Nordplus Higher EducationHow to write a good application?

Kenneth Lundin (CIMO), Kristina Savikurki (CIMO),

Vitalij Zenčenko (ŠMPF)

November 24, 2015Vilnius

1. General information:• what’s a N+ HE network• eligible activities under Nordplus HE

2. Relevance, objectives, innovation3. Organisation & implementation4. Dissemination5. Renewal applications6. Dos and don’ts: summary7. Statistics: success rate

General information: What’s a Nordplus Higher Education

network?

• At least 3 HEIs from 3 programme countries • If only mobility, 2 HEIs from 2 countries. No priority!

• 1 coordinator, partners. Rotation possible every year.

• The coordinator • submits the application• signs the grant agreement • submits the final report• i.e. responsible for the grant awarded to the whole network

General information:Activities (1)

I. Mobility (within network)- Student mobility for studies. 1–12 months.- Student mobility for traineeships. 1–12 months.- Express mobility (for studies). 1 week – 1 month.- Teacher mobility. 8 working hours –

Not supported: student mobility of 3rd cycle students.

General information:Activities (2)

II. Projects• Intensive courses (= Intensive programmes under LLP/Erasmus)

• Joint study programmes

• Development projects2 renewals in three consecutive years are possible.Not supported: research activities, further education, surveys.

III. Network support • Mostly for establishing new networks: to plan activities, mobility

flows

• Sometimes for development of existing networks

Application form

• Relevance, objectives and innovation

• Organisation and implementation • Dissemination

Relevance, objectives and innovation

• What’s the idea? What do you expect to achieve? Aims?

• Why is it important? What’s new, innovative?

• Why must it be international (Baltic and/or Nordic)?

• Why is it important to have the partner you’ve chosen?

Organisation and implementation

• How do you intend to achieve the aims? What exactly do you do? Activities? Where? Working plan? Will there be renewals?

• Who’s taking part and why? Role/specific task of each partner? Who does what? → Collaboration of ALL partners!

• How is the collaboration organised?

Dissemination

• What are the results? What do you do with the results?

• Who do you share them with? • Benefits for which target group? Within your

HEIs / external target groups?• Possible multiplying effects?

Renewal applications

• Same project – max 3 times in 3 consecutive years, i.e. 1 new application + 2 renewals

• Activities already implemented? • Changes to the initial work plan? Why? • Activities that you are applying for this

time? Work plan for the next year? (except for IC)

Benefits of coordinating the project(as defined by Lithuanian Academy of Music and

Theatre)

• Increasing the internationalisation at your HEI

• Increasing attractiveness of your HEI• Deeper field-specific cooperation with

Nordic-Baltic HEIs• Financial advantage: up to 5 % of used grant

can be spent on administrative costs.

Do’s and Don’tsYes No

Clear description of idea. Vague description of intentions

Details about the need, innovative aspects of your project

General statements about some meetings & discussions ‘in order to identify a problem’, etc.

Indicate the strengths of each partner. Focus only on coordinating institution.

Collaboration of ALL partners. Labour division. Specific tasks for each partner.

The coordinator does everything.

Be specific on what you want to achieve, how you want to achieve it and who will benefit from it. Details, examples, quotations are usually better that general information.

General information is mostly not convincing.

Statistics: success rate (Application Round 2015)

Applied Awarded Rate

Number of applications

230 191 83 %

Grant 13 072 918 € 4 213 949 € 13 %

Švietimo mainų paramos fondasVitalij Zenčenko, tel. (8 5) 215 7528

Email vitalij.zencenko@smpf.lt www.nordplusonline.org

CIMO – Centre for International Mobility (Helsinki)Kenneth Lundin, Kristina Savikurki

Email kenneth.lundin@cimo.fi kristina.savikurki@cimo.fi