EWUU Education research offers a fund named “Adaptive expertise development through transdisciplinary education and lifelong learning”. With this funding we aim to stimulate innovative education research and strengthen sustainable collaboration across the four EWUU institutions.

How it works

In alignment with the EWUU Education research agenda the funding supports education researchers to explore new research ideas, initiate cross-institutional partnerships, and build a foundation for longer-term research collaboration within the EWUU alliance. In addition to financial support, successful applicants will benefit from increased visibility within the EWUU community, opportunities to connect and to learn from and exchange perspectives with different researchers across the institutions.

Proposals are submitted by completing and submitting the application form on Friday 3 April 2026 the latest via Yvette.baggen@wur.nl. The proposals are assessed by the EWUU Education research team.

Relation to the TREE Incubator funding

The above mentioned call focuses on education research aligned with the EWUU Education research agenda. In parallel, the EWUU alliance offers the TREE Incubator call, which is aimed at stimulating the development of transdisciplinary learning experiences beyond institutions for degree students and life long learners.

While the two calls have distinct primary purposes, they are complementary in nature. Innovative educational ideas developed within the TREE Incubator may provide an interesting opportunity for education research, for example by enabling educators and researchers to study the design, implementation, or impact of new forms of transdisciplinary education together. Interested colleagues are therefore encouraged to consider applying to both calls, where relevant.

More about the TREE incubator funding will be published shortly on the EWUU website.