As a general rule the Erasmus+ programme is open to programme countries which include member states of the European Union as well as non EU programme countries. Other countries can participate in the programme on a limited basis and may participate in certain actions or according to specific conditions, these are known as partner countries. More information about participating countries can be found here
There are a number of different funding opportunities available under Erasmus+, that is, for Higher Education Institutes (HEIs), Vocational Education & Training (VET), Schools, Adult Education & Youth.
Through Erasmus+, HEIs can access funding for life-changing international opportunities:
- Students can study or undertake a traineeship abroad, to develop new skills, gain international experience and boost their employability
- Academic and professional staff can teach or train abroad, to develop professional practice, build relationships with international peers, and gain fresh ideas
- HEIs can collaborate with international HEIs, enterprises and other partners, to drive innovation and excellence in higher education.
You can apply for one or more of the following activities. These activities are ‘decentralised’, which means you apply directly to your Erasmus+ National Agency:
- Higher Education Student and Staff Mobility within Programme countries (Key Action 103): International study and traineeship placements for students plus opportunities for staff to teach or train in programme countries
- Higher Education Student and Staff Mobility between Programme and Partner Countries (Key Action 107) – International Credit Mobility: International study and traineeship placements for students plus opportunities for staff to teach or train in in programme and partner countries
- Strategic Partnerships for Higher Education (Key Action 203): Collaborative projects with international HEIs and partners to improve education provision for learners and share innovative practices
- Cross-sector partnership funding (Key Action 2): Collaborative projects with international partners from the higher education, vocational education and training, school, adult education and youth sectors to improve provision for students and young people
You can also apply for one or more of the following ‘centralised’ funding activities, via the European Commission’s Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency.
- Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degrees: Delivery of joint Master degrees with international HEIs, including funding for student scholarships
- Erasmus+ Master Degree Loans: Support for Masters students with their living and tuition costs
- Capacity building in the field of higher education: Supporting the modernisation, accessibility and internationalisation of higher education in eligible partner countries
- Knowledge Alliances: Bringing HEIs and businesses together for transnational projects to strengthen Europe’s innovation capacity, stimulate entrepreneurial skills, and facilitate the exchange, flow and co-creation of knowledge
- European Universities Initiative: Supporting innovative and structural international cooperation models between HEIs in Europe – to transform the quality and competitiveness of higher education and to promote European values and identity
- Jean Monnet Activities: Activities to promote excellence in teaching and research in the field of European Union studies
- Sport actions: Not-for-profit European sport events, plus collaborative partnerships to support good governance in sport, tackle cross-border threats to the integrity of sport and support increased participation in, and equal access to sport for all
Organisations involved in Vocational education and training (VET) can apply for Erasmus+ funding for life-changing international activities.
- For learners, apprentices, and staff, it is a fantastic opportunity to enhance understanding of different cultures, while gaining knowledge, skills and experience of value to their career.
- For organisations, it helps to develop capacity, create transnational partnerships, and offer new opportunities to learners, apprentices and staff.
You can apply for one or more of the following activities. These activities are ‘decentralised’, which means you apply directly to the Erasmus+ National Agency:
- Mobility for learners and staff (Key Action 1): opportunities for learners and staff to spend a period of learning in another country through work placements and job shadowing.
- Partnership funding (Key Action 2): collaborative partnerships with international partners to improve provision for learners and share innovative practices.
- Cross-sector Partnerships (Key Action 2): working with partners from the higher education, vocational education and training, school, adult education and youth sectors to improve provision across more than one sector.
You can also apply for one or more of the following ‘centralised’ funding activities, via the European Commission’s Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency:
- Sector Skills Alliances: Sector Skills Alliances aim to tackle skills gaps by aligning VET systems to sector-specific labour and skills needs.
- Sport activities are aimed at improving grassroots sports provision to tackle threats such as doping and match-fixing, and to increase inclusion and promote sport for all.
Schools can access funding for life-changing international activities:
- Students can take part in international exchanges and study experiences: to develop new skills, raise their aspirations and gain vital international experience
- Staff can teach, train or job shadow abroad: to develop their professional practice, build relationships with international peers and gain fresh ideas
- Schools can collaborate with international partners: to drive innovation, share best practice, and offer new opportunities to young people.
You can apply for one or more of the following activities. These activities are ‘decentralised’, which means you apply directly to your Erasmus+ National Agency:
- School Education Staff Mobility (Key Action 101): Professional development opportunities for staff, including teaching, training and job-shadowing abroad
- School Exchange Partnerships (Key Action 229): International pupil exchanges and study experiences, plus staff training and teaching assignments overseas
- Strategic Partnerships for School Education (Key Action 201): Collaborative projects with international partners to improve education provision and share innovative practices
- Cross-sector Partnerships (Key Action 2): Working with partners from the higher education, vocational education and training, school, adult education and youth sectors to improve provision for students and young people
You can also apply for the following ‘centralised’ funding activity, via the European Commission’s Education Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency:
- Capacity building – Sharing best practice, promoting cooperation, and cultivating new practices in youth work: Transnational partnership projects to improve services for young people.
Organisations involved in Adult education can apply for Erasmus+ funding for life-changing international activities.
Erasmus+ activities have positive results for both the organisation and the individual members of staff taking part. People have fresh perspectives, and feel energised and motivated, which supports professional development and staff retention. They also develop new skills, by getting to know first-hand the workings of other organisations, sharing ideas, and discovering best practice to bring back to their employer. In turn, through strategic partnerships, adult learners get to benefit from innovative approaches.
You can apply for one or more of the following activities. These activities are ‘decentralised’, which means you apply directly to your Erasmus+ National Agency:
- Mobility for adult education staff (Key Action 1): Professional development opportunities for staff including teaching assignments, study courses, training events and job shadowing.
- Partnership funding (Key Action 2): collaborative projects with international partners to improve adult education provision.
- Cross-sector Partnerships (Key Action 2): working with partners from the higher education, vocational education and training, school, adult education and youth sectors to improve provision across more than one sector.
You can also apply for the following ‘centralised’ funding activity, via the European Commission’s Education Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency:
- Sport activities are aimed at improving grassroots sports provision to tackle threats such as doping and match-fixing, and to increase inclusion and promote sport for all.
Each year, Youth organisations and young people can access Erasmus+ funding to support life-changing international opportunities.
For organisations, it helps to develop capacity, initiate international partnerships, and offer new opportunities to young people. As an individual, you can add to your understanding of other cultures, while gaining knowledge, skills and experience of value to your career. Erasmus+ is especially beneficial for disadvantaged and vulnerable young people, who might otherwise miss out on opportunities for international experience. Through Erasmus+:
- Youth organisations can collaborate with international partners: to develop their capacity and offer new opportunities to young people
- Young people can experience life in another European country: to share interests and concerns with their counterparts through a youth exchange
- Youth workers and staff can job shadow or train abroad: to develop their professional practice, build relationships with international peers and gain new ideas
- Young people can interact and debate with decision-makers: in order to make a difference on issues that affect them
You can apply for one or more of the following activities. These activities are ‘decentralised’, which means you apply directly to your Erasmus+ National Agency:
- Mobility for young people and youth workers (Key Action 1): opportunities for youth workers or individuals part of a youth organisation to spend a period of learning in another country through youth exchanges and training/networking for youth workers
- Partnerships funding (Key Action 2): collaborative partnerships to address shared problems in order to exchange best practice and build internal capacity
- Cross-sector Partnerships (Key Action 2): working with partners from the higher education, vocational education and training, school, adult education and youth sectors to improve provision for students and young people
- Shaping youth policy (Key Action 3): projects aim to strengthen the voice of young people on the issues that affect them the most
You can also apply for one or more of the following ‘centralised’ funding activities, via the European Commission’s Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency:
- Capacity building – Sharing best practice, promoting cooperation, and cultivating new practices in youth work: transnational partnership projects to improve services for young people
- Sport activities: aimed at improving grassroots sports provision to tackle threats such as doping and match fixing, and to increase inclusion and promote sport for all
There are a variety of opportunities under Erasmus+ for organisations to apply for funding to deliver sports-related activities. Some of these opportunities are run directly by the National Agencies under the education, training and youth parts of the programme; others are run by the European Commission’s Executive Agency.
– Decentralised activities managed directly by the National Agencies
Organisations actively involved in sport can take part in decentralised activities if their projects are intended to use sport in the context of education and training or youth activities. This could include, for example, work placements abroad for sport apprentices, staff training for coaches, volunteers or youth workers involved in delivering sports activities in a formal or informal context or partnership projects aimed at improving provision in the teaching of sporting skills.
You will need to apply based on the sector that your project will cover i.e. higher education, vocational education and training, schools, adult education and youth.
Centralised activities run by the European Commission’s Executive Agency
The opportunities managed by the Executive Agency are funded under the sports strand of Erasmus+ and are aimed at supporting European partnerships focused on grassroots sport.
– Collaborative Partnerships
- Collaborative Partnerships support the development, transfer and/or implementation of innovative practices in sport and physical activity.
– Not-for-profit European Sport Events
- Europe-wide voluntary sport events can be funded including organisation, implementation and legacy activities.
If you are a participant in an Erasmus+ project, please contact your sending organisation if you have any concerns as they are the best people to help you.
Organisations across all sectors actively involved in delivering formal and non-formal education, training and youth work are able to apply for funding.
As a general rule, it is not possible to apply for funding as an individual. Individuals wishing to get involved in the programme should speak to their organisation, school, college etc.
The Erasmus+ Programme Guide is essential to understanding Erasmus+. It provides participating organisations and individuals a comprehensive list of opportunities supported by the programme.
The 2020 Programme Guide is available as an online version, with a more user-friendly, accessible format to make it easier to find information, as well as a PDF version.
Erasmus+ funding is available through EU grants. Funding is a contribution towards the costs associated with a project. The funding available depends on the type of project, the project duration and the proposed project activities. For further details regarding the funding available please check the Erasmus+ Programme Guide for the sector and Key Action you wish to apply for.
If you take part in an organised mobility experience in another country and would like to receive the Europass Mobility, you will need to ask the sending partner (e.g. the school or institution that organising your placement) to register with the National Europass Centre in your country.
The sending partner and the host organisation (the organisation or institution that you will be visiting when abroad) will complete the relevant documents.
You will receive your Europass Mobility after you finish your experience abroad.
Start and end dates vary depending on the Key Action. You should refer to the Erasmus+ Programme Guide for more information regarding project durations and the possible project start and end dates.
An OID is the Organisation ID. Any organisation wishing to apply for decentralised Erasmus+ actions is required to have an OID. If your organisation has already participated in any Erasmus+ or European Solidarity Corps actions managed by a National Agency, and you already have a PIC (Participant Identification Code), then you do not have to register again.
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