STUDENT Mobility
BA and MA level students from KUNO institutions can apply for support for:
Express mobility (under 1 month, min 5 days)
Short term mobility 1-2 months
Long term mobility 3-12 months
ACTIVITIES SUPPORTED
The grant is given for following activities:
Studying at another KUNO member institution
Participation in a student exhibition within the network
Training in the Nordic/Baltic region
Training after graduation
-grant must be applied for before graduation
-must take place within 12 months of graduation
BILATERAL STUDY VISITS abroad - GROUPS
For short term study visits between 2 members in the network, the maximum number of students receiving mobility grants per institution is normally 6.
CURRENT Nordplus grant rates
(applicable from JANUARY 2023)
Express mobility (under 1 month)
Subsistence per week: 250 € 1st week, 100 € 2nd week, 100 € 3rd week (5 to 7 days count as 1 week)
Subsistence per day: 50 € (if extra days are added to weeks)
Short and long term mobility (1-12 months)
Subsistence per month: 250 €, additional week - 70 €, additional day - 20 €.
Travel support between countries: 330 €
-except 660 € to/from Iceland and 1330 € to/from Greenland
-domestic, in connection with exchange abroad: 175 €.
ADDITIONAL GRANTS PAID FROM KUNO OWN FUNDS
Travel support for domestic travel: 150 €
-KUNO offers domestic travel support to students that take part in a KUNO Express course within their home country (please note the subsistence support is not provided in cases of domestic mobilities since such mobilities cannot be funded from the Nordplus budget).
Long distance top-up to travel grants: 150-300 €
-applies to long distance travel to/from Tromso, outside Norway, if real travel costs exceed 330 €, e.g. if traveling to/from outer region.
-student should provide travel receipts on total cost to the home coordinator who decides on top-up.
KUNO Green travel top-up: 50 €
As of November 2019, KUNO is able to give a top-up grant to those students, who choose environmentally friendly means of travel, e.g. by train, by bus or by boat (yet the trip by boat cannot take more than half of the overall journey).
Please note the top-up is only given in case the student chooses environmentally friendly means of travel both ways (for both outward and return journey).
The home coordinator is responsible for checking the eligibility for a top-up grant.
HOW TO APPLY?
Students should contact the international coordinator of their home institution who sends the grant application to KUNO.
GRANT APPLICATION:
Student grant application for a KUNO express course
Student grant application for other types of mobilities, ie study exchange, training, student exhibition (except the KUNO express course)
SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS:
Training agreement and Traineeship Certificate (work placement)
Learning Agreement for study exchange (3-12 months)
STUDENT FEEDBACK FOR MOBILITY LASTING LONGER THAN 2 MONTHS:
TRAINING ABROAD - Work placement
This type of mobility aims to support students in gaining work experience within their specialised field of study during their study time at the bachelor or the master level. Minimum duration for work placements is 1 week.
Students who intend to make work placement/internship abroad, should fill out: a training agreement in collaboration with home school and receiving institution/partner + KUNO grant application form (signed by student and home school).
Receiving partner can be an enterprise, gallery, university or an organisation.
