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Erasmus+ Social Top-up
The Erasmus+ program generation 2021-2027 aims for equal opportunities, inclusion, diversity and fairness in all areas.
A new Social Top-up is available for students participating in the Erasmus+ programme for studies, traineeships and short-term mobilities:
• Studies and Traineeships:
250 Euro per months (30 days)
• Short-term mobilities:
Day 1-14: 100 Euro, Day 15 - 30: 150 Euro
Target Groups
Students with Chronic Illness and Disability
Students with chronic illness or a degree of disability(Grad der Behinderung, GdB) of 20 and more, are eligible to apply for additional funding to cover extra costs resulting from their stay abroad.
Students with chronic illness or disability may opt for either top-up or reimbursement of real costs, given they meet the eligibility criteria.
Top-up funding and reimbursement of real costs may be combined in cases where:
- two different criteria are met for receiving top-up amount and reimbursement of real costs (e.g., top-up for students with gainful employment as well as real costs for students with a disability); or
- only one criterion is met, but it can be clearly demonstrated that the top-up or real cost applications are not being applied for the same costs.
Supporting Documents
Students with a chronic illness must keep a medical certificate confirming that additional financial needs will arise abroad due to the existing chronic illness as a supporting document and present it upon request. The nature of the illness does not need to be included in the certificate. Please do not disclose any diagnoses.
Students with a disability must keep a copy of their severely handicapped ID card, the notice from the state social welfare office, or a medical certificate as a supporting document and present it upon request.
Students travelling with children
At least one child must be taken along during the entire stay abroad. The amount of the top-up is independent of the number of children. Double sponsorship of the child is not permitted.
It is also possible to apply for the top-up amount if the student is accompanied by his or her partner. If both parents receive the regular grant when taking at least two children with them, both parents can receive the top-up amount.
Students travelling with children may opt for either top-op or real costs, given they meet the respective eligibility criteria. Top-up and real costs may be combined if they meet two different criteria.
Top-up funding and reimbursement of real costs may be combined in cases where:
- two different criteria are met for receiving top-up amount and reimbursement of real costs (e.g., top-up for students with gainful employment as well as real costs for students travelling with children); or
- only one criterion is met, but it can be clearly demonstrated that the top-up or real cost applications are not being applied for the same costs.
Supporting Documents
Travel documents for each accompanying child must be saved and presented upon request.
Students with Gainful Employment
The period of employment must be within 6 months before the application deadline and the date of the start of the mobility.
During this minimum period of employment, the monthly income must be above 450 EUR and below 850 EUR (net earnings of all activities per month added up).
The activity/activities in Germany will not be 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.
As a rule, self-employed activities and dual/part-time study programs with a fixed salary are excluded.
Supporting Documents
Pay slips or tax declarations must be retained as supporting documents and presented upon request.
First-Generation Academics
Both parents or guardians 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. A master craftsman's diploma is not equivalent to an academic degree in this context.
In case of doubt, it is the student's responsibility to prove that his or her parents' degrees in the country in which they were earned are not considered academic degrees and thus entitle him or her to the top-up amount. This applies in particular to degrees earned abroad.
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 an academic degree within the scope of the eligibility criteria for receiving the supplementary grant, so that there is no claim to the top-up amount.
Supporting Documents
A declaration on honour, including information on the education of both parents, must be saved and stored and presented upon request.
Application, Documentation and Sample Checks
Application
Students who have been selected in the regular application process and meet the respective funding criteria are eligible to apply for the Social Top-up.
Depending on the type of mobility, students select the respective top-up via when applying or when documenting their stay via our MoveON Outgoing Portal. Once the Declaration on Honour has been submitted, the top-up application is considered complete.
Studens who fulfill eligibility criteria of more than one target group, may only apply for one selected target group.
Students with chronic illness or disability and students with children may opt for a combination of Social Top-up and real costs.
Documentation and Sample Checks
The Declaration on Honor must be signed by hand. Student must submit a digital copy before the stay. Submission dates vary by type of mobility.
Students must keep the signed hard copy as well as the supporting documents for a duration of 5 years.
Random sample checks are conducted by the Department International Student Affairs. Additionally, the National Agency (NA DAAD) may also schedule audits. Therefore students must save and store all relevant documents for a period of 5 years and present these documents upon request.