Grants

Grant Amounts and Grant Distribution Criteria

The grant provided to the student is calculated using the "Beneficiary Module (BM)." The mobility duration is determined based on the start and end dates of the activity. However, this does not mean that the entire mobility period will be funded. The maximum limits for the grant payment will be determined according to the decision of the ITU Senate outlined below:

Success Criteria:For participants on a one-semester mobility, a minimum of 21 ECTS credits must be completed. For participants on a two-semester (one-year) mobility, a minimum of 42 ECTS credits must be completed from courses at the host institution. If these requirements are not met, the participant acknowledges that they will not receive the remaining 20% of the grant.

In line with the budget allocated to our university, in order to provide equal opportunities to all participants and to make positive discrimination to education levels and departments that have not previously participated in mobility activities and/or have been in low numbers, after calculating the final scores in line with the evaluation criteria in the Erasmus+ Student Mobility for Study call text, undergraduate and graduate education separate quotas are determined for each level.
In order to encourage Erasmus+ Student Mobility for Study at the postgraduate level, grants are distributed by taking into account the ratio of the total number of postgraduate students for the academic year to the total number of ITU students. In this process, student final scores, determined on the basis of the announced evaluation criteria, are ranked from highest to lowest, independently of the program, and student grants are provided.
Erasmus+ Student Mobility for Study grant at the undergraduate level is determined according to the ratio of the number of students of each department to the total number of ITU undergraduate students. Taking into account the announced evaluation criteria, the students who will be granted grants are determined by ranking the final scores of the students on a departmental basis, from highest to lowest.
After the granting processes mentioned above, if an Erasmus Grant remains unused, the amount in question is transferred to the students waiting for a grant, based on their final score and preference rankings, regardless of the level of education and department.
In order to distribute Erasmus+ Student Mobility for Study budget allocated to our university effectively and to enable more students to benefit from mobility, the mobility of students who are entitled to participate in the mobility as a "grant" is based on the "partial grant" method in accordance with the Application Handbook. In this context, students who will be designated as "grantees" will be granted a grant for a maximum of 5 (five) months of their total mobility period, regardless of their term preferences. While students who will have a mobility period of less than 5 (five) months will be granted a grant based on the "actual stay" period, students with a mobility period of 5 (five) months or more can receive a grant for a maximum of 5 (five) months. If our students in this situation prefer, they can benefit from mobility for two semesters (two semesters) and benefit from the program as a "zero grant" Erasmus student in the second semester.

IMPORTANT!
“2025 Contribution Agreement between Türkiye and the European Commission has not been signed yet. For this reason, being selected for mobility with or without a grant as a result of your application within the scope of Erasmus+ Student Mobility does not constitute an acquired right. "Whether you will receive a grant or the amount of your grant will be finalized when the agreement to be signed with the European Commission and the subsequent grant allocation processes to be allocated to your university are finalized, and your university or the Turkish National Agency cannot be held responsible for any material or moral losses that may arise from delays or disruptions in the said agreement processes."

Erasmus+ KA131 Student Mobility for Studies grant amount is as below:

Country Groups	Host Countries	Monthly Grant (Euro)
1st and 2nd Group Program Countries	Germany, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, South Cyrprus, Netherlands, Ireland, Spain, Sweden, Italy, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Norway, Portugal, Greece, Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Slovakia, Slovenia	600
3rd Group Program Countries	Bulgaria, Crotia, North Macedonia, Lithuania, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Serbia	450

In order to contribute to students' travel expenses, the km2 value between the starting point of the mobility and the place where the activity takes place should be determined through the distance calculator provided by the European Commission and the travel grant should be calculated using the table below. The mileage shown in the distance band calculator is the round-trip figure for the grant in the table below, and the amount in question is not multiplied by two.

Travel Distance	Standart Travel Grant (Non-Green) (Euro)	Green Travel Grant (Euro)
10-99 km	28	56
100-499 km	211	285
500-1999 km	309	417
2000-2999 km	395	535
3000-3999km	580	785
4000-7999 km	1188	1188
8000 km ve üzeri	1735	1735

***NOTE: Below 500 km, participant will, as a general rule, travel with low-emissions means of transport.

Green Travel: Opportunities such as green travel are encouraged for students who engage in mobility to reduce carbon emissions and the environmental footprint of mobility. Green travel is defined as travel that uses low-emission transport such as buses, trains or carpooling for the main part of the trip.

Students whose names appear on the final list will be notified to the relevant institutions as candidate students. The fact that a student's name has been submitted to the other institution as a candidate does not guarantee that student will be supported with a grant. The number of students to be supported by the grant and the total amount of grant to be paid to a student in a semester (varies according to country groups) will be clarified after the Erasmus+ budget to be allocated to ITU by the Turkish National Agency is finalized.

This announced number; The total grant amount to be allocated to ITU by the Turkish National Agency may change after it is finalized. In case the budget allocated to ITU by the Turkish National Agency is not sufficient to make grant payments to all students placed in an institution within the scope of Erasmus+ mobility, grants will be allocated as many students as the budget will allow, according to the order of success in the Final Placement List. Therefore, our students who have been declared candidates to the host institution should take into account the possibility that they may not receive grant support when making their Erasmus+ education mobility plans.

Student Mobility to Countries Not Related to the Program Within the scope of Erasmus+ Program KA131 projects, within the scope of International Mobility, the details of which may be specified in the grant agreement and its annexes, the table of individual support grant amounts to be applied when sending students to countries not related to the Program is given below:

Receiving Countries	Monthly Grant (Avro)
1 - 12th Region Countries*	700
13th & 14th Region Countries*	600

Students who do not have a grant cannot receive additional grant support. Additional support is only available for students with grants.

The Erasmus+ Program encourages the participation of individuals with limited means. A person with limited means is a potential participant whose physical, mental, or health condition prevents them from participating in the project/mobility activity without additional financial support.

Application forms must explain why Inclusion Support is needed and include supporting documents (for example, if Inclusion Support is related to disability, a medical report detailing the disability and its level [no older than 3 months] or a photocopy of the disability card, or a medical report for chronic diseases). The form must also include documents confirming that the host higher education institution is aware that the participant requires Inclusion Support and that the institution has the appropriate accommodations. The requested additional grant amounts and the reason for the need should be detailed in the form. The requested grant must be directly related to enabling the participant to engage in the activity.

The final additional grant for Inclusion Support participants will be based on the actual expenditure incurred. Invoices for the use of the additional grant must be obtained and kept in the participant's file to be presented in potential audits. Expenditures not backed by documentation and those exceeding the grant provided for the Inclusion Support beneficiary will not be considered eligible, even if they have been incurred.

To qualify for the grant, a participant with limited means is defined as an individual who is economically and socially disadvantaged and falls under the following categories:

Those subject to Law No. 2828 (those with a protection, care, or shelter decision issued by the Ministry of Family and Social Services under Law No. 2828).
Students with a protection, care, or shelter decision issued under Child Protection Law No. 5395.
Those who are granted an orphan/death pension.
Spouses and children of martyrs/veterans, and the veterans themselves. 18
Those who are granted a need pension for themselves or their families (it is sufficient for the student, their parents, or guardian to submit a document proving that they received financial support from municipalities or public institutions [such as Ministries, Social Assistance and Solidarity Foundations, the General Directorate of Foundations, the Red Crescent, AFAD, etc.] at the time of their Erasmus application).
Disabled individuals.¹⁹
Those who receive pension for needy citizens over 65 or for disabled and needy citizens, or those whose parents or guardians receive a disability or need pension under Law No. 2022 (dated 01.07.1976). ²⁰
Those who, or their first-degree relatives, receive disaster victim aid from AFAD. ²¹

Credit and Hostels Institution scholarships, success-based scholarships, one-time aids, and similar grants are not eligible within the scope of this financial support.

¹⁸. In addition to combat veterans and their spouses and children, as well as the spouses and children of war martyrs, spouses and children of public officials who were injured, disabled, killed, or died as a result of terrorist acts while performing their duties at home or abroad, or due to performing their duties even if their titles were revoked, according to Article 21 of the Law on Combating Terrorism No. 3713 dated 12/4/1991, and the spouses and children of those who lost their lives due to the coup attempt and terrorist acts carried out on 15 July 2016, or the acts that were a continuation of this act, as well as disabled civilians and their spouses and children, will be prioritized if they apply for Erasmus+ student Mobility.

According to Article 7 of the Decree Law No. 667, the spouses and children of those who lost their lives due to the coup attempt and terrorist acts carried out on 15 July 2016, or the acts that followed as part of this, as well as disabled civilians and their spouses and children, will be prioritized if they apply for Erasmus+ student mobility.

¹⁹ Individuals with at least a 50% disability, as documented by a Disability Health Board report in accordance with the 'Regulation on Disability Assessment for Adults' published in the Official Gazette on 20 February 2019 (No. 30692).

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²¹ This is applied only once. If the student participates in the mobility, no additional grant support will be provided in this category for subsequent mobilities using the same document.

If you have any questions or issues regarding grants or financial matters during or after the mobility process, please contact:
Email: erasmus_finance@itu.edu.tr
Phone: +90 212 285 76 53, 55