All groups of persons at Trier University who can submit a formal travel request for the Erasmus+ stay can be funded, for instance:

• university teachers
• research assistants
• lecturers with and without endowment
• contract teachers
• PhD students holding the position of research assistants
• professors emeriti and retired lecturers

Important: foreign nationals can participate provided they are employed at Trier University. However, it is not possible to receive financial support for a stay in the country of the funded person’s primary residence.

Staff from international institutions and organisations can also be invited to Trier University for the purpose of teaching (STA 2). If you would like to invite colleagues from partner universities to Trier, they need to apply for financial support from Erasmus+ EU funds at their respective home university.

The financial support for Erasmus+ mobilities for the purpose of teaching or training depends on the varying living costs in each destination country (“programme countries”). Consistent daily rates apply for funding by German universities.

Travel expenses are added to the daily rates depending on the actual distances between departure and destination point of the mobility (one-way trip). The Europe-wide calculation tool determines these costs uniformly.

In line with the EU's sustainability goals, the 2021-27 Erasmus+ programme aims at raising awareness of the ecological footprint created through student or staff mobility (“Green Erasmus”). Measures like financial incentives focus on increasing the number of mobilities with more environmentally friendly means of transport ("Green Travel") and reduce the ecological footprint of the Erasmus+ programme.

Participants who use low-emission transport (“Green Travel) will receive an increased travel allowance according to the table below. Furthermore, one travel day each for the outward and return journey will be funded (if required) in addition to the days spent at the destination.

In the context of the Erasmus+STA/ STT programme, green travel is defined as travel which uses low-emission means of transport such as bus and train for the main part of the journey to and from the destination. Ships/ferries are also considered as low-emission modes of transport for destinations that cannot be reached by land. Travelling by plane does not count as Green Travel. The Green Travel grant is only paid if both the outward and the return journey fulfil the above-mentioned requirements; paying only a portion of the grant per direction is not possible. The use of low-emission means of transport must be documented in the travel expense report.

In addition to the Erasmus+ mobility grant for teaching or training purposes abroad, participants with disabilities may receive an Erasmus+ special grant from the DAAD National Agency. When preparing your Erasmus+ stay, we ask you to inform us of your situation as early as possible and to estimate the additional costs that you are likely to incur during your Erasmus+ mobility or in the host country (e.g. for barrier-free accommodation, travel assistance, medical care abroad, accompanying person). In order to claim your additional needs, the International Office will prepare the application with you and then submit it to the NA DAAD.

The amount of funding is to be determined before the planned stay and is specified in the Grant Agreement.

If the financial support from Erasmsus+ EU funds exceeds the amount of travel expenses to be paid according to the State Travel Expenses Act of Rhineland-Palatinate (Landesreisekostengesetz), the funded person is allowed to keep the positive difference which must be taxed.

Due to the limited budget, there is no legal entitlement to receiving financial support for the entire stay of a mobility or to being reimbursed for the entirety of travel expenses. With regard to longer stays, a combination of funded days and non-funded days (“Zero Grant-days”) is possible.

For your planning, you can assume that stays of up to 12 days at the host institution will generally be fully funded (i.e. with up to 12 daily rates) in the 2021 project. If you are planning longer stays, you will be notified about the amount of funding no later than two weeks after the application deadline.

a) regarding Erasmus+ (International Office is responsible)

• The exact dates of your stay according to your details in the Mobility Agreement and the amount of financial support will be stipulated on a binding basis in the Grant Agreement before your trip. The International Office will send you an electronic version of this Grant Agreement. Please print out the agreement in duplicate, sign it and send it back to the International Office. You will then receive a countersigned copy for your records.
• Once the Grant Agreement has been signed and returned by the International Office, the grantee will receive a pre-financing payment of 80% of the approved amount in advance. This will be transferred to the account indicated in your application.
• The International Office will process the payment of the Erasmus+ grant.

b) regarding business travel (Department III is responsible, the International Office is not involved in this process)

The travel request has to be submitted via TURM (for employees of Trier University) or in paper form (e.g. for contract teachers, research assistants, retired lecturers) at least 5 weeks prior to the trip. An approved travel request is mandatory for any Erasmus+ STA or STT stay. Further information on the entry in TURM or the travel request form will be provided along with the approval.

• The participant needs to have adequate insurance coverage (health insurance; liability and accident insurance where required) for the host country. They are required to arrange for sufficient insurance coverage by themselves since there is no insurance provided by the Erasmus+ programme. The participant can subscribe to a group insurance plan provided by the DAAD at his/her own cost; further information on this is available under  (Tel.: 0228/882-294, www.daad.de/versicherung).

• The International Office would very much appreciate it if you informed students of the host university about the possibility of a stay at Trier University during your lectureship abroad. If you need information material (in German or English) about Trier University, please contact the International Office.