Record breaking 2015 Nordplus application round

The deadline for the Nordplus 2015 application round is up and the numbers are in. This year, the Nordic Council of Ministers has allocated approximately 9,9 million euro for the mobility- and network program. More organisations across the Nordic region have applied for funds than ever before. 3921 organisations have been involved in the application process in 2015, which shows an increase of five percent from 2014. The distribution across individual countries can be viewed in the table below:

Programme	AX	DK	EE	FI	FO	GL	IS	LT	LV	NO	SE	Total
Nordplus Adult	4	42	66	63	3	2	33	80	97	31	45	466
Nordplus Higher Edu	8	378	105	514	59	50	201	82	79	455	598	2529
Nordplus Horizontal	1	1	37	51	6	5	22	53	19	46	50	327
Nordplus Junior	10	68	55	68	14	11	53	54	78	51	64	526
Nordplus Nordic language	1	15	1	11	3	4	9	0	0	12	17	73
Total	24	540	264	707	85	72	318	269	273	595	774	3921

  

More institutions are participating in the Nordic education cooperation 

A total of 605 applications were received from the five Nordplus funding programmes. With a slight decrease from the 643 applications of last year the numbers however, show a strong interest by the amount of institutions involved. More institutions and organisations have joined forces and with 9,9 million euro available, the applied amount exceeds more than 24 million euro. This puts great emphasis on this year's selection process.

Programme	No. of applications	Applied in EUR
Nordplus Adult	119	4.312.650
Nordplus HE	230	13.072.918
Nordplus Horizontal	47	2.584.045
Nordplus Junior	194	4.253.395
Nordplus Nordic Language	15	671.070
Sum	605	24.894.078

Plan ahead for next year

There is a strong interest in the Nordplus program. If you are thinking on applying next year, we urge you to plan ahead to ensure you and your partner organisations sufficient time to submit the best possible plans and proposals before march 2016. 

Nordplus Handbook:
The Nordplus Handbook is the applicant´s manual to Nordplus. Here you can read all about the possibilities and requirements for Nordplus funding and how to apply.
You find the Handbook on our website here: http://www.nordplusonline.org/Documents2/Documents

National information meetings:
Please be aware of national information meetings in the autumn and make use of guidance from your national Nordplus Office. For national Nordplus office contacts, please visit our website at http://www.nordplusonline.org/Contact

Nordplus Junior and Nordplus Adult preparation funding:
If you intend to apply for Nordplus Junior and Adult funding, please also be aware of the possibility for grants for preparatory visits. These can be applied for in autumn with deadline 1 October 2015.  

Looking for partners:
If you are looking for partners for future applications, take a look at the profiles in the Nordplus partner search database. Search and upload your own profile on our website at http://www.nordplusonline.org/How-to-apply/FIND-A-PARTNER