ERASMUS Preparatory Visits
The main objective of the action is to help higher education institutions (HEI) to establish contacts with prospective partner institutions with a view to establishing:
- New inter-institutional agreements (not renewals) relating to student and/or staff mobility;
- ERASMUS Intensive Programmes;
- ERASMUS student placements;
- ERASMUS networks;
- ERASMUS multilateral projects;
- ERASMUS accompanying measures.
When will a preparatory visit grant be offered?
The preparatory visit grant may be used to visit:
- Either one or more prospective partner higher education institutions (the visited institutions do not need to have an ERASMUS University Charter);
- Or an enterprise or organisation;
- ERASMUS placement consortia may use preparatory visits to organise ERASMUS student placements;
- Preparatory visit grants may also be used to participate in a partner-finding "contact seminar" organised by a National Agency. Details of the seminars are available on request from the National Agencies;
- In addition, if there is no consortium in their country, preparatory visit grants may be awarded to enterprises or other organisations for the purpose of helping them benefit from the experience of consortia abroad in view of establishing a consortium for the organisation of ERASMUS student placements.
Who can benefit?
- Individuals working in a higher education institution holding an ERASMUS University Charter;
- Individuals working in a consortium holding an ERASMUS Consortium Placement Certificate;
- Individuals from enterprises or other organisations in the case of visits abroad designed to help establish student placement consortia.
Who can apply?
- Higher education institutions holding an ERASMUS University Charter.
- ERASMUS placement consortia holding an ERASMUS Consortium Placement Certificate.
- Enterprises and other organisations.
How to apply?
- Applications are to be filed with the relevant National Agency.
- Usually a grant is awarded to just one person per visit, but in exceptional cases two staff from the same institution can be awarded a grant to undertake a visit together. Only one visit per potential project will be funded.
- Applications for preparatory visits are not eligible once the corresponding project application has been submitted.
Specific eligibility rules
- Applications must be submitted by bodies which are legal entities
- As preparatory visit grants (contact seminars included) aim at supporting organisations to develop future projects / partnerships, the country of origin and the country of destination must be countries participating in the Lifelong Learning Programme although not necessarily Member States of the EU
- At least one partner organisation of the future partnership / project application – that will be prepared as a result of the preparatory visit grant – has to be located in an EU Member State for the grant application relating to the partnership / project to be formally eligible
- Enterprises or other organisations are eligible if there is no consortium in their country and only if the purpose of the visit is to benefit from the experience of consortia abroad in view of establishing a consortium for the organisation of ERASMUS student placements
- Please verify with the relevant National Agency whether additional national requirements apply
