CERPEK is launching a call for Masaryk University teaching staff who want to bring more interactivity to their existing courses, connect theory with practice, or engage students in research activities. We offer the opportunity to receive financial support and use it to transform your course into a modern, interactive experience for students.
The call is not intended for new courses — its aim is the meaningful innovation of existing key courses. Supported projects will receive not only financial backing but also methodological guidance from CERPEK.
Students tackle real-life situations in a safe environment — through scenarios, simulation games, or role-playing. Every situation can be repeated and reflected upon.
Students work individually or in teams to produce a concrete, real-world output. Teaching connects disciplines and develops collaboration and presentation skills.
Students become researchers — they ask questions, collect data, and draw conclusions. They learn to investigate in ways that reflect their future field of study.
What types of teaching innovation can be supported?
Projects may also combine innovations. Proposals with an impact on key study courses, multiple study programmes, or involving inter-faculty collaboration are preferred. Support can be requested for innovations in compulsory and compulsory-elective courses within bachelor's, master's, and follow-up master's study programmes, in both full-time and combined forms of study.
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Applications may be submitted by study programme guarantors in whose programmes the innovation will be implemented, as well as by academic staff authorised by them or by teachers of the course being innovated. The call is primarily intended to support innovations in courses that have not been innovated under the same calls in 2024 and 2025. Funds are exclusively non-investment in nature and cannot be carried over to the following year.
The proposal includes an abstract, a description of the innovation, the project lead or team, the pedagogical rationale, an approach to evaluating effectiveness, and a budget with justification.
Submit your application in the MU information system for project records. Use the template titled "Teaching Innovation (1. 5. 2026 – 30. 6. 2026)".
We will primarily need the course syllabus prior to the innovation and a draft syllabus following the innovation, an annotated lesson plan for a sample session, and an activity timeline.
We offer and encourage project participants to attend at least one educational event focused on developing pedagogical competencies from CERPEK's workshop programme. You are also welcome to attend any other educational or professional development event of your choice, whether in the Czech Republic or abroad.
Throughout the project, you will work with an online portfolio in IS MUNI — a tool that will support your reflection on the teaching innovation you are implementing. CERPEK will organise group reflective meetings to assist you in working with the portfolio. These gatherings also serve as an opportunity to draw inspiration from innovations carried out by colleagues across the university.
At the end of your project, you will write a final report on the innovation you have implemented, which will include feedback from your students and a sustainability plan for the innovation. The section of your report relating to the sharing of good practice will be published on the CERPEK website. This will give you the opportunity to present your innovative project to fellow teaching staff and inspire them to innovate their own courses — ultimately contributing to the systematic improvement of teaching quality at Masaryk University.
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