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.
With “Freiraum 2026”, the Foundation for Innovation in Academic Teaching promotes novel, innovative teaching concepts. There are no restrictions in terms of topic or subject.
The maximum funding amount per project is 400,000 euros. The maximum project duration is 24 months, start of project funding is 01.04.2026.
The content-related selection process is preceded by a procedure for expressions of interest. Expressions of interest can be submitted between 10 and 20 February 2025 via the funding portal of the Foundation for Innovation in Academic Teaching.
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.