Comenius Programme
About
The Comenius grants enable teaching staff in the Netherlands to put their ideas about how to innovate education into practice. The Dutch government aims to contribute to more widely varied careers for teaching staff and researchers in universities and universities of applied sciences by openly recognising excellent and inspired teaching.
There are three types of Comenius grants for teaching staff depending on their experience:
- Teaching Fellow (> 2 years of teaching experience, no limit on application);
- Senior Fellow (> 5 years of teaching experience, one application per faculty);
- Leadership Fellow (> 7 years of teaching experience, one application per institution).
Comenius Grant application 2025
In accordance with Vice President Education, TU Delft has decided on a nominee for the Leadership Fellow 2025 grant.
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Teaching
Senior
Leadership
Themes
4 themes (changing every year)
No specific themes
Length of the project
min 12 months
max 18 months
min 24 months
max 30 months
min 36 months
max 42 months
Budget per project
50.000 euro
100.000 euro
500.000 euro
Scale of Impact
a single study programme (course/subject)
in a faculty or degree programme
across several faculties or an entire institution
Min yrs of teaching experience
> 2 yrs
> 5 yrs
> 7 yrs
Limit of applications
No limit
One per faculty
One per university
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Themes are for Teacher and Senior Fellow grants, does not regard the Leadership Fellow grant.
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Projects within this theme focus on the question how new education forms can be developed in a successful way and implemented into higher educational, so these will benefit the students. For instance, student-driven education, learning communities, challenge-based learning or technological innovations. For a full description see the Knowledge agenda.
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Projects within this theme focus on improving the wellbeing of students, so their experiences during their student period are improved. For instance, projects that aim to improve students’ connection with education, energy sources or the resilience of students. For a full description see the Knowledge agenda.
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Projects within this theme focus on the question how students can be prepared for and contribute to the larger societal issues of the future. For instance, projects that focus on teaching important competencies or projects in which students will work transdisciplinary with other students and societal partners. For a full description see the Knowledge agenda.
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Within the open theme, it is possible to choose from a wide range of topics. These are projects that contribute to the innovation and improvement of higher education for the benefit of students. Projects within this theme focus on topics that arise from the teacher's curiosity in education design.
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The Leadership Fellow projects are not submitted within a certain theme. These are intended to give a boost to the educational ambitions of the university as formulated in the strategic (education) plan of TU Delft.
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Overview of the procedures & deadlines 2024-2025