Develop joint courses and COILs  with EUGLOH funding

What initiatives can be supported?

The learning activity must have an interdisciplinary or crossdisciplinary focus and fall in one or several of the EUGLOH Focus Areas. The pedagogical methods used have to be student centered, innovative and fit for the purpose. The learning activity should help the students to develop their transversal skills. All teams must have teachers from at least two EUGLOH partners.Teachers from institutions that are not members of EUGLOH can also be involved, but must have their own sources of funding. EUGLOH funding can only be used for EUGLOH members.

A special focus will be put in the inclusiveness of the developed activity. The supported initatives should aim for creating learning and teaching environments that acknowledge the diversity of learners and teachers, offer opportunities for everyone to learn from one another and engage students in learning that is meaningful, relevant, and accessible.

• Consider that participants will bring with them different experiences of education and other aspects of life
• Provide opportunities for co-creation of ideas, methods, knowledge, and/or resources
• Provide opportunities for students to learn from each other

How to apply for funding

There are two different categories under which you can apply for funding (see below). Under the description of each of these categories you will find the templates. Please, note that signatures are needed from the heads of departments (or dean, vice rector or other authorised level) at all the institutions involved, as well as the signatures from the participating teachers.

The next deadline for applications is 1 February 2026 23:59 CET. The proposals have to be sent by e-mail to the local EUGLOH offices of the partners involved. The local EUGLOH offices will make a preliminary assessment of the proposals and might ask for revisions. Feel free to reach out to the EUGLOH officers at your university before the deadline to get support. Find contact information here.

Selection, monitoring and implementation of the projects

Applications will be carefully reviewed and the results of the call will be communicated in April 2026. A brief progress report (1 page) on the state of all seed-funded projects is requested four months after they have been selected. A final report is required at the completion of the project about its implementation, the challenges faced during the co-creation process, and the next actions that will be taken.

The courses and COILs developed with EUGLOH funding are not required to begin running in 2026; however, their development must be fully completed by the end of 2026.

Instructions about how the funding can be used and the financial reporting will be provided by the respective institutions involved in the approved proposals.

How to find teachers for collaboration

Make use of EUGLOH Connect to find teachers at the other EUGLOH partner universities to collaborate with.

Up to €15,000 per course (split between collaborating partners) may be requested to develop a course. In the upcoming call, up to four courses will be selected to receive seed money. Only virtual courses or courses that run as Erasmus Blended Intensive Programme (BIP) will be supported. Any courses developed through this seed money programme should ultimately be offered to EUGLOH students as part of the EUGLOH Courses and Training Opportunities or held as a BIP.

CRITERIA FOR ELIGIBILITY: 

• At least two different partner universities must be involved in the creation of a course according to EUGLOH regulations. Teachers from additional partners can be involved in the course later as guest teachers. If you will make this course a BIP, a minimum of three partner universities is required by the European Commission.
• The funding is intended for staff costs and meetings to develop the course, not necessarily to run it.
• Any courses that are developed will be offered to all EUGLOH students via EUGLOH’s Courses and Training opportunities platform. The course does not have to start running the current year.
• The developers of a course must plan on being able to offer the course multiple times.
• The course should help students develop their transversal skills.
• The course should have an interdisciplinary or cross-disciplinary approach and fall within the EUGLOH Focus Areas.
• The pedagogical methods must be student-centred, innovative and fit for purpose.
• The course should be credit bearing and worth between 3 and 7 ECTS and run at either Bachelor or Master level.
• The courses should be designed to have 50 or more students participating. 

The template for proposing the development of a course can be downloaded here.

A COIL is a common virtual component of two existing courses in which students collaborate. Up to €10,000 per COIL (split between the collaborating partners) may be requested to develop it. In the upcoming call, up to two COILs will be selected to receive seed money.

CRITERIA FOR ELIGIBILITY: 

• Two different partner universities must be involved in the creation of a COIL.
• The funding is for developing the COIL. Running the COIL will within the regular course budget.
• The COIL should help students develop their transversal skills.
• The COIL should have an interdisciplinary or cross-disciplinary approach and fall within the EUGLOH Focus Areas.
• The COIL must make use of existing courses at Bachelor or Master level. Each partner will be doing the examination of their own students and follow their local syllabuses.
• The pedagogical methods must be student-centred, innovative and fit for purpose.
• The workload of the COIL should correspond to between 2 and 4 ECTS.
• The COIL should involve a total of 30 or more students from the two (or more) courses involved.

The template for proposing the development of a COIL can be downloaded here.