Calls for Proposals & Competitions
Innovative teaching formats, new didactic concepts or approaches to support students' academic success: Here you will find current calls for entries and competitions in which TUM teaching staff can participate with their ideas for studies and teaching.
The German Employer Award for Education 2026 topic is “AI Literacy for All! Educational institutions promote the successful and responsible use of artificial intelligence”. It will be awarded to higher education institutions, among others.
Teaching staff, teams, and managers from universities whose initiatives promote AI literacy are aligned with the institution’s overall strategy or are focused on an entire degree program or academic department are eligible to apply.
The award is endowed with 10,000 euros for first place. The three other places each receive 2,500 euros.
Applications are open until 31July 2026.
Here you will find the detailed eligibility criteria for universities. (German)
For detailed information on the award, please visit die.arbeitgeber.de/arbeitgeberpreis-fuer-bildung/.
The Franco-Bavarian University cooperation center BayFrance supports the development of research and teaching projects and the establishment and expansion of sustainable and long-term research cooperation between Bavarian and French universities and research institutions with start-up funding of up to 5,000 euros per project. The funding includes mobility grants for teaching staff, post-docs, and doctoral students.
Details on funding and application can be found at www.bayern-france.org/de/foerderung/unsere-foerderprogramme/kooperation-in-lehre-und-forschung/ausschreibung/ (German).
Applications can be submitted until April 15 and November 15 of each year.
The Bavarian-Czech Higher Education Agency BTHA offers various funding programs to support bilateral summer and winter schools and Bavarian-Czech academic projects as well as mobility grants for study, lecture and research trips to the Czech Republic.
Project-related funding for bilateral cooperation with their partners at universities and research institutions in the Czech Republic can be applied for by all teachers and researchers at state and state-supported Bavarian higher education institutions. Applications can be submitted at any time.
For more information, please visit www.btha.cz/de.