Jean Monnet Actions in the field of Higher Education: Modules Program

Scope

• Modules are short teaching programmes or courses in the field of European Union studies at offered at a higher education institution. Each Module has a minimum duration of 40 teaching hours per academic year for a duration of three years. Modules may concentrate on one particular discipline in European studies or be multidisciplinary in approach and therefore call upon the academic input of several professors and experts. They can also take the form of short specialised or summer programmes.

Funding Information

• The maximum EU grant Jean Monnet Modules is: EUR 35 000.
• Projects should normally last 36 months.

Eligible Activities

• A Jean Monnet Module must be taught for a minimum of 40 teaching hours per academic year in the field of European Union studies.
• Teaching hours are taken to include direct contact hours in the context of group lectures, seminars and tutorials and may include any of the aforementioned in a distance learning format, but do not include individual instruction and/or supervision. For Modules, summer courses are eligible.

Eligibility Criteria

• In order to be eligible, the applicants (beneficiaries and affiliated entities, if applicable) must be:
  • a higher education institution (HEI); and
  • established in an EU Member State, third country associated to the Programme or a third country not associated to the Programme.
• HEIs established in EU Member States and third countries associated to the Programme must be holders of the ECHE Certificate (Erasmus Charter for Higher Education).
• Only applications by single applicants are allowed.

Ineligibility Criteria

• Organisations from Belarus (Region 2) and the Russian Federation (Region 4) are not eligible to participate in this action.

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