Scholarships

EPICUR scholarships are available as grants for attendance at an EPICUR course lasting between two and 30 consecutive days at an EPICUR partner university abroad. The study visit must not fall under the traditional Erasmus+ mobility programmes. Students selected for an EPICUR scholarship will receive a lump sum in two instalments (one before and one after the stay), upon presentation of the relevant documents. This total consists of a travel allowance and a daily allowance.

The amount of the grant depends on the destination, distance and duration of the study visit, and is calculated from Freiburg:

Destination	Travel allowance in euros (without Green Travel)	Travel allowance in euros (with Green Travel)
Amsterdam	309	417
Odense	309	417
Mulhouse	28	56
Poznań	309	417
Strasbourg	28	56
Thessaloniki	309	417
Vienna	309	417

The daily allowance is based on the length of the attendance period: €79 (for up to 14 days) and €56 (for 15 days or more) per day.

Example: You are a student at the University of Freiburg who has applied for a blended learning course at BOKU in Vienna. The course takes place over the entire semester, mainly online, with two days of attendance in Vienna. Alongside your course application, you successfully applied for an EPICUR scholarship. Before your trip, you completed, signed and submitted the grant agreement. After your stay, you submitted the certificate of stay. You will receive the EPICUR scholarship in the following amount for travel by train (i.e. ‚green travel‘): a travel allowance of 417 euros + 4 daily allowances of 79 euros (for 2 full course days, the day of your arrival in Vienna and the day of your departure) = 733 euros.

EPICUR scholarships are awarded as non-repayable grants. Scholarship holders are free to choose their means of transport to the event, their accommodation and their meals. Proof of payment for expenses incurred is not required.

Applications for EPICUR scholarships are made at the same time as applications for EPICUR course places, and are dependent on successful admission to the course.

Eligibility requirements

• Regular enrolment at the University of Freiburg

Preference will be given to:

• Students with disabilities or chronic illnesses
• Students with children
• Students from non-academic backgrounds
• Working students

Students who do not belong to any of these groups may be eligible for funding if there are any budget funds remaining. Preference will be given to those who have not yet received an EPICUR scholarship.

Students who already receive funding from other sources for a study visit are not permitted to receive double funding.

Application procedure

To apply, please send the documents listed below as a PDF/ZIP folder named with your institutional email address by email to epicur@uni-freiburg.de or upload them to BWSync&Share:

• Signed declaration of honour
• Completed data sheet with personal details

Acceptances and rejections will be sent by email no later than three weeks after the end of the course allocation process.

Funding is only possible if you:

• After acceptance and before attendance, complete and sign the Grant Agreement (scans are sufficient) and return it to us/upload it. You will then receive the countersigned version from us
• After participating in the in-person component of the EPICUR course, you must submit proof of attendance in the form of the completed and signed ‚Certificate of Stay‘ template (scans are sufficient) by mail, in person or by dropping it in the mailbox at the rectorate:

EPICUR – Department of Strategy and University Development, Friedrichstraße 39, 79098 Freiburg.

• You will find a data protection notice in the BWSync&Share folder when you submit your documents
• Further questions about the EPICUR course offerings can be found in the FAQs.
• For any additional queries, please email the EPICUR representative for student affairs at epicur@uni-freiburg.de.