Employees of higher education can apply for teacher grants and employee grants. All employees, both professional and administrative staff, can apply.

Erasmus+ grants are awarded and must be used within the project year grant. The Erasmus+ project follows the academic year, not the calendar year, ie mobility means must be used between August and September, and if allocated funds can not be realized within the project year, the International Office must be informed so that scholarships may be internally assessed.

Here you will find an overview of VID's mobility partners worldwide. Erasmus + scholarships apply, with a few exceptions, to partners within Europe. If you are applying for a teacher scholarship, you must select partners with whom VID has a mobility agreement. If you apply for an employee scholarship, a mobility agreement with the host institution is not required. Look further down for a presentation of teacher schoaand employee scholarships respectively.

Before applying for staff mobility, you should know the following:

• Your stay must be agreed with your closest supervisor.
• The stay must last a minimum of 4 days (of which at least 2 days must be residence days with academic content), a maximum of 2 months. The stay must include at least 8 hours of teaching / supervision per week, regardless of duration.
• The scholarship can be used for stays at a partner institution
• You cannot receive an Erasmus + grant for activities supported by other EU co-operation programs / projects.
• To be able to apply, you must have an active employment relationship with VID (permanent or temporary). You cannot apply if you have retired and / or are employed under pensioner terms.
• See which activities can be carried out under the items "teaching scholarships" and "training scholarships".

Scholarship size depends on where you go and how long you are gone. It is calculated according to rates given by the European Commission, but a typical one-week stay in a high-cost country in Northern Europe will vary between 750 and 850 Euros. The grant will not necessarily cover all costs, and you should discuss with your manager how to cover any excess costs.

A teacher scholarship is a scholarship awarded to an academic staff member who wants to visit our partner institutions abroad to teach students there. The minimum teaching time is 8 hours per week, and the minimum duration is two days. The maximum duration of a stay is two months.

Employee grants are scholarships that both professionals and administrative staff can apply for, and which will be used to develop/raise their own competence through a stay at an institution abroad.

Time frame: A minimum of two full working days, plus travel time.

Content: The activity will support the employee's professional development in the form of training activities abroad (excluding conferences), such as job shadowing/observation periods.

You do not have to go to a higher education institution. However, if you choose to visit a higher education institution, the institution must have an Erasmus University Charter. Contact the International Office if you are wondering if the educational institution you wish to visit meets the requirement.

PhD candidates are encouraged to have a stay abroad during the PhD period. The International Scholarship is announced for fellows at the Center for Diakonia and Professional Practice and the Center for Mission and Global Studies on an annual basis. The scholarship applies to a longer stay at an academic institution abroad.

As of today, the award of scholarships for stays of at least three months has priority. However, it is also possible to apply for a scholarship for a minimum stay of one month. These are only awarded if funds are still available. The rates for the internationalization scholarship are, as for today, NOK 10,000 per month, and NOK 15,000 per month if you travel with family.

The annual application deadline for PhD research stays abroad is 1st March. Information about the application process is provided by the PhD centre heads, Daniela Lucia Rapisarda (SMG), og James McGuirk (SDP).

PhD fellows can apply for Erasmus scholarships both as students and within the staff category. You can find out more information here.

You are advised to speak to IT support on your campus before departure for expert advice on IT access and reduced risks during your stay abroad.

Fulbright programmet er et amerikansk stipendprogram som tildeler midler til norske og amerikanske studenter og forskere som ønsker å bruke tid i partnerlandet for å studere, forske, eller undervise.

Hvert år mottar cirka 40 nordmenn stipend for å studere, undervise eller utføre forskning i USA, og rundt 30 amerikanere får tilskudd til å gjøre det samme i Norge. Tilskudd tildeles i vitenskap og teknologi, kunst og humaniora, utdanning, journalistikk, media, styresett, lov og nesten alle faglige disipliner. Studenter på mastergrad og ph.d.-nivå og forskere (postdoktor eller tilsvarende) er kvalifisert til å søke og kan få stipend opp til 200 000.

Fulbright-stipend for master- og ph.d.-studenter

Det forutsettes at studiet ikke allerede er påbegynt ved et universitet i USA, og at studiestedet i USA er akkreditert. Ph.d.-studenter kan søke om stipend til opphold på minimum 4 måneder. Masterstudenter har minimumstid ett år.

Det er ikke krav om at man er tatt opp ved et amerikansk lærested før man søker om stipend fra Fulbright. Søker er selv ansvarlig for søknadsprosessen og opptak til akkreditert lærested i USA.

Fulbright-stipend for forskere

For forskere er oppholdstiden i USA fra mellom tre måneder til ett år.

Søknadsfristen for Fulbrightstipend til USA for det akademiske året 2024-25: 1. oktober 2023

In addition to the ERASMUS+ program's requirements, VID has separate criteria against which the applications are assessed. Applications that first meet the ERASMUS+ program's requirements and which also meet the college's criteria, will be prioritized.

All teacher- and staff mobility applications to the partners in the 3IN University Alliance have priority.

For teacher mobility, priority is given to activity:

1. That takes place at recipient institutions that belong to the department and / or college's strategic partners. Include documentation from plans and / or dean.
2. That includes participation in special information / recruitment meetings with students organized by the recipient institution. (Not in lessons). Attach documentation from the recipient institution.
3. That includes research and / or publication collaboration with staff at the recipient institution. Add name of partner / project.

For employee mobility, priority is given to activity:

1. That meets the priorities in the college's strategy. Show the relevant point in the strategy plan.
2. That meets the priorities of the faculty / section's strategic plans and / or objectives. Attach documentation from the director / section manager / dean.

VID has travel insurance for business trips both at home and abroad. You will find information about the insurance in the personnel handbook. (You must be logged in with Feide to gain access.)

• About travel insurance for business trips
• Contact information for the insurance company
• Travel insurance card

If you have questions about VID's insurance policies and do not get answers to them in the personnel handbook, contact HR by Ingvild Skansen.

Erasmus + scholarships are divided into a travel part and a subsistence part. Both travel and stay are covered at fixed rates depending on the destination. The International Office calculates the scholarship after the award has been made.

What to do after receiving a scholarship

• You enter into a scholarship agreement with an international office.
• You book your ticket and accommodation through G-Travel, according to the college's travel policy. For G-Travel, you specify your own unit (faculty, section, center) as the cost center, and note that the invoice for tickets and hotels should be marked with "Erasmus".
• If you did not do so in connection with the application, you must send the mobility agreement between yourself, the host institution and VID, to the International Office before leaving. Please note that the agreement must be signed by the host institution. Mobility agreements can be sent electronically and scanned signatures are accepted. The recipient of the scholarship is responsible for ensuring that the mobility agreement is completed and submitted to the International Office.

Document templates:

• Teacher mobility mobility agreement
• Mobility agreement for employee mobility
• Erasmus + mobility agreement and confirmation of stay

While you're abroad

Get a written confirmation of your completed stay. This must be signed by the recipient institution. It must be stated in the confirmation when you arrived and when you left.

Reporting and settlement when you get home

• You come back and create a travel bill in VISMA EXPENSE, with your own unit as the cost centre. You will find ERASMUS TRAVEL EXPENSES in the drop-down menu for expenses when you create the travel invoice. The travel bill is charged to the cost center you are associated with, as an employee.
• Send confirmation of completed stay to the International Office
• Report on mobility in an online questionnaire sent to you by the European Commission. Reporting is mandatory. If you do not report, there may be grounds for claiming the scholarship back.

The scholarship is paid in its entirety to the faculty. The person traveling creates a travel bill and no deposit is paid if the grant amount is lower than the travel bill. If the travel bill is higher than the scholarship, the difference is paid by the faculty. This must be clarified with the faculty in advance.

At the end of each semester (December and June), VID's Erasmus coordinator submits a list of accommodation and scholarship rates, for completed mobility during the period, to the finance section. The finance section then transfers the grant amounts to the boarder.

Please note that in accordance with Norwegian rules for travel expenses, you can only be reimbursed expenses for costs for which you have vouchers / receipts. You can not list costs for any companion. If you have traveled with someone who is also entitled to a refund, a travel invoice must be made per traveler. The Erasmus + scholarship can only be used to cover your own costs.