E+ Personnel: Eligibility Requirements
Activities for teaching purposes (STA) - definition of teaching
Teaching Assignments can take place in various forms:
- Teaching (seminars, lectures, tutorials, supervision of doctoral students, participation in Rigorosa)
- Development of innovative teaching methods
- Development of joint study programs
- Exchange of teaching content and methods
Activities for teaching purposes (STA) require a minimum of 8 teaching hours per week.
Activities for training purposes (STT)
University staff can be sent to a university with an ECHE or another institution based in another program country for training purposes. This activity promotes the professional development of university staff through further training measures abroad (except research projects directly related to research and conferences) and through trainings at partner universities or at corresponding institutions abroad. Examples:
- Job Shadowing/Observation
- Specialist or language courses
- Participation in training events (e.g. Staff Training Week)
- Tutorials/seminars/workshops
STA and STT combined
A mobility for teaching purposes can be combined with further education or training measures. This stay is then rated as STA mobility "STA combined with STT" and is only possible for teaching staff.
The teaching activitis must include at least 4 teaching hours per week
Eligibility criteria
Target countries
- All EU member states: Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Croatia, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Sweden, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain , Czech Republic, Hungary, Cyprus and the associated overseas territories
- EEA countries: Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway
- Turkey
- North Macedonia
- Serbia
From the academic year 2024/25, KOOR will also allow staff mobility in partner countries (Erasmus+ WORLWIDE).
Employees and teachers who do not have their main residence in Germany are not allowed for a staff mobility in their main country of residence.
Application date
You can apply continuously, but KOOR-Erasmus Services BW must have your complete documents at the latest 7 days before the start of your stay abroad . Please plan a lead time of several weeks, as you will have to obtain various signatures from the host and home universities.
If the application deadline is not met, it is possible to award zero-grant funding in order to obtain Erasmus status for any visas or to obtain certain benefits in the target country. Even for zero-grants, the grant agreement must always be signed and sent back to KOOR before the start of the stay.
Retrospective funding and partial funding are not permitted. Missing information in the Mobility Agreement can be submitted promptly if necessary, but must be available before the start of the stay, taking into account the creation and return of the Grant Agreement, which must also be available before the start of the stay.
Duration of funding
The stay may not be less than a duration of two days and may not exceed a duration of 60 days.
The start/end date of the eligibility period is the first/last day the participant must be present at the host institution. The actual duration must be confirmed by the host institution at the end of the stay.
A maximum of 10 days can be financially granted. Participants will receive 2 additional travel days if required or up to 6 additional travel days for "green" arrival or departure.
Extensions of stay
Extensions must be communicated via an informal e-mail from the home university before the start of the stay so that the grant agreement can be adjusted. Both financially eligible renewals and zero-grant renewals (if 10 days have already passed) must be announced.
Repeated funding
Repeated funding is possible without restrictions, provided that sufficient funding means are available.
Double promotion
There may be no double funding by the EU, i.e. you may not simultaneously claim another EU scholarship in addition to the Erasmus scholarship.
The simultaneous receipt of an Erasmus scholarship and another DAAD scholarship is excluded on the part of the DAAD. Should you receive a DAAD scholarship, please consult with the respective contact person.
Receiving institution
STA mobility:
- sending and receiving universities must hold a valid ECHE (Erasmus Charter for Higher Education).
- an Inter-Institutional Agreement (IIA) must have been concluded between the sending and receiving university for the duration of the contract. The IIA or a short notice must been sent to KOOR by the International Office of the sending university.
STT mobility:
- Universities (with a valid ECHE) or
- any other entity established in a Program Country in the fields of education, training or youth
Excluded Facilities
EU institutions and other specialized agencies are excluded as receiving entity. An exhaustive list is available here.
Blended mobility & virtual periods
Staff mobility can also take place as blended mobility. However, only the physical time on site is eligible in accordance with the minimum funding period of at least 2 days.
Physical and virtual parts have to be indicated in the Mobility Agreement. Purely virtual stays are not eligible.
