All NHH staff members have the opportunity to apply for Erasmus+ funding for teaching or training mobility to develop their competence.

Please note that NHH in most cases cannot fund staff mobilities that last more than one week. 

• Staff mobility for training

  Staff mobility for training

  • This is available for academic and technical/administrative staff
  • The mobility must be approved and supported by your manager
  • The mobility must be relevant for your field and give value in the form of knowledge or competence
  • Examples of staff mobility for training: organised staff training weeks, workshops, job shadowing, training courses, seminars, and language courses
  • The receiving organisation must be a higher education institution or a private or public organisation in the education or labour market field
    • The HEI does not need to be one of NHH's partner schools
  • It is possible to combine training and teaching mobility

• Staff mobility for teaching

  Staff mobility for teaching

  • The purpose of teaching mobility is to teach at one of NHH's partner schools in Europe
  • The mobility must be approved and supported by your manager
  • Required teaching hours: minimum eight hours per week (same requirement applies if your mobility lasts less than a week)
  • It is possible to combine teaching and training mobility

• Financing

  Financing

  • The grant from Erasmus+ will only cover part of the expenses associated with the mobility. The academic or administrative department of the staff person travelling must cover expenses exceeding the grant amount
  • Grant rates are set by the European Commission and the Norwegian Agency for International Cooperation and Quality Enhancement in Higher Education (Diku) for one academic year at a time and the amount depends on the receiving country
  • 2022/2023 grant rates for subsistence:

    Receiving country	Daily rate
    Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Ireland, Liechtenstein, Luxemburg and Sweden	€ 112
    Belgium, France, Greece, Italy, Cyprus, Malta, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Germany and Austria	€ 99
    Bulgaria, Croatia, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Turkey, Czech Republic, Serbia, and Hungary	€ 87
    For mobility lasting longer than two weeks, 70% of the daily rate will be paid from the 15th day Starting from the fall 2024 semester, the daily rates will increase to €130, €115 and €100, respectively.

  • 2022/2023 grant rates for travel:

    Distance	Rate
    Between 10 and 99 km	€ 20
    Between 100 and 499 km	€ 180
    Between 500 and 1999 km	€ 275
    Between 2000 and 2999 km	€ 360
    Between 3000 and 3999 km	€ 530
    Between 4000 and 7999 km	€ 820
    8000 km or more	€ 1500

    The European Commission's distance calculator will be used for calculating distance

• Limitations

  Limitations

  • Attendance at conferences are not supported
  • Large groups from the same department who travel together cannot be supported
    • Maximum of two people can travel together
  • As the budget for staff mobility is limited, appliations for mobility longer than two weeks must be justified

• Requirements

  Requirements

  • Mobility duration: from two days to two months (excluding travel days)
  • The staff person is responsible to arrange the mobility with the institution he/she is going to
  • Erasmus+ Staff Mobility for Training/Teaching Agreement, Confirmation of Stay, and Grant Agreement must be completed and turned in to the Section for Student Exchanges and Internationalisation
  • An electronic report regarding the mobility must be completed afterwards

• How to apply

  How to apply

  • Make sure the mobility is pre-approved by your manager
  • Clarify the mobility programme by registering for the specific event or contact the institution/organisation you want to travel to in order to make sure they can receive you
  • Send an e-mail to Marion.Floysvik@nhh.no to apply. Include the following information in the e-mail:
    • Completed Mobility Agreement for Training (Word, 70 kb) or Teaching (Word, 71 kb) (does not need to be signed at this point)
    • Invitation or confirmation from the receiving institution/organisation

  Contact NHH's Erasmus+ coordinator Marion Fløysvik before sending in the application if you have questions.

• Application deadline

  Application deadline

  There is no set application deadline, but you should apply well in advance of the planned mobility. Applications are processed on a contiuning basis.

• Before, during, and after the mobility

  Before, during, and after the mobility

  Before:

  • Get the necessary signatures on your Mobility Agreement and send it to Marion.Floysvik@nhh.no
  • Section for international relations will fill out the Grant Agreement with the total grant amount for your mobility and send it to you. The agreement must be signed and returned before the mobility.

  During:

  • Ask the receiving institution/organisation to confirm the dates for your stay by signing the Confirmation of Stay form (Word, 60 kb). In some cases the receiving institution/organisation will give you their own form that can be handed in instead.

  After:

  • Return the Confirmation of Stay form to Marion.Floysvik@nhh.no
  • Submit a travel expenses claim like you normally do for any travel
  • Submit an electronic report. You will receive a link by e-mail from the Erasmus+ programme

Can you or your colleagues benefit from completing a staff mobility, but are not sure of where or how?

• Use NHH's network of partner institutions in Europe to find possible institutions to visit
• EAIE Academy arranges courses twice a year for staff members focusing on internationalisation in a variety of fields
• IMOTION is a platform for Erasmus Staff Training where institutions that are planning to arrange courses or visits can post information. Staff who want to participate can search for events that are appropriate for them and their field

Read more about Staff Mobility on Paraplyen (in Norwegian)