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Comenius Programme

Selection criteria

Purposes:Postdoctoral
Programmes:All
Countries of Origin:Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, American Samoa, Angola, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Armenia, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Autonomous Palestinian Territories, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize, Benin, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Botswana, Bouvet Island, Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Brunei, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Colombia, Comoros, Congo, Congo (Dem Rep.), Congo (Rep.), Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Côte d'Ivoire, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Falkland Islands, Faroe Islands, Fiji, Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, France, French Guiana, French Polynesia, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Greenland, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guam, Guatemala, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Ivory Coast, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kiribati, Korea, Dem. Rep., Kosovo, Kuwait, Kyrgyz Republic, Kyrgyzstan, Lao People's Democratic Republic, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macau, Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Martinique, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mexico, Micronesia, Micronesia (Federated States), Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Montserrat, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, non-EEA country, Norfolk Island, North Korea, Northern Mariana Islands, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Pitcairn Islands, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Réunion, Saint Helena, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, Somalia, South Africa, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, South Korea, South Sudan, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Sudan (Rep.), Suriname, Svalbard and Jan Mayen, Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syrian Arabic Republic, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tokelau, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Turks and Caicos Islands, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Virgin Islands of the United States, Wallis and Futuna, West Bank and Gaza Strip, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Additional information

Eligible candidates:

Teaching Fellow: Minimum two years of teaching experience and direct contact with students in higher education.

Senior Fellow: Minimum five years of teaching experience, with demonstrated ambition in educational leadership.

Leadership Fellow: Minimum seven years of teaching experience, with proven leadership qualities in educational contexts.

Grant information:

Teaching Fellow: Up to €50,000 for small-scale innovations.

Senior Fellow: €100,000 for mid-sized educational projects.

Leadership Fellow: €500,000 for institution-wide educational change projects.

Proposals for Teaching and Senior Fellow grants must align with one of the following themes:

  • Education forms of the future.
  • Student well-being.
  • Societal issues.
  • Open theme

Leadership Fellow grants have no predefined themes.

Programs: all teaching staff and researchers

Purposes: To support educational improvement and innovation through individual or team-based projects in higher education.

Grant provider:

Netherlands Initiative for Education Research (NRO).

Available positions:

not specified

Deadline:

Deadlines vary by grant type. NRO website for other deadlines

Application:

Applications must be submitted through the ISAAC system. The stages of the application process include:

  • Letter of Intent
  • Teaching and Senior Fellows: Preliminary application
  • Teaching, Senior, and Leadership Fellows: Full application
  • Senior Fellows and Leadership Fellows: Rebuttal
  • Leadership Fellows: Interviews

One application per institution for the Leadership Fellows to increase the chances of allocation. Infographic outlining the steps for a successful application.

More information:For more details and to apply, visit the official website: Comenius Programme - NRO
Last modified:27 February 2025 1.38 p.m.