{"id":17748,"date":"2026-02-18T19:15:58","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T18:15:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lehre.fau.de\/?p=17748"},"modified":"2026-02-18T19:15:59","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T18:15:59","slug":"digitale-lehre-strategisch-weiterentwickeln-vhb-foerderrunde-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lehre.fau.de\/en\/digitale-lehre-strategisch-weiterentwickeln-vhb-foerderrunde-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Strategically Advancing Digital Teaching\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>vhb&nbsp;Funding Round 2026&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;programmes&nbsp;of the&nbsp;<strong>Virtuelle&nbsp;Hochschule Bayern (<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/vhb.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">vhb<\/a><strong>)<\/strong>&nbsp;provide a valuable extension to your teaching portfolio and can also be used strategically \u2013 for example in the context of&nbsp;<strong>internationalisation<\/strong>, as&nbsp;<strong>bridging courses<\/strong>, or for the implementation of&nbsp;<strong>blended learning concepts<\/strong>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Did&nbsp;you&nbsp;know?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>That you can apply for\u00a0<strong>additional\u00a0funding from\u00a0vhb<\/strong>\u00a0for consultation and support in the context of media-didactic course design or for the media-didactic implementation of your digital learning content on the learning\u00a0platform (through the\u00a0FAU\u00a0<strong>Competence Center\u00a0\u00a0Education<\/strong>)?\u00a0<br>This also applies to the\u00a0<strong>production of learning media<\/strong>\u00a0(e.g.\u00a0instructional videos, explainer videos, talking-head lessons, learning podcasts, etc.).\u00a0<br>In addition, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lehre.fau.de\/angebot\/vhb-office\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">vhb\u00a0Office at the\u00a0Competence Center\u00a0 Education<\/a>\u00a0supports you with further media production as well as with the implementation of your courses on the platform.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Get Support&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In addition to financial funding from&nbsp;vhb, FAU offers comprehensive support throughout all phases of project development&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;from&nbsp;<strong>idea generation<\/strong>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<strong>proposal submission<\/strong>&nbsp;to&nbsp;<strong>implementation and delivery<\/strong>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<strong>Instructional Designers at the&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lehre.fau.de\/angebot\/vhb-office\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">vhb&nbsp;Office<\/a><strong>&nbsp;(FAU&nbsp;Lehre)<\/strong>&nbsp;provide&nbsp;tailored guidance, both in&nbsp;learning&nbsp;media&nbsp;instructional design&nbsp;and&nbsp;organisational&nbsp;proposal coordination as well as in the conception, content production, technical&nbsp;implementation&nbsp;and course support.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Apply in the Next Funding Round&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CLASSIC&nbsp;vhb&nbsp;\/ OPEN&nbsp;vhb&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>07 April 2026<\/strong>\u00a0<br>Deadline for\u00a0submitting\u00a0the financial plan and declaration of own contribution to Division H3 (internal FAU deadline)\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>24 April 2026<\/strong>\u00a0<br>Deadline for\u00a0submitting\u00a0the\u00a0finalised\u00a0and signed documents (financial plan, declaration of own contribution, funding application) to the\u00a0<strong>vhb\u00a0Office at FAU<\/strong>\u00a0(internal FAU deadline)\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>30 April 2026<\/strong>\u00a0<br>Deadline for submission of funding applications to\u00a0vhb\u00a0(via the\u00a0vhb\u00a0Office)\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Further information and&nbsp;required&nbsp;documents can be found on the&nbsp;vhb&nbsp;website:&nbsp;<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vhb.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.vhb.org<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SMART&nbsp;vhb&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>15 May 2026<\/strong>\u00a0<br>Deadline for submission of funding applications\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Further information and documents are also available on the&nbsp;vhb&nbsp;website:&nbsp;<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vhb.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.vhb.org<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Further Information:&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>vhb&nbsp;Office at FAU (FAU&nbsp;Lehre)<\/strong>&nbsp;<br>E-mail: vhb-office@fau.de&nbsp;<br>Website:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lehre.fau.de\/angebot\/vhb-office\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.lehre.fau.de\/angebot\/vhb-office\/<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>vhb&nbsp;Head Office<\/strong>&nbsp;<br>E-mail: info@vhb.org&nbsp;<br>Website:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vhb.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.vhb.org<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Good to Know&nbsp;vhb&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;Three Funding Lines for Your Digital Teaching<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To promote higher education in Bavaria,&nbsp;vhb&nbsp;offers a wide range of online courses across various disciplines. These courses are developed and supervised by lecturers at participating institutions.&nbsp;vhb&nbsp;comprises three main funding lines:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>CLASSIC&nbsp;vhb&nbsp;\u2013 Curriculum-Integrated Online Courses<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CLASSIC&nbsp;vhb&nbsp;offers semester-based online courses for enrolled students.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Students\u00a0can\u00a0earn\u00a0<strong>ECTS\u00a0credits<\/strong>\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Participation is\u00a0<strong>free of charge<\/strong>\u00a0for students\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Funding of up to\u00a0<strong>\u20ac45,000<\/strong>\u00a0for development and production\u00a0<br>(plus\u00a0additional\u00a0funding for\u00a0<strong>FAU\u00a0Lehre\u00a0as a media-didactic\u00a0centre<\/strong>, language\u00a0versions\u00a0and tutoring)\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>OPEN&nbsp;vhb&nbsp;\u2013 Open Online Courses<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>OPEN&nbsp;vhb&nbsp;courses address a broader audience and are also open to external participants.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Funding of up to\u00a0<strong>\u20ac30,000<\/strong>\u00a0<br>(plus\u00a0additional\u00a0funding for language versions)\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SMART&nbsp;vhb&nbsp;\u2013 Digital Learning Units<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SMART&nbsp;vhb&nbsp;offers 45-minute digital learning units such as lecture videos, interactive&nbsp;modules&nbsp;or e-books.&nbsp;<br>These are particularly suitable for enriching classroom teaching, deepening subject knowledge or supporting exam preparation \u2013 for example within&nbsp;<strong>blended learning<\/strong>&nbsp;or&nbsp;<strong>flipped classroom<\/strong>&nbsp;formats.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Funding of up to\u00a0<strong>\u20ac2,000 per learning unit<\/strong>\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Recognition of Credits<\/strong>&nbsp;<br>CLASSIC&nbsp;vhb&nbsp;courses&nbsp;enable&nbsp;students to earn&nbsp;<strong>ECTS credits<\/strong>, which are&nbsp;recognised&nbsp;by participating institutions and contribute to fulfilling degree requirements.&nbsp;<br>Further information can be found in the respective course descriptions within the CLASSIC&nbsp;vhb&nbsp;course&nbsp;programme.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>vhb&nbsp;Funding Round 2026&nbsp; The&nbsp;programmes&nbsp;of the&nbsp;Virtuelle&nbsp;Hochschule Bayern (vhb)&nbsp;provide a valuable extension to your teaching portfolio and can also be used strategically \u2013 for example in the context of&nbsp;internationalisation, as&nbsp;bridging courses, or for the implementation of&nbsp;blended learning concepts.&nbsp; Did&nbsp;you&nbsp;know?&nbsp; Get Support&nbsp; In addition to financial funding from&nbsp;vhb, FAU offers comprehensive support throughout all phases of project development&nbsp;&#8211;&nbsp;from&nbsp;idea [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5342,"featured_media":652,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_rrze_cache":"enabled","expiration_date":"","expiration_date_gmt":"","expiration_enabled":false,"_rrze_multilang_single_locale":"en_US","_rrze_multilang_single_source":"https:\/\/www.lehre.fau.de\/?p=17746","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-allgemein","en-US"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lehre.fau.de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17748","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lehre.fau.de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lehre.fau.de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lehre.fau.de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5342"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lehre.fau.de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17748"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.lehre.fau.de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17748\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17749,"href":"https:\/\/www.lehre.fau.de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17748\/revisions\/17749"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lehre.fau.de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lehre.fau.de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lehre.fau.de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lehre.fau.de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}