The Icam Alumni association works with Icam Alumni, engineers or student members, who are involved in individual solidarity projects.

Through the Challenge Solidarité Icam, open until October 30, 2025, the association is offering a €1,000 grant to 5 alumni with a humanitarian project in line with Icam values. Projects will be evaluated according to the following 4 criteria:

• its solidarity dimension,

• the alumni's contributions and skills in carrying out the project,
• the benefits of the project for the alumni, what they will gain from it

• the "integral ecology" dimension

Who's the challenge for?

The challenge is open to alumni, students or engineers, members of the Icam Alumni association, who graduated before 2018 or who have paid their admission fee to the association.

Which projects are eligible and which are not?

• Individual projects of a humanitarian nature, in France or elsewhere, are eligible.
• Some ideas for action: meal distribution, animation, design of technical objects, coaching - accompaniment - education, etc.
• For residents of disadvantaged neighborhoods, young people on integration schemes, people living in deprived areas, etc.

• are not eligible: compulsory school projects such as experiment, social mission, PAS (social action project), integral ecology mission, or highly structured projects such as the 4L trophy, Europraid(https://europraid.fr/)
  
  

How is the jury constituted?

The jury is made up of 5 people: the Managing Director, 2 engineers and two student representatives.

How to apply :

The application file consists of a summary sheet and a maximum of 5 pages of presentation, including the budget. It should be sent before October 30, 2025, to projets.solidaires@icam-alumni.fr

Challenge selection

Before October 30: submission of applications

November: the jury selects the 5 best projects

• file review and ranking
• project pitch to jury

late November early December

• selection committee meeting for ranking
• communication of winners

During and after their project, the winners of the challenge will communicate with the association to share their experience with alumni.