Financing CIVIS BIP

5 days duration of stay with 79€ Erasmus+ funding per day; plus travel allowance according to distance, travel days if required and additional funding for sustainable travel. When travelling sustainably, you can apply for up to 6 days of funded travel.

From 2025/26, all Erasmus+ participants, regardless of the duration of their stay, are entitled to a travel support based on distance (air distance from Tübingen to the host university). The amount of the travel support depends on whether or not you use environmentally friendly means of transportation, “Green Travel”. In addition, travel days can be applied for if required (see Green Top Up).

If you use low-emission means of transport for most of your journey to and from the host university, such as bus, train, bicycle or carpooling (2 or more people), you can apply for the Green Travel Support and in addition for a Green Top Up.

Ferries and ships are not considered sustainable. Journeys by electric car are only considered sustainable (as with other cars) if they are made in a carpool.

If necessary, up to 6 travel days can be applied for (as of academic year 2024/25) if it is proven in the declaration of honor ("Ehrenwörtliche Erklärung") that there is an actual need. To calculate the travel days, the distance between the home university and the destination is used according to the Distance Calculator of the EU Commission. You will receive an overview during the application process. In principle, the granting of additional travel days, also in case your travel is not sustainable, is decided individually on the basis of need. 

You can apply for reimbursement of exceptional costs for “expensive travel” if the travel support according to the distance category does not cover at least 70% of the actual costs of sustainable travel. In this case, you can be reimbursed for 80% of the actual costs of sustainable travel. The application must be justified by you and approved by the national agency.

If (at least) one of the following criteria is met, participants can apply for a Social Top Up:

• Students with child/children
• Chronic illness (which leads to additional financial expenditure)
• Severely disabled (from GdB 20%)
• Paid employment (If there is evidence of loss of earnings for the duration of the stay. the employment must have been carried out regularly for at least 6 months prior to the Erasmus stay and the income must be between 450 and 850 € netto per month. It is not allowed to continue the activity during the mobility.)
• Students from a non-academic family

Please inform yourself about supporting documents and exact conditions in the criteria catalogue (in German). The application for the Social Top Up is made via a declaration of honor, which you will receive during the application process

The Social Top Up comprises a one-off payment of 100€.

Testimonials and further information can be found in German on the websites of the DAAD: Erasmus+ Soziale Teilhabe and Praxisbeispiele für Mobilitätsprojekte

An application for real costs can be submitted under certain conditions. The requirements can be found in the criteria catalog. Further information can be found on the DAAD website “Finanzielle Zusatzförderung für Teilnehmende mit geringen Chancen”

• The Erasmus+ mobility grant can be used for travel to and from the partner university, accommodation and meals
• The Erasmus+ grant is a subsidy and does not cover the complete expenses of your stay
• You can only receive Erasmus+ mobility funding if all the Erasmus+ documents listed here are completed in full and on time
• At least 3 or 6 ECTS points must be achieved. Otherwise the grant may be reclaimed!
• Payment regulations: the Erasmus+ mobility grant is paid out in two installments (80% - 20%)
• We kindly ask you to plan in advance financing for your stay, as the first instalment will only be paid once you have provided proof of attendance