Erasmus+ Traineeship Competition
A competition is open for Erasmus+ student or recent graduate traineeship grants for traineeships in any country of the world. Application deadline is the 31st of October, 2023.
The placement period is from 2 to 6 months. Recent graduate traineeship must end – in a year after graduation.
Selection
All VMU full-time degree students who have not used more than 10 months of their Erasmus mobility (study/traineeship) period are eligible for the Erasmus grant.
Selection documents
For student traineeship (traineeship during student’s year of studies):
- Filled-in application form „Outgoing-Application for Erasmus Student Traineeship“
- Confirmation by the company or organization (obligatory).
Documents must be submitted online.
For recent graduate traineeship (application must be submitted during the last year of studies):
- Application form „Outgoing-Application for Erasmus Recent Graduate Traineeship “
- Confirmation by the company or organization (obligatory);
- Recommendation by a faculty member (obligatory).
The priority in the selection is given to:
- students whom traineeship is an obligatory part of their study programme;
- students who have never been Erasmus traineeship students before.
Selection criteria:
- student’s motivation;
- good knowledge of the language which will be used during the traineeship;
- student’s work, study, traineeship, participation in the international/academic projects, social activities experience in Lithuania and abroad;
- conformability between the chosen traineeship and student’s study programme;
- study results (first year MA students should attach transcript of records of their BA/MA degree to the application form).
Traineeship grants:
For EU and EEA countries:
Country group | Country | Monthly scholarship size |
Group I | Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Ireland, Luxembourg, Sweden, United Kingdom, Liechtenstein, Norway | 750,00 Eur |
Group II | Austria, Belgium, ,Germany, France, Italy, Greece, Spain, Cyprus, Netherlands, Malta, Portugal | 750,00 Eur |
Group III | Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, North Macedonia, Turkey | 690,00 Eur |
Group IV | Switzerland | 700,00 Eur |
For Non-EU/EEA countries:
Scholarship is 700,00 Eur/month.
Travel grant (depends on the distance between sending and receiving institutions):
- 100-499 km – 180,00 Eur
- 500-1999 km – 275,00 Eur
- 2000-2999 km – 360,00 Eur
- 3000-3999 km – 530,00 Eur
- 4000-7999 km – 820,00 Eur
- More than 8000 km – 1500,00 Eur
Additional travel grants for green travelling options.
The competition results will be sent to every participant via e-mail.
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