Submissions open for Erasmus+ Virtual Exchanges (EVE) 2025 Call for Proposals

The Erasmus+ Virtual Exchanges (EVE) 2025 call was opened for submission on 5 December 2024 on the Funding & Tender Opportunities Portal (FTOP). Please refer to Erasmus+ Programme Guide 2025 for the call deadline and further information.

Virtual exchanges in higher education and youth are online people-to-people activities that promote intercultural dialogue and soft skills' development. They make it possible for every young person to access high-quality international and cross-cultural education (both formal and non-formal) without physical mobility. While virtual discussions or training do not fully replace the benefits of physical mobility, participants in virtual exchanges can still reap a number of the benefits of the international educational experience. 

Virtual exchanges take place in small groups and are always moderated by a trained facilitator. They should be easily integrated into youth (non-formal education) projects or higher education courses. Virtual exchanges can draw participants from both sectors, even if, depending on specific projects, they could involve participants from either only one of them or from both. 

All projects under this call will involve organisations and participants coming from both EU Member States and third countries associated to the Programme, and third countries not associated to the Programme in eligible regions (i.e. Western Balkans, Neighbourhood East, South-Mediterranean countries and Sub-Saharan Africa). You can find a list of eligible countries in the Erasmus+ Programme Guide 2025.

The overall budget and the budgetary envelopes are published on Funding & Tender Opportunities Portal (FTOP).

The main new elements of the 2025 call and key eligibility criteria (ERASMUS-EDU-2025-VIRT-EXCH)

• Topic IDs per region: Individual topic IDs have been created per region. You will have to apply under the topic of the region covered by your project: 
  • ERASMUS-EDU-2025-VIRT-EXCH-WB: Western Balkans
  • ERASMUS-EDU-2025-VIRT-EXCH-SMC: South-Mediterranean Countries
  • ERASMUS-EDU-2025-VIRT-EXCH-NE: Neighbourhood East
  • ERASMUS-EDU-2025-VIRT-EXCH-SSA: Sub-Saharan Africa
• We draw your attention on the eligibility criteria applicable to consortium composition: The consortium should comprise of a minimum of 4 independent entities (no affiliated entities or associated partners) from 4 different eligible countries. There must be a minimum of 2 higher education institutions or youth organisations from 2 EU Member States and third countries associated to the Programme and 2 higher education institutions or youth organisations from 2 eligible third countries not associated to the Programme belonging to the same eligible region. The number of organisations from EU Member States and third countries associated to the Programme must not be higher than the number of organisations from third countries not associated to the Programme.

Important funding rule (as in previous years) when establishing the budget of the application: The maximum EU grant per project is EUR 500 000. Beneficiaries can receive at most EUR 200 per Virtual Exchange participant (i.e., young participant or facilitator). For example, beneficiaries receiving the maximum grant of EUR 500 000 must involve at least 2 500 participants in virtual exchanges. The grant awarded may be lower than the amount requested.

Useful resources for applicants

• The EVE action was presented at the Erasmus+ World Wide Webinar (in English and interpreted into French and Spanish), including Q&A sessions.
• Presentation in PDF with information on EVE 2025 and summary of the novelties in English and French.

• Are you looking for partners for your EVE project? – please consult our Partner Search Document in two languages (English and French).

• Start to submit a real application on the Funding & Tender Opportunities Portal (FTOP).
• For more information on this action, please consult the dedicated EVE section in our Erasmus+ Programme Guide 2025.

For any further questions you may have on this action, please contact us at EACEA-EPLUS-VIRTUAL-EXCHANGESec [dot] europa [dot] eu (EACEA-EPLUS-VIRTUAL-EXCHANGES[at]ec[dot]europa[dot]eu)