ERASMUS+ INCLUSION SUPPORT POLICY

Erasmus+ Inclusion and Diversity Strategy

The Erasmus+ Programme aims to ensure equal opportunities and access, inclusion, diversity, and fairness across all its actions. Within the framework of the Inclusion and Diversity strategy, the objective is to guarantee equal access opportunities by paying special attention to the participation of individuals facing various obstacles (social, economic, physical, psychological, etc.) in project processes.

Erasmus+ Programme Inclusion and Diversity Support: The Erasmus+ Programme encourages the participation of individuals with special needs. Potential participants are defined as individuals with physical, mental, or health-related conditions whose participation in a project or mobility activity would not be possible without additional financial support.

Accessibility and Special Needs: Support measures that can be provided to meet special needs during Erasmus+ mobility may include accessible accommodation, travel assistance, medical support, required equipment, appropriate learning materials, and accompanying persons.

1. Additional Grant 

Participants with special needs in physical, mental, or health-related fields may benefit from additional grants through Erasmus+ special needs support. Accordingly, Erasmus+ grants may exceed the standard grants for studies, traineeships, or staff mobility in order to compensate for the specific challenges faced by these participants. Such additional grants are based on actual costs incurred.

[Click here for the Inclusion Support additional grant application form.]

2. Top-Up Grant Support

Disadvantaged participants may receive an additional Top-Up Grant alongside the standard financial support to which they are entitled. A disadvantaged participant is defined as an individual with limited economic and social means, falling under one of the following subcategories:

1- Individuals under Law No. 2828 (those subject to protection, care, or shelter decisions under the Ministry of Family and Social Services)

2- Students subject to protection, care, or shelter decisions under the Child Protection Law No. 5395

3- Individuals receiving an orphan’s pension

4- Children of martyrs or veterans

5- Individuals (or their families) receiving subsistence allowance (It suffices to provide proof of financial support received at the time of Erasmus application from municipalities, public institutions, ministries, social assistance foundations, the Directorate General of Foundations, Turkish Red Crescent, AFAD, etc.)

6- Persons with disabilities (with a disability health board report evidencing at least 70% disability, as defined in the "Regulation on Disability Assessment for Adults" published in the Official Gazette on 20 February 2019, No. 30692 – (https://www.mevzuat.gov.tr/MevzuatMetin/1.5.2022.pdf)

7- Students whose parent or guardian receives disability or subsistence allowances under Law No. 2022 of 01.07.1976 on “Pensions for Impoverished, Helpless, and Orphaned Turkish Citizens, as well as Disabled and Impoverished Citizens.”

Mobility Types and Top-Up Grant Amounts

Note: Scholarships provided by the Credit and Dormitories Institution, merit-based scholarships, one-off financial assistance, and similar grants are not considered within this financial support scheme.

Inclusion Officer: As part of the “Inclusion and Diversity Strategy,” a key priority of the Erasmus+ Programme, our university has designated an Inclusion Officer to ensure equal access opportunities for participants with various obstacles (social, economic, physical, etc.) in line with the principles stated in our ECHE charter.

OSTİM Technical University Inclusion Officer: Reyyan DENİZ

E-Posta: erasmus@ostimteknik.edu.tr –  Phone: (0312) 386 10 92

İçerme Desteği Sorumlusu, Engelsiz Öğrenci Birimi  ​

If you believe that any of the situations described above apply to you and may prevent you from studying abroad under the Erasmus+ Programme, please contact us.

How to Apply?

To apply for Erasmus+ special needs support, you may submit a petition to the Erasmus Institutional Coordinator. Applications for this grant are made jointly with the Erasmus Institutional Coordinator and are evaluated by the Turkish National Agency.

Note: The aforementioned support measures are available to students and staff who have already been awarded Erasmus+ grants.