The fewer opportunities grant within the framework of student mobility consists of 250€ per funding month, which is paid in addition to the mobility grant. The target group includes:

• Program participants with a disability of 20 or more or with a chronic illness,

• Program participants traveling abroad with their child(ren).

From project 2022 onwards also:

• Students from a non-academic background,
• working students.

For more information on the fewer opportunities grant, see the individual student mobility funding lines:

Fewer opportunities Erasmus+ Internship Special Funding

Fewer opportunities Erasmus+ Study Abroad funding (see "Top-up fewer Opportunities")

In the framework of staff mobility, it is possible to apply for a special grant:

Special funding Erasmus+ staff and teaching mobility

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Actual Expenses & Preparatory Travel

Participants with a disability or chronic illness that results in additional costs while abroad, as well as participants who are traveling abroad with a child or children, may submit an application for actual expenses if the actual additional costs are not covered by the Fewer Opportunities Grant. The university will submit the application to the DAAD at least two months before the start of the stay abroad; therefore, it must be submitted to FU Berlin well in advance. If this applies to you, please contact the university as early as possible. Fewer Opportunities grants and actual-cost grants cannot be combined. 

Participants with a disability or a chronic illness that results in additional costs while abroad may also apply for funding to cover the costs of preparatory travel to familiarize themselves with local conditions in preparation for a mobility program that has already been approved. Please contact your point of contact if this applies to you. 

In order to enable more students to participate in the Erasmus+ programme who are unable to complete a long-term stay abroad, more flexible mobility options are now available:

• the minimum duration of study visits is now two months (previously three months)

• PhD students can now also carry out short-term mobilities:
  see doctoral internship mobility
• Students can also participate in "blended" mobility formats (combination of short stay abroad and virtual exchange):
  see Erasmus+ Blended Intensive Programmes (BIP)
• Students who are not able to carry out long-term mobilities can also participate in short-term mobilities, for example in Erasmus+ Blended Intensive Programmes (BIP) or Erasmus+ Blended Short-term Internships. This is especially interesting for students with fewer opportunities (students with a disability, a chronic illness, students taking care of children and the like, see above). 

A wide range of counseling and support services on the topic of diversity for students and employees of Freie Universität can be found on the FU Berlin Diversity Web Portal.

Study Barrier-Free - Counseling for Stdents with Disabilities and Chronic Illnesses