In this chapter we list the most common funding instruments that can be used either in the development or in the implementation phase of the JP. The Erasmus+ programme offers several actions to support the development and implementation of the JPs as well as funding instruments to support the mobility of individuals, staff and students during the programme.
EIT (European Institute for Innovation and Technology) is a unique EU body bringing together organizations across business, education, and research. The goal of EIT and its KICs (Knowledge and Innovation Communities) is to train the next generation of entrepreneurs through entrepreneurial education programmes at master’s and doctoral level.
The Digital Europe Programme (DIGITAL) is a new EU funding programme focused on bringing digital technology to businesses, citizens and public administrations. In addition, there are some more geographically limited funding instruments to support development of JPs, either on national level or covering some specific geographical area. This list of funding opportunities is not exhaustive and also new funding instruments may appear.
Unite! Seed funding
The Seed Fund intends to support exploration and development of
attractive and diverse activities and projects, to help secure either
additional funds for a project or to carry out joint, ambitious and
innovative ideas within the alliance.
Master Programme development: Erasmus Mundus Design Measures (EMDM)
Features: encourage HEIs to develop new, innovative and highly integrated master programmes by facilitating the setup of such international partnerships.
Duration : 15 months
EU grant : €55,000 lump sum
Call:
once a year
Start with the customer – find out what they want and give it to them.
Running and implementing the JP Master programme: Erasmus Mundus Joint Masters
Funding: for both running JPs and offering competitive scholarships to the best students worldwide. The programme must be fully developed and ready to run when submitting the application.
Duration : 6 academic years, covering at least 4 editions of the masters programme
Grant per project : up to €5 million
EU scholarship for individuals : €1,400 per month (max. 24 months)
Mobility of participants (individuals): Erasmus +
Students:
● long-term study period abroad 2-12 months
● short term study period abroad 5-30 days (min 3 ECTS)
● traineeship
● doctoral mobility
● blended mobility (combining virtual mobility with long/short physical mobility
● Credit mobility (former Global mobility)
Staff mobility (admin, academic, teachers)
Running and implementing individual course and
mobility of course participants: BIP
Blended Intensive Programme (BIP) is a course (min 3 ECTS) that combines physical and virtual learning. A BIP is organized by three different higher education institutions from three different Erasmus+ programme countries and funded by the Erasmus+ mobility programme.
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Institutional cooperation:
Erasmus+
Cooperation Partnerships (KA220-HED)
This instrument can
be used for a partnership development in the area in which JP is planned +
curriculum development activities. It can also be used to carry out studies on
the needs of the labour market in a specific field to support the development
of learning outcomes for the future JPs with boosted employability.
Institutional cooperation:
Erasmus+ (KA2)
Partnership for innovation
Alliances for
Innovation aim to strengthen Europe’s innovation capacity by boosting
innovation through cooperation and flow of knowledge among higher education,
vocational education and training (both initial and continuous), and the
broader socio-economic environment, including research. They also aim to boost
the provision of new skills and address skills mismatches by designing and
creating new curricula for higher education (HE) and vocational education and
training (VET), supporting the development of a sense of initiative and
entrepreneurial mind-sets in the EU
Institutional cooperation with developing
countries:
Erasmus + Capacity
Building projects
Capacity building projects in the field of higher education, for partnership development and curriculum development with the perspective of creating the conditions to establish JPs in the future in a specific area
Institutional cooperation/programme/individuals:
EIT
Funding available under each KIC (various types of funding) and programme
EIT European Institute of Innovation and Technology
Start with the customer – find out what they want and give it to them.
Institutional cooperation/programme/individuals
The Digital Europe Programme (DIGITAL) is a new EU funding programme focused on bringing digital technology to businesses, citizens and public administrations.
Support specialised education
programmes or modules in cutting-edge digital technologies developed together
with EU excellence centres in artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and high
performance computing.
Start with the customer – find out what they want and give it to them.
Regional and local funding
Nordplus Higher Education Programme (Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland, the Baltic countries - Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania - and the autonomous regions of Åland, the Faroe Islands and Greenland)
Finland and developing countries :HEI ICI and HEP Programmes.
Germany: Integrated International Degree Programmes with Double Degrees (DAAD) .