Scholarship Benefits

Erasmus+ aims to promote equal opportunities and inclusion, which is why students with special needs can access the program more easily. Useful information on disability-friendly universities from the European Agency for Development in Special Needs Education can be found here.

If you have a disability of at least 20 percent or suffer from a chronic illness with additional financial needs or travel with your own children, you can receive additional 250 euros per month. A copy of the disability card or a doctor's certificate or the child's birth certificate must be submitted as proof.

The monthly additional funding cannot be combined with the application for real costs for the same criteria.

You can claim up to EUR 15,000 of your costs that additional incurred abroad because of your special needs by submitting a separate application. The application must be submitted to KOOR no later than three months before the start of your stay. Please contact us at an early stage if you want to submit an application for real costs.

With a separate application, you have the option of claiming the costs of a preparatory trip to explore the local conditions (low-barrier living space, accessibility to the workplace, etc.) up to an amount of EUR 15,000.00. The refund can also be requested for an accompanying person. The application must be submitted to KOOR - Erasmus Services BW no later than three months before the start of the trip. The Erasmus+ funding is a prerequisite for the application.

Students whose parents or legal guardians do not have a degree from a university or universtiy of applied science are eligible to apply. In the case of single parents, this regulation only applies to the respective parent with whom the student grew up. A degree from a vocational academy that leads to a degree that is comparable to a university degree is to be regarded as an academic degree. In this context, a master's certificate is not equivalent to an academic degree. A parent’s degree programs completed abroad that are not recognized as such in Germany (e.g. physiotherapy) count as an academic degree, so there is no entitlement to the top-up.

If required, the form "Declaration of First Academics" must be submitted .

Students who meet the following criteria are eligible to apply:

• Employment subject to social security contributions / internship in Germany with a net income of more than 450 euros and less than 850 euros per month.
• Continuously employed for at least six months before the start of the stay abroad. The activity must have taken place within one year before the start of the mobility.
• It can be a single employment relationship or several that follow one another in direct succession. An interruption as part of the regular vacation time during employment is not a problem.
• The activity is not continued during the stay abroad, resulting in a loss of earnings. A notice of termination is not a requirement, the employment contract can also be paused.
• Students who are self-employed / doing an internship abroad or doing a dual / extra-occupational study program with a fixed salary are excluded from the top up.

If required, proof of salary must be submitted.

Please note: The Top-Up for students with a part-time job will no longer be available from Project 2026 onwards. Therefore, only students funded under Project 2025 are eligible to apply for this additional funding.