What is the grant for?
The grant is intended for practical research, pilots or experiments implemented by VO and mbo schools themselves, which help schools to
- organising teaching in a more practical and inspiring way, for example with timetables, teaching time or cooperation between subjects
- discovering together how to deal with scarcity, e.g. with staff shortages or varying class sizes
- continue to provide good and appropriate education for their pupils/students and in a way that energises their daily teaching practice
- Finding solutions together
- Budget available for practice-based education research, with €30,000 per participating board
- Cooperation in coalitions mandatory: maximum of three boards per coalition, Boards may participate in one coalition
Finding solutions together
- Budget available for practice-based education research, with €30,000 per participating board
- Cooperation in coalitions mandatory: maximum of three boards per coalition, Boards may participate in one coalition
- In this project, the schools themselves work with their own knowledge and experience from our region, without commercial parties; rather, cooperation with our knowledge institutes, lectureships and practical/auctorates is encouraged in order to make even stronger and better education together
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How to join
- Dien from 9 March and no later than 1 April 2026 an investigation plan in
- Assessment by a selection committee based on the established selection framework
- All applicants will receive written notification of the outcome by the end of April at the latest
Grants may be awarded to studies that meet the following criteria:
- Innovative projects, pilots or experiments focused on the quest of doing more with fewer people, or just doing more with more people (working together).
- The research contributes to the improvement of education in the broad sense and/or to the development of teaching staff and their students.
- It will take place in school year 2026/27 with a maximum duration of one year.
- The research question comes from practice and is solution-oriented (solves a problem that lives within the schools).
- The research explores and/or exploits knowledge arising from previous research.
- An investigation plan will be drawn up.
- Reflection moments are built in during the process, with a focus on shared learning and mapping and improving the learning process.
- It is widely supported in its own school and the school management is involved in the research.
- There is an element/are elements of boundary crossing: bridging boundaries between 1. different roles/sections within the school and/or 2. between different schools and or boards and/or 3.Different contexts outside the school, with the knowledge institutes, or other sectors.
- Results: The results are practically applicable in educational practice and offer concrete tools for change and/or solution with regard to the problem outlined. The research clearly shows how the results can (eventually) contribute to innovation and improvement of educational practice.
- Knowledge sharing: There are hours and activities in the study to participate in our professional learning community (3 x 3 hours), and (2 x 3 hours) joint knowledge events: an inspiration session on 14 December 2026 and an innovation afternoon on 9 June 2027.