Call ACCELERATE projects 2024

Connecting, sharing, and further developing knowledge and expertise for a limited number of transversal themes.

• Create and mobilise progressive, innovative knowledge and frameworks (policies, tools, etc.) within the specific niche/context of UOS from the expertise present in the VLIR-UOS network, and profile VLIR-UOS within this
   
• Connect, inspire and teach/support our VLIR-UOS community (institutions and individuals) on how to work on these themes within their own academic practice and in the context of project implementation.

Accelerate envisages policy and policy implementation support to the VLIR-UOS community, both in Belgium as well as in all partner countries, in three priority themes. Through Accelerate, we want to identify, connect and mobilise the relevant expertise available in the VLIR-UOS network. Accelerate will support VLIR-UOS and the VLIR-UOS community in building knowledge and expertise and in becoming a partner of choice for innovative policy implementation for the selected themes.

• Accelerating Diversity, equity and inclusion
• Accelerating Uptake, Use and Impact
• Accelerating Higher Education management

Target groups:

1. The institutional level of HE&SI in Flanders and partner countries
   
   
2. The VLIR-UOS community (individual promotors, researchers, professionals, support staff, students, etc.)
   
   
3. The institutional level of VLIR-UOS
   
   
4. Experts working on VLIR-UOS projects on a regular basis (Bureau UOS, ICOS/GEO, secretariat staff).

Who can apply?

Per theme, 1 core group will be formed. The core group consists at least of one Flemish promotor and one partner country promotor. Members from other organisations, such as ARES and ITM, can participate if they contribute staff time and/or allocate co-funding.

Higher education and public (not for profit) research institutions located in 17 project partner countries:

Benin

Bolivia

Burundi

Cuba

DR Congo

Ecuador

Ethiopia

Indonesia

Kenya

Morocco

Peru

Philippines

Rwanda

South Africa

Tanzania

Uganda

Vietnam

The project budget amounts to a maximum of 200,000 EUR for a duration of 30 months: 6 months inception phase and 24 months implementation phase. Up to 40,000 EUR can be budgeted for the inception phase.

All project proposals will be assessed by a VLIR-UOS Selection Commission in November 2024.

One proposal per theme will be selected.

Project applications must be submitted to the ICOS of the Flemish university association via the tool for the submission of project proposals.