Erasmus+ Mobility Grant for Teaching Purposes

The teaching grant can be used to teach at one of OsloMet's Erasmus+ partner institutions in Europe. 

We have gathered good examples of how others have used the Erasmus+ staff grant for teaching - read and be inspired!

Where can you go?

The institution you travel to must have a valid Erasmus+ exchange agreement with OsloMet. OsloMet has partner institutions in most of the countries participating in Erasmus+, that is, the 27 EU countries, as well as Iceland, Liechtenstein, Turkey, North Macedonia, and Serbia.

Use the list of international partner institutions that OsloMet can send students on exchange to, to find European institutions that we have Erasmus+ agreements with.

England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland are no longer among the eligible countries.

• You must have a clear plan for your stay and which Erasmus+ partner institution you will be traveling to. 
• Your plan and the timing of your stay must be agreed upon with your immediate manager. If the plan changes, this must be agreed upon and approved by your immediate manager.
• You must have an active employment relationship at OsloMet (permanent or temporary), you cannot have retired or be employed under retirement conditions. 
• The stay should last a minimum of 4 days, of which at least 2 days must be days with academic content, and a maximum of 60 days. 
• The stay must include at least 8 hours of teaching/guidance per week, regardless of duration. 
• If you have previously received an Erasmus+ staff grant, and you have completed the stay you received support for, you must have submitted all necessary documentation before applying for new support. 

Application form and deadlines

​​​​​​​The application deadline is January 15 for stays in the Spring semester.

Apply here for stays in the Spring semester (nettskjema.no).

The application form will be available 4 weeks before the application deadline. Only applications received by the deadline will be processed.

If you are awarded a grant, it must be used by the end of the semester for which you received funding. You cannot move the stay to the next semester.

If your grant application is approved, you will need to complete and submit the agreement documents, a Mobility Agreement and a Grant Agreement, before you travel:

• Mobility Agreement: please complete the Mobility Agreement (nettskjema.no), or employment contract first. Once submitted, the Mobility Agreement will be sent to you in Visma Sign where you will need to sign it digitally.  If your stay includes visiting multiple institutions, one of the institutions must take responsibility for approving the entire stay and sign both the Mobility Agreement and Confirmation of Stay (see more under "During and after the stay").
• Grant Agreement: Once the Mobility Agreement is signed, you will receive your Grant Agreement for signing in Visma Sign. With your signature on the Grant Agreement, you commit to submitting certain documentation according to the requirements of the European Commission. If you do not submit all the documentation on time, OsloMet will not receive funding from the European Commission, and you will therefore not receive your scholarship. You will then be responsible for financing your own stay.

Have there been any changes since you were granted the grant? If the plan changes, this must be agreed upon and approved by your immediate supervisor. If the number of days has changed, please send an email to erasmus@oslomet.no to find out how much money you will receive in the end.

Travel and travel booking

The trip itself is booked and paid for in the usual way through Berg-Hansen, in accordance with OsloMet's rules for business travel.

You will need to cover the expenses related to your stay yourself and then submit a travel expense claim as usual afterwards.

We recommend that you prepare for your visit by checking that you have insurance coverage during your travels, register in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' travel register (reiseregistrering.no), and consider downloading the Norwegian Church Abroad emergency number app (sjomannskirken.no). Also, visit sikresiden.no for useful information when you are traveling abroad.

You must submit a "Confirmation of stay"​​​​​​, your travel expense claim, and complete "Erasmus+ Participant Survey" before the grant is transferred to your unit:

• Confirmation of stay: Print the "Confirmation of stay" (.docx) and have it signed by the host organization before returning home. Submit the signed "Confirmation of stay" to erasmus@oslomet.no. ​​​​​​​
• Travel expense claim: Submit the travel statement as usual through SAP and use the work order number for your unit. Please indicate that it is for the Erasmus+ grant in the subject field. Remember to provide the amount for the flight ticket and hotel even if you select "Flight and hotel paid by employer" option. If you have not made any other agreement with your immediate manager, submit the statement for the amount stated in the contract mentioned in the above paragraph. Read more about OsloMet's general guidelines for travel settlements. 
• Erasmus + Participant Survey: You will receive an automatically generated link to the online report "Erasmus+ Participant Survey" that you must complete. The subject field in the email will say "Erasmus+ Participant Survey." 

Once you have submitted the "Confirmation of stay", submitted the travel expense claim and completed "Erasmus+ Participant Survey", the Section for Career Services, Internationalisation and Student Services will transfer the grant to your unit.