This year, the university management is once again organising awards for innovation and quality in teaching. All teaching staff are encouraged to take part in the competition for the "Teaching Award for Early-Career Researchers" or the "Award for Innovation and Quality Improvement in Teaching". Applications for the year 2026 are possible from 1 April 2026 until the respective deadlines.
"Teaching Award of the Executive Board for early-career researchers"
The Executive Board is once again organising the "Teaching Award for Early-Career Researchers". The aim is to recognise teaching concepts and methods of an outstanding and exemplary nature. The prize also recognises achievements in teaching that have been achieved in traditional and proven forms of teaching and are characterised by their outstanding quality. The prize is intended to highlight the special importance of junior professors and professors for the training of young academics and to create a career-boosting incentive to get involved in good university teaching. The prize is endowed with a total of EUR 15,000. Up to three prizes can be awarded.
Written applications must be submitted to from 1 April up to and including 21 August (11:59 pm). For the exact target group, intention and procedural information, please refer to the information on the Teaching Prize website.
Contact for further information: Judith Osthushenrich, Office of Educational Innovation and University Didactics
"Award for Innovation and Quality Improvement in Teaching"
With the "Award for Innovation and Quality Improvement in Teaching", the Executive Board is focussing on qualitatively outstanding and particularly innovative approaches to improving teaching at Paderborn University. In contrast to the teaching award for early-career researchers, which recognises teaching achievements that have already been implemented, the award serves as start-up funding for the realisation of an idea or implementation of a pilot phase to improve or innovate the quality of teaching. It can also be used for existing concepts in order to further develop them and/or enable a transfer to other areas. The award supports the commitment of junior professors and professors to teaching and makes the quality of teaching at Paderborn University visible. A total of up to five sponsorship awards with prize money totalling up to EUR 150,000 will be presented.
Applications must be submitted from 1 April up to and including 15 June (11:59 pm). Interested parties can find the exact target group, intention and procedural information on the sponsorship award website.
Contact for further information: Lutz Heidemann, Section 6.1
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