Kent staff are encouraged to consider whether their school or professional service department’s existing European and international partnerships could form the basis of an Erasmus+ funding bid. Erasmus+ Key Action II funding is available to support consortia to run collaborative projects aimed at improving higher education provision.
Acceptable project themes within Erasmus+ Strategic Partnerships funding strand are broad within the overall objective of promoting innovation in higher education, and therefore this particular funding strand could be a useful means to develop existing work with partners.
Staff may also be interested in Erasmus+ Capacity Building project opportunities; Capacity Building projects must involve institutions from Erasmus+ Partner Countries (as opposed to Programme Countries). Capacity building projects typically focus on one of three main activities: curriculum development activities; modernisation of governance and management of HEIs and systems, and strengthening of relations between higher education and the wider economic and social environment
An Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree (EMJMD) funding bid could also be considered by Schools within well-developed consortia. (Approval for EMJMD bids need approval of the International Postgraduate Steering group chaired by the Dean of the Graduate School).
Key application deadlines
Erasmus+ Strategic Partnerships: 21 March 2018
Erasmus+ Capacity Building projects: 8 February 2018
Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degrees projects: 15 February 2018
Staff are advised to contact International Partnerships as soon as they start to consider a bid. Please take a look at the Funding Opportunities webpage for the internal approval procedure: https://www.kent.ac.uk/global/partnerships/kent-staff/funding-opportunities.html
The closing date for calls is 12.30 (GMT) on Wednesday 10 January 2018 with institutions being notified of the outcome by Friday 26 January 2018.
Other opportunities
For full details of other opportunities, please read the full news story on the International Partnership news page.