Call for training projects 2024 and leave for educational projects (CPP)

AAP-PEI (i-site excellence program)

Focused on transforming teaching practices and pedagogical experimentation, acquiring teaching equipment or supporting artistic and cultural initiatives in training courses.
Open to UFRs, Schools, Institutes and ENSCM as well as I-SITE partners.

1. Objective

Continuing its trajectory of promoting pedagogical initiatives and innovations, the University of Montpellier and its partners are launching a call for PEI Formation 2024 projects that will focus on :

• Transforming teaching practices and experimentation
• Pedagogical equipment (particularly for the Law, Economics and Management sector, with a TEDSEQUIP AAP aimed more at the STS sectors currently underway).
• Artistic and cultural activities in training courses

2. Eligible expenses

• Complementary hours for tenured professors and research professors
• Fixed-term contracts (CDD) required to implement the project (contract BIATS, temporary teaching staff excluding ATER and ATE)
• Operating costs directly related to project support
• Equipment costing more than €500 (e.g. computer, public works equipment, etc.).
• Missions
• External and specialized professional consultations, subcontracting, services
• Training courses for actors and actresses
• Costs of communicating, promoting and disseminating pedagogical innovation
• Initiatives to share and disseminate teaching experience

3. Target audience

• The teaching teams of the UFRs, schools and institutes of the I-SITE consortium
• Those planning projects involving digital pedagogy or pedagogical transformation must contact their IT department or the UM's SCSIP beforehand.

Projects should be forwarded to your UFR, school or institute directors, who will prioritize them before submitting them by email in PDF format.

4. Selection procedure

Resources will be allocated taking into account five main factors:

• Pedagogical impact, and in particular the relevance of the project to the challenges of the course concerned
• Feasibility of project implementation
• The project's impact on the University's visibility and influence
• The ability to transfer the proposal to other courses, components, ....
• The respective sizes of the 19 entities involved (UFR, schools, institutes; ENSCM; Institut Agro Montpellier; CIHEAM-IAMM)

Project duration: the project may start upon notification in 2024 and must be completed by the end of calendar year 2026.

Wherever possible, projects will be assessed by external experts.

The evaluation committee will be chaired by the VPFVU and composed of the VP delegated to digital training, the SCSIP director and SCSIP experts, DSIN-SUN experts, a representative of Institut Agro Montpellier, and a representative of ENSCM.

For axis 3, the committee will be completed by the head of the Art & Culture department.

5. Calendar

• Publication of call for projects: December 14, 2023
• Application deadline: February 29, 2024 before 12 p.m.
• Result notification mailings: April 30, 2023
• Allocation of funds: early June 2024
• Successful projects will be eligible for funding in calendar years 2024, 2025 and 2026.

N.B.: 3 calls for projects (PEI, PédagoNum, PROPEDA) are launched according to the same schedule. A project can only be submitted to one of these calls.

In support of calls for projects, teachers can submit requests for leave for pedagogical projects (CPP).

We would like to draw your attention to the need to promote parity between men and women in I-SITE calls for projects.

• AAP-PEI submission
• View the PDF file

AAP-PROPEDA (UM institutional program)

Focused on supporting the success of new students.
Open to teachers and lecturers in UM's UFRs, Schools and Institutes.

1. Objective

Numerous factors contribute to student success, and the University has set up a number of measures to support it (refresher courses, tutoring, revision weeks, etc.). In order to evaluate existing measures, consolidate them and experiment with new ones, the University has set up a student success support office within the Department of Training and Teaching. The UM is renewing its call for PROPEDA projects to support first-time students*. In particular, projects will aim to help students adapt to university requirements and methodologies, including disciplinary ones, boost their motivation and learning techniques, etc.

*excluding tutoring, which has its own budget

2. Eligible expenses

• Complementary hours for tenured professors and research professors
• Operating costs directly related to project support
• Missions
• External and specialized professional consultations, subcontracting, services
• Training courses for actors and actresses
• Costs of communicating, promoting and disseminating pedagogical innovation
• Initiatives to share and disseminate teaching experience

3. Target audience

• The teaching teams of UM's UFRs, Schools and Institutes
• Those planning projects involving digital pedagogy or pedagogical transformation must contact the DSIN or SCSIP respectively beforehand.
• Projects should be forwarded to your UFR, school or institute directors, who will prioritize them before submitting them by email in PDF format.

4. Selection procedure

Resources will be allocated taking into account four main factors:

• The quality of the proposal in terms of experimentation or consolidation of tried-and-tested approaches, and the stakes involved in terms of student success in the course concerned.
• Feasibility of project implementation
• The ability to transfer the proposal to other courses, components, ....
• Respective sizes of UFRs, schools, institutes and component establishments

Project duration: the project may start as soon as notification is received in 2024, and must be completed by the end of the 2024-2025 academic year (August 31, 2025).

Wherever possible, projects will be assessed by external experts.

The evaluation committee will be chaired by the VPFVU and will include the VP for Digital Training, the SCSIP director and SCSIP experts, and experts from the DSIN-SUN.

5. Calendar

• Publication of call for projects: December 14, 2023
• Application deadline: February 29, 2024 before 12 p.m.
• Result notification mailings: April 30, 2023
• Allocation of funds: early June 2024
• Successful projects will be eligible for funding during the 2024-2025 academic year (to August 31, 2025).

N.B.: 3 calls for projects (PEI, PédagoNum, PROPEDA) are launched according to the same schedule. A project can only be submitted to one of these calls.

In support of calls for projects, teachers can submit requests for leave for pedagogical projects (CPP).

We would like to draw your attention to the need to encourage parity between men and women in PROPEDA calls for projects.

• Deposit AAP-PROPEDA
• View the PDF file

AAP-PédagoNum (Digital Training Program)

The PédagoN'UM "Pédagogie Numérique à l'UM" call for projects (formerly AAP CNUMF) is open from December 14, 2023 to February 29, 2024 before 12 noon. It is structured around 5 types of project:

1. Experimenting with generative AI for training
2. Production of new advanced digital teaching resources 
3. Digital assessment (peer assessment, skills assessment, etc.) 
4. Bimodal teaching hybridization 
5. MOOC 

To find out more and apply, go to the page dedicated to the PédagoN'UM call for projects.

PEI: AMI-CMA SUPPORT (FOR INFORMATION)

As part of the Training component of the I-site Excellence Program, financial support for the submission of France 2030 "Skills and Professions of the Future" projects for which the UM is the supporting structure may be granted to projects for which a letter of intent has not yet been submitted, in particular for the hiring of a project manager or for the payment of a service.

If you would like to set up a project in this area, we invite you to contact your UEI Directors.

COMP: TEDS SUPPORT (FOR INFORMATION)

Within the framework of the Contract of Objectives, Means and Performance (COMP), actions have been validated, notably concerning training in ecological transition and sustainable development (TEDS). Within this framework, calls for projects (400 k€) submitted by UEI managers will be proposed along two lines:

1) Installation of equipment and demonstrators related to ecological transition and sustainable development (TEDS);

2) Support for the creation of courses on ecological and societal transitions: This involves the creation of new courses within a bachelor's or master's degree. The timetable for this call for proposals will be tightened to enable new courses to start up in September 2024.

If you would like to set up a project in this area, we invite you to contact your UEI Directors.

We would also like to inform you that other forms of support have been planned as part of the introduction of compulsory TEDS units in the undergraduate curriculum, as well as for raising awareness of TEDS within the university community and training TEDS trainers.

SCHEDULE

• Publication date: December 14, 2023
• Application deadline: January 24, 2024 before 12 p.m.