Dora Plus Action 1

Sub-action 1.1 Study and research-related short-term mobility

Short-term mobility may last for up to 30 calendar days (inclusive). The grant can be used to participate in a professional conference, seminar or course, or carry out other educational and research-related activities, for example, working in libraries, using laboratories, developing study materials, working with a supervisor, participating in field work, consultations or other similar tasks, which are closely related to the priorities of Estonian Entrepreneurship University of Applied Sciences.

The grant may be applied by anyone who is:

• an accredited Master’s student of Estonian Entrepreneurship University of Applied Sciences;
• a lecturer or researcher at Estonian Entrepreneurship University of Applied Sciences, is not older than 35 years of age on the first day of the mobility, or who has defended their Doctoral Thesis less than 5 years ago. Parental leave can be used to prolong these limitations proportionally;
• not on academic leave during the mobility;
• not using this grant together with other mobility grants (the Kristjan Jaak grant, Eramus+, other actions in Dora Plus etc.);
• not using this grant to visit multiple countries at once.

Grant amount: The maximum amount granted is €2,000 per mobility.

The grants are given according to a ranking list and the principle, that every applicant will receive no more than two mobility grant per academic year.

Expenses covered:

• travel expenses
• accommodation
• allowance: €32 per day, paid no longer than 1 day before the event and 1 day after the event.
• Participation fee (will be covered according to early bird fees and an expense document/bill, or confirmation by the organizer)

NB! Expenses (except for the participation fee) cannot be covered by other sources (except for personal funding by the applicant).

Additional information: http://haridus.archimedes.ee/en/amount-scholarship4

Applying:

To apply for the grant, the applicant should fill the application form and applications are accepted four times during a calendar year:

• 1 February (visits starting from April, 1)
• 1 May (visits starting from July,1)
• 1 September (visits starting from November, 1)
• 1 November (visits starting from January, 1)

The EUAS Dora Plus council will make a decision and submit the grants for approval to SA Archimedes by the 10th of the month following the deadline.

There must be a 6-week period between the 10th of the month following the deadline to the start of the mobility (SA Archimedes reserves the right to allow exceptions)! 

Important! Using the European Regional Development Fund must be proven on paper. If the documents are not submitted on time, the grant must be returned. The grant is also withdrawn, if the applicant does not submit their report on time.

Acknowledgement:

The Dora Plus programme are funded by the European Regional Development Fund and the Republic of Estonia. Both grantees and universities must cite the European Regional Development Fund’s Dora Plus programme. This is not a complicated task – just add the logos of the EU Regional Development Fund and SA Archimedes, or cite them in text (e.g. “This article was funded by the European Union via the European Regional Development Fund”).

Please also read the procedure for applying for sub-action 1.1

Additional information:

Aire Vaigu
Dora Plus A1.1 and A2 coordinator

E-mail: aire.vaigu@eek.ee

Needs-based study allowance

The students from less privileged families are supported by the state upon covering the additional costs incurred in acquiring higher education. The aim of need-based study allowance (hereinafter study allowance) is to provide assistance to students, whose households are unable to support them, motivate them to study full time and successfully and complete a curriculum during the nominal period of study.
 
Needs-based study allowance can be applied for by a student who complies with following conditions:

• The student’s family’s monthly income per family member is below 429 euros;
• The family members of an up to 24-year-old student include the student’s parents, minor siblings and half-siblings even if the student’s residence according to the data in the Estonian population register is different from the one of his or her family members.
• A household includes also up to 24-year-old siblings and half-siblings who acquire general secondary education in full-time study or vocational education in full-time study or higher education in full-time study and who have not exceeded the nominal period of the curriculum.
• The family members of a student do not include his/her parents' new spouse and the spouse’s children, even if the residence according to the data in the Estonian population register is the same.
• An up to a 24-year-old student, who is married or a parent or a guardian of a child, forms a separate family.
• An over 24-year-old student is a separate family and is no longer dependent on his/her parents’ income upon application for a study allowance.
• If a student has been referred to substitute home service or foster care until he/she attains the age of majority or a guardian has been appointed for the student until attainment of the age of majority and he/she has submitted the documents certifying thereof, the student’s parents, minor siblings and half-siblings and up to 24-year-old siblings and half-siblings who acquire general secondary education in full-time study or vocational education in full-time study or higher education in full-time study and who have not exceeded the nominal period of the curriculum shall not be deemed to be members of his/her household if the student is not married or a parent or guardian of a child.
• The student studies full-time and completes the curriculum’s requirements in full (75%), whereas the study load is calculated cumulatively by semesters. In the first-semester study allowance can be applied for by students who have selected full-time studies in their entrance application.

Students who are on academic leave cannot apply for study allowance!

Amounts of needs-based study allowances:

Applying for study allowance

An application for study allowance can be submitted in the state portal www.eesti.ee (Main page → Services→ For a citizen → Application for needs-based study allowance).

Please note that in order to apply for the allowance, the student must add information about all family members and upload necessary documents. If this information has not been added, Ministry of Education has the right not to process the application.

Applications can be submitted during the whole semester, not only for a month as so far. The allowance will be paid starting from the month of submission of the application, therefore it is recommended to submit the application in the first month of the semester – in September or in February.

How will a student receive the study allowance?

In the month of submission of the application (in September or February), the allowance will be paid seven days after granting the application.  If a student submits an application for study allowance on the last days of a month, later than 7 working days before the end of a month (7 days are required for making the payment (the allowance of the month, when the application was submitted, will be paid to the student next month together with the allowance of the current month. In other months of the semester, the allowance will be paid within the first seven working days of each month.

If a student adds supplementary documents in the application environment, the payment of the allowance will be extended for the maximum of 10 days due to the processing of the documents. The allowance will be transferred to the student’s bank account indicated in the state portal.