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Erasmus+ «VITAL»

Project title “ Virtual Innovation and Training for Advancing Faculty Leaders, Digital Competencies, and Research Excellence”

Project acronym: VITAL 

Priority VITAL supports the Erasmus + Virtual Exchange priority on Environment and Climate Change 

Project duration: 1 February 2026- 31 January 2029

EU funding instrument: ERASMUS-EDU-2025-VIRT-EXCH-NE. ERASMUS Lump Sum Grants

Erasmus+ (CBHE) grant  amount: 500,000 Euro 

Target groups:

    • Early career faculty
    • Faculty trainers and mentors
    • HEIs
    • EU network

Coordinator and General Manager: 

Sandra Sanchez 

phone: +34 881 814 944

email: sandra.sanchez@usc.es

Grant holder: UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA (USC) , PIC 999829635, established in COLEXIO DE SAN XEROME PRAZA DO OBRADOIRO S/N, SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA, 15782, Spain

https://www.usc.gal/es

  1. INFOR Elea Smart Business Academy (INFOR Elea ), Italy
  2. Peter Shotadze Tbilisi Medical Academy (TMA), Georgia
  3. Business and Technology University (BTU), Georgia
  4. Ternopil National Medical University (TNMU), Ukraine
  5. Institute of Food Biotechnology and Genomics (IFBG), National Academy of Science of Ukraine, Ukraine
    1. Strengthen Career Development for Early Career Faculty

    1.1. Increase soft and transferable skill development in leadership 

    • ≥400 needs analysis respondents 
    • ≥300 complete full training cycle 
    • ≥10 mentorships pairs created 
    • ≥5 modules training programs created 
    • Leadership and Soft Skill Competency Framework 

    1.2 – Ensure faculty leadership sustainability through long-term training (Leadership program integrated in ≥3 HEIs, Dissemination toolkit created, Post-training self-efficacy scores improve ≥30%)

    1. Enhance Digital Pedagogy Capacity and Virtual Exchange

    2.1 – Expand digital pedagogical skills and virtual collaboration 

    • ≥400 needs analysis respondents 
    • ≥300 faculty trained in digital and AI teaching 
    • 80% report improved digital capacity 
    • ≥5 tools / resources co-developed

    2.2 – Create an Interactive Faculty Development Hub

    VITAL Hub 

    ≥15 tools / resources uploaded 

    ≥ 750 users 

    ≥85% users satisfaction 

    1. Advance Research Capacity and Evidence-Based Faculty Development

    3.1 – Strengthen international research collaboration

    • ≥400 faculty needs analysis 
    • ≥300+ trained in research workshops 
    • 10+ ToT mentors trained 
    • 4+ joints research outputs ( publications) or proposals

    3.2 Share and institutionalize best practices

    • ≥3 policies briefs created 
    • ≥3 HEIs integrate selected research /FDP practices
    1. Promote European Values and Inclusive Faculty Leadership 

    4.1 – Promote inclusivity and equitable leadership development

    • ≥400+ participants trained 
    • ≥2 institutions adopt inclusive leadership reforms

    4.2 – Strengthen academic integrity and institutional collaboration 

    • ≥300 trained in ethics & academics freedom 
  1. Establishment of project governance and coordination mechanisms. Organize the Kick-off Meeting ; establish the 

Project Coordination Unit (PCU), Steering Committee (SC), and WP Leaders (WDL) group . Finalize the consortium agreement , set timelines , and create internal communication protocols . Organize Interim Conference and Conference & Final Consortium Meeting

  1. Financial management and budget supervision. Manage contracts , payments , financial reporting , and liaison with the funding agency . Ensure timely delivery of financial reports and documentation .
  2. Quality Assurance Implementation and Monitoring Develop and apply a QA plan , including KPIs , performance indicators , internal peer review systems , and reporting structures .Conduct internal quality audits
  3. External Evaluation. Hire an external evaluator with expertise in higher education and educational innovation this conduct formative evaluations at M18 and M36. A Final Evaluation Report will summarize project impact , sustainability and recommendations
  4. Risk assessment and mitigation strategies. Create and maintain a risk management framework this identify , assess , and respond this project-related risks throughout the implementation period​
  5. Monitoring and Evaluation. Oversee project implementation progress through internal dashboards, institutional updates, and consortium-wide reporting. Coordinate a midterm internal evaluation and track alignment with deliverables and timeline.

Institutional Commitment and Sustainability Frameworks. Collect and archive MoUs and letters of support from each HEI, formalizing institutional commitments this sustain the mentorship , ToT models , and use of the VITAL Hub beyond the project

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  1. Horbachevsky Ternopil National Medical University of the Ministry of Health of Ukraine

Sofiia Husak, MD, PhD, Assoc. Prof. in Internal Medicine, Institutional  Coordinator.

Contacts: tel: +38 097 5852195; 

e-mail: husak_sr@tdmu.edu.ua.

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