Additional financial support

Additional financial support may be available persons with fewer opportunities who are formally classified as a sensitive members of the KTU community (more information).

Formally classified sensitive groups of the KTU community :

• Disabilities (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);
• Health problems (health issues including severe illnesses, chronic diseases, or
  any other physical or mental health-related situation that prevents from participating in
  the programmes);
• Cultural differences (lack of knowledge of a foreign language and fear of cultural differences, migrants or refugees, people belonging to a national or ethnic minority, sign language users, etc.);
• Social barriers (s limited social competences, anti-social or high-risk behaviours, (former) offenders, (former) drug or alcohol abusers, social marginalisation, etc.);
• Economic barriers (low living standards, low income, learners who need to work to support themselves, long-term unemployment, poverty, being homeless, in debt, etc.);
• Barriers linked to discrimination (linked to gender, age, ethnicity, religion, beliefs, sexual orientation, disability).

The additional support is added to the mobility grant and calculated based on the fixed amounts: 

• for long-term mobility – 250.00 EUR per month;  
• for short-term mobility – 100.00 EUR (for mobility periods of 5-14 days) and 150.00 EUR (for mobility periods of 15-30 days).  

Requests for the formal assignment of a person to the most sensitive groups of community members are submitted through KTU AIS (Studies > Submission of applications) until the 1st day of the current month. The application has to be examined and a decision has to be made no later than until 15th of the current month of receipt of the application.

Confirmation of assignment to sensitive groups must be uploaded to the Mobility Online system before signing the financial agreement in the step “Info about Top-Ups/Additional Support”. Documents required to support a request for classification as belonging to a vulnerable group.

Students with disabilities

Students with who have a physical, intellectual or other disability have the opportunity to receive additional funding for the mobility period based on the actual costs incurred.

Inclusion support may be awarded for:

• costs that are not covered by the travel and/or individual support and are related to the participant’s disability, e.g. special transport, specially adapted housing etc.;
• goods and/or services, depending on the nature of the illness and/or disability. Provisional prices must be provided at the time of application, indicating the differences in the prices of goods and services compared to the country of residence and the host country. These costs must be related to the participant’s disability and/or individual needs. Please note that the difference between the cost of the goods/services required in the country of residence and in the country of the host institution/company will be financed;
• the living and travel expenses of the programme participant’s accompanying person during the mobility visit, if clearly justified;

More information about additional individual grants for participants with fewer opportunities who have physical, intellectual, or other disabilities, based on actual expenses incurred, can be found in the handbook and on the Education Exchanges Support Foundation website.

Please note that the participant will have to account to the higher education institution for the costs incurred during the mobility by submitting supporting documents: receipts, invoices, payment orders, housing rental agreement, etc.

Students with disabilities who wish to receive additional funding based on actual expenses must submit the necessary documents no later than 6 weeks before the start of the Erasmus+ mobility.

How to submit an application for additional support?

Applications for the formal assignment of a person to sensitive groups of community members have to be submitted by email at wellbeing@ktu.lt. Confirmation assignment to sensitive groups and the application for an additional scholarship are submitted in Mobility Online after the selection.  

Applications and required documents for funding based on actual expenses incurred must be submitted no later than 6 weeks before the start of the Erasmus+ study or internship period by email to erasmus@ktu.lt.

If you have any further questions, please contact the KTU Academic Mobility and Networks Office at erasmus@ktu.lt.