Erasmus+ Short-Term Doctoral Mobility

Erasmus+ Short-Term Doctoral Mobility

This new mobility type provides funding options for short-term mobilities for PhD students at one of our partner universities in Erasmus+ Programme Countries. The mobility includes a physical stay abroad (5 to 30 days) which can be extended by a virtual component.

Funding Options

PhD students can apply for the following funding options:

• Day 1-14:     70 EUR /day   
• Day 15-30:   50 EUR /day

Top-Up Green Travel

PhD students can apply for a Green Travel top-up of 50 EUR (one time) by unsing means of transport with low-emission, such as bus, train, or carpooling for the majority of the outward and return journey.

Top-Up Fewer Opportunities

Students with chronic illness or a degree of disability (Grad der Behinderung, GdB) of 20 and more as well as students travelling with their child/children are eligible to apply for a fewer opportunities top-up.

Requirements

The following requirements must be met by the participants:

• PhD students have to be matriculated at the University of Siegen.
• The short-term doctoral mobility must take place at one of our partner universities in one of the Erasmus+ Programme Countries (see Funding Options).
• The duration of the physical stay abroad must be between 5 and 30 days.
• The physical component must be completed successfully.
• The short-term doctoral mobility must be thourougly documented (see Erasmus+ Documents).

Application Procedure

• Doctoral candidates search on MoveOn for a partner university in one of the Erasmus+ Programme Countries (see Funding Options).
• Once the PhD student found a suitable stay opportunity at a partner university that meets the individual research needs, the doctoral candidate contacts the coordinator of the short-term mobilities via Mail.
• In case the chosen stay opportunity meets the neccessary requirements for the Erasmus+ funding, doctoral students register via MoveOn with the Department of International Student Affairs (ISA) to apply for the Erasmus+ grant.

Application Documents:

• Letter of Acceptance from the host institution
• Confirmation of Enrolment University of Siegen (Studienbescheinigung der Universität Siegen)
• CV
• Letter of Motivation (in english)

Erasmus+ Documents

Doctoral Mobility participants must document their stay abroad in accordance with the EU guidelines.

Before the Mobility:

• Letterof Acceptance (issued by the host institution)
• Learning Agreement
• For stays with a duration more than 14 days: Online Language Support (OLS) Placement Test
• If applicable: Declaration on Honour for Green Travel
• Grant Agreement (issued by ISA once the above documents have been submitted)

After the Mobility: 

• Confirmation of Stay
• Learning Agreement - After the mobility
• Participant Report (EU)
• Experience Report

Erasmus+ Grant Reimbursement

Reimbursement cases

• If the required documents are not submitted or not submitted on time agreed in the Grant Agreement, the grant must be reimbursed.
• If the stay does not begin as agreed in the Grant Agreement or is terminated prematurely, the grant must be reimbursed.

Reimbursement procedure