Who

Education professionals

Application

By the teacher

Sum

€ 50.000

Deadline

10 September (for the letter of intent (the starting point of your application))

Education professionals in higher education can apply for a €50,000 grant to implement a teaching innovation within a subject or course. 

The themes for the upcoming application round (2025) for the Teaching and Senior Fellow projects are:

• Education forms of the future
• Student wellbeing
• Societal issues
• Open theme

Need help with your application?

Make an appointment with Anna Terra Verhage of SAZ. Laura Schneider (FSW Education Policy) is also available for advice.

Who

Educational professionals with at least 5 years of teaching experience

Application

FSW selects one project

Sum

€ 100.000

Deadline

12 August (for the FSW selection)

Mid-level education professionals can apply for a €100,000 grant to implement an educational innovation within a faculty, major program or substantial component of a higher education institution. 

The themes for the upcoming application round (2025) for Senior Fellow projects are:

• Educational Forms of the Future
• Student welbeing
• Social issues
• Free theme

Faculty procedure Comenius Senior application

For the Comenius Senior application, only one nomination is allowed per faculty. The selection for FSW will take place on 20 August during the meeting of the programme directors with the vice dean (portfolio holder for Education). To participate in this faculty selection, a short project plan (approximately 1 to 1.5 A4) can be submitted to Laura Schneider at l.i.schneider@fsw.leidenuniv.nl no later than 12 August (23:59h).

The project plan should describe the following issues: the design and intended results of the project, which innovation is involved within education, on what scale and in what context the innovation will be implemented, the duration and budget of the project, and which roles and tasks are required. You must also coordinate your plan with your institute's education director. Notification of the outcome of the faculty selection will follow no later than 26 August.

It is possible to receive feedback on your project plan. Please contact Laura Schneider (FSW Educational Policy) to schedule a consultation between July 2 and July 19. Anna Terra Verhage (SAZ) is also available for this purpose. 

Who

Educational projects which are (almost) completed & for which there is a concrete need for faculty-wide scale-up

Application

By teachers, UDs, UHs or professors of at least 2 faculties

Sum

A maximum of € 300.000 can be requested per year

Deadline

22 September 2024 17:00h

Grassfields is a new funding scheme available for upscaling educational innovations.

Grassfields will provide funding for recently completed and ongoing educational projects with potential for wider deployment within the university. In this way, the fund aims to help ensure that successful teaching innovations can be adopted by other faculties.  

Who

Master student

Application

Teacher/thesis supervisor

Prize

€ 3.000

Deadline

4 October 2024

From the Jan Brouwer Fund, the Royal Dutch Society of Sciences (KHMW) has awarded thesis prizes for the humanities and social sciences every year since 2015. In 2025, this involves ten prizes of €3,000 each.

Who

Master student

Application

Teacher/thesis supervisor

Prize

€ 3.000 (first prize) / € 1.000 (second prize)

Deadline

4 October 2024

Every two years, the Royal Dutch Science Society (KHMW), gives out awards funded by the J.C. Baak Fund. This graduation prize is awarded to a master's thesis on research relevant to the peaceful coexistence of different peoples. This includes fields of science such as philosophy, international relations, political science, law or sociology. As of 2025, there will be two prizes, a 1st prize of € 3,000 and a 2nd prize of € 1,000.