Erasmus+ Key Action KA131 - Erasmus+ Programme Generation 2021-2027

Giving a block seminar at Istanbul University? Hold a team teaching event with a colleague from Madrid? Invite a representative of a French NGO to teach at Paderborn University?

Erasmus+ makes all this possible and sponsors short-term stays for guest lecturers. As a guest lecturer, your stay will help to strengthen the European dimension of the host university, complement its teaching programme and exchange experiences in the field of teaching and research with colleagues from Erasmus+ programme countries (STA1). You also have the possibility to invite corporate staff from Erasmus+ programme countries to teach in Paderborn (STA2).

Link to the partner portal for staff mobility

• Eligible persons and conditions of participation:
  UPB lecturers and academic staff who have a contractual employment relationship with UPB. A teaching assignment or fee contract is not sufficient.
• A valid Erasmus+ cooperation agreement for STA with a partner university
• Duration of the apprenticeship: 2 to 6 days (excluding travelling days) (if the funding is part of a BIP: 5 to 6 days)
• Scope of the apprenticeship: at least 8 hours of teaching in one week (7 days) or a shorter period. For each additional day of stay beyond one week (7 days): at least 1.6 h per day

• The allocation principle is "first come, first served"
• Erasmus+ funding is limited. In general, the application deadline is at least 6 weeks before the start of the mobility programme. However, for better planning of Erasmus+ funding, we ask that you apply early.
• Full funding (per diems) for up to 6 days of stay (teaching days at the host organisation) and
  • 0-2 travel days for arrival/departure by flight, boat, car
  • 0-6 travel days for arrival/departure by sustainable means of transport (green travel): Train, bus, car-sharing and other sustainable means of transport. Example: If the host organisation is so far away that you have to travel 2 days by bus, you can apply for 4 additional travel days for the outward and return journey.
• Costs incurred: Erasmus+ pays out lump sums that include all the costs you incur (travel costs, accommodation costs, participation fees, etc.). If the costs incurred exceed the Erasmus+ funding, you must cover the costs yourself or charge them to another accounting object, which you must indicate in the business trip application. If the Erasmus+ funding exceeds the costs incurred, you must declare the gain as a non-cash benefit in your tax return.
• University staff with disabilities or chronic illnesses as well as university staff who take their child(ren) abroad with them can submit a real cost application for the actual costs incurred.

Project 2024-26: valid for trips until February 28th 2026