Funding rates in the Erasmus+ programme generation 2021-2027

Financial support for Erasmus+ student stays is based on the different costs of living in the destination countries ("Programme Countries").

Depending on the destination country, the following monthly rates apply for study visits in the project 2023:

• Group 1 - 600 EUR: Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Ireland, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Norway, Sweden
• Group 2 - 540 EUR: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, France, Greece, Italy, Malta, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain
• Group 3 - 490 EUR: Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Northern Macedonia, Turkey

Erasmus funding for a stay in Switzerland or the United Kingdom is not possible.

Students with fewer opportunities receive 250 EUR per month in addition to their Erasmus+ grant.

In the 2022/23 project these groups are:

• Students and graduates with a disability from GdB 20 or a chronic illness
• Students and graduates who spend their stay abroad with children
• First-generation university students from a non-academic home
• Working students

Even if several criteria apply, the Top-Up can only be obtained for one. It is not possible to add up several social Top-Ups.

The application for the additional grant is done online within the erasmus funding form.
According to the regulations of the ERASMUS programme, a subsequent application is not permitted.

Important: Evidence of social top-ups is subject to random checks. Proof must therefore be submitted to the International Office for verification when requested. If it is not possible to provide proof, the funding must be repaid.

Criteria for financial assistance (Top-Up)

Students and graduates with a disability or chornic disease

• Students with a chronic illness or disability with a degree of disability of 20 resulting in additional financial needs can receive an additional monthly funding.

Students and graduates traveling with their child(ren)

• Students traveling abroad with their child/children for study abroad can apply for this Top-Up. The requirement is that the child/children are taken with them for the entire stay.
• The additional funds can also be granted to couples. However, double funding of a child is excluded.
• If both parents are sponsored when taking at least two children with them, both parents can receive the subsidy for taking one child with them.

First academics Students from a non-academic parental home

• Both parents or caregivers do not hold a degree from a university or university of applied sciences.
• A degree from a university of cooperative education leading to a degree comparable to a university degree is considered an academic degree. In cases of doubt, please refer to the Hochschulkompass (Higher Education Compass) Internet portal provided by the HRK (German Rectors' Conference) and to the website of the Foundation Accreditation Council.
  In this context, a master's certificate is not to be equated with an academic degree.

• Courses of study completed abroad by one of the parents that are not recognized as such in Germany (e.g. physiotherapy) are considered to be academic degrees within the scope of the eligibility criteria for receiving the supplementary grant, so that there is no entitlement to the supplementary grant.

Working students

• During the minimum period of exercise prior to application (6 months), monthly earnings must be above EUR 450 and below EUR 850 (net earnings of all activities per month added up).
• The activity in the sending country is not continued during the stay abroad (this also includes mobile working, online working, paid vacation, etc.).
• Termination is not a requirement, the employment contract can also be paused.

• Excluded are activities performed in self-employment and dual/part-time studies with a fixed salary.

Further information can be found in the current criteria catalogue for additional financial support of the DAAD.

Participants in the Erasmus+ Programme should be made aware of the issues of sustainability, climate change and environmental protection, and in particular of the ecological footprint that participants create through their mobility. By financially supporting the use of sustainable means of transport, the number of mobilities with more environmentally friendly means of transport shall be increased and the ecological footprint of the Erasmus+ Programme shall be reduced.

Students will receive a top-up of 50 EUR for environmentally friendly travel in the new 2021-2027 programme generation.

According to the ERASMUS+ Guide, environmentally friendly travel is carried out mainly by sustainable means of transport such as bus, train or car sharing.

Travelling in your own car and without passengers, or by plane or ferry, is not considered low-emission and therefore cannot be supplemented by the Top-Up.

If the travel time is significantly prolonged due to the use of "green" means of transport, up to 4 additional days can be funded.
Please note that if your travel time is between 08-23 hours, you can apply for one day and if your travel time is more than 24 hours, you can apply for 2 days. This applies to both outward and return journeys.

The application for the additional grant is done online within the erasmus funding form.
According to the regulations of the ERASMUS programme, a subsequent application is not permitted.

Important: Evidence of climate-friendly travel is subject to random checks. Receipts for environmentally friendly travel to and from the destination must therefore be kept in the original for five years and submitted to the International Office for verification upon request. If it is not possible to provide proof, the funding must be repaid.

The grant is calculated on a monthly basis using the above-mentioned funding rates and can be received for a maximum of 360 days per study cycle (exception: single-cycle degree programmes). A combination of study and internship is possible.

Payment is made in 2 instalments:

• 1st instalment approx. 70% of the planned total funding (after the start of the stay)
• 2nd instalment approx. 30% of the final total daily funding (after the end of the stay)

The first payment is based on the period of time specified by the host university in the letter of admission.

The final calculation of the funding amount is based on the actual duration of stay, which is confirmed by the foreign host university in the Certificate of Arrival and the Certificate of Departure.

This actual funding amount is then offset against the first instalment in the second instalment payment.

Introductory weeks or language course

Language courses or introductory events at the foreign university that take place before the actual start of the semester can also be funded.  As proof, a confirmation of participation must be submitted with the documents for the 2nd instalment.

The International Office must provide the DAAD / the EU in Bonn with evidence of study periods abroad in the form of the complete funding documents. If the documents have not been submitted in full, the entire grant must be repaid.