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Doctoral student mobility outside the EU/EEA

Express your interest by 17 April 2025

 

 

 

LU currently has Erasmus+scholarships available for PhD students who want to spend some time at a selected partner university in during the academic year 2025/26. You can gather materials, meet your co-supervisor or work on your thesis/a publication. You can also do a research internship. Course work is not possible. 

Important: The stay must be completed by 31 July 2026.  

  • Australia: UNSW Sydney, University of Sydney, University of Queensland, University of Adelaide
  • Botswana: University of Botswana
  • Canada: University of Toronto, McMaster University, University of British Columbia
  • Chile: Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Universidad de Chile, Universidad de Concepción
  • Ghana: University of Ghana
  • India: Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
  • New Zealand: University of Auckland
  • Singapore: Nanyang Technological University
  • South Africa: University of Cape Town, Stellenbosch University
  • South Korea: Korea University, POSTECH, Seoul National University
  • USA: Rockefeller University, University of Chicago (before applying, please contact pouneh.eftekhari@er.lu.se for more information about applicable fees)

Funding is highly competitive and only a limited number of Erasmus+ scholarships will be approved. 

The process consists of two steps

  1. Expression of interest through this form (including an invitation letter/confirmation from host). 
  2. After confirmation that you have secured a place, you can apply for the Erasmus+ scholarship according to specific e-mail instructions.

 

Scholarship information

The Erasmus+ scholarship consists of two parts based on the duration of the stay:

  • Individual support
    • Long mobilities of 2–3 months: 700 euros per month 
    • Short mobilities of 5–30 days: 79 euros per day for the first 14 days, thereafter 56 euros per day
  • Travel grant: 1188 or 1735 euros, depending on the distance between Lund University and the host university. 

 

Mobility to partners in the United Kingdom and Switzerland

Applications for Erasmus+ funding to the United Kingdom and Switzerland are accepted on an ongoing basis. No expression of interest through this form is required. Mobility to Imperial College London, University College London, University of Oxford, University of Cambridge, The University of Edinburgh, University of Glasgow, ETH Zürich, University of Zürich, and Université de Genève is prioritised. Specific funding rules apply.

 

For more information please contact impactactions@er.lu.se

Information about Erasmus+ doctoral student mobility

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Name
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E-mail
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Faculty at LU
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Department at LU
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Main purpose of the mobility (only one option can be selected)
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Partner university (Special conditions and processes may apply at some partner universities, e.g. bench fees.)

Please note that applications to the United Kingdom and Switzerland are accepted on an ongoing basis. No expression of interest through this form is required. Mobility to Imperial College London, University College London, University of Oxford, University of Cambridge, The University of Edinburgh, University of Glasgow, ETH Zürich, University of Zürich, and Université de Genève is prioritised. Specific funding rules apply.

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Description of planned activity (min 100 characters)
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Motivation for mobility (min 200 characters)
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Planned duration of the mobility
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Preferred start date of the mobility (Important: An Erasmus+agreement has to be in place at the mobility start)
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Please upload an invitation letter/host confirmation
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