Teachers and school leaders who are interested in the Creativity through Early Years Science Education Training Course can apply to their National Agencies for ERASMUS+ funding, under Key Action 1, "Individual mobility". Although the type of action is entitled "Individual mobility", the applications are submitted by the participants' schools- no individual applications can be submitted. The deadline for application is February 2, 2017 at 12:00 (noon), Brussels time. Support will be offered by the course organisers to schools interested to participate on how to prepare your applications through a dedicated webinar.

Eligible countries for ERASMUS+ funding are the 28 EU member States, plus Iceland, Lichtenstein, Norway, Switzerland, Turkey and FYROM. Since the course is taking place in Greece, participants from Greece are not eligible to apply for an ERASMUS+ grant to attend it.  

Taking part in this course can be included in the school’s application to ERASMUS+ as a training activity. Please consult the description of the course (objectives, preparation, methdology, follow-up and evaluation) in order to fill in the application and read carefully the information provided below on ERASMUS+. 

What is ERASMUS+ ?

Here you can find a presentation summarizing the key-points of the application process for schools through Erasmus+ including what types of costs can be funded.

ERASMUS+, the new EU programme for Education, Training, Youth, and Sport (2014-2020) has a special focus on teachers’ professional development. Up to 2013 , the Comenius Training grants offered some good opportunities for individual teachers to attend training courses. Since January 2014  ERASMUS+, which replaced the old Lifelong Learning Programme (LLP), really multiplies these opportunities. Never before has there been so much EU support for teachers' professional development through mobility in Europe!  There is a big difference, however: Applications are not submitted by individual teachers anymore. They are submitted by schools. Another new aspect is that you can re-apply this year even if you have applied and been funded in the past!

So, your school needs to apply for you, as well as for any other of your colleagues, including your interest in training on school development and innovation that you will include in the ‘European Development Plan’ section of the application. For up-to-date information about Erasmus+ please check the Programme's website. Your school will need to apply to your country’s National Agency, who is also the one who will evaluate the proposal. Therefore, your National Agency is also a very good point to start for more information.

In the New Programme Guide, released in October 2015, for the part that we are discussing here (“KA1 - Learning Mobility of Individuals”, and in particular “School education staff mobility”) just go to pages 61-67 and 264-266, and you will have all you need to know.

We will be happy to guide you through the process.

Dr. Fani Stylianidou: fani@ea.gr

The steps to follow to apply for an Erasmus+ (School Education Staff Mobility) grant are:

• Fill in the registration form to the ISE Summer School 2017 with your details. This is an individual registration form, so if there are more than one participants from the same school, each one will have to submit a separate registration form. This way you have reserved a slot in the course in case your application for Erasmus+ funding is successful!
• Register your school/organization at the EU Login, if not already registered.
• Log in to the Participant Portal with your EU Login account details and register your organization to obtain your unique Participant Identification Code (PIC), if not already registered.
• Download the application form for School education staff mobility of the Erasmus+ Programme from the website of your National Agency.
• Go to our support page to find assistance in form of webinars and video tutorials on how to prepare a successful KA1 applicaiotn.
• Fill in and submit the application form to your National Agency. The deadline is February 2, 2017, 12:00 (noon), Brussels time.
• Do not forget to inform us as soon as you get notified from your National Agency whether your grant application is accepted or rejected.