Comenius Leadership Fellowship 2026 Open – YOA

Are you an academic innovator with a transformative undertaking that has the potential to enhance increased training throughout a number of colleges or establishments? The Comenius Leadership Fellowship 2026 provides a prestigious funding alternative for visionaries in academia.

If you’ve gotten already launched a profitable academic innovation that has had a measurable influence, you might also be eligible for the Dutch Education Award 2026. Both applications assist academic developments and supply monetary backing to additional develop and scale impactful initiatives.

Benefits of the Comenius Leadership Fellowship

The Comenius Leadership Fellowship provides important funding and institutional recognition:

• Funding Amount: €500,000 for a 36 to 42-month undertaking.
• Eligibility for the Comenius Network: Selected fellows be a part of an unique community of educators and innovators.
• Opportunity for Expansion: Funding helps giant-scale academic improvements involving a number of colleges or establishments.
• Institutional Support: The fellowship is aligned with the college’s academic imaginative and prescient and technique, making certain sturdy backing from tutorial management.

Eligibility Criteria

To be eligible for the Comenius Leadership Fellowship 2026, candidates should meet the next standards:

• Experienced Educational Innovators: Individuals or groups (duo functions accepted) with a observe report of implementing profitable training initiatives.
• Project Scope: The proposed initiative should contain not less than a number of colleges or establishments.
• Alignment with Institutional Strategy: The undertaking ought to contribute to the college’s broader academic aims.
• Previous Implementation: Projects might already be in growth or implementation phases, however they need to suggest additional innovation or scaling.
• Selection by University Leadership: Only one proposal per establishment can be submitted, chosen by the rector following discussions with vice-deans.

Application Process

Interested candidates ought to observe these steps:

1# Submit a Proposal: Send a 1-1.5 A4 web page abstract of your academic innovation to Anna Terra Verhage ([email protected]).

2# Proposal Requirements:

• • A 100-150 phrase abstract of the innovation.
  • Description of the academic drawback being addressed and the way the innovation improves training.
  • Implementation standing and demonstrable influence on college students.
  • Target viewers and relevance to different colleges or establishments.
  • Current stakeholders and future collaboration prospects.
  • Evidence-based method, together with theoretical frameworks and fashions.

3# Internal Review and Selection:

• • Proposals can be collected right into a longlist and reviewed by the rector and vice-deans on the Education Council in May 2025.
  • Selected initiatives can be nominated by the college for submission after the summer time.
  • If the college’s undertaking for 2025 is profitable, nominations can be deferred to 2027.

4# Final Submission:

• • The closing proposal can be submitted for the nationwide Comenius Leadership Fellowship competitors in the summertime of 2025.
  • If not chosen, initiatives should be eligible for the Grassfields Grant, with particulars to be offered later in 2025.

Apply: https://www.medewerkers.universiteitleiden.nl/mededelingen/2025/03/meld-je-onderwijsinnovatie-aan-voor-een-comenius-leadership-fellowship-of-de-nederlandse-onderwijspremie-2026#hoe-meld-je-jouw-onderwijsinnovatie-aan,over-het-comenius-leadership-fellowship.

Application Submission and Selection Timeline

• Internal Submission Deadline: April 9, 2025
• University Selection Process: May 2025
• National Fellowship Application Opens: Summer 2025.

URL Copied