From October 2021, the Erasmus+ program offers the possibility to combine short-term stays abroad with virtual phases from home to do an internship. An Erasmus+ mobility grant can be awarded only for the period spent abroad. The stay abroad lasts a minimum of five and a maximum of 30 days. There are no time requirements for the virtual component.

Erasmus+ grants will continue to be used mainly to fund long-term mobilities of two to twelve months. In individual cases, if someone has a degree of disability of 20 or more, if someone has children, and if someone has already done a longer, relevant internship abroad, a blended mobility internship can also be funded.

Participation requirements

• The minimum physical duration of five days must be observed.
• A minimum of 3 ECTS credits will be awarded for the internship (for voluntary internships 3 ECTS should be considered as a guideline for workload).
• Applicants have prior, relevant internship experience abroad.
• Physical long-term mobility is not feasible.
• During the virtual component, collaborative online work, exchange, teamwork takes place within the framework of joint projects.
• Timely, complete application.

Mobility grant

For the stay abroad, the possible funding is composed as follows:

	Mobility period Mobility grant	Possible additional grants for "fewer opportunities "*	Possible additional grants for sustainable travel
5-14 days physical mobility	79 Euro per day	if applicable, additional one-time 100 Euro	up to 6 travel days extra
15-30 days physical mobility	56 Euro per day	if applicable, additional one-time 150 Euro	up to 6 travel days extra

* fewer opportunities 
No subsidy will be paid for the virtual phase.

Application

Before applying for a mobility grant for a blended mobility internship, please write us an email at least three months before the start of the planned internship explaining why a physical long-term internship abroad is not feasible and send us proof of a relevant previous internship abroad by email to the email address erasmus-praktikum@fu-berlin.de.

Please include:

• a brief description of your internship project abroad,
• a justification as to why a physical long-term internship abroad is not possible,
• proof of a relevant previous internship abroad and
• if applicable, proof of a degree of disability or birth certificate of your children/your child.