ERASMUS Mundus Program Guide - EACEA - Europa

start date of the EMJD edition concerned. As an indication, this number will most probably vary between 6
and 10 fellowships for both categories.
As a general rule, and in line with the principles defined in the European Charter for Researchers and the
Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers, EMJD consortia must recruit their Erasmus Mundus
fellowship holders under "employment contracts" except in adequately documented cases (where national
regulation would prohibit this possibility). If such a contract may not be awarded (this will have to be duly
justified in the application form), the EMJD consortium may opt for another approach compatible with
national legislation and the necessary social security coverage for the fellowship holders.
Without prejudice to high academic standards, in order to ensure geographical diversity among the doctoral
candidates, no more than two doctoral candidates with the same nationality should be awarded an EMJD
fellowship in the same Doctorate programme. If consortia wish to diverge from this criterion, prior
permission to do so must be obtained from the Agency.
Individual Fellowships Table
Category A fellowship
(amounts for a 3-year
doctoral fellowship)
Category B fellowship
(amounts for a 3-year
doctoral fellowship)
I
Fixed contribution to the travel,
installation, visa related costs
and any other types of costs
€ 7 500
€ 3 000 - if there is mobility
foreseen to third-country
full/associated partners
II
III
Fixed contribution to the
doctoral candidate participation
costs 58
Fixed living allowance (36
months in total)
€ 300 per month (€ 10 800 for 36 months) for nonlaboratory-based
EMJDs or
€ 600 per month (€ 21 600 for 36 months) for laboratorybased
EMJDs
- € 2 800 per month (i.e. € 100 800 for 36 months) for
an "employment contract"
- € 1 400 per month (i.e. € 50 400 for 36 months) for a
stipend
Total fellowship amount
Between:
€ 61 200 (for a Category B fellowship with a nonlaboratory-based
fixed contribution to participation costs,
with no mobility to a third-country full/associated partner
based on stipends) and
€ 129 900 (for a Category A fellowship in a laboratorybased
field and with an "employment contract")
The fellowship amounts will be paid to the EMJD consortia in the context of the specific grant agreements
issued for each of the five doctorate programme editions 59 .
58 These participation costs must cover all the mandatory costs for the candidate‟s participation in the EMJD, be established
regardless of the actual place of study and research of the doctoral candidates and be transparent to the doctoral candidates (i.e.
clearly published on the EMJD website and described in the Doctoral Candidate Agreement).
59 For newly selected EMJDs, the first Specific Grant Agreement will be issued during the the second quarter of the year following
their selection by the Agency.
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