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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Beste opleidingsdirecteuren en -coördinatoren,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Namens het FB wil ik jullie erop wijzen dat de Call for Proposals voor de
<b>Comenius Senior Fellowship 2026</b> van NRO is gepubliceerd en jullie vragen deze informatie te delen met potentiële geïnteresseerden.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Dit is een beurs ter hoogte van maximaal<b>
<u>€ 100.000,-</u> </b>gericht op onderwijsvernieuwing en verbetering in het hoger onderwijs. Met de Comenius Senior Fellow-beurzen kunnen innovatieprojecten met een looptijd van twee jaar gefinancierd worden. Zie voor meer informatie de call for proposals
op de <a href="https://www.nro.nl/calls/comeniusprogramma-senior-fellows-ho-2026">
Comenius Senior-pagina</a> van het NRO.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Geïnteresseerden worden gevraagd bijgevoegde formulier in te vullen en
<b><u>uiterlijk woensdag 2 juli 2025</u></b> in te dienen via <a href="mailto:onderwijsbeleid.beta@vu.nl" title="mailto:onderwijsbeleid.beta@vu.nl">
onderwijsbeleid.beta@vu.nl</a>. Aangezien per faculteit één kandidaat een voorstel mag indienen bij het NRO, zal de facultaire selectiecommissie uit alle inzendingen de kandidaat kiezen die namens BETA een voorstel indient.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Let op:</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> één van de vereisten in de Calls for Proposals is dat kandidaten een aanstelling van minimaal
0,5 fte moeten hebben voor de duur van de aangevraagde beurs. Daarom wordt gevraagd om bij het indienen van het voorstel aan te geven of aan de eisen van de aanstelling wordt voldaan.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Inhoudelijk advies en/of ondersteuning nodig bij het schrijven van het voorstel?<br>
</span></u></i></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Voor inhoudelijk advies bij het schrijven van het voorstel neem je contact op met Janneke Waelen (<a href="mailto:j.waelen@vu.nl" title="mailto:j.waelen@vu.nl">j.waelen@vu.nl</a>)
en Silvester Draaijer (<a href="mailto:silvester.draaijer@vu.nl" title="mailto:silvester.draaijer@vu.nl">silvester.draaijer@vu.nl</a>) van het Centre for Teaching and Learning (CTL).
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Vriendelijke groet,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Tijmen Klous<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">On behalf of the faculty board, I would like to attend you to the publication of the Call for Proposals for the NRO
<b>Comenius Senior Fellowship 2026</b> and ask you to distribute this information to any potential applicants.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">This is a grant of up to
<b><u>€ 100.000,-</u> </b></span><span lang="en-NL" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">to give impetus to educational innovation and improvements by professionals in higher education. With the Comenius Senior Fellow-grants innovation
projects with a duration of two years can be financed. See </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">the NRO
<a href="https://www.nro.nl/en/calls/comenius-programme-senior-fellows-ho-2026">Comenius Senior page</a> for more information about this call for proposals.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Applicants are asked to fill in the attached form and submit this to
<a href="mailto:onderwijsbeleid.beta@vu.nl" title="mailto:onderwijsbeleid.beta@vu.nl">
onderwijsbeleid.beta@vu.nl</a> by <b><u>Wednesday</u></b> <b><u>2 July 2025</u></b>. As each faculty can submit one proposal to the NRO, the faculty selection committee will pick the candidate who will submit a proposal to NRO on behalf of the BETA faculty.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="en-NL" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Note:</span></b><span lang="en-NL" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"> one of the requirements in the Calls for Proposals is that applicants
have a contract for a minimum of 0.5 fte for the duration of the grant. Bearing that in mind, we ask applicants to indicate whether they meet that criteria when they submit a proposal.</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><u><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Need help or support writing a proposal?<br>
</span></u></i></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Contact Janneke Waelen (</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="mailto:j.waelen@vu.nl" title="mailto:j.waelen@vu.nl"><span lang="EN-US">j.waelen@vu.nl</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">)
or Silvester Draaijer (</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="mailto:silvester.draaijer@vu.nl" title="mailto:silvester.draaijer@vu.nl"><span lang="EN-US">silvester.draaijer@vu.nl</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">)
at the Centre for Teaching and Learning (CTL) for help writing or improving your grant proposal.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:NL">Met vriendelijke groet,
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Tijmen Klous, MA <br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0077B3;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:NL">Faculteit der Bètawetenschappen (BETA) | Faculty of Science</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual;mso-fareast-language:NL"><br>
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