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Grants & innovation programmes

Looking for ways to realise your educational innovation

Below is an overview of grants and fellowship programmes available for teachers at UT. Click on each grant or fellowship name to explore details and information.

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Comenius

The Dutch government offers Comenius grants to enhance the innovation and improvement of higher education. Three different kinds of grants can give you the means to take great steps in the innovation of your course or programme: the Teaching Fellow (for relatively new teachers, €50,000.-, 1 – 1.5 year project), Senior Fellow (for more experienced teachers, € 100,000.-, 2 – 2,5 year project) and Leadership Fellow (for senior academics, €500,000.-, 3 – 3.5 year project). More information can be found on the NRO website.

Brinksma Innovation Grant

The BIG is an annual grant to an individual (academic) member of staff to develop and/or test an innovative didactic concept in a course or module at the University of Twente. As such, the BIG is a reward for staff who continuously improve their teaching.

The grant includes financial compensation of 0.2 FTE of the winner's appointment for a period of one calendar year, to be awarded to the department. In addition, the winner will have access to expert support from the CELT team and will receive funding of up to 2.5k for travel and other expenses associated with the project. Finally, the winner receives a small trophy (a bronze pig) associated with the Dutch abbreviation of the name of the grant.