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For whom are the grants intended?
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- You are a lecturer or team of lecturers who teach one or more courses at the UvA and are responsible for the testing and assessment of your course;
- You feel that involvement in educational innovation is an interesting opportunity;
- You are prepared to share your own knowledge and inspire others;
- You hold a position at the UvA for at least 0.5 FTE, which will last (at minimum) for the duration of the pilot;
- Your supervisor has granted you permission to invest work hours in this project.
Available grants
The grants will be made available for courses scheduled to begin in semester 1 of the 2018/2019 academic year. Seven grants have previously been awarded. The duration of the pilots will be at least six months, up to a maximum of twelve months. Pilots may begin four months before the start of the course in question. A maximum of 80 hours is available for each grant; the precise duration will depend on the proposal submitted. These hours will be in addition to the hours already assigned for this course. A maximum of 12 applications will be awarded grants; this total includes all semesters and all UvA faculties.
Structure of the project
If you are awarded a grant, the hours you will receive should be spent:
- Setting up the new method of assessment (before the course starts)
- Implementing your plans while the course is in progress
- Evaluating the results
- Sharing the knowledge that has been gained with others
- The IIS can offer you help and support as you elaborate your plans and share relevant best practices.
When
The deadline for submitting project applications for the first semester of the 2018/2019 academic year is Thursday May 17th. After this deadline, at least one more deadline will follow for the second semester of 2018-2019. Please use the application form found here to submit your grant request.
Criteria
The following criteria will be applied when selecting the grant recipients:
- Degree of innovation demonstrated by the pilot and the expected improvement to education
- Quality of the proposal (including substantiation, relationship between assessment and learning objectives, action plan, etc.)
- Relevance to teaching practice at the university
- The educational experience and background of the applicant(s)
- Distribution across the various programmes and faculties
Procedure
The applicant will complete the application form and sends his or her CV to onderwijslab-iis@uva.nl
- The applicant must supply a written guarantee (see form) from his or her supervisor indicating that if the applicant receives the funding, his or her department head or manager will ensure the applicant is given sufficient opportunity to conduct the project.
- The application will be evaluated by a committee consisting of a director of education, a testing expert and the programme manager of the education lab at the IIS. This evaluation committee will submit a recommendation to the director of the Institute for Interdisciplinary Studies, who will then take a final decision regarding allocation of funding no later than 28 May 2018.
- Once it has been concluded, the pilot will be evaluated in cooperation with IIS and the results will be shared within the UvA, as well as included in a publication.
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