Erasmus+ programmes
Funding partnerships
Erasmus+ is the EU programme for collaboration within higher education for the period 2021-2027.
The general objective of the Programme is to support, through lifelong learning, the educational, professional and personal development of people in education and training in Europe and beyond, thereby contributing to sustainable growth, quality jobs and social cohesion, to driving innovation, and to strengthening European identity and active citizenship. As such, the Programme shall be a key instrument for building a European Education Area.
The programme offers opportunities for international exchange and strategic collaboration project as well as funding for policy reforms. Priorities during the coming years are given to:
- Inclusion and Diversity
- Digital Transformation
- Environment and fight against climate change
- Participation in democratic life
The basic rule is that the head of department, at the department concerned, signs letters of intent in the application phase. The Vice-Chancellor signs university-wide applications and applications that have participation from several departments /faculties at Lund University. For applications that are signed by the Vice-Chancellor, the researcher in charge must submit a project certificate signed by her/himself, the head of department and dean to the responsible programme officer at External Relations no later than 10 days before the application deadline.
External Relations provide support and advice in the process, handles the process for the Vice-Chancellor's signature and provides a template for the project certificate. The researcher in charge should always contact the responsible programme officer at External Relations well in advance of the application deadline.
The basic rule for granted projects is that the head of the faculty office signs agreements. Before signature, a project certificate must be signed by the researcher in charge and her/his head of department. The signed and scanned project certificate is to be sent to the responsible programme officer at External Relations, who informs the head of the faculty office that she/he can sign. The Vice-Chancellor signs agreements for university-wide university projects.
The signatures are regulated in an administrative procedure.
Read more about the procedure on the webpage Organisation and Decision-Making Structure
Read more about the Erasmus+ programmes on the European Commission's website. The Programme Guide is available in several languages.
The primary goal of the sub-programme Partnerships for Cooperation is to allow organisations to increase the quality and relevance of their activities, to develop and reinforce their networks of partners, to increase their capacity to operate jointly at transnational level, boosting internationalisation of their activities and through exchanging or developing new practices and methods well as sharing and confronting ideas and addressing common needs and priorities.
Who can apply for funding?
Any participating organisation established in a programme country (within EU/EEA). At least three organisations from programme countries are required. Departments at LU can apply as partner or coordinator.
Read more about programme countries on the European Commission website
Where is the application to be sent?
Send the application to the Swedish Council for Higher Education (UHR).
Call for applications
- Last day of application: March 2024
- Budget: 120 000 – 400 000 Euro
- Project duration: 12–36 månader
Who can participate in the project?
Any public or private organisation, established in a Programme Country or in any Partner Country of the world.
Within the programme, organisations in higher education and business can apply for grants to strengthen Europe’s innovation capacity and promote innovation within higher education, companies and the socio-economic area.
The programme aims to boost the provision of new skills and to address skills-mismatches by designing and creating new curricula for Higher Education (HE) and Vocational Education and Training (VET), supporting the development of an entrepreneurial mind-set in the EU.
Alliances for Innovation are intended to have an impact on individual, organisational and system level, both in short and long terms. The focus is on digital skills and green skills. There are two lots:
- Lot 1: Alliances for Education and Enterprises
- Lot 2: Alliances for Sectoral Cooperation on Skills (implementing the "Blueprint")
Who can apply for funding?
Departments/divisions within Lund University can apply as coordinator or partner of a consortium which consists of actors from the higher education and business sector.
Where is the application to be sent?
Send the application directly to the EU Commission
Call for applications
Last day of application: May 2023.
Lot 1: Alliances for Education and Enterprises
- Budget: EUR 1 000 000 - 1 500 000
- 20% co-financing
- Project duration: 24–36 months
Lot 2: Alliances for Sectoral Cooperation on Skills (implementing the "Blueprint")
- Budget: EUR 4 000 000
- 20% co-financing
- Project duration: 48 months
Who can participate in the project?
- Lot 1: Alliances for Education and Enterprises: minimum 4 programme countries and 8 partners
- Lot 2: Alliances for Sectoral Cooperation on Skills (implementing the "Blueprint") minimum 8 programme countries and 12 partners
Read more about programme countries on the EU Commission website
Read more about Alliances for Innovation on EU Commission website
The programme provides support for modernisation and reform of higher education institutions and systems in the eligible partner countries.
Read more about partner countries on the EU Commission website
Who can apply for funding?
Departments/divisions within Lund University can apply as coordinator or member of a consortium. Individuals cannot apply.
Where is the application to be sent?
Send the application directly to the EU Commission
Call for applications
Last day of application: February 2024.
Who can participate in the project?
Universities and other higher education institutions and all public or private sector organisations that are active in the labour market or within education, vocational training and young people who are involved in a programme or in an eligible partner country.
Read more about capacity-building projects on EU Commission website
The Erasmus Mundus programme for joint master's programmes consists of two parts:
- Erasmus Mundus Design Measures (EMDM) which aims to support higher education institutions that plan to develop a new joint master's programme
- Erasmus Mundus Joint Masters (EMJM)
Who can apply for funding?
Departments at LU can apply as a coordinator or partner in a consortium.
Where is the application to be sent?
Send the application directly to the EU Commission
Call for applications
Last day of application: February 2024.
Read more in the Erasmus+ Programme Guide
Who can participate in the project?
Departments at LU can apply as a coordinator or partner in a consortium.
Read more about joint programmes on the EU Commission website
The programme provides grants to universities and other higher education institutions to fund mobility of students as well as teaching and technical staff to another EU/EEA country.
More information how students, doctoral students, teaching and technical staff can apply for Erasmus+funding can be found here:
Erasmus mobility for students for studies
Erasmus mobility for students for traineeships
Erasmus mobility for professional development
Read more about programme countries on the EU Commission website
Read more about European mobility on the EU Commission website
Lund University can apply for funding from the EU programme Erasmus+ International Credit Mobility (ICM) to send and receive students and staff from selected partner universities outside of EU/EEA during a three-year project period.
The aim of the programme is to improve the quality of education through student and staff exchanges. Through this programme, students can study or do internships and teachers and staff gain professional development and exchange experiences with colleagues in other countries.
Who can apply for funding?
Since Lund University can only submit one joint application, every autumn the Division of External Relations sends out an internal invitation to submit proposals for mobility projects. Departments/units within Lund University can suggest projects that include student and/or staff mobility. Regarding student mobility, the faculty's international office must be consulted. The internal call for proposals is closed for 2022.
Where is the application to be sent?
Swedish Council for Higher Education (UHR)
Internal call for proposals 2023
The internal call for proposals for 2023 is closed.
Who can participate in the programme?
Lund University in collaboration with universities in countries outside the EU/ EEA.
Read more about ICM mobility outside Europe on the UHR website
The aim of the programme is to promote excellence in teaching and research in the field of European Union studies worldwide. EU studies should promote active European citizenship and values and deal with the role of the EU in a globalized world, enhancing awareness of the Union and facilitating future engagement as well as people-to-people dialogue.
Who can apply for funding?
Departments/divisions within Lund University. Individuals cannot apply for grants.
Where is the application to be sent?
Send the application directly to the EU Commission
Call for applications
Last day of application: March 2024.
Who can participate in the project?
Opportunities exist for higher education institutions worldwide. Certain elements are open to organisations that are active in the EU’s subject area and for connecting to professors and researchers specialising in EU studies.
The programme provides support for the renewal of education systems through large-scale projects involving actors from the public and private sector.
Who can apply for funding?
Departments/divisions within Lund University can apply as coordinator or member of a consortium. The consortium must consist of partners established in EU Member States or third countries associated to the Programme.
Where is the application to be sent?
Send the application directly to the EU Commission
Call for applications
- Last day of application: March 2024
- Budget: EUR900.000-1.5 million
- Project time: 24-48 months
Read more about forward-looking projects on EU Commission website
Contact
Petra Moser-Nørgaard
Erasmus+ Institutional Coordinator
International coordinator for:
- European mobility
- International Credit Mobility
+46 46 222 47 53
petra [dot] moser-norgaard [at] er [dot] lu [dot] se
Kristina Miolin
International coordinator for Joint Master’s Programmes
+46 46 222 46 16
kristina [dot] miolin [at] er [dot] lu [dot] se
Teresia Rindefjäll
International coordinator for:
- Alliances for Innovation
- Capacity-building projects
- Jean Monnet
- Partnerships for Cooperation
+46 46 222 62 40
teresia [dot] rindefjall [at] er [dot] lu [dot] se
Erasmus Charter for Higher Education
Erasmus code
S LUND01
Charter number
101013090 – LU
OID
E10209141
Erasmus Charter 2021–2027 for Lund University (PDF 315 kB, new tab)