Short-term internships of doctoral students can be funded as short-term mobility if a long-term internship is not feasible. An additional virtual phase at the home location is optional. The short-term internship physically carried out abroad lasts 5 to 30 days. An Erasmus+ mobility grant may be awarded for the period spent abroad.

The Erasmus+ grant will continue to be used mainly for long-term mobilities of two to twelve months. In justified individual cases, funding for a short-term internship can be applied for. The reasons why long-term mobility is not an option must be clearly explained. Possible reasons include, for example:

• Health: chronic illnesses, degree of disability of at least 20%,
• Family: caring for children or relatives in need of care,
• Study program related: study programs that do not allow for extended absences (e.g., due to ongoing experiments in the laboratory).

Eligibility Requirements

• Physical long-term mobility is not feasible for plausible reasons. 
• Degree of disability of 20% or more, or chronic illness, or 
• Students traveling with childr/-en or caring for relatives in need of care. 
• In other cases, it is mandatory that applicants have prior, relevant internship experience abroad.
• Minimum of five days and maximum of 30 days of internship.
• Timely and complete application.

Mobility grant

For the time spent abroad, the possible funding is composed as follows:

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

* fewer opportunities = participants with a degree of disability of 20 or more and students traveling with child/ren.

No subsidy will be paid for the virtual period.

Application

To check in advance whether a short-term internship is eligible for funding, please send us the following documents at least four months before the start of the internship by email to erasmus-praktikum@fu-berlin.de:

• a short description of your internship project abroad,
• an explanation why it is not possible for you to conduct a long-term internship abroad (possible reasons see above: "Eligibility requirements"),
• if applicable, proof of a relevant previous internship abroad, and
• if applicable, proof of a degree of disability, of chronic illness, birth certificate of your children/your child or proof that your relative needs care.