Information for academics

In order to ensure a varied and high-quality offer of courses for virtual mobility at Charles University, the Virtual Mobility Support Fund (POVIM) offers funding to academics who have decided to open their online courses to students from 4EU+ and other partner universities.

The virtual courses can have three categories:

• 4EU+ Joint Courses (category 1) – courses created within the framework of 4EU+ alliance cooperation, e.g. edu projects, which can be offered to all students of the 4EU+ Alliance - POVIM support cannot be applied for;
• 4EU+ Shared Courses (category 2) – courses meeting the conditions of 4EU+, belonging to the flagship, fulfilling key competences, offered to all students of the 4EU+ Alliance - POVIM support can be applied for;
• Open Courses (category 3) – courses open outside the 4EU+ Alliance, i.e. they do not have to meet the condition of belonging to flagships and fulfilling key competencies, will be offered to students of all partner universities.

For more details on the categories - see the attachment Virtual mobility at CU_categories.pdf

The courses are shared at the 4EU+ Student Portal.

In order to correctly track the activities it is essential for teachers to tag the course "virtual" and "4EU+" in the SIS. Find more specifications in the attachement. 

The applications for the POVIM fund are submitted twice a year for the following semester. The deadline for the winter semester is July 15, for the summer semester December 10.

Financial spport

• CZK 15,000 for an academic worker in the event of the creation of a new course open to VM,
• CZK 7,500 for an academic worker for the maintenance of an already existing course open to VM,
• 7,500 CZK for an administrative worker for the management of courses open to VM at the UK

You can find more information on supporting virtual mobility and the POVIM fund on the UK website.