The European Union’s Erasmus+ Programme is a funding scheme to support activities in the fields of education, training, youth, and sport. The 2026 Call for Proposals (C/2025/6080) is now open.
Official Document: C/2025/6080 – Official Journal of the European Union
1. Introduction and Objectives
This call is based on Regulation (EU) 2021/817 establishing the Erasmus+ Programme and on the 2026 Annual Work Programme of Erasmus+ (C(2025) 7358). The general and specific objectives of Erasmus+ are listed in Article 3 of the Erasmus+ Regulation.
2. Actions
- Key Action 1 (KA1) – Learning mobility of individuals (education, training, youth, sport, virtual exchanges, DiscoverEU Inclusion Action)
- Key Action 2 (KA2) – Cooperation among organisations and institutions (partnerships, alliances, capacity building, Erasmus Mundus, innovation)
- Key Action 3 (KA3) – Support to policy development and cooperation (European Youth Together)
- Jean Monnet actions – Activities in higher education and other fields, policy debate
3. Eligibility
Any public or private body active in education, training, youth, and sport may apply. Groups of young people active in youth work may also apply for certain mobility actions. See the Programme Guide for details.
4. Budget and Duration
Total estimated budget: EUR 4,473,447 million
- Education & Training (including Jean Monnet Actions): EUR 3,977,562 million
- Youth: EUR 421,8315 million
- Sport: EUR 74,053 million
Project duration and grant amounts depend on project type, applicants, and partners involved.
5. Deadlines for Applications
All deadlines are set at Brussels time.
- KA1 – Higher Education mobility: 19 February 2026, 12:00
- KA1 – VET, school, adult education mobility: 19 February 2026, 12:00
- KA1 – Sport staff mobility: 12 February 2026, 12:00
- KA2 – Cooperation Partnerships: 5 March 2026, 12:00 / 17:00 (depending on NGO or sport)
- KA3 – European Youth Together: 26 February 2026, 17:00
- Jean Monnet Actions: 3 February 2026, 17:00
6. Full Details & Documents
For full details, conditions, and submission instructions, refer to the 2026 Erasmus+ Programme Guide:
Erasmus+ Program
The European Union’s Erasmus+ program is a funding scheme to support activities in the fields of education, training, youth and sport.
The program is composed of three ‘Key Actions’ and two additional actions as follows;
- Key action 1- Learning mobility of individuals
- Key action 2 – Innovation and good practices
- Key action 3 – Support for policy reform
- Jean Monnet-Opportunities for teaching, research, and policy debate on the EU and its policies.
- Sport – Designed to develop and implement joint activities to promote sport and physical activity, identify and implement innovative activities in the field of sport, and manage not-for-profit events to increase participation in sport.
Key action 1- Learning Mobility of Individuals
This action provides mobility opportunities in the education, training and youth sectors. However, funding cannot be received for individual staff, students or volunteers. Instead they should contact European organizations which receive Erasmus+ program support. Under Erasmus+ two major activities related to staff/student exchange are:
This will provide both staff and students an opportunity to spend a semester or few weeks abroad in the program country university. Staff will have the benefit of meeting scholars and to intitate new research opportunities while gaining new knowledge and training. Students can take course work or can carry out their research abroad. In certain cases students have the opportunity to transfer their credits to the degree program at UoP.
Under Erasmus Mundus masters students have the opportunity to spend one semester abroad as a part of their degree program.
For further information and the program guide click here
Key action 2 – Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices
KA 2 involves with participation of different organizations from different countires to work together, to develop, share and transfer best practices and innovative approaches in the fields of education, training and youth. Under this UoP is involved with Capacity Building in the field of higher education.
In this aspect program university in either program or partner country indentifies any areas that are to be improved and gather expertise from other organizations from local and European organizations. Then the university which acts as the principle investigator will submit the final proposal with other relevant documents in the application package.
Generally,the partner institutes should provide details for the P1 form of the application and Mandate signed by the Vice-Chancellor.
Key Action 2 is designed to develop the education, training, and youth sectors through five main activities:
- Strategic partnerships
- Knowledge Alliances
- Sector Skills Alliances
- Capacity-building projects in the field of higher education (CBHE)
- Capacity-building projects in the field of youth
Key action 3- Support for policy reform
TKey Action 3 aims to increase the participation of young people in democratic life, especially in discussions with policy makers, as well as developing knowledge in the fields of education, training, and youth.
Ersmus+ past activities and information
Details of the Inter-intstituional Agreement under Eramus+
Launch of 2023 Erasmus+ call for proposals
The Erasmus+ 2023 call was launched today, comprising all actions (European and international). This means that applicants from your country can start to look at the opportunities explained in the Programme Guide
Erasmus Mundus joint masters (23/11/2022 – recording)
The international dimension of the Erasmus+ Programme: focus on newcomers (25/11/2022): (Recording)
General Infoday on Erasmus+ Capacity Building in Higher Education (09/12/2022): (Recording)