Vouchers of the Radboud Teaching and Learning Centre

Do you have an innovative idea for education or want to research an educational issue? With a voucher from the TLC, you get the chance to experiment, develop and learn. TLC vouchers are specifically aimed at improving the substantive and didactic quality of education and the professionalisation of teachers. With the vouchers, we want to stimulate ideas in education that strengthen education in terms of content and didactics. In addition, we want to contribute in this way to the elaboration and implementation of the educational vision of Radboud University.

The possibilities in a row: which voucher suits your initiative?

TLC offers two types of vouchers, each aimed at supporting and stimulating educational innovation and research. The vouchers can be used to explore new ideas or scale proven initiatives.

Education innovation or research voucher

Want to develop and/or test a new teaching method, curriculum or subject area, or research an educational issue with potentially broad impact? This voucher gives you and your team the opportunity to experiment with educational innovations in a low-threshold way or to conduct targeted research. A combination of innovation and research is also possible, as long as the two projects are substantively aligned.

  • Amount: €2,000 - €10,000
  • Duration: up to 2 years

'Enlarge your Impact' voucher

Have you completed a successful educational innovation or research project and do you want to increase its impact? The ‘Enlarge your Impact’ voucher helps you to further develop your innovation into a sustainable and more widely applicable product. Think, for example, of an educational game, (digital) tool or toolbox that can also be useful for other courses or subjects. This allows you to increase the impact of your project on a wider group of students and teachers.

  • Amount: €1,000 - €5,000
  • Duration: 1 year maximum

Eligibility conditions for a voucher

  • The applicant is employed by Radboud University or Radboudumc.
  • There is room for one voucher per course, programme or department and a person can use a maximum of one voucher at a time.
  • It is possible to submit a combined application for an innovation and research voucher, if both projects match in content. N.B. We treat a combined application as 2 separate projects. You need to fill in the application form for each project separately!

Possibilities for funding with a voucher

The funding is intended for additional cost items not covered by the regular educational process or research and for which no standard support is available, such as the Teaching Information Point or Radboud Educational Clips. You can use the project budget for expenses that demonstrably contribute to achieving the project results, for example:

  • Project work such as compensation of teaching hours, deployment of working students or engaging external expertise. It is not intended that the entire amount will be spent on external hiring.
  • Material costs such as the purchase of hardware or software, data transcription, translations, graphic design, costs for organising panel meetings or costs for presenting the project outcomes.

Criteria that an application must meet

When you submit an application, we consider the following criteria:

  • Impact on education: The output of your project should benefit the substantive and didactic quality of education, and/or the professionalisation of teachers.
  • Potential for broadening: The output of your project has the potential to make an impact within several courses, curricula or programmes.
  • Relevant to the university's educational vision: The output of your project contributes to the formation, elaboration and implementation of Radboud University's educational vision.
  • Collaboration: In your project, you combine expertise and work in a team. Don't have a team yet? We can help you put a team together through our network of teacher ambassadors, educational researchers and education professionals.
  • Substantiation: Your approach should be based on insights from research or practical experiences. This way, we build on each other's knowledge and learn more about our teaching together.
  • Maturity: Your work plan should be clear and concrete, with specific actions and intended results. If your plans are not yet there, we will be happy to help you develop your ideas further.
  • Dissemination: You are willing to share the approach and output of your project with colleagues and the TLC network. By doing so, you inspire colleagues to ‘Discover - Explore - Experiment’ in their teaching too!

Voucher application procedure

  1. Submit your idea. 
    Submit your idea via the online form. Depending on your question/idea, we will first invite you for an exploratory discussion or directly for a pitch.
  2. Pitch your idea. 
    During the pitch, you present your idea to the voucher team. You will receive feedback and suggestions to improve your application.
  3. Submit an application. 
    Process the feedback into your application and submit it via email, following the official application format.
  4. Assessment of the application. 
    After review by our team, if approved, you will receive a voucher. Sometimes we ask for minor adjustments before awarding the voucher.
  5. Project start.
    After approval, you will receive a confirmation and the project can start. We stay in touch for updates during the project.
  6. Project completion. 
    Upon completion, you will hand in a final report and share your results during an innovation lunch or education cafe.  

Make your application in three steps

  1. Submit your idea: You can do this throughout the year via the web form.
  2. Pitch your idea: We will schedule a meeting with you. In addition to your idea, one or two other ideas will be pitched where possible. The pitches will be scheduled in the months of March, May, September and November whenever possible.
  3. Submit your TLC voucher application: This can be done all year round. Email your application to TLCvouchers [at] ru.nl (TLCvouchers[at]ru[dot]nl). After approval by the voucher team, you will receive an award letter with a reply form. The reply form should be signed and returned to us with the correct cost centre number. We need some time for administrative processing before we can proceed with payment.

Starting in the current calendar year

To be eligible for an award in the current calendar year:

  • Submit your application by 15 November.
  • You must return the signed reply form within 5 working days of receipt. If we receive the signed reply form later, we cannot guarantee disbursement this calendar year.

Starting at the beginning of a new academic year

If you want to start your voucher project at the start of a new academic year then:

  • Submit your application by 10 June at the latest.
  • You must return the signed reply form within 5 working days of receipt. If we receive the signed reply form later, we cannot guarantee payment before the start of the new academic year.

Ready to make your idea a reality?

Take the first step and fill in the idea form today! 
Do you have an inspiring idea but it is still too general to apply for a voucher, or would you just like to brainstorm with us about your idea? Mail us at TLCvouchers [at] ru.nl. We will be happy to schedule an exploratory meeting with you to discuss the possibilities together.
Want some inspiration first? Then take a look at the projects that have already been awarded. Be inspired by colleagues who have already started working with a voucher, and discover how they renewed or researched their education.
 

Submit your idea

* Mandatory field

We warmly invite you to share your Teaching and Learning Centre voucher initiative with us. Please share your idea by using this form. After receiving your idea we will plan an interview with you.

Faculty
Which voucher would you like to apply for?
Briefly describe the issue or question in education that you aim to explore. Use ±100 words. 
Formulate the central question you want your research to answer. Use ±40 words. 
Briefly describe the research methods you plan to apply and explain which data you will collect to answer the research question. Use ±100 words. 
Describe the expected results of your research and its value for other lecturers. What concrete products or insights could they apply in their own teaching practice of professional development, such as a questionnaire or guidelines? Use ±80 words. 
Briefly describe the specific problem or need in education that your project aims to solve. Use ±100 words.
Provide a short description of the intervention and outline the context, including the target group and the courses or programs where the intervention will take place. Use ±100 words.
What do you hope to achieve with the project and what results are you aiming for?  Use ±40 words.
For example, a course design, best practices or a guide that others can use in their own teaching. Use ±40 words.
Briefly describe the purpose, approach, and results of the previous project. Use ±100 words.
Summarize the concrete outcomes you achieved and now wish to apply on a larger scale.  Use ±100 words.
Describe how you aim to enhance the impact of the original project and on what scale you intend to do so. Consider broader implementation in programs, faculties, or even university-wide. Use ±100 words.
What effect do you expect from the broader application of your project results, both in the short and long term? Use ±80 words.
Explain how your project can assist other lecturers and what resources or tools they can use, such as guidelines, workshops, or course materials. Use ±80 words.
Please note names, functions and e-mail addresses.
For example, expertise, time, budget, support of TLC. Use ±100 words. 
If so, which software will you use and do you need advice? This helps us identify technical challenges or GDPR compliance issues in time. 
Which aspects of Radboud University's educational vision does your initiative contribute to?

Contact

Do you have questions about applying for a voucher or do you want to brainstorm about your idea? Mail us at TLCvouchers [at] ru.nl (TLCvouchers[at]ru[dot]nl) 

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