Funding for Nordplus Higher Education

Mobility support is calculated using fixed travel and accommodation rates. The Espresso application system automatically determines the total grant amount.

The travel and accommodation rates are maximum amounts. Networks can decide individual scholarship amounts based on their total grant. Agreements on scholarships must be made before exchanges begin.

Up to 5% of the used grant can be allocated for administration by the coordinating institution. This must be reported but does not require supporting documents.

Travel rates (return trips):

Accommodation/board rates:

Examples:

• 5-week student: 250 € + 70 € = 320 € + travel
• 1-week express mobility: 250 € + travel
• 8-day teacher: 500 € + 100 € = 600 € + travel
• 1-day teacher: 100 € + travel
• 5 working days teacher: 500 € + travel

Conformation templets

Confirmation (student)

Confirmation (teacher)

Grants support activities in participating countries. Each project can receive up to 100,000 € per call and may receive funding for three consecutive years (up to 300,000 € total). Courses may also be funded three times in a row.

To make the application process easier for the applicant, the budget system uses fixed unit costs that automatically calculates the amount that can be applied. The granted sum, however, is allocated as a lump sum that shall be used based on real costs and may freely be used for travels, subsistence, organisation and in projects for development work. If major changes in the project plans occur and the need for the use of the grant changes, the network coordinator shall contact the main administrator (Finnish National Agency for Education, EDUFI).

Applicants must use official budget templates

• intensive courses 
• development projects, joint programmes, and network meetings

The figures calculated in the template must match the amounts entered in the Espresso application. Applications without completed budget models will be rejected.

Grants cover a fixed contract period from 1 May to 1 October the following year. Final reports must be submitted within 30 days after the end of the contract.

• General overheads not linked to project activities
• Purchase of office equipment (e.g., IT items)
• Costs for participants from non-Nordic or non-Baltic institutions
• Costs for activities outside the Nordic or Baltic region

Additional funding is available (up to 100% of actual costs) for participants with special needs.
Examples: interpreters, accompanying persons, single rooms.

You can apply by contacting the main administrator EDUFI in good time before the planned mobility.

Accessibility application form - Applicant

Accessibility applications form - Higher Education - Institution