Date: 14/02/2025

The main list and the waiting list for Erasmus+ KA131 Short-Term Doctoral Traineeship application results can be found in this link (https://turnaportal.ua.gov.tr/giris). The Results are also shared in the link below:

Application Results (PDF)

(The application results are NOT the final version. The list may be subject to change according to the evaluation of the objections received during the objection period) 

If you would like to object to selection results, you should email a scanned petition to International Cooperations Office (nurtemur@metu.edu.tr) until 21 February, 2025. ICO will respond to the petition until  28 February, 2025 through the e-mail address indicated in the petition.

Selection Criteria

Additional points:

·         15 points for an official, signed, and stamped acceptance letter uploaded during the application. Letters must specify the internship role as a trainee (not researcher). (After the applications are completed, the content of the acceptance letter will be checked for suitability. Only valid acceptance letters will be awarded points and no extra points will be awarded for acceptance e-mails).

·         15 points for children of martyrs/veterans (with proof).

·         10 points for students with disabilities (with proof).

·         10 points for students under the 2828 Social Services Law (with proof).

·         10 points for students or first-degree relatives receiving AFAD aid (with proof).

·         5 points for Digital Opportunity Traineeships (cybersecurity, big data, digital marketing, software development, social media management etc.), provided the acceptance letter specifies this scope.

 **To get these additional points, applicants have to submit their official proofs by 31.01.2025 to online application from e-Devlet. It is the applicants’s own responsibility to provide valid and reliable proofs.

Deductions:

·         10 points for applicants who have benefited from Short-Term Doctoral Erasmus applications. Even though the participants do not conduct their mobility yet; 10 points will be deducted because of being selected and granted before.

·         10 points for international students applying for their country of citizenship. 

Required Procedures for Awarded Applicants:

The list of documents that you need to prepare before your mobility will be send to your email by your ICO advisor. You can also find the list of documents from the link.

Participants who would like to withdraw from the program should inform ICO until 30.05.2025.  For those participants who inform ICO after the deadline, there will be 10-point deduction for their future application’s overall score.

10 points will be decreased from the granted participants for their next Erasmus applications (with European countries). Even though the participants do not conduct their mobility yet; 10 points will be decreased because of being selected and granted in this call.

 4. Duration of the Activities

Duration of the Activity

METU Rules:

In order to provide mobility opportunities for a higher number of students and because of the budget limitations at METU, candidates to be selected for this type of mobility within the scope of the existing Erasmus+ KA131 budget opportunities will be granted for a minimum of 5 days and a maximum of 30 days.

Program Rules:

Within the scope of the program, internship mobility can be carried out between a minimum of 5 days and a maximum of 30 days

The last day for the activity: 31.07.2025

Eligible Countries 

Program-Related Countries

Austria, Denmark, Finland, France, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Norway, Sweden, Belgium, Cyprus (Güney Kıbrıs) Germany, Greece, Iceland, Luxemburg, The Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Malta, Bulgaria, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Macedonia, Czech Republic, Crotia, Slovenia, Serbia, United Kingdom

5. Erasmus+ Grants

An individual support grant can be awarded for one travel day before the activity and one travel day following the activity.

Within the scope of Short-Term Doctoral Mobility, the following amounts of Additional Grant Support can be provided to participants with fewer opportunities.

Top-up Amount

 * In this case, no additional support is given for the traineeship.

6. Erasmus Mobility without Grant (Zero-Grant)

It is possible to participate in Erasmus mobility programme without grant. Those participants who would like to participate in the programme without grant need to make application and their applications need to be evaluated as the others. Those participants with zero grant have to fulfill rights and obligations of the program.

7. Additional grants for disabled participants

For disabled participants, it is possible to receive additional grants to meet their specific needs. In order for the disabled staff to be given additional grants, the beneficiary higher education institution is required to request additional grants from the Turkish National Agency. The applications for additional grants should be made during the term of the contract, but in any case, up to 60 days before the contract end date. The Turkish National Agency will evaluate each application specifically and determine whether the additional grant can be granted.

 
For questions please consult:

Nur Seda Temur (+90 312 210 7177, nurtemur@metu.edu.tr)