Before the Mobility
All staff members selected for participation in an Erasmus+ mobility are invited to fill out and sign the following documents:
- Staff Mobility Agreement for Teaching or Staff Mobility Agreement for Training: this is a trilateral agreement signed between the beneficiary, the home and the receiving institution
- Grant Agreement signed between the beneficiary and VUM, which stipulates the Erasmus+ grant and the conditions for the provision of financial support within the Erasmus+ programme.
Eligible duration of the staff mobility: from 2 days to up to 2 months excluding travel time and depending on the funding provided to the institution. In all cases, a teaching/training activity shall comprise a minimum of 8 hours or 4 hours per day.
Erasmus+ grant for staff mobility
The total grant for staff mobility includes both travel costs support as well as individual financial support to cover costs of stay. The travel support is calculated based on the travel distances by using the distance calculator supported by the European Commission. The following unit costs apply depending on the travel distances identified through the calculator:
| Financing mechanism | Amount | Rule of allocation |
| Unit costs | For travel distances between 10 and 99 km: 20 EUR per participant |
Based on the travel distance per participant. Travel distances must be calculated using the distance calculator supported by the European Commission. The applicant must indicate the distance of a one-way travel to calculate the amount of the EU grant that will support the round trip |
| For travel distances between 100 and 499 km: 180 EUR per participant | ||
| For travel distances between 500 and 1999 km: 275 EUR per participant | ||
| For travel distances between 2000 and 2999 km: 360 EUR per participant | ||
| For travel distances between 3000 and 3999 km: 530 EUR per participant |
Individual support is calculated by multiplying the mobility days by the applicable daily rates as stipulated in the table below:
| Receiving country | Daily rates |
| Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Ireland, Luxembourg, Sweden, United Kingdom, Liechtenstein, Norway | 180 EUR |
| Austria, Belgium, Germany, France, Italy, Greece, Spain, Cyprus, The Netherlands, Malta, Portugal | 160 EUR |
| Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, North Macedonia, Turkey | 140 EUR |