Join?
Hands-on Challenge: Work in multidisciplinary teams to solve real sustainability problems.
Site Visit & Field Experience: Get behind the scenes at AWARE’s pilot aquaponics farm and Acquedotto Pugliese’s Palazzo dell’Acqua.
Mentorship & Networking: Collaborate with top experts, institutions, and industry leaders.
Impactful Opportunity: The best idea will be presented at the Common Home Event at Luiss in Rome on June 26, 2025, with the chance to receive funding for a start-up/spin-off.
Be Part of Change: Gain insights into water reclamation, food sustainability, and circular economy innovations.
Who Can Apply?
We are selecting up to 50 outstanding students from diverse backgrounds:
✔ students from high schools & hospitality institutes (Castellana area).
✔ university students from UniBa, Politecnico di Bari, UniSalento, UniFoggia.
✔ students from IAMB – CIHEAM.
✔ students from Luiss Graduate School (e.g. MSc in Strategic Management, MSc in Law, Digital Innovation and Sustainability).
Hurry up, space is limited!
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How to apply?
Interested candidates should apply by filling out the form available at this link: ENG: ENGLISH VERSION FORM
The deadline for submission is May 5th at 18:00 PM. Selection will be based on merit, motivation, and diversity. Selected candidates will be informed by May 7th.
Contacts
Mail mkrstic@luiss.it and staff@labgov.it
Link website https://www.aware-eu.eu/the-project/
