Erasmus+: Available mobility scholarships for students and staff affected by the war in Ukraine

Attention! Double financing is not possible: it is not allowed to receive a second mobility scholarship from other resources to cover costs for the same mobility period.

Please note that the following opportunities are in the framework of mobility programmes (short-term staff exchange and part-time studies or traineeship), they do not provide admission into full degree programs of ELTE.

Call for Applications

Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE) announces an invitation to apply for Erasmus+ scholarship for students and staff affected by the war in Ukraine for the following periods:

For students:

• Spring semester of the 2024/2025 academic year (February 2025 – early July 2025). The application is continuous (first come, first served), but preferably should be completed by 15 November 2024. Applications submitted after this date will only be accepted if the faculty is able to host the applicant, which cannot be guaranteed.
• Autumn semester of the 2025/2026 academic year (September 2025 – early February 2026). The application is continuous (first come, first served), but preferably should be completed by 30 May 2025. Applications submitted after this date will only be accepted if the faculty is able to host the applicant, which cannot be guaranteed.

For Staff:

The application is continuous. Please contact us at ukrainesupport@elte.hu to inquire about Erasmus+ scholarship opportunities.

Aim of the call

To provide Erasmus+ scholarship for students and staff affected by the war in Ukraine.

Duration of the mobility (subject to availability):

Students: minimum 2 months, up to 5 months (1 semester).  

Staff: up to 1 week (7 days), with the possibility of renewal for an additional week (7 more days)

Who can apply?

• Students who are Ukrainian citizens and currently enrolled at a Ukrainian university.
• Staff members who hold Ukrainian citizenship and are employed at a Ukrainian university under an existing employment contract.

Application Process

Supporting documents required for application submission:

For Students:

1. Passport copy
2. Proof of enrolment at your home (Ukrainian) university (one of the following):

• Certificate of student status
• Latest transcript of records
• Nomination letter from your home university

3. Diploma (for MA or PhD students)
4. Motivational Letter in English or Hungarian including detailed study or research plan - How to write a motivation letter?
5. Academic CV (preferably in English) including your email address and field of study.

For Staff:

1. Passport copy
2. Proof of employment at your home (Ukrainian) university (one of the following):

• Employment contract
• Nomination letter from your university
• Any other document confirming your employment

3. Academic CV (preferably in English) including your email address, department/faculty you work at and a list of publications
4. Preliminary teaching plan detailing planned lectures/seminars/workshops
5. Temporary protection document or temporary residence permit (if applicable)

Please submit your application here. Once we have received your application, we will forward it to the indicated ELTE department/institute you wish to join. In case the department/institute can host you, we will notify you about the next steps of the application process via email. Applications are on a first come, first serve basis, up to the limit of the budget. 

The amount of scholarship

Within the framework of the Erasmus+ programme, incoming students and staff from Ukraine receive grant support during the awarded period spent in Budapest, Hungary, calculated as follows:

• for students: individual support of 800 €/month + additional support of 250 €/month, green travel support is available as indicated in the table below. 
• for staff: individual support of 140 €/day, green travel support is available as indicated in the table below. 

Green travel (confirmed sustainable means of transport) is defined as the travel that uses low-emissions means of transport for the total journey between the sending and host or its neighbouring countries, such as bus, train, car-pooling or bike. Flights and boat trips are not considered green. Travelling by car is only eligible for additional support in the case of car-sharing (e.g. car-sharing service or at least two Erasmus+ scholarship holders travel in one car together, etc.). If the scholarship holder is accompanied by a relative or friend only, it does not qualify as green travel!

Travel support (one-time support, based on the distance between the headquarters of the sending and the host institutions, determined with the European Commission's calculator) as indicated here:

Attention! Students and staff awarded with the additional support for green travel are obliged to keep the travel documents and provide proof of the realized green travel at the end of their mobility.

Accordingly, please take special care to keep the tickets used during the trip!

Accepted certificates:

• travel documents (travel tickets - e.g. bus ticket, train ticket), which contain the name of the participant, the travel dates and the location of departure and arrival.

Grant payment

Students receive their scholarship in two installments: 90% is disbursed before the mobility, while the remaining 10% is awarded upon successful completion of the mobility.

Staff members receive the full scholarship amount. 

ELTE pays Erasmus+ scholarships in euros and only via bank transfer. To avoid any unnecessary exchange fees, we recommend you to open a euro account for your Erasmus+ grant. 

Once your application has been approved by the host department/institute, we will get in contact with you to assist in preparing the necessary documents for your grant payment.

May you have any question regarding the application, feel free to contact us at ukrainesupport@elte.hu with ERASMUS+ in the subject line.

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