SURF Open and Online Education Stimulus Package
The Ministry of Education, Culture and Research together with SURF published the Open and Online Education Stimulus Package to enhance education innovation. This is a grant opportunity for lecturers who would like to improve their teaching quality by using tools and technics or by sharing and reusing materials with their professional community.
Stimulus package consists of two pillars:
Pillar 1: Online Education
Encourage the use of online forms of education.
Annual theme for projects starting in 2022 will be 'the optimal blend': innovating education through the use of ICT, with a well thought through course design at its basis, aiming to achieve an optimal blend of online and on-campus learning activities.
Pillar 2: Open Educational Resources
Encourage the sharing, reuse and development of open educational resources within communities of teachers across institutions.
Quick Facts
ONLINE | OPEN | |
Annual theme | The optimal blend | X |
Collaboration with other institutions | Possible, not obligatory | obligatory |
Budget per project (eur) | Max 100.000 | Max 175.000 |
Total budget (eur) | 700.000 | 700.000 |
Length of project | 12-24 months | 12-24 months |
Project start | 1 May-1 Sept 2022 | 1 May-1 Sept 2022 |
Internal TU Delft process
TU Delft Education & Student Affairs coordinates the internal process of applying for this grant.
A one pager proposal, which describes the basic idea of your project, should be submitted to teachingacademy email address (see button below to download form).
One-pagers will be reviewed on
- their fit in the scope and conditions of the Stimulus Package (stimuleringsregeling),
- an estimate of the chances of success of the proposal when assessed by the NRO (topic for instance) and
- their fit in the main priorities of TU Delft (such as TU Delft Strategic Framework, Digital Excellence for Education programme, and the Open Science programme) and in other TU Delft developments.
The one-pager proposals that received a positive advice to continue with writing the full proposal will be supported by the Executive Board with a Letter of Intent.
Image: Submitting process
Important dates in 2021-2022
17 June 2021, 14:00 - 15:30 | SURF Webinar "Basics of the Stimulus package" Sign up |
1 July 2021, 11:00 - 12:00 | TU Delft information session: highlighting the basics of the Stimulus package, exploring the themes, discussion & idea sharing Sign up |
1 September - 15 December 2021 | Application period, submission via DUS-I |
14 September 2021 10:00 - 11:00 | TU Delft information session: highlighting the basics of the Stimulus package, exploring the themes, discussion & idea sharing Sign up |
16 September 2021, 10:00 - 11:30 | SURF Webinar " Test your idea for the stimulus package" (in Dutch) Sign up |
27 September 2021 | TU Delft Deadline to submit the one-pager by sending it to teachingacademy@tudelft.nl |
7 October 2021, 13:00-14:30 | SURF Webinar "From idea to project proposal for the stimulus package" (In Dutch) Sign up |
1 December 2021 | Deadline: Apply for a Letter of Intent from the Executive Board via the Teaching Academy |
15 December 2021 | SURF Deadline to submit full proposal via DUS-I |
24 January 2022 | Message/Announcement of the pre-selection of proposals and planning of interviews |
2,3,4 February 2022 | Interviews committee |
| 22 February 2022 | Concept advice to project submitters |
| 24 February 2022 | Deadline for any responses to draft advice (omissions / inaccuracies) |
| 1 May 2022 | Subsidy decision by Minister of Education, Culture and Science |
| 19 May 2022 | Kick-off meeting project leaders |
| Between 1 May - 1 Sept 2022 | Start of the projects |
Useful links
Upcoming and recorded SURF webinars can be found here.
Practical information on 2021-2022 calls consists of:
- Checklist
- Conditions of Application
- Detailed planning
- Template for the proposal and the project budgeting
- Template for the Letter of intent from the CvB
- Assessment framework