Erasmus+ ICM incoming staff

The application call is now open.

The application deadline is Monday 29 April 2024 (16:00 CET). 
[extended deadline; the deadline was 22 April]

Fill in the online application form to apply for ICM.

Incoming staff is eligible to apply for the Erasmus+ ICM scholarship if:

• you are employed at one of our Erasmus+ ICM partner universities.
• your subject area is available at the host university. Contact the international office (Erasmus+ coordinator) at your home university to find out whether or not your field of study is incorporeated in the Erasmus+ ICM agreement.
• you are nominated by your home university. Your home university is responsible for the nomination of its staff for a mobility period abroad. In order to apply for the Erasmus+ ICM scholarship, you need a nomination letter from your home University and this letter needs to be uploaded with your online application.

In all cases, we advise you to contact your international office (Erasmus+ coordinator) before you start your application. They have detailed information about which type of staff mobility is possible. Please note that the availability of scholarships varies per participating country and university.

Please be aware that you can only apply to participate in an exchange at the University of Groningen and not to any of the other partners mentioned on the website.

Duration
The minimum duration of the ICM staff exchange is 5 mobility days.

Usually scholarships are awarded for 1 week. Please note that the complete journey may take up to 60 days.

A teaching assignment must contain at least 8 hours of teaching per week.

• Mobility Agreement ¹ --> Erasmus+ template training or Erasmus+ template teaching
• Motivation letter
• Invitation / (Pre-)Acceptance letter receiving university
• Nomination letter sending university

¹ During this stage it is not necessary that the Mobility Agreement is signed by the receiving university.

Daily support

€160,- p/day

Travel support

The number of available scholarships is different for each partner university. We advise you to contact the International office (Erasmus+ coordinator) at your home university for more information about the availability of scholarships.

Please note that the department of International Strategy & Relations (ISR) and the Mobility & Scholarship Desk (MSD) cannot host individual mobilities, nor do they provide invitation letters to applicants. The exception is mentioned below under “Staff training mobility”.

For teaching staff mobility: as teaching staff you should be invited by a colleague, or find a colleague who is willing and able to host you. In case you do not have a contact person/host yet, check these website, or the faculty specific websites. In case you contact a potential host, always include your CV and mobility/teaching plan. Also, explain you are applying for an Erasmus scholarship to cover your costs of living and travel. In case you do not know your potential host yet, please be aware it may be quite difficult to organize this type of mobility.

For staff training mobility: the University of Groningen in principle does not organize individual staff trainings. This means that staff trainings can only be realized on personal invitation by a colleague at UG, or if you, as applicant, find a host yourself or know someone who can host you. The only exception is the bi-annual Erasmus Staff Week organized by ISR (last edition was in Spring 2019), to which colleagues from partner universities are invited who work in one of the areas that are the topics of this staff week. Partner universities will receive information on the next staff week.

In case you contact a potential host yourself, always include your CV and mobility/training plan (be as specific as possible). Also, explain you are applying for an Erasmus scholarship to cover your costs of living and travel.  In case you do not know your potential host yet, please be aware that for capacity reasons or otherwise, the department you would like to visit may have to decline your request.

For all types of mobilities mentioned: if you contact a potential host, please put msd rug.nl in the cc field, so they may step in if required.