The Ministry of Education, Culture and Science makes € 2.5 million available annually for the three Dutch Higher Education Awards for higher professional education and € 2.5 million annually for the three Dutch Higher Education Awards for scientific education. Once awarded, the premiums are paid to the institution in proportionate installments via the lump sum over a four-year period.

These are distributed as follows:

• the highest award of the Dutch Higher Education Premium is € 1.2 million;
• the second place of the Dutch Higher Education Premium is € 800,000;
• the third place of the Dutch Higher Education Premium is € 500,000.

The resources of the premiums are intended to stimulate (future) projects that contribute to the innovation and / or improvement of higher education. The laureates enjoy a great deal of freedom of spending.

The education team of the FNWI consists of:

• Ilja Boor (senior lecturer BSc Psychobiology, educational innovator, advisor and project leader at the TLC-FNWI);
• Sandra Cornelisse (senior lecturer BSc Psychobiology, educational innovator, advisor at the TLC-FNWI);
• Stephanie Maijs (training coordinator MSc Biomedical Sciences, education advisor at the TLC-FNWI);
• Gerrit Oomens: program manager ICT and education at the Education Service Center, FNWI;
• Sylvia Witteveen: program director BSc Psychobiology, head of TLC-FNWI.

Over the past three years, this team has set up three educational innovations, resulting in a coherent and constructive curriculum supported by the teaching team.

Presentation of Dutch Higher Education Awards 2021

At the beginning of January 2021, the education team of the FNWI must defend this nomination orally. The awarding event of the Dutch Higher Education Awards will take place on 1 March 2021.