Once a year, FAU awards the annual University Teaching Award for early career researchers. The prize is awarded to one person per faculty who is in the qualification phase and who has made outstanding achievements in teaching. It is financed by the University Association. The faculties submit their nominations to the Executive Board who then decides on the winners.

In addition to the central teaching awards, some faculties have their own annual teaching awards. For instance, the Faculty of Engineering and the Faculty of Humanities, Social Sciences, and Theology. More information is available from the relevant Office of the Dean of Studies.

FAU can also nominate two members of its teaching staff every year who receive the Prize for Good Teaching awarded by the Bavarian State Ministry of Science and the Arts for outstanding achievements in teaching. The prize is worth 5,000 euros. According to a rotation schedule defined internally at the University, each faculty can alternately nominate winners for the award that are finalized by the Senate and forwarded by the Executive Board to the Ministry.

In addition, FAU informs its teaching staff via the Deans of Studies about further national prizes such as the Ars Legendi Prize of the Stifterverband and supports applications from its teaching staff.

To improve the quality of its teaching, FAU annually invites calls for proposals for its Innovation Fund for Teaching (“Innovationsfonds Lehre”). Awarding project funding on a competitive basis serves as an incentive for outstanding commitment and teaching with potential for innovation. The maximum amount of funding available is 10,000 euros for a funding period of one to two semesters.

More information about the current call for proposals, the funding criteria and projects that have already received funding is available on our website.

FAU is also happy to advise you with applications for third-party funding such as from the Federal Ministry of Education and Research, the State Ministry of Science and the Arts, the Stifterverband, and Hochschulforum Digitalisierung. The Vice President Education and her coordinator as a point of contact offer advice during the application process.

The Virtual University of Bavaria (vhb) is a network of universities in Bavaria. It provides online seminars for all students in Bavaria that are supported by online tutors. Students at Bavarian universities can use the courses provided at the Virtual University of Bavaria free of charge. In the context of the vhb, teaching staff at Bavarian universities can apply for financial support for the development of online courses.

Teaching staff at FAU can consult the Innovation in Learning Institute (ILI), the University’s center of excellence for e-learning. In addition to providing support with making applications, ILI also offers advice for media-based teaching concepts.