Funding in Nordplus Higher Education  

Funding for individual mobility

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):

Route	Amount
Faroe Islands and Iceland	660 €
Between Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Sweden and Åland	330 €
Domestic (in connection with international exchange)	Up to 175 €
Greenland	1300 €

Accommodation/board rates:

Participant type	Per day	Per week (5 working days)	Per month
Students (short & long-term)	20 €	70 €	250 €
Students (express mobility)	50 €	250 € (1st week), 100 € (2nd & 3rd weeks)	-
Teachers	100 €	500 €	1350 €

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)

Funding for intensive courses, projects and network meetings

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).

Budget models

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.

Contract period

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.

Ineligible costs

• 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

Inclusion support

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

Payments, audits and reporting

Applicants may receive full funding (the sum applied for), partial funding (only some of the activities applied for are funded, or the budget has been reduced due to ineligible costs or inaccurate calculations), or the entire application may be rejected. All applicants receive information on the decision. If funding has been granted for part of the application only, the applicant will receive information about this and the reasons for the reduction upon request from EDUFI.

When the contract has been signed and submitted to EDUFI, grants are paid in full to the coordinator, who is then responsible for the funds for the whole duration of the contract period. The network/project partnership decides how the funds are to be allocated between the participating institutions.

The funds granted should be accounted for in accordance with national/ internal requirements and rules as a separate project in the accounts of the coordinating institution so that all payments are visible in the event of an audit. All documents are to be retained by the coordinator in at least five years after the end of the contract period.

When reporting the grants, no additional financial documentation is needed.