Grants

Subsistence Grant

All participants will receive a grant for accommodation and expenses for the duration of the trip (up to 5 days at the host institution, plus 1-2 days for travel).

Please see below for daily rates.

Daily Rate	Country Visiting
€180	Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Ireland, Luxembourg, Sweden, United Kingdom, Liechtenstein, Norway
€160	Austria, Belgium, Germany, France, Italy, Greece, Spain, Cyprus, Netherlands, Malta, Portugal
€140	Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Turkey

Travel Grant

Participants will also receive a travel grant for door-to-door travel costs. Please see below for rates. Please use the European Commission’s distance calculator to calculate the distance from York to your host institution’s town/city.

Travel Grant Amount (return)	Distance (one way)
€180 per participant	For travel distances between 100 and 499 KM
€275 per participant	For travel distances between 500 and 1999 KM
€360 per participant	For travel distances between 2000 and 2999 KM
€530 per participant	For travel distances between 3000 and 3999 KM

Special Needs Grant

Additional grants are available for staff with special needs wishing to participate where participation would not be possible without extra financial support.

The allowances are offered when special needs lead to additional mobility costs which exceed the maximum grant allocations allowed and which cannot be recovered from other sources. The grant covers approved actual costs.

Applications are made to the National Agency (The British Council), following acceptance onto the programme by York St John.