2025-2026 ACADEMIC YEAR
ERASMUS+ PROGRAMME COUNTRIES
STAFF TEACHING MOBILITY CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
Contract Number: 2024-1-TR01-KA131-HED-000198369
Calendar
| 02 October 2025 | Publication Date of the Call for Applications |
| 22 October 2025 | Start date for 2025-2026 Erasmus+ Teaching Mobility applications, time: 00:00 |
| 23-24 October 2025 | Erasmus Staff Language Exam (EPDS) |
| 18 November 2025 | End date for 2025-2026 Erasmus+ Teaching Mobility applications, 23:59 |
| 20 November 2025 | Preliminary Evaluation Results (together with the Language Exam Results) |
| 20-24 November 2025 | Period for appeals against the Preliminary Evaluation Results |
| 28 November 2025 | General Evaluation Results, Determination of the Principal and Reserve Lists |
| 28 November 2025 – 09 January 2025 | Withdrawal Dates |
Important Note: The deadline for selected candidates to complete their mobility is 30.06.2026.
The start date for mobilities has been set as 1 December 2025.
Our staff may follow any updates to the application calendar on the web page of the İZÜ Erasmus Institutional Coordination Office.
Applicants must have a B1 level of English and must obtain a letter of acceptance from the institution where they will receive/provide training. If a Language Exam Result Document is available, the exam result documents must be uploaded to the system. Candidates without a language exam document must select the option "I wish to take the Erasmus+ Language Proficiency Exam" when applying.
-For the table converting YDS, YÖKDİL and TOEFL-IBT-CBT-PBT scores into İZÜ Erasmus+ Language Proficiency Exam scores, click here.
1- Staff Teaching Mobility with Erasmus+ Programme Countries
2-Who Can Apply?
3-How to Apply?
Applications will be made through the Erasmus Application Portal. After logging in to the application system with your Turkish ID number and password (via e-Government), you can complete your application by uploading the required documents to the system. Incomplete applications will not be evaluated. The application link is shared below.
https://turnaportal.ua.gov.tr/
5- Partner Universities in Erasmus+ Programme Countries
6-Application Requirements
7-Selection of Staff (Selection Criteria)
Staff Teaching Mobility Evaluation Criteria
| Criterion No | Criterion Description | Criterion Score | |
| 1 | Benefiting from the program for the first time, | +5 | |
| 2 | Being a Department/Discipline Erasmus+ Coordinator who has not previously benefited from the program, | +5 | |
| 3 | Benefiting from the program for a second time within the same Erasmus+ project period, | -20 | |
| 4 | Having benefited from the program in the previous Erasmus+ project period, | -10 | |
| 5 | Having benefited from the program two Erasmus+ project periods ago, | -7 | |
| 6 | Being a staff member with a disability, | +10 | |
| 7 | Enabling an agreement to be signed with a higher education institution during the application period | +10 | |
| 8 | Securing, during the application period, the signing of an agreement with a higher education institution in a country with which no bilateral agreement previously existed, | +15 | |
| 9 | Being a veteran staff member, | +10 | |
| 10 | Being a relative of a martyr or a veteran, | +10 | |
| 11 | Having obtained a valid letter of invitation from the host institution, | +5 | |
| 12 | Having withdrawn without a force majeure reason after being selected to go in the previous Erasmus period, | -10 | |
| 13 | Staff members, or their first-degree relatives, who receive disaster victim assistance from AFAD. | +10 | |
| 14 | Activities related to Artificial Intelligence within the scope of the 2021-2025 National Artificial Intelligence Strategy prepared by the Presidency's Digital Transformation Office | +3 | |
| 15 | Academic staff who document a YÖKDİL, YDS, TOEFL, IELTS or an equivalent exam result recognised by ÖSYM are awarded points as indicated in the adjacent table.
Alternatively, if staff members who completed their doctorate abroad do not hold a valid foreign language certificate, their Foreign Language Score will be deemed to fall within the 81-90 band and +8 points will be added to their score. | Score Range | To Be Awarded Score |
| 35-42,5 | +1 | ||
| 42,5-49 | +2 | ||
| 50-60 | +3 | ||
| 61-70 | +4 | ||
| 71-80 | +6 | ||
| 81-90 | +8 | ||
| 91-100 | +10 | ||
| In the event of a tie in the ranking, the following priorities are applied in order until the tie is broken. | |||
| 1 | Staff members who have documented their language proficiency. | ||
| 2 | Staff members with longer service at Istanbul Sabahattin Zaim University. | ||
8-Mobility Process for Selected Staff
a-) Before the Mobility
b-) During the Mobility
c-) After the Mobility
Grant Support
| Country Groups |
Host Country | Daily Grant (Euro)** |
Group 1 Countries | Germany, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Netherlands, Ireland, Italy, Sweden, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Norway Region 13 and 14 Countries Not Associated with the Programme |
171 |
| Group 2 Countries | Greek Cypriot Administration of Southern Cyprus, , Spain, Malta, Portugal, Greece, Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Slovakia, Slovenia |
153 |
| Group 3 Countries | Bulgaria, , Croatia, North Macedonia, , Lithuania, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Serbia, , Türkiye* | 133 |
| Other Countries | Region 1-12 Countries | 190 |
Travel Support
| Travel Distance | Standard Travel Grant Amount (Euro) | Green Travel Grant Amount (Euro) |
| Between 10 and 99 KM | 28 | 56 |
| Between 100 and 499 KM | 211 | 285 |
| Between 500 and 1999 KM | 309 | 417 |
| Between 2000 and 2999 KM | 395 | 535 |
| Between 3000 and 3999 KM | 580 | 785 |
| Between 4000 and 7999 KM | 1188 | 1188 |
| 8000 KM or more | 1735 | 1735 |
Erasmus+ Mobility without Grant Option
Staff may exercise this right either by selecting the "Without Grant" option during the application or by notifying the Erasmus Institutional Coordination Office after the results are announced.
Additional Grant Opportunity for Participants with Special Needs
For the mobility of staff with disabilities, an additional grant may be provided in line with their special needs. For detailed information, you may contact the Erasmus Institutional Coordination Office.
Quotas and Total Grant
| Quota Type | Number of Places |
| With Grant (Principal) | 7 |
| Without Grant | (Optional) |
Grant Calculation
Staff selected for staff mobility will be granted a 5-day grant and a one-off travel support payment.
Calculation: 5 x the daily grant amount of the destination country + the travel grant awarded according to the distance in km calculated for the destination country. 80% of this total will be paid before the mobility, and the remaining 20% after the mobility is completed and the certificate of attendance has been submitted to the Erasmus Institutional Coordination Office.
Erasmus Institutional Coordination Office
Contact: erasmus@izu.edu.tr