The full list of initiatives supporting the outgoing and incoming mobility of teaching staff and researchers is available on the appropriate section of the university website.

DiSSGeA Visiting Scholars Programme 

The DiSSGeA welcomes scholars and researchers who wish to visit the Deparment into its Visiting Scholars Programme throughout the year. This programme is aimed at self-funded scholars in established posts at other universities or similar academic institutions who are on study leave or have received authorisation by their home institution to spend a period abroad.

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Erasmus + Teaching Staff Mobility 

For the University of Padua teaching staff, the Erasmus+ Programme makes mobility grants available for teaching periods at Higher Education Institutions in Countries taking part in the initiative on condition that a specific relevant bilateral agreement has been drawn up.
Grants can be accessed by taking part in selections managed by the International Office and published on a specific section of the University website.
For further information: International Dissgea - international.dissgea@unipd.it

Erasmus Mundus Visiting Scholars

In the framework of the Erasmus Mundus Action 2 projects - which funds projects in support of individual mobility to/from foreign countries in study bursaries for students, doctoral candidates, researchers and teaching staff - which the University of Padova takes part in, applications can be made for mobility bursaries for the purposes of periods of activity at one of the individual initiative partner universities.

The projects relate to specific groups of Countries (called lots) comprising a varied number of destination universities each. Erasmus Mundus Action 2 projects are an opportunity for the University to welcome visiting scholars and students who have passed selection procedures and are hosted at the Department considered most relevant to the research subject matter proposed and assigned a reference teacher.

Bilateral Agreement Exchanges

In line with available funds, the University of Padova supports the mobility of its teaching staff and researchers every year in the framework of bilateral agreements with its international partner Universities. To apply for such funds (normally travel and board and lodging expenses are covered for a period which varies from partner to partner by the destination University) applicants must submit:

1. A filled in and signed application form;
2. An invitation letter from the foreign host professor/researcher (invitations sent by email are accepted);
3. Details of the planned research/teaching/education project.

Applications showing clear and well documented benefits for the University of Padova and the potential for co-funding from external bodies are considered. For more information on the application process and a list of partner Universities visit the project page on the University website. For each year, the mobility period must be completed by 31st December.

University Co-operation Initiatives

Every year, the University of Padua awards mobility grants to professors, researchers and technical-administrative staff for the purposes of setting up University co-operation initiatives taking concrete form in teaching activities on specific themes, expertise transfers in specific sectors or capacity building, mobility and research planning procedure and implementation and accounting for mobility and research (for technical-administrative staff). Accepted destinations are normally University institutes with seats in non-European Countries (specified in the selection process).