Funding

All Mobility grants described below are managed and allocated by the Student Mobility Office. Access to these grants is subjected to compliance with the application process of each type of mobility. Please read the mobility grant regulation at ULB.

The amounts reported below are for informational purposes only and are not binding on ULB. Grants are paid depending on the availability of the fundings we receive from the European Commission and the Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles, and also from internal funds, when applicable. ULB is not expected to provide grants on internal fundings if the European and national fundings are not sufficient to fund every mobility. The final grant amount is mentioned on the grant contract signed before departure.

Students are entitled to up to 12 months of Erasmus+ and 12 month of FAMES (Non-Erasmus + Belgica) funding for studies and/or internships per cycle (Bachelor's, Master's, Doctorate).

The following tables make a distinction between standard grants and adjusted grants for students with fewer opportunities ("AMO", in french). The categories of students eligible for the "AMO" status are detailed on this page

Students who use a sustainable means of transport to cover the major part of their return journey to their destination country can receive additional scholarship days or a transport fee, depending on the type of program.

If you find that our mobility grants are not enough to support yourself, please contact ULB's Student Social Service (SSE) between 26 August and 26 April

Download the official regulation here (French only). Scroll down on this page here for a summary of each grant type :

Erasmus+ study grants (Erasmus+ SMS) are automatically awarded to students who have applied and been selected for a study mobility in Europe, provided that sufficient funds are available. If the funds received are not sufficient to award a grant to all students, the Student Mobility Office will carry out a selection process. The selection criteria will be communicated by email by the staff member in charge of your application. Grant amounts vary according to the cost of living in the host country and the student’s socio-economic background, as shown in the table below.

2026-2027

The grant consists of a monthly allowance and a travel allowance.

Grant rates for the 2026-2027 academic year will be published no later than the end of May.

Please note: changes regarding the funding duration have already been announced. See the “Funded duration” section.

2025-2026

The grant consists of a monthly allowance and a one-time travel grant:

Host country (2025-2026 grant amounts)	Standard Erasmus+ grant	Adjusted grant for Students with fewer opportunities
Austria, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxemburg, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden	600€/month	850€/month
Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Estonia, FYROM, Greece, Hungary Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Turkey	540€/month	790€/month

The transport fee depends on the distance between ULB and your destination. The distance is measured as the crow flies. Students who choose a sustainable mean of transportation for the totality of their travel (bus, train) receive a bonus grant (Column 3 below) 

DISTANCE BAND	TRANSPORT FEE	GREEN BONUS
10-99 km	28€	+ 28€
100-499km	211€	+ 74€
500-1999km	309€	+ 108€
2000-2999km	395€	+ 140€
3000-3999km	580€	+ 205€
4000-7999km	1188€	-
8000km ou +	1735€	-

Funded Duration

Since 2026–2027, a new rule has been introduced to allow more students to receive an Erasmus+ grant.

Students with fewer opportunities receive a grant covering the full duration of their stay, calculated to the exact day.

However, the funded duration of mobility for non-AMO students is limited to a maximum of 4.5 months (135 days) per semester, i.e. a total maximum of 9 months (270 days) for students who go abroad for the full academic year. This measure does not affect students whose semester abroad is already 4.5 months or less.

No extension of stay will be accepted, even on an exceptional basis. Any request to extend the stay by more than one week before or after the mobility period will be considered an extension (including requests to convert a one-semester mobility into a full-year mobility).

Payment Terms

In order to calculate the final amount you are entitled to, we need to know the actual dates of your stay. To do so, we must wait until the end of your stay, which explains why your grant is paid in two installments:

First payment (70%)
Once the grant contract has been signed by both ULB and the student, and once we have received your OLS test results (for students who are not exempt), we process the payment of the first installment of the grant within 30 days. We will pay 70% of the estimated total grant amount, based on the planned duration of your mobility (as indicated in your grant contract).

Second payment (the balance, not always 30%)
Once we receive your attendance certificate (arrival and departure) and you have completed the final report, we determine the final duration of your mobility and calculate the grant amount you are entitled to. We then pay the difference between the final total amount and the first payment.

Since the first and second payments are not based on the same duration, the amount may vary and can also be negative if you overestimated the duration of your stay. The balance is rarely exactly 30% of the estimated grant, unless your initial estimate in the contract was accurate.

Erasmus+ SMT grants are awarded to students who applied in time for their Internship Erasmus+ funding, if the funds we receive are sufficient. If we do not receive enough funds to give a grant to every student, the priority will be given on first come first served basis, while funds last. Grant amounts vary according to the cost of living in the host country, and to the social status of the students, according to the table below :

2024-2025

As part of the Erasmus+ 2024 call, the European Commission has announced a change regarding the funding groups. There are now only 2 destination groups instead of 3, and some countries changed their destination group:
 

Host country (2024-2025 grant amounts)	Standard Erasmus+ grant	Adjusted grant for Students with fewer opportunities
Austria, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxemburg, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden	750€/month +if Green Travel: up to 4 extra funded days	1000€/month +if Green Travel: up to 4 extra funded days and an additional mileage bonus (to see above)
Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Estonia, FYROM, Greece, Hungary Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Turkey	690€/month +if Green Travel: up to 4 extra funded days	940€/month +if Green Travel: up to 4 extra funded days and an additional mileage bonus (to see above)

2025-2026

The grants consists of a monthly fee + a unique transport fee :

Host country (2025-2026 grant amounts) Standard Erasmus+ grant Adjusted grant for Students with fewer opportunities Austria, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxemburg, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden 750€/month 1000€/month Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Estonia, FYROM, Greece, Hungary Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Turkey   690€/month 940€/month

The transport fee depends on the distance between ULB and your destination, at bird flight. Students who choose a sustainable mean of transportation for the totality of their travel (bus, train) receive a bonus grant (Column 3 below) 
 

DISTANCE BAND	TRANSPORT FEE	GREEN BONUS
10-99 km	28€	+ 28€
100-499km	211€	+ 74€
500-1999km	309€	+ 108€
2000-2999km	395€	+ 140€
3000-3999km	580€	+ 205€
4000-7999km	1188€	-
8000km ou +	1735€	-

Payment Terms

In order to calculate the final amount you are entitled to, we need to know the actual dates of your stay. To do so, we need to wait until the end of your stay, which explains why your grant is paid in two installments:

First payment (70%)
Once the grant contract has been signed by both ULB and the student, and once we have received your OLS test results (from studends who are not exempted), we process the payment of the first part of the grant iwithin 30 days. We will pay 70% of the estimated total amount of your grant, bases on the planned duration of your mobility (as per the dates you put in your grant contract).

Second payment (The balance, not always "30%")
Once we receive your attendance certificate (arrival + departure) and once you have completed the final report, we look at the final duration of your mobility and we calculate the grant amount you are entiled to. We then pay the difference between the final total amount and the first payment.

Since the 1st and 2nd payments are not based on the same duration, the amount may vary, and also it can be negative if you overestimated the duration of your stay. The balance is rarely exactly 30% of the estimated grant, unless you were spot on with your estimation on your contract.

Read more about Internships on the main page for Erasmus+ Internships.

The Belgica study grant is automatically awarded to students who have applied and been selected for a study mobility in Belgium. Students who choose to live in their hos city can request an The housing allowance is only available to students undertaking their mobility outside Brussels. Intra-regional destinations such as KU Leuven (Brussels campus) and VUB are excluded.

2026-2027

BELGICA grant rates for the 2026-2027 academic year will be published no later than the end of May.

2025/2026

 

INTRA-REGION MOBILITY	CLASSIC GRANT	AMO GRANT (for students with fewer opportunities)
100€ lump sum	50 €/ week + 50 €/ week if accomodation in host city	75 €/week + 50 €/ week if accomodation in host city

Payment Terms

In order to calculate the final amount you are entitled to, we need to know the actual dates of your stay. To do so, we need to wait until the end of your stay, which explains why your grant is paid in two installments:

First payment (70%)
Once the grant contract has been signed by both ULB and the student, and once we have received your OLS test results (from studends who are not exempted), we process the payment of the first part of the grant iwithin 30 days. We will pay 70% of the estimated total amount of your grant, bases on the planned duration of your mobility (as per the dates you put in your grant contract).

Second payment (The balance, not always "30%")
Once we receive your attendance certificate (arrival + departure) and once you have completed the final report, we look at the final duration of your mobility and we calculate the grant amount you are entiled to. We then pay the difference between the final total amount and the first payment.

Since the 1st and 2nd payments are not based on the same duration, the amount may vary, and also it can be negative if you overestimated the duration of your stay. The balance is rarely exactly 30% of the estimated grant, unless you were spot on with your estimation on your contract.

Housing allowance
A copy of the lease agreement must be provided before the end of the mobility in order to receive the housing allowance.

Mobility programs in Switzerland are primarily funded through SEMP grants, given by the host universities. The amounts and conditions may vary from year to year. For more information, please contact your host university directly or check Movetia.

If the budget allows it, ULB then adds a FAMES top-up to match the  Erasmus+ grants amounts for Group 1 countries.
Students with fewer opportunities (= AMO students) and students going to Université de Lausanne (CIVIS partner) are automatically awarded this FAMES top-up.
Other SEMP students have to request the FAMES grant top-up through the FAMES grant procedure (see the “Priority Students / Grant Application” section below).

Each student is entitled to 12 months of FAMES/Belgica funding per study cycle. Mobilities completed before the 2022–2023 academic year are not counted towards this quota.

Please note: as the demand for FAMES-funded mobilities increases every year, while the budget allocated by the Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles has not increased, we would like to inform students who are neither destination-priority students nor students with fewer opportunities that only a limited number of grant applications can be approved each year (between 20% and 30% of applications, depending on the number of candidates).

Priority Students / Grant Application

The following students are given priority and are guaranteed to receive the FAMES top-up grant for Switzerland. They are exempt from the grant application procedure:

• students with fewer opportunities (AMO students); students going to University of Lausanne (member of the CIVIS alliance), whether they are AMO students or not.
• Students who do not meet one of these priority criteria are not guaranteed to receive a grant and must, if they wish to apply, submit a grant application between 1 May 2026 and Friday 15 May 2026 at 23:59, or during the second allocation round, from 24 August to 6 September 2026 at 23:59.

Depending on the number of mobility applications and the available budget (which is only confirmed in May), a limited number of students with the lowest available income may also receive the FAMES grant.

Please make sure that you are able to finance your stay independently if you are in a situation where you may not receive the grant. Alternatively, if you require a guaranteed grant, you should consider choosing an Erasmus+ destination instead.

2026-27

FAMES grant rates for 2026-2027 SEMP mobilities will be published no later than the end of May.

2025-2026

 

STANDARD GRANT	ADJUSTED GRANT RATE FOR AMO STUDENTS
1200€/semester	2550€/semester

Payment terms

In order to calculate the final amount you are entitled to, we need to know the actual dates of your stay. To do so, we need to wait until the end of your stay, which explains why your grant is paid in two installments:

First payment (70%)
Once the grant contract has been signed by both ULB and the student, we process the payment of the first part of the grant iwithin 30 days. We will pay 70% of the total amount of your grant.

Second payment (The balance)
Once we receive your attendance certificate (arrival + departure) and once you have completed the final report, we look at the final duration of your mobility and we calculate the grant amount you are entiled to. We then pay the difference between the final total amount and the first payment.

Students leaving for a non-EU mobility can receive the FAMES or Erasmus+ grant. The ULB is allowed to use 20% of its Erasmus+ funds for mobilities outside of Europe, and uses the FAMES funds for the remaining mobilities, once these 20% are spent.

If we do not receive enough funds to give a grant to every student, the Student Mobility Office will proceed to a selection. Should a selection be necessary, the person in charge of your mobility file will send you an email to let you know. Monthly grants may be completed with internal funds if the budget allows it.

The following students will have priority and are guaranteed to receive a FAMES grant :

- students with disadvantaged background (according to the list above on this page)
- students from ISTI with option chinese, russian or arabic
- students selected for the following destinations (ULB privileged partners with whom we have an active agreement) :

• Waseda University
• Université de Montréal (including HEC Montréal and Polytechnique Montréal)
• Universidade de Sao Paulo
• Université de Lubumbashi
• Université de Lausanne (SEMP + CIVIS)
• University of Glasgow (CIVIS)
• University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (CIVIS)

Students not belonging to any of these categories have no guarantee of receiving a grant. If they wish to receive a grant, they wil have to submit a grant request in May. Depending on the budget (which we also receive only in May), only a few students with less income at their disposal will also be able to receive the FAMES grant. As the grant cannot be guaranteed for non-priority students, please make sure that you have sufficient personal funds to cover for your mobility even without a grant. if you would rather not risk it, choose an Erasmus+ destination instead.

Up to this day, there is no funding for non-EU internships.
 

Grant duration

Starting from 2024/2025, a new rule is being implemented to give more students a chance to receive the FAMES scholarship.

Students with fewer opportunities (AMO) will continue to receive a scholarship for the entire duration of their stay, to the day (no change).
Other students will now be limited to a maximum of 4 months of scholarship for semester-long stays (up to a maximum of €2800), and 8 months of scholarship for full-year stays (up to a maximum of €5600). If the stay is less than 4 (or 8) months, the total scholarship amount will be calculated to the day.

Grant amounts

Classic FAMES monthly grant amount (2025-26)	Adjusted "AMO" FAMES monthly grant amountfor students from a disadvantaged background
700€/month	950€/month + Travel fee
Except United Kingdom : 600€/month	850/month

The following transport fee is only accessible for students from a disadvantaged background :

Distance band (from Brussels)	Grant amount (only for students with less opportunities)	Sustainable Grant amount (only for students with less opportunities)
100-499km	211€	+74€
500-1999km	309€	+108€
2000-2999km	395€	+140€
3000-3999km	580€	+205€
4000-7999km	1188€	-
8000km or more	1735€	-

*Grant amounts are indicative only, they are subject to change every academic year

Payment modalities

In order to calculate the final amount you are entitled to, we need to know the actual dates of your stay. To do so, we need to wait until the end of your stay, which explains why your grant is paid in two installments:

First payment (70%)
Once the grant contract has been signed by both ULB and the student, we process the payment of the first part of the grant iwithin 30 days. We will pay 70% of the estimated total amount of your grant, bases on the planned duration of your mobility (as per the dates you put in your grant contract).

Second payment (The balance, not always "30%")
Once we receive your attendance certificate (arrival + departure) and once you have completed the final report, we look at the final duration of your mobility and we calculate the grant amount you are entiled to. We then pay the difference between the final total amount and the first payment.

Since the 1st and 2nd payments are not based on the same duration, the amount may vary, and also it can be negative if you overestimated the duration of your stay. The balance is rarely exactly 30% of the estimated grant, unless you were spot on with your estimation on your contract.

Students leaving for a Blended Intensive Program (BIP) receive an Erasmus+ grant if their stay is validated by their faculty.
 

• Erasmus+ Grants for Blended Intensive Programmes (BIP)

Students taking part in a Blended Intensive Programme (BIP) automatically receive an Erasmus+ grant after completing ULB’s internal application procedure. Please note that to be eligible for the grant, students must participate in both the virtual and the physical components of the programme.

The Erasmus+ grant is guaranteed for all students selected for a BIP. It is composed of a daily allowance plus a travel allowance. If necessary, students may also receive funding for one additional travel day (or up to two or three in the case of sustainable travel), provided they submit the relevant travel documents. In total, sustainable travel can cover up to six days of funding if, for example, the outbound and return journeys each lasted three days.
Students with fewer opportunities are entitled to an additional top-up to their daily allowance.

As an illustration, the minimum Erasmus+ grant for a one-week BIP is generally 7 × €79 = €553 (5 activity days + 2 travel days). With sustainable travel, the grant may reach up to €761.
Students with fewer opportunities receive at least €653 plus the travel allowance, depending on the applicable distance band.

• Erasmus+ Short-Term Mobility Grants for CIVIS PhD Candidates

PhD candidates undertaking a short-term mobility (between 5 and 30 days, excluding travel) at a CIVIS Alliance university may be eligible for an Erasmus+ grant, subject to the selection of their mobility project.
The selection criteria and application procedure are detailed here

The grant includes a daily allowance for each activity day on site, a one-off travel allowance, and funding for two travel days. The exact daily rate and travel allowance are indicated in the table below.

In addition:

• A “green travel” supplement and funding for up to 4 travels days may be awarded if the journey qualifies as sustainable (lasting more than 24 hours) and is duly justified with supporting documents.

• An extra €100 supplement may also be granted to students with fewer opportunities.

Grant amounts

BIP 2025-26	Classic grant	AMO grant (students with fewer opportunities)
From 1st to 14th day :	79€ per day	100€ lump sum
From 15th day :	56€ per day	+ 50€ lump sump

The transport fee depends on the distance between ULB and your destination, at bird flight. Students who choose a sustainable mean of transportation for the totality of their travel (bus, train) receive a bonus grant (Column 3 below) 
 

DISTANCE BAND	TRANSPORT FEE	GREEN BONUS
10-99 km	28€	+ 28€
100-499km	211€	+ 74€
500-1999km	309€	+ 108€
2000-2999km	395€	+ 140€
3000-3999km	580€	+ 205€
4000-7999km	1188€	-
8000km ou +	1735€	-

Payment modalities

We pay the full BIP grant upfront before departure, once the grant contract is signed. If the duration changes in the end, we recalculate and pay (or resquest a refund of) the balance.