Call for Application - Additional financial support for students with fewer opportunities participating in mobility abroad in the Erasmus+ programme
2022/2023 and 2023/2024 academic years
Due to the lack of funding applications are suspended.
Tempus Public Foundation is launching a call for applications for additional financial support for higher education students with fewer opportunities who have been awarded an Erasmus+ study, traineeship, or short-term mobility grant in the 2022/2023 academic year.
The aim of the additional financial support for students with fewer opportunities is to provide equal opportunities for outgoing students facing health, cultural, social, economic or geographical barriers to participate in Erasmus+ higher education mobility.
Students with fewer opportunities may apply for additional financial support with the required supporting documents based on the criteria below. (The criteria are not listed in order of importance.)
1. Participants with health conditions (outgoing participants who are disabled or chronically ill)
a. Additional support may be requested for disabled or chronically ill outgoing students and staff in accordance with the relevant call for applications: Additional financial support for students and staff with disabilities or long-term illnesses participating in the Erasmus+ program.
2. Difficulties related to education and training systems
a. Students attending a part-time course. [Document to be submitted: copy of any official institutional document confirming the course of study.]
b. The student has been awarded extra points for being disadvantaged or severely disadvantaged when applying to a higher education institution. [Document to be submitted: issued by the sending institution]
3. Vulnerable social groups
a. Students belonging to a national or ethnic minority recognised in Hungary, in particular members of the Roma ethnic minority. [Document to be submitted: a declaration signed by the outgoing student with his/her original signature and two witnesses.]
b. Ethnic Hungarian minority students who are living outside of Hungary. Document to be submitted: a declaration signed by the outgoing student with his/her original signature and two witnesses.]
Students with refugee status recognised by the Hungarian state. [Document to be submitted: copy of the decision of refugee status.]
4. Social difficulties
a. At least one parent/guardian of the applicant has not completed secondary education. [Document to be submitted: document and declaration certifying the highest level of education completed of the parent.]
b. The applicant is a parent/guardian. [Document to be submitted: birth certificate of dependent child(ren) and declaration.]
c. Students who are in or have left the public care system: students who were raised in a children's home, a residential home, a foster home or received aftercare. [Document to be submitted: declaration of placement in a residential social care institution.]
d. Students who are orphans/half-orphans. [Document to be submitted: death certificate of the deceased, in case of a declaration of death or disappearance: court decision and declaration declaring the deceased person dead or missing.]
e. Students living in a large family (2 or more siblings living in the same household (apart from the applicant). [Document to be submitted: student’s declaration of dependent siblings.]
5. Economic difficulties
[The following criteria (a to h) are formally certified by the granting organisation. The application must be accompanied by a supporting document issued by the relevant organisation.]
a. The student has been awarded a Bursa Hungarica Municipal Higher Education Scholarship.
b. The student receives or has received a regular or exceptional social grant provided by a Hungarian Higher Education Institution.
c. The student is/was a beneficiary of the Mentoring Programme of The National Union of Students in Hungary.
d. The student is/was a beneficiary of “Path to higher education” – “Path to a degree” („Út a felsőoktatásba” – „Út a diplomához”).
e. The student is/was a member of a Roma college.
f. The student received a basic social education grant at the start of his/her higher education.
g. The student has received support from the Arany János Talent Support Programme.
h. The student has a sudden change in their social circumstances, e.g., death of the provider, unemployment - e.g., during the COVID-19 epidemic - long-term illness of the provider, accident. [Documents to be submitted: certificate of incapacity to work, certificate of unemployment, death certificate (in the case of a declaration of death or disappearance, a court decision declaring the deceased person dead or missing), in the case of long-term sick leave: medical certificate, declaration made by the outgoing student.]
The student has a paid job and will have a loss of income during the mobility period of their studies or traineeship abroad.1 [Document to be submitted: employer's certificate stating that you have been in employment for the six months preceding the submission of the application.]
j. The student is attending a fee-paying course at the time of application [Document to be submitted: copy of institutional document, notification].
6. Geographical difficulties
a. The student is a resident of one of the beneficiary municipalities defined by Government Decree 105/2015 (IV.23.). [Document to be submitted: copy of address card.]
Who can apply?
Students attending a higher education institution in Hungary who are applying for or have already been awarded an Erasmus+ mobility programme place for the academic year 2022/2023 or 2023/2024 for study, traineeship, or short-term mobility. Additional support is not available for mobility already completed at the time of application.
The amount of additional financial support
For study mobility and traineeship mobility, €250 per month.
For short-term student mobility, a one-off grant of €100 (for mobility of 1-14 days) or €150 (for mobility of 15-30 days) on top of the Erasmus+ basic grant awarded. The sending higher education institution will transfer the additional support together with the basic grant.
How to apply
Applications should be submitted to the institutional Erasmus+ coordinator via email. erasmus@unideb.hu
Documents to be submitted:
- Completed individual application form, electronic version (.xlsx file)
- Completed individual application form, signed digitally or printed and scanned
- Copy of the supporting document according to the application criterion
Valid applications must be submitted using the individual application form, together with the required attachments.
(Attention! Students or staff with health conditions may apply to their sending institution in accordance with the conditions set out in the Erasmus+ Call for applications for Additional financial support for students and staff with disabilities or long-term illnesses participating in the Erasmus+ program.)
Important information! If the applicant is eligible for more than one of the listed criteria, he/she may indicate this, but only one of them needs to be justified to qualify for the additional support.
Application deadline
Funding for this application is subject to the availability of funds.
Deadline for submission of applications:
28 April 2023 and 20 October 2023
The application deadlines apply only to applicants who are eligible under the 2021 or 2022 institutional call. For more information, please contact your institutional Erasmus+ coordinator.
Evaluation of applications, decision-making process
The formal assessment of applications is carried out by the sending higher education institution in consultation with Tempus Public Foundation. The Board of Trustees of the Tempus Public Foundation decides on the funding of the evaluated application. A decision on applications submitted by the deadline is expected within 60 days. Applicants will be informed of the outcome by the sending institution. If applications exceed the available budget, the announcer reserves the right to suspend the application with immediate effect, to change the application criteria or to reject the application.
For further information, please contact your institutional Erasmus+ coordinator.
More information and downloadable document templates ont he website of Tempus Public Foundation: https://erasmusplusz.hu/erasmus_kiegeszito_tamogatasok_hallgatoknak/eselyegyenlosegi-kiegeszito-tamogatas