heiSKILLS Fellowships Fellowships – Impulses for Innovative Teaching

The heiSKILLS Fellowships create opportunities for instructors to develop and pilot new teaching, learning, and assessment formats. 

Inspired by the Guiding Principles for Teaching and Learning at Heidelberg University, they provide space to integrate current scientific and societal challenges into teaching and to design sustainable models for study and learning. Each call focuses on a thematic priority. In this way, the fellowships generate impulses for innovative teaching that connect equity and scientific curiosity with the major challenges of our time.

Fellowship – AI in Teaching

How can Artificial Intelligence be used responsibly and creatively in higher education? This fellowship supports teaching projects that integrate AI into courses or assessments, enabling students to develop reflective competencies in working with AI. (Deadline for submission: 7 November 2025)

Fellowship – Open Educational Resources (OER)

Making teaching materials openly available and sustainably usable: This fellowship helps instructors transform existing digital materials into high-quality OER and publish them visibly through platforms such as ZOERR. (Deadline for submission: 31 October 2025)