EUROPEANCOMMISSIONERASMUSMUNDUS2009-2013ProgrammeGuidefortheattentionandinformationoffutureapplicantsandbeneficiariesTheProgrammeGuidemustbereadinconjunctionwiththerelevantannualCallsforProposalsandGuidelinestotheCallsforproposalsforAction2whichwillprovidedetailedinformationonthespecificgrantapplicationprocedures.PleasenotethatonlytheEnglishversionoftheErasmusMundusProgrammeGuide2009-2013islegallybinding.Allotherlinguisticversionsareprovidedforinformationonly.3December200921INTRODUCTION..........................................................................................................................41.1BACKGROUNDANDPURPOSEOFTHEPROGRAMMEGUIDE......................................41.2PROGRAMMEOBJECTIVES.....................................................................................................51.3PROGRAMMESTRUCTUREANDBUDGET..........................................................................51.4HOWTOPARTICIPATEIFYOUARE….................................................................................81.4.1AEUROPEANHIGHEREDUCATIONINSTITUTION(HEI):..........................................................81.4.2ATHIRD-COUNTRYHEI..............................................................................................................81.4.3ANINDIVIDUAL...........................................................................................................................91.4.4ARESEARCHORGANISATION.....................................................................................................91.4.5ANORGANISATIONACTIVEINTHEFIELDOFHIGHEREDUCATION........................................102DEFINITIONSANDGLOSSARY.............................................................................................113COMMONELEMENTSAPPLICABLETOALLACTIONS...............................................163.1APPLICATIONANDSELECTIONPROCEDURES..............................................................163.2EXCLUSIONCRITERIA............................................................................................................173.3SELECTIONCRITERIA............................................................................................................183.4FINANCIALCONDITIONS.......................................................................................................193.5CONTRACTUALCONDITIONS...............................................................................................204ACTION1A-ERASMUSMUNDUSMASTERSCOURSES(EMMC)...............................234.1INTRODUCTION.........................................................................................................................234.2EMMC-ELIGIBILITYCRITERIA..........................................................................................244.2.1ELIGIBLEPARTICIPANTSANDCONSORTIUMCOMPOSITION...................................................244.2.2ELIGIBLEACTIVITIES...............................................................................................................264.3EMMC-AWARDCRITERIA....................................................................................................294.4EMMC-FINANCIALCONDITIONS.......................................................................................314.5EMMC-CONTRACTUALCONDITIONS..............................................................................334.6EMMC-SELECTIONPROCEDUREANDINDICATIVETIMETABLE..........................354.7CONDITIONSFORUSINGTHEERASMUSMUNDUSBRANDNAME(EMBN)...........365ACTION1B:ERASMUSMUNDUSJOINTDOCTORATEPROGRAMMES(EMJD)...375.1INTRODUCTION.........................................................................................................................375.2EMJD-ELIGIBILITYCRITERIA...........................................................................................385.2.1ELIGIBLEPARTICIPANTSANDCONSORTIUMCOMPOSITION...................................................385.2.2ELIGIBLEACTIVITIES..............................................................................................................405.3EMJD-AWARDCRITERIA....................................................................................................425.4EMJD-FINANCIALCONDITIONS........................................................................................4335.5EMJD-CONTRACTUALCONDITIONS................................................................................455.6EMJD-SELECTIONPROCEDUREANDINDICATIVETIMETABLE............................476ACTION2:ERASMUSMUNDUSPARTNERSHIPS...........................................................496.1EMA2-STRAND1:PARTNERSHIPSWITHCOUNTRIESCOVEREDBYENPI,DCI,EDFANDIPAINSTRUMENTS.................................................................................................496.1.1THEMATICFIELDSOFSTUDYANDREGION/COUNTRYNEEDS..................................................506.1.2ELIGIBILITYCRITERIA.............................................................................................................506.