Grant support for the mobility of students
Students may receive an EU grant as a contribution to their costs of travel and subsistence during the period of study or traineeship abroad.These amounts will be defined by the National Agencies in agreement with National Authorities and/or The HEI on objective and transparent criteria as described below:
Criterion 1: Sending and receiving countries of the student
Programme countries are divided into the three following groups:
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Group 1 Programme Countries with higher living costs |
Denmark, Ireland, France, Italy, Austria, Finland, Sweden, United-Kingdom, Liechtenstein, Norway |
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Group 2 Programme countries with medium living costs |
Belgium, Czech republic, Germany, Greece, Spain, Croatia, Cyprus, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Slovenia, Iceland, Turkey |
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Group 3 Programme countries with lower living costs |
Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia |
The amounts will be set among the following minimum and maximum ranges:
- Medium range EU grant: between 200 and 450 Euros per month will apply to mobility activities toward countries with similar living costs: a) from group 1 to group 1 b) from group 2 to group 2 c) from group 3 to group 3
- Higher range EU grant: between 250 and 500 Euros per month will apply to mobility activities toward a country of higher living costs: a) from group 2 to group 1 countries b) from group 3 to group 1 or group 2 countries
- Lower range EU grant: between 150 to 400 Euros per month, will apply to mobility activities toward countries of lower living costs: a) from group 1 to group 2 and group 3 countries b) from group 2 to group 3 countries
Criterion 2: additional support for specific target groups, activities and sending countries/regions
For students from disadvantaged backgrounds:
The EU grant for individual support can be topped up with an amount between 100 to 200 Euros per month
For students in traineeships:
They will receive an additiional top-up from the EU grant of an amount between 100 to 200 Euros per month
For students from outermost programme region/countries:
They will receive the following higher amount for individual support.
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From |
TO |
AMOUNT |
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Outermost regions, |
Group 1 countries |
750 EUR per month |
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Cyprus, Iceland, Malta and |
Group 2 countries |
7000 EUR per month |
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Overseas countries and territories |
Group 3 countries |
650 EUR per month |
In addition to the grants for individual support, each student will also receive an additionnal amount to support them in covering their travel costs, on the following basis:
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TRAVEL DISTANCES |
AMOUNT |
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Between 100 and 499 km |
180 EUR per participant |
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Between 500 and 1999 km |
275 EUR per participant |
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Between 2000 and 2999 km |
360 EUR per participant |
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Between 3000 and 3999 km |
530 EUR per participant |
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Between 4000 and 7999 km |
820 EUR per participant |
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8000 km and more |
1100 EUR per participant |