In line with FGSES's commitment to global engagement, Erasmus+ Scholarships strive to strengthen academic and cultural connections, foster internationalization, and offer students valuable experiences abroad. Please ensure that you indicate your interest in applying for an Erasmus opportunity in the motivation section of the choice university platform.

In the framework of an Erasmus+ Partnership, we distinguish two types of grants:

• Regular Erasmus Grant:  Standard financial support provided to students participating in mobility programs under the Erasmus+ initiative. It covers travel expenses, living costs, and other relevant expenses incurred during the study or work abroad period. The amount may vary based on factors such as the destination country and the duration of the mobility.
• Top-Up Grant:  Additional financial support offered to students facing specific economic challenges or circumstances that might hinder their participation in the Erasmus mobility program. This supplementary grant is designed to ensure that students with financial difficulties can still benefit from the Erasmus experience. The criteria for eligibility* and the amount of the top-up grant can vary, and it is intended to address individual needs. 

Active Erasmus+ Partnerships

Kindly note that you will be required to provide further information and supporting documents (if needed) if you wish to apply for the Erasmus+ Top-Up grant.

*Top-Up Grants eligibility criteria 

The Erasmus+ Top-Ups supplementary grants will be added to the regular Erasmus+ grant. The Inclusion Top-Up is €250 per month, or €8,33 per day. 

Students fulfilling the following criteria can apply for the Erasmus+ Top-Up grants: 

Disabilities: This includes physical, mental, intellectual, or sensory impairments which, in interaction with various barriers, may hinder someone’s full and effective participation in society on the same footing as others. Certificate issued by an official medical source, specifying that the participant has a disability, (to be adapted according to the regulation of the partner Institution country, not mentioning personal data, and translated in French or English).

• Health problems: Barriers may result from health issues including severe illnesses, chronic diseases, or any other physical or mental health-related situation that prevents from participating in the programme. Medical certificate issued by an official source (Recent Medical Certificate to be adapted according to the partner Institution country regulation, not mentioning personal data and translated in French or English).
• Barriers linked to education and training systems: Individuals struggling to perform in education and training systems for various reasons, early school-leavers, NEETs (people not in education, employment or training) and low-skilled adults may face barriers. Although other factors may play a role, these educational difficulties, while they may also be linked to personal circumstances, mostly result from an educational system which creates structural limitations and/or does not fully take into account the individual’s particular needs. Individuals can also face barriers to participation when the structure of curricula makes it difficult to undertake a learning or training mobility abroad as part of their studies. (see barriers specified in the list).
• Cultural differences: While cultural differences may be perceived as barriers by people from any backgrounds, they can particularly affect people with fewer opportunities. Such differences may represent significant barriers to learning in general, all the more for people with a migrant or refugee background – especially newly-arrived migrants -, people belonging to a national or ethnic minority, sign language users, people with linguistic adaptation and cultural inclusion difficulties, etc. Being exposed to foreign languages and cultural differences when taking part in any kind of programme activities may put off individuals and somehow limit the benefits from their participation. And such cultural differences may even prevent potential participants from applying for support through the programme, thereby representing an entry barrier altogether. (Official document stating that the participant is a migrant, refugee or belonging to an ethnic minority: copy of the resident permit etc….).
• Social barriers: Social adjustment difficulties such as limited social competences, anti-social or high-risk behaviours, (former) offenders, (former) drug or alcohol abusers, or social marginalisation may represent a barrier. Other social barriers can stem from family circumstances, for instance being the first in the family to access higher education or being a parent (especially a single parent), a caregiver, a breadwinner or an orphan, or having lived or currently living in institutional care. (Official document proving the situation or sworn statement, according to the partner Institution country regulation, translated in French or English, not mentioning personal data).
• Economic barriers: Economic disadvantage like a low standard of living, low income, learners who need to work to support themselves, dependence on the social welfare system, in long-term unemployment, precarious situations or poverty, being homeless, in debt or with financial problems, etc., may represent a barrier. Other difficulties may derive from the limited transferability of services (in particular support to people with fewer opportunities) that needs to be "mobile" together with the participants when going to a far place or, all the more, abroad. Sworn statement issued by the partner institution according to its own social policy standards.
• Barriers linked to discrimination: Barriers can occur as a result of discriminations linked to gender, age, ethnicity, religion, beliefs, sexual orientation, disability, or intersectional factors (a combination of two or several of the mentioned discrimination barriers). Sworn statement issued by the partner institution in line with at least one situation described above, before the nomination without mentioning participant personal data.
• Geographical barriers: Living in remote or rural areas, on small islands or in peripheral/outermost regions , in urban suburbs, in less serviced areas (limited public transport, poor facilities) or less developed areas in third countries, etc., may constitute a barrier. Official document proving the participant’s domestic address is considered as remote from urban areas.

Scholarship Opportunities shared by our partner institutions

The following opportunities have been shared by our partner universities. Since these are external to FGSES, we encourage you to apply directly as soon as you receive your nomination. Should you require any supporting documents for your application, feel free to contact us.

The International Mobility Office will continue to inform you of any new opportunities that arise. 

Please note, it is mandatory to notify us via email if you secure any external funding.