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Scholarship

Erasmus+ for Teaching Assignments

For Leiden University teaching staff, who want to carry out a teaching assignment at a European partner university.

Deadline
One month before the start date of your Erasmus+ period
Target group
PhD, Staff
Countries/ nationalities
You can carry out a teaching assignment in any of the Erasmus+ programme countries, which include the EU member states, as well as Iceland, Liechtenstein, North Macedonia, Norway, Serbia and Türkiye. Note that your Erasmus+ period cannot take place in your country of residence or the Netherlands.
Scholarship type
Educational assignment
Faculty
Archaeology, Humanities, Medicine/LUMC, Governance and Global Affairs, Law, Social and Behavioural Sciences, Science, Interfacultair Centrum voor Lerarenopleiding, Onderwijsontwikkeling en Nascholing (ICLON), African Studies Centre, International Institute for Asian Studies

Una Europa

Is your teaching assignment within the context of Una Europa? If so, please do not apply for an Erasmus+ grant for Teaching without prior approval from the Una Europa project team at Leiden University.

For more information, send an email to una-europa@bb.leidenuniv.nl at least 2 months before the start date of your teaching assignment.

For who

Leiden University teaching staff, including PhD candidates with a Leiden University employment contract.

Eligibility requirements

  • You must be employed by Leiden University and hold a teaching position.
  • Your teaching assignment has a minimum duration of two days and a maximum duration of sixty days, excluding travel. Note that the grant will be awarded for a maximum of 14 days due to the limited available budget per mobility.
  • A minimum of 8 teaching hours per week (or any shorter period of stay) must be respected.
  • The receiving organisation must be a higher education institution with an Erasmus+ status.
  • Leiden University and the receiving institution must have signed an Erasmus+ inter-institutional agreement before the start of the teaching assignment.
  • The Erasmus+ grant for Teaching cannot be used to cover costs that are already financed by other European Union funds, for example through research and innovation grants.

Obligations

You must submit all required documents on time both before and after your Erasmus+ period. This includes the Grant Agreement, Mobility Agreement, Certificate of Attendance and Erasmus+ participant report. Leiden University has the right to withhold, cancel or revoke (in whole or in part) the awarded grant, if you fail to do so.

Scholarship amount

 

Composition of the grant

The Erasmus+ grant for Teaching is composed of a daily allowance and a travel allowance. The grant is intended as a contribution towards the costs of the teaching assignment. Therefore it may not cover the total cost of your stay abroad.

Daily allowance

The daily allowance amount is based on the duration of the teaching assignment (with a maximum of 14 days, including travel) and the country in which the receiving institution is located. Erasmus+ programme countries are divided into three groups based on the level of the daily allowance:

Group 1 - € 120 per day
Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Norway and Sweden.

Group 2 - € 110 per day
Cyprus, Czechia, Estonia, Greece, Latvia, Malta, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia and Spain.

Group 3 - € 100 per day
Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Lithuania, North Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Serbia and Türkiye.

Travel allowance

The travel allowance amount is based on the distance from Leiden University to the receiving institution, according to the European Commission’s distance calculator. Travel allowance is only granted for distances greater than 10 km.

If you use environmentally friendly, sustainable means of transport for your journey to and from your receiving institution, you may be entitled to a Green Travel allowance. Sustainable transport includes travel by bike, bus, carpooling and/or train. CO2 off-setting does not qualify. More information on sustainable travel options can be found in the Sustainable Travel Guide of Leiden University Green Office.

Travel distance Green Travel allowance Non-Green Travel allowance
0 - 9 km n/a n/a
10 - 99 km € 56 € 28
100 - 499 km € 285 € 211
500 - 1.999 km € 417 € 309
2.000 - 2.999 km € 535 € 395
3.000 - 3.999 km € 785 € 580
4.000 - 7.999 km € 1.188 € 1.188
8.000 km or more € 1.735 € 1.735

Payment of the grant

The grant will be paid to your organisational unit (faculty/research institute/department) after you have completed your Erasmus+ teaching assignment and have submitted all required documents on time.
 

Application process

  1. Fill out the Mobility Agreement for Teaching.
  2. Sign the Mobility Agreement and ask the responsible persons at both Leiden University and the receiving institution to do the same.
  3. Save a copy of the Mobility Agreement as one PDF file (all pages in 1 document).
  4. Fill out the online application form and attach the Mobility Agreement.
  5. Submit the online application form with the Mobility Agreement attached.
  6. If you are awarded an Erasmus+ grant, you will receive a grant award letter and the grant agreement via email before the start of your Erasmus+ period. Read the grant agreement carefully and sign it.
  7. Return a copy of the signed grant agreement in one PDF file to outbound@sea.leidenuniv.nl at least two weeks before the start date of your Erasmus+ period.

Important: Make sure to download the Erasmus+ checklist for an overview of all procedures to be taken care of before, during and after your Erasmus+ period.

Inclusion Support for staff with a disability and/or additional needs

If you have a physical, mental and/or health-related condition, the regular Erasmus+ grant may not suffice to cover all the costs of your staff mobility. As this may prevent you from carrying out an Erasmus+ teaching assignment, Leiden University can request Inclusion Support from the Erasmus+ National Agency in the Netherlands.

Inclusion Support is an individually tailored grant intended to cover the extra costs of the support you require before and during your Erasmus+ staff mobility. Inclusion Support can be used to cover the cost of, for example, preparatory visits, a personal carer, a specific (medical) aid or accessible housing. It is based on real costs incurred.

For more information about the application procedure and eligibility requirements for Inclusion Support, contact outbound@sea.leidenuniv.nl at least 6 months before the planned start date of your Erasmus+ staff mobility. Note that the award of Inclusion Support is subject to the assessment of Leiden University and the Erasmus+ National Agency of the Netherlands, as well as the available funds.

Background

Erasmus+ is the EU programme for education, training, sport and youth. It enables teaching staff from higher education institutions, such as Leiden University, to teach at partner universities in order to improve their skills and competencies and to support their professional development.

Disclaimer Leiden University

The Scholarships Team of Leiden University is responsible for the administration of the Erasmus+ programme for outgoing staff members. It is, however, at all times the responsibility of the staff member to ensure that all the required documents are complete, signed and submitted within the timelines given. If you do not submit the required documents on time, no claim can be made on the Erasmus+ grant for Teaching.

Disclaimer European Union

Erasmus+ Staff Mobility for Teaching Assignments is funded with support from the European Union. Views and opinions expressed on this webpage are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union or the Erasmus+ National Agency of the Netherlands. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.

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