European Innovative Teaching Award 2026

"European Innovative Teaching Award 2026" is a call published by Direktoratet for høyere utdanning og kompetanse (HK-dir) on its grants index at hkdir.no, under the Erasmus+ programme. The application deadline is listed on the page as "Løpende (CET)" — that is, the scheme is rolling rather than tied to a fixed closing date.

According to the page, educational institutions cannot apply directly; HK-dir selects institutions that have completed Erasmus+ projects meeting the European Commission's criteria. Up to four prizes per country may be awarded, across the categories "Barnehage" (kindergarten), "Grunnskole og videregående skole (studieforberedande)" (primary/lower-secondary school and general-studies upper secondary school), "Fag- og yrkesopplæring" (vocational education and training), "Voksnes læring" (adult learning), and "Den europeiske språkprisen" (the European Language Label).

The page states the 2026 thematic priority as "Skills for life", described as supporting EU efforts to strengthen basic skills across Europe, aligned with the Basic Skills Action Plan and the Union of Skills strategy.

The page lists erasmuspluss@hkdir.no as the contact e-mail. Because institutions are selected by HK-dir rather than through a direct application, no separate online application link is published. No funding amount, budget figure or funding rate is stated on the page, so those fields are left empty. No opening date and no "sist oppdatert" / last-updated date are stated on the page.