Erasmus+ Funding for Visiting Academics

Staff mobility for teaching purposes offers lecturers at the University of Greifswald the opportunity to develop their subject-specific, linguistic and intercultural skills in an international context.

Under the Erasmus+ programme, you can teach as a visiting lecturer at European partner universities. The aim of the funding is to strengthen the internationalisation of teaching, intensify academic exchange within the European Higher Education Area and further develop existing partnerships.

A visiting lectureship offers you the opportunity to

• contribute your subject-specific expertise to an international environment,
• discover new teaching methods and perspectives,
• expand international collaborations,
• provide students at the host university with international insights, and
• introduce Greifswald students to international experiences as part of ‘Internationalisation @home’.

General conditions:

• Funding for teaching mobility at European partner universities with existing Erasmus+ agreements
• Duration of stay: minimum 2 days, maximum 2 months (excluding travel time)
• Funding for up to 5 teaching days
• Minimum teaching load: 8 teaching hours per stay

Applications are open to all teaching staff at the University of Greifswald with a valid employment contract.

The following groups are eligible for funding:

• Professors and lecturers with a contractual relationship with the university
• Lecturers without a fixed post
• Lecturers on contract
• Emeritus professors and retired teaching staff
• Research staff

Approval from the supervisor regarding the content and timing of the stay must be obtained.

The minimum duration of the stay is two days and the maximum is two months (excluding travel days). Due to the limited funds available, funding is granted for a maximum of five days’ stay.

• Due to the limited funding available for Erasmus+ staff mobility, preference will be given to the following placement options:
• First funded Erasmus+ staff mobility
• Partner institution within the KreativEU Alliance
• Academic relevance (as outlined in the Mobility Agreement)

The following documents are required once funding has been approved:

The grant amount is composed of a daily rate and a travel expenses allowance.

Please note that private days (e.g. weekends) in the host country cannot be funded. Only days on which you are on duty are eligible for funding.

The University of Greifswald reserves the right, depending on the funds available, to reduce the funding period in relation to the duration of the stay. This means that the duration of the stay is not the same as the funding period.
Should the actual costs exceed the maximum grant amount, the additional costs must be borne by the participants themselves.

The travel expenses are calculated according to the actual distances between the departure and arrival destinations of the visit using a distance calculator that applies to the whole EU.

Participants who travel at least 50% of their journey there and back by sustainable means of transport will receive additional individual support for travel costs and travel days of up to 4 days for a return journey, if applicable. In total, a maximum of six additional days of individual support for travel can thus be claimed. In this case, two days for standard travel and four days for Green Travel are used to calculate the daily rates. Please note that participants must justify the need for these additional travel days.

According to the National Agency DAAD, sustainable means of transport are:

• train, ship/ferry, carpool, bus, bicycle, walking.