If you meet the requirements, we will award you a grant consisting of a one-time amount for travel expenses and a monthly amount for accommodation and living expenses. These are lump sums, meaning they are fixed in advance.
If your work placement is located within Europe (i.e. all Council of Europe member states, Belarus and Kosovo), you will receive a one-time sum of 200 EUR for travel expenses. If the work placement is located outside Europe, you will receive an amount of 500 EUR. If your work placement is in Belgium, you will not receive a reimbursement for travel expenses.
The allowance for accommodation and living expenses consists of monthly amounts which are fixed each year by ministerial order. These amounts are multiplied by the number of months you will be doing your internship.
The table below shows the monthly amounts for 2024:
Brussels | 1.464,67 € |
New York | 2.050,54 € |
Geneva | 2.431,35 € |
The Hague | 1.801,54 € |
Antwerp | 1.464,67 € |
Paris | 1.816,19 € |
Bruges | 1.464,67 € |
Madrid | 1.596,49 € |
Rome | 1.684,37 € |
Vienna | 1.860,13 € |
Bonn | 1.713,66 € |
Strasbourg | 1.669,72 € |
Warsaw | 1.420,73 € |
Midrand | 995,98 € |
Lilongwe | 1.288,91 € |
Luxemburg | 1.464,67 € |
Stockholm | 1.523,26 € |
Pretoria | 995,98 € |
Nairobi | 1.508,61 € |
Amman | 1.523,26 € |
Barcelona | 1.669,72 € |
London | 1.816,19 € |
Montreal | 1.523,26 € |
Washington D.C. | 1.860,13 € |
Copenhagen | 2.079,83 € |
Maputo | 1.362,14 € |
Attention!
The average processing procedure takes 3 weeks. Depending on the number of scholarship applications we receive, this may be shorter or longer.
The subsidy application must be submitted six months before the start of the work placement at the earliest. If the application is submitted after the start of the internship, financing may be provided for the remaining period of the work placement, provided this period lasts at least 2 full months.
The subsidy can be reclaimed fully or partially if the internship ends early or when it is found that the conditions are not met.