Short Term Mobility for Doctoral Students
General Information
Doctoral students at Técnico Lisboa may participate in short mobility periods for internships suited to the specific needs of this type of training.
They can thus carry out a period of international mobility in research laboratories, short trainings, or any other activities related to their study programme.
The Erasmus grant is compatible with other FCT grants and scholarships, as long as they do not come from a European fund. Before proceeding with your application, you need to check if you meet this requirement.
Characteristics of the Mobility
A mobility for doctoral candidates internship has a minimum of 5 days and a maximum of 30 days.
The host entity must be a higher education institution or organisation active in the labour market in one of the countries present in the list of “Eligible Countries” available below.
Eligible Countries
| European Union Member States – SMP Mobilities | |||
| Belgium
Bulgaria
Czech Republic
Denmark
Germany
Estonia
Ireland |
Greece
Spain
France
Croatia
Italy
Cyprus
Latvia |
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Hungary
Malta
The Netherlands
Austria
Poland |
Romania
Slovenia
Slovakia
Finland
Sweden |
| North Macedonia
|
Norway
Iceland
|
Turkey
Liechtenstein |
| Programme Partner Countries* – International Mobility SMP | ||
| Andorra
Vatican City State Faroe Islands |
Monaco
United Kingdom |
San Marino
Switzerland |
SMP mobilities: mobilities that take place in the Erasmus+ Programme member countries.
*International Mobility (SMP): Mobilities that take place in the Erasmus+ Programme Partner Countries. Mobilities to these countries should be marked in the Student Application Form and in the Application Form as International Mobility (SMP).
Financial Support
The participants in these mobilities will receive, regardless of the country of the host institution, a financial support consisting of the following:
- 70€/day between the 1st and the 14th day;
- 50 EUR/day between the 15th and the 30th day.
It should be noted that the Erasmus grant is compatible with other funding, provided that it does not come from European funds. In the case of FCT grant holders, it is necessary to check the compatibility between grants.
Application Process
Doctoral candidates should, initially, fill in their Learning Agreement, which will include the plan of their mobility approved and signed by NMCI and the host entity.
Next, they should fill in this application form, where they will submit the final version of the Learning Agreement and the remaining documentation requested.
Documentation requested
- Learnig Agreement (83KB)
- Student Application Form (942)
- Copy of Identification Document
- Copy of Taxpayer Card
- Bank Account Number (IBAN)
- Proxy Form (1MB) (if applicable)
- Copy of the proxy’s Identification Document (if applicable)
- Copy of the European Health Insurance Card
- Copy of the personal accident/travel insurance (only for recent graduates)
Application Deadlines
The submission of the application form must be made at least 70 days before the date of the mobility proposed by the doctoral student.
All mobilities must be carried out until 31 October 2023.
During the Mobility
You should communicate to NMCI any change in the mobility plan not foreseen in the Learning Agrement previously, for its validation.
After the mobility
The doctoral student must submit the following documents duly signed, filling in Post Mobility Form:
- Declaration of the Stay
- Traineeship Certificate (Table D of the Learning Agreement form, page 3)
Contact
phd.mobility@tecnico.ulisboa.pt