Key Action 1 - Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degrees 2019

Deadline: 14 Feb 2019   - 62 days

The announcement of the Erasmus+ Programme call for proposals 2019 (EAC/A03/2018) in all official languages of the EU was published in the Official Journal of the European Union N° C 384/04 on 24/10/2018

The 2019 annual work programme for the implementation of Erasmus+ assigns a budget of around EUR 160 million (including the credits for additional scholarships for target regions of the world – "Heading 4" and "EDF" budgetary envelopes) and envisages selecting around 46 Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degrees under this call for proposals.

Deadline, indicative amounts and outputs of the 2019 call for proposals

Key Action/Activity
KA1-Learning Mobility of Individuals

Action
Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degrees

Deadline for submitting applications
14/02/2019 - 12:00 CET Midday Brussels time

Indicative total amount allocated(EUR)
160.000.000

Indicative number of selected projects
46

Indicative additional budget from the EU external funding instruments: amounts and scholarships of the 2019 call for proposals

(will be provided soon)

Indicative timetable

Publication of the call for proposal
24 October 2018

Deadline for submission
14 February 2019 (12:00 CET Midday Brussels time)

Evaluation period
4 months

Information to applicants
June 2019

Signing of grant agreement
July 2019

Start date of the action
August - October 2019

The Erasmus+ Programme Guide is available on-line. This guide presents the Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degrees (EMJMD)and explains the rules and conditions for setting-up an application for this action.

The main changes compared to the 2018 call for proposals are summarised in the "Frequently Asked Questions" (FAQ) available in the section "How to apply" and are the following:

• Subject to certain administrative conditions Serbia joins the Erasmus+ Programme as Programme country
• Western Balkans (Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro) are new targeted region for additional scholarships under the "Heading 4" budgetary envelope.
• Up to 28 additional student scholarships for the four intakes are available for nine targeted regions of the world:
  • Western Balkans, Eastern Partnership countries, South-Mediterranean countries, Asia, Central Asia, Latin America, South Africa and Gulf Countries ("Heading 4")
  • the Africa-Caribbean-Pacific countries ("European Development Fund")
• Chile and Uruguay were moved from the region "Latin America" to "Other industrialised countries"

Organisations wishing to apply for an Erasmus+ Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degree grant should consider the following recommendations:

•   Recommendations for EMJMD consortium agreement
•   Recommendations for EMJMD student agreement
•   Student health and accident insurance coverage requirements

Erasmus+ e-tutorials that focus on the international dimension of the Programme and on how to prepare a competitive proposal are also available here.

Further reference material:

•  EMJMD model template Grant Agreement

For information, applicants may consult the model template of the "Grant Agreement" to be issued in case the proposal is selected for funding, including the Special/General Conditions governing the grant award.

Further reference material:

Link to the Erasmus+ Distance Calculator:

http://ec.europa.eu/programmes/erasmus-plus/resources/distance-calculator_en

Distance calculator

• For grant support to travel costs in the Erasmus+ Programme, travel distances must be calculated using the distance calculator

How To Apply

Organisations wishing to apply for Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degrees in the field of Higher Education are invited to submit applications online to the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA) in Brussels.

The document "Instructions for completing the Application Package" is intended to help applicants for EMJMD projects to find information they need to complete and submit their applications.

In addition "Frequently Asked Questions" are available in order to assist applicants in preparing their proposals.

• FAQs:  (will be provided soon)

For practical details on "How to prepare a competitive EMJMD proposal" you can also consult the following presentation:

Before starting your application:

1. Read the call for proposals / Erasmus+ Programme Guide / Instructions for completing the Application Package carefully.

Applicants must create an EU Login account. If you already have an EU Login account, use your e-mail address to sign in; otherwise click here to create an EU Login account. When you have created your EU Login account, return to this page.

You are now ready to start the application process:

1. The applicant and all partner organisations must be registered in the Participant Portal. Organisations that register in the Portal receive a Participant Identification Code (PIC) that will be requested in the electronic application form. To access the Participants' portal, you will need your EU Login username and password.

Given that each applicant organisation should use only onePIC code, please first check with your institution (e.g. legal representative's office, etc.) whether such a PIC number has already been created for your organisation. For your convenience the Erasmus charter holder's list provides you with the corresponding PICs of HEIs from the Erasmus+ Programme Countries.

If you already have a PIC, you may use it to create your electronic application form. Please also note that at application stage the PIC status can be either "Validated", "Declared" or "Sleeping". In case of double reference for one and the same organisation, the "Validated" PIC should always be considered.

1. Create your official electronic application form, also called the eForm. Use the official application package and the correct application eForm for the Erasmus Mundus Joint Master Degrees action (please refer to the eForm and Annexesnavigation tabs on the left).