In order to continuously improve study conditions, the University of Siegen is once again funding outstanding projects by teaching staff in 2026. We are looking for creative ideas that have the potential to noticeably advance university teaching. We attach particular importance to innovative, sustainable and student-centered concepts that can ideally also be transferred to other teaching areas. Do you have such a project in mind? Then take the next step and submit your project idea!
Funding objective:
This funding line provides financial resources (quality improvement funds) to support university teaching (analog/digital) at the University of Siegen for a maximum of 12 months for projects to develop, test and evaluate analog and/or digital teaching, learning and/or examination formats.
Funding limit:
The funding limit is a maximum of €20,000/project
Object of funding:
Material resources incl. auxiliary staff (with explicit description of the integration of purchases into the project)
Note on auxiliary staff:
Please state in the application how many hours of auxiliary staff you are planning to use and for which activities they are to be used. You can specify and explain this in the application in the work planning or in the budget or in an additional document of max. 1/2 DIN A4 page
Project duration:
Max. 12 months
Target group:
All teaching staff at the University of Siegen are eligible to apply.
Deadline:
30.06.2026 / 30.09.2026 / 31.12.2026
Project start:
From 01.10.2026 / 01.01.2027 / 30.06.2027 at the earliest or by arrangement
- Application outline "Teach better!"
- Financial plan (Excel template)
- Funding conditions "Teach better!"
The modalities of project funding under this funding line are defined by these funding conditions.
Application formalities:
Complete application documents submitted on time:
- fully completed application outline
- Meaningful timetable
- Meaningful financial plan (use this Excel template exclusively and also attach this Excel file to the electronic application).
- If applicable, informal confirmation from the Vice Dean's Office for Teaching (e.g. for changes to the curriculum or similar)
- If applicable, an additional page with tables, graphs, information on assistant hours/costs, etc.
Only applications in electronic form will be accepted for evaluation!
Please send your complete and clearly marked documents by 30.06.2026 / 30.09.2026 / 31.12.2026 to lehrentwicklung@uni-siegen.de
Confirmation of receipt of application
You will receive an email confirmation of receipt of your application documents within 14 days of the application deadline.
Selection procedure
The voting members of the Commission for Quality Improvement in Teaching and Studies decide on the applications submitted.
Personnel
- Short-term employment
- KALKöD (software for calculating personnel costs -> for the calculation of SHK, WHB, WHK)
- Contact persons: Department 4.3 Academic staff, assistants, lecturers
Procurement
- Service portal
- Legal bases
- Contact persons: Department 1.3 Procurement and customs matters
Financial accounting, e.g. reimbursement of expenses/travel expenses/guest presentations
- Finances / Accounting / Hospitality
- Business trips / guest lectures / travel expenses for external persons / excursions / relocation allowance
- Travel expenses
- Advertising and sponsoring: via the form search in the form center Contact persons Accounts payable / Incoming invoices
OER
- If you have any questions about OER, please contact the OER Service Center
Want some inspiration?
Below you will find an overview of the funded projects in the "Teach better!" funding line.
Of the 10 project applications submitted, 6 projects were selected for funding:
- SPADE - Language-Sensitive Examination - Alternative, Digital, Engaged
- NeStaKAL - New static-constructive architecture teaching
- Teaching alternative methods for animal experiments in research
- ADLER - Adaptive Database Learning Environment with Realtime Feedback
- Language - Education - Sustainability 4.0: OER real-world laboratory for language-based democracy education in the region
- PCP-UG - Professionalization with the core-practice approach - Learning module for conducting (learning) classroom discussions
Prior to the introduction of the "Besser lehren!" funding line, teaching projects were funded under the "Besser innovativ!" and "Besser digital!" funding lines.
The "Besser digital!" funding line was awarded to support digital university teaching at the University of Siegen for six-month pilot projects to develop, test and evaluate digital teaching, learning and/or examination formats. Only members of the competence teams (dime:US project) of Faculties I-V were eligible to apply, while the "Besser innovativ!" funding line was awarded to support innovative university teaching (analog/digital) at the University of Siegen for six-month pilot projects to develop, test and evaluate analog and/or digital teaching, learning and/or examination formats. All teaching staff at the University of Siegen were eligible to apply.
Better innovative!
Of the 10 projects submitted, 5 were selected for funding:
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Making teacher training at the University of Siegen critical of discrimination
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Language - Education - Sustainability: Students develop OER
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Schreibstars: Creative competition for primary school pupils with German as a second language (SchWeGruZ)
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Language - education - sustainability: Critical Friends podcasts on student OER
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Exploring the world of Rubens
Better digital!
Of the 7 project applications submitted, 4 projects were selected for funding:
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Lecture Linker
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Syntax builder - Moodle tool for syntactic tree analysis
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Programmed structural analysis 2.0 (ProTra 2.0)
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Podcasting@school - Developing and testing digital skills in tandem
Funding was also provided as part of the "Besser!" concept:
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Center for Academic Writing (ZefaS)
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Language Center
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MUN NY
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Digital teaching team
Better innovative!
Of the 26 projects submitted, 9 were selected for funding:
- Wal3D - Hydraulic engineering laboratory 3D
- spradiLe - Developing and testing language-sensitive, digitally supported learning arrangements
- Inverted classroom with integrated experiments in physics and technology
- wunder hoeren sagen - Innovation in the didactics of Middle High German
- Built vision master studio
- Time4Lab
- SUMINT - Language-sensitive teaching in STEM subjects - a practical project
- PULSE: Postdigital Laptop Ensemble University of Siegen
- Teaching 4.0 - Making teaching tangible (VR Lab)
Better digital!
Of the 13 project applications submitted, 5 projects were selected for funding:
- Medical XR Siegen goes Standalone
- LearnWithAI
- SPSS2R
- (Audio)BarCamp
- KULI - AI-supported learning in computer science
As part of the "Besser!" concept, the following were also funded
- Center for Academic Writing (ZefaS)
- Open research workshop for student research projects
Contact us
Tamara El-Sheik
Room: AR-NA 210
Phone: 0271 740-4954
Antje Zoller
Room: AR-NA 510
Phone: 0271 740-4645
If you have any further questions, please write to lehrentwicklung@uni-siegen.de.
