Deadline: 20-Apr-22
The Norwegian Directorate for Higher Education and Skills is calling for proposals for Universities and university colleges for Excellence in Education.
The Norwegian Centres for Excellence in Education (SFU) scheme shall promote excellence in “providing higher education based on the foremost within research, academic and artistic development work, and experience-based knowledge” education. The SFU scheme is designed to further develop and reward the work that takes place in the interaction between students, academic staff, support services, working life, and the wider society. The scheme will strengthen evidence based knowledge of educational quality within the academic community and in higher education in general. The scheme also seeks to stimulate new forms of student involvement and partnership.
Centres for Excellence in Education are leading academic communities in developing quality in higher education. The awarded centres must be in the forefront of national and international developments in education. Centres are expected to instigate change by disseminating knowledge and practices both within and outside their host institution.
Goals and Expected Results
The Centers for Excellence in Education scheme shall:
- stimulate universities and university colleges to establish and develop academic communities that offer excellent education,
- contribute to knowledge-based analysis and development of teaching and learning, that underpins quality enhancement,
- innovation capable of making significant impact, contribute to sector-wide development and dissemination of knowledge and excellent educational practices,
- Stimulate stronger interaction between higher education and relevant working life and wider society.
Objectives
The overall aim of the Norwegian Centers for Excellence (SFU) scheme is to develop excellent quality in higher education. Through the SFU scheme leading academic communities in Norway are awarded resources to further develop their teaching and education.
Focus Areas
Academic communities are awarded status as a Centre for excellence in education excel in the following areas:
- offer excellent R&D-based education,
- develop innovative ways of working with R&D-based education,
- encourage student engagement and ownership of learning,
- develop and disseminate knowledge and practices about the design of teaching and learning environments that are conducive to learning,
- relate to international developments in higher education and in the relevant field of education.
Funding Information
- The total funds made available in this call are NOK 140 million. Universities and university colleges are invited to apply for up to 8 million Norwegian kroner annually for five years for new centers.
- The funding and centre status are awarded for five years, with the possibility of continuation for another five years, subject to a mid-term evaluation.
- The host institution and consortium partners, if applicable, are expected to contribute to the co-funding of the centre with a minimum of 50% own contribution of the total centre budget.
- If you are rewarded with funding, you are free to decide which of the costs in the centre budget that will be covered by own funding and granted funds.
Eligibility Criteria
- Host institutions may be accredited universities, specialized universities or university colleges. Each host institution can submit a maximum of five applications. Institutions that submit more than one application should not rank their submissions.
- The call is open to all fields of education.
For more information, visit https://diku.no/en/programmes/call-for-proposals-centres-for-excellence-in-education-2022