Grant information
The Erasmus+ Traineeship grant is available for TU Delft students who will do one of the following as part of their study programme in one of the participating countries listed below in the table for a period of 2 to 12 months.
Financial support can be provided for a maximum of 360 days of a stay abroad per study cycle (BSc/MSc):
- traineeship,
- internship abroad
- research project at a company, education centre, university, research centre, or other organisation
Check if you are eligible for this funding and the application procedure on the adjoining pages. If you have any questions, you can read the Frequently asked questions webpage. You can also consult the application guideline for an overview of the whole procedure.
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Students who have been, or are currently, abroad for a traineeship should refer to their Grant Agreement for more specific information about their grant.
The information below is only for students going abroad in the academic year 2024-2025.
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Depending on where your traineeship programme takes place, the countries listed in the first table under Grant Amount indicates the monthly amount of scholarship you will receive.
In addition to this monthly amount, all students will receive an additional travel grant (called No Green Travel) based on the distance from TU Delft to the Host organisation, see the 2nd table.
Distances are calculated using a distance band between TU Delft Aula as the place of origin, and the venue of the activity for your Erasmus+ mobility (main address of the host organisation).
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Students planning to go abroad for a traineeship in the academic year of 2025-2026 can find general information about the Erasmus+ Scholarship here.
Please be aware changes will occur to the application procedure and financing. TU Delft expects to receive updates from the EU and our national Agency – Nuffic in May 2025.
Once the budget from the academic year in 2024-2025 has been awarded to students and depleted, this will activate the new budget. It could be the case that you will awarded a grant from the AY2024-2025 for your time abroad in the AY2025-2026.
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Students will receive a standard monthly grant which will include a Travel Distance Allowance.
Check the two tables below to see which grant amounts you may receive.
Group
Countries
Scholarship
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Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Ireland, Luxembourg, Sweden, Liechtenstein, Norway €390 per month
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Austria, Belgium, Germany, France, Italy, Greece, Spain, Cyprus, Malta, Portugal, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, North Macedonia, Turkey €330 per month
Students travelling to one of these countries will receive additional funding based on their travel distance.
Table B provides an overview of the travel distance, travel grant (No Green Travel) and green travel grant (Green travel).
The ‘No Green travel’ amount (one-time payment) will be paid to all students going abroad, with the first 70% payment.
If you travel sustainably to and from your destination, you will receive a one-time payment of the ‘Green Travel’ amount with the last payment of 30%.Example of calculation:
Travel distance to host 150 km, student receives €211,- from the No Green Travel grant with their first payment.
Student travels to the host sustainably (green) and will receive the remaining amount of €74,- with their second payment.Table B:
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You cannot apply for an Erasmus+ grant for traineeship in Switzerland. Instead, if your host is a Swiss university they may be able to apply for a grant for you via the Swiss European Mobility Programme.
Contact your Swiss host university for details. Otherwise check the other scholarship page for external grants
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For students planning to go abroad, the Erasmus+ Scholarship provides additional ‘Top Ups’ for students who plan to travel ‘Green’ to their host organisation and to those students needing extra funds for health or financial barriers, who without this funding would not be able to experience an exchange abroad.
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Students who choose to travel sustainably to and from their organisation at the start and end of their traineeship can apply for this additional funding.
If your journeys are by train, bus, bike or carpooling with a fellow TU Delft student/s (not family) you are eligible. If awarded, you will receive extra funding on top of your E+ scholarship
based on the kilometre distance of your organisation from TU Delft after you have completed and concluded your traineeship.
How to apply:
- Before Mobility
Indicate that you would like to receive this additional financial support by selecting ‘yes’ in the Learning agreement for traineeships. - During Mobility
If you end up not travelling green to and from your host organisation, please indicate this in your ‘Changes to the traineeship Agreement (CttLA)” within 5 weeks of your arrival at the host.
If you did not apply for the Green Travel top up and you did travel to your destination and plan to return to TU Delft sustainably, please complete a ‘Changes to the traineeship agreement (CttLA)” form within 5 weeks of your arrival at the host.
If this is the only change to your CttLA form, you only need your own signature.
- After Mobility
Within 4 weeks of completion of your traineeship, provide proof of your sustainable travel.
Complete the Declaration of Honour – Green Travel form
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Send as one PDF, the Declaration of Honour and proof of travel (full screenshots/scans of tickets or receipts).
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All carpooling students will need to complete their own carpool form and fellow carpooling students form.
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The Traineeship Certificate.
Your Top-up amount will be added to the last 30% of your Erasmus+ scholarship payment.
- Before Mobility
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Students with fewer opportunities who plan to go abroad could be eligible to apply for an inclusion top up.
Students facing health and/or economic barriers that would prevent them from going abroad if they did not receive this top up, may receive an inclusion top up of 250EURO per month (per 30 days).
If you fall in to both groups, you may upload a DUO-statement OR a medical statement, whichever is preferable for you. It is advisable to contact your company to find out more about their own support network and guidance before your start date.
Please note: Should this Top Up amount be insufficient to enable you to go abroad and/or you are not able to provide the required proof, please send an email to erasmusgrant@tudelft.nl
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Students with a disability and/or health barriers experience obstacles that may influence and complicate their travel and study abroad. The different types of health barriers refer to physical barriers, and or a diagnosed (chronic) medical/mental health condition or for example, if you require extra time during your exams.
How to apply
- Indicate that you would like to receive the inclusion top up: Disability, by selecting ‘yes’ in the Learning agreement.
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Provide a medical/health certificate or official statement about your physical or health problems from a doctor and/or medical/health institute with your application for the Erasmus+ scholarship.
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Follow and complete the regular application process for the Erasmus+ studies.
Once approved you will receive the inclusion Top up grant with your first payment.
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Students experiencing economic barriers refers to students who receive ‘supplementary’ funding (also called ‘aanvullende beurs’) from DUO. This proof is valid for the inclusion top-up Financial need, up to, and including two years after the completion of study. It is not important in which year of study this proof was issued. (The date, your name, and the grant amount must be clearly visible, if ‘0’ is registered by the amount, you are not eligible).
How to apply:
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Indicate that you would like to receive the inclusion top up: Financial Need by selecting ‘yes’ in the Learning agreement.
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Send this document with your Erasmus + scholarship application as a PDF attachment to erasmusgrant@tudelft.nl.
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Follow and complete the regular application process for the Erasmus+ studies.
Once approved you will receive the inclusion Top up with your first payment.
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All required documentation containing personal data provided by students for the application of additional support will be handled with the utmost care and in doing so acts within the law, including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The processing of personal data by TU Delft within the EU Erasmus+ scholarship administration is carried out according to the Privacy Statement. This data will also be shared with the European Commission, (scholarship provider), staff of TU Delft and the E+ national agency who are responsible for carrying out the Erasmus+ programme.
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Students going abroad within the Erasmus+ framework have the opportunity to access OLS language courses in both their mobility language and the official local language(s) of their destination. They have the opportunity to complete an Online Linguistic Assessment via the EU Academy. Based on the results students will be automatically allocated a language course or can choose an online language training.
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Erasmus+ is the EU’s programme to support education, training, youth and sport in Europe. Erasmus+ mobility has positive effects on educational, social, personal and professional development, in that it enhances knowledge, skills and attitudes, improves employability, helps confidence-building and independence, stimulates curiosity and innovation, fosters the understanding of other people, and builds a sense of European belonging. More information about the Netherlands National agency, the Dutch organisation for internationalisation in education can be found here.