Comenius 2.2c Funding
Comenius funding is available from the European Commission to enable primary and secondary teachers to participate in professional development courses lasting between one and four weeks. Comenius 2.2c funding is of particular interest as it provides in-service training grants for language teachers, with some 6,000 – 7,000 teachers in total obtaining grants each year under this programme. Through Comenius 2.2c funding, language teachers are awarded individual grants for in-service training courses, enabling them to attend two-week Teachers’ Training Courses offered by many schools in the UK and the Republic of Ireland. |
In-service training for teachers
Individual grants for in-service or language training courses for teachers (adult and school educators) for their professional development using Comenius 2.2 funding in the Lifelong Learning Programme
Who can apply for a grant?
To qualify for one of these grants, teachers must come from an eligible country and an eligible institution. Currently, the Comenius programme is open to participants from the following countries:
* The twenty-seven Member States of the European Union as at January 2007: Austria, Bulgaria, France, Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, The Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and the United Kingdom
* The candidate country: Turkey
* EFTA / EEA countries: Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway.
Contact your national agency on this link
Those who can apply for a Comenius in-service training grant are school education staff (teaching and non-teaching) including:
* Teachers (including those in pre-school and vocational education) and the trainers of such teachers
* Head teachers and school managerial staff
* Staff involved in intercultural education or working with children of migrant workers and travellers
* Staff working with pupils with special education needs
* Staff working with pupils at risk, such as mediators and street educators
* Counsellors or career advisors
* The inspectorate
* Other education staff at the discretion of national authorities
Those who can apply to participate in an in-service training course for language teachers are:
* A qualified and practising foreign language teacher working in school education
* A trainer of such foreign language teachers
* A teacher re-training as a school education foreign language teacher
* A primary or pre-primary teacher who is (or will be) required to teach foreign languages
* A teacher of another subject in school education through the medium of a foreign language
* An inspector or advisor in the field of school education language teaching
Those who can apply for a grant for pure language training are:
* A school teacher of non-language subjects through a foreign language
* A school teacher retraining as a foreign language teacher
* A member of school education staff participating in a Comenius Partnership and requesting training in a Partnership language
* A school teacher requesting training in a less widely taught and less used language
Some exclusiuon criteria
Late applications:
Your National Agency can offer information about application deadlines, which differ from country to country. You can find a list of National Agencies on this link
Most Agencies have the following application closing dates:
> 31 January 2008 for courses starting on or after 01/04/2008 and ending by 30/06/2008;
> 30 March 2008 for courses starting on or after 01/07/2008 eand ending by 30/09/2008;
> 30 June 2008 for courses starting on or after 01/10/2008 and ending before 31/12/2008;
> 30 Settembre 2008 for courses starting on or after 01/01/2009 and ending by 31/03/2009;
(postmark testifies the date of application)
Application form incomplete or only partly completed or stating training activites that are not mutualy compatable.
The appklicant's employer does not qualify for the funding.
The candidate has used Comenius 2.2 or Grundtvig 3 funds during the period 1st June 2004 – 31st July 2008.
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Priority is give to candidates that:
have a fpermenant empoyment contract with a qualifying employer
have not perviousely received Comenius 2.2, Comenius 3.2, Lingua B or Grundtvig 3 funding
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