The TUM Teaching Endowment Fund seeks to inspire creative new concepts for teaching and examination to promote the continued development and enhancement of the formats, structures and content of instruction and assessment – from fine tuning and redesigning courses and examination methods to proposing new forms of practical and laboratory courses.
All TUM community members who are engaged in teaching activities are eligible to apply:
Applications are open to individuals or teams, but only one project may be submitted per applicant. Course programs that are subject to a fee (such as continuing education courses, for example) are not eligible for funding.
The fund is part of TUM Agenda Lehre, backed by the "Qualitätspakt Lehre" (Quality Pact for Teaching), a federal program for the improvement of conditions of study and of teaching quality.
The TUM Teaching Endowment Fund sponsors teaching and assessment projects aiming to enhance, refine, or redesign the content, formats, and structures of instruction or examination, or to introduce creative new ideas. This includes a wide range of innovative curricula and curricular elements, such as:
The TUM Teaching Endowment Fund supports projects with concrete proposals for teaching and assessment that are not part of a “standard” curriculum. The amount of funding varies according to the scope and requirements of individual projects. Proposals must detail the grounds for the funding request. Please note, only funds for personnel costs may be requested.
TUM professors may apply for a one-semester sabbatical to carry out projects within the scope of the TUM Teaching Endowment Fund. In this case, funds from the award may be used as compensation. For more information, please refer to Semester's Leave for Teaching.
All qualifying entries will be evaluated by a central award jury, based on the following criteria:
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Frauke Winkel, M.A.
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