The FH Salzburg Teaching Award recognizes outstanding teaching skills, dedication to students' success, and innovative teaching methods. Students are invited to nominate their favourite courses.
The award was announced for the first time in 2023 with a total prize money of € 5,000. The next call for entries will take place in 2024.
Call for academic year 2023/24 nominations
Submission for the FH Salzburg Teaching Award 2023/24 is open from 01 September 2024 until 30 September 2024. Courses held in winter semester 2023/24 and/or summer semester 2024 can be submitted by lecturers.
Students of FH Salzburg have the opportunity to nominate courses via the course evaluation form. Lecturers who have received at least three student nominations are eligible to submit their course for the FH Salzburg Teaching Award.
Who can nominate and how (does it work)? (Nomination)
Students of FH Salzburg can select “Nominate this course for the FH Salzburg Teaching Award” (item no. 9) on the course evaluation form online.
Lecturers who receive three student nominations are eligible to submit their courses for the FH Salzburg Teaching Award.
Who is eligible to be nominated?
Internal and external lecturers of the FH Salzburg, who have shown outstanding teaching skills, dedication to students' success, and innovative teaching methods in a course held in winter semester 2023/24 or summer semester 2024.
Courses that have more than one lecturer and are divided in parts, can also be awarded as a whole or in parts.
The course or the part of the course must have a minimum volume of 1 SWS, regardless of the course type (e.g. IL, VO or ÜB)
Who can submit? (Submission)
All lecturers of FH Salzburg who fulfil the formal criteria listed above can submit a course for the FH Salzburg Teaching Award.
In case that a course is shared with other lecturers (e.g. if a large course is held in parts by several lecturers), any of the lecturers can submit the course as a group or individuals may only submit their part of the course. In the case of a group submission, a total of three nominations must be submitted.
Submitting a course for the FH Salzburg Teaching Award is at the discretion of the respective lecturer. Students and colleagues can actively encourage lecturers to submit. There is no obligation to submit.
Award
The FH Salzburg Teaching Award is awarded as follows:
- 1st Place € 2,000
- 2nd Place € 1,500
- 3rd Place € 1,000
- Honour Award € 500
The prize money will be disbursed by FH Salzburg to the winners. (Please note that this payment is taxable.)
In the case of group submissions, the award will be divided.
The award ceremony will take place in November 2024.
Jury and Criteria
The submissions will be reviewed by a jury. The jury consists of students, fellow colleagues from the areas of teaching and research, quality management, eLearning & didactics as well as the rectorate, the management, and an external expert.
The evaluation and selection by the jury will take place in October 2024 and will be based on the following criteria: student-centeredness, course structure, innovative and digital teaching and research-led teaching.
The course evaluation will also be reviewed by the jury in terms of content.
The jury's decision will be announced in due course.
For any questions, suggestions and comments, please contact rektorat@fh-salzburg.ac.at.