The new mobility partnerships with Yerevan State University (YSU) in Armenia and Ivane Javakhishvili Tbilisi State University (TSU) in Georgia create exchanges for students in the fields of biology and physics. The University of Bonn has been successfully working with both partners for some time now already, in the Caucasus Barcode of Life (CaBOL) project, for example. This long-standing collaboration with the YSU and Ilia State University of Georgia has received program funding since 2023. The Bonn Department of Physics has in fact been cooperating with TSU and YSU since 2013 in an arrangement previously funded by the Volkswagen Foundation. Now both these institutions will be members of the Erasmus+ Worldwide network, joining the established partner universities in Georgia, Israel, Tanzania and the US.
Erasmus+ promotes mobility for students and lecturers
The European Union mobility program Erasmus+ was established in 1987 to foster cooperation between European universities within and outside the EU (with EU candidate countries Switzerland, Norway, Turkey) and promote mobility for students and lecturers. The Erasmus+ Worldwide grant program, part of Erasmus+ since 2015, supports mobility opportunities for individuals at select partner universities outside Europe.The University of Bonn directly awards Erasmus+ scholarships. Recipients get their tuition fees paid plus a grant, the size of which varies depending on their destination country. Lecturers and staff approved under the program receive a travel and mobility allowance.
Faculties and departments can submit proposals annually for new countries to be included. The official Erasmus+ with Partner Countries call for proposals will open this fall. The deadline will be end of January/early February. The next call for proposals will take place in fall 2024.
Biology
Program coordinators: Dr. Matthias Geiger ; Nils Hein
Georgia
Global Health M.Sc.Program coordinator: Dr. Walter Bruchhausen
Biology
Program coordinators: Dr. Matthias Geiger ; Dr. Nils Hein
Physics
Program coordinators: Dr. Akaki Rusetsky ; Dr. Ulrich Blum
Israel
EconomicsProgram coordinator: Dr. Sabine Hübner-Monien
Physics
Program coordinator: Dr. Ulrich Blum
Tanzania
GeographyProgram coordinator: Dr. Simone Giertz
Physics
Program coordinator: Dr. Ulrich Blum