Austrian Study Grant Authority - Federal Aid for Students - Grants for Study Abroad

What You Get

This Austrian government grant pays you up to €450 per month on top of your regular Austrian student grant (Studienbeihilfe) while you study abroad. You can receive it for a minimum of 1 month and a maximum of 20 months in total. The monthly amount depends on which country you go to:

• €450/month: Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Finland, France, Ireland, Iceland, Italy, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland — and all countries not listed in the lower-cost group below.
• €250/month: Bulgaria, Estonia, Greece, Croatia, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Czech Republic, Hungary, Cyprus.

If you receive only the basic rate of the Austrian student grant (Grundbetrag, §26 Abs. 1 StudFG), your monthly payment increases by an extra €180 on top of the amounts above.

Extra Payments You Can Also Receive

• Travel cost contribution: A one-off payment based on the distance between your Austrian university and your host institution abroad — ranging from €56 (under 100 km) up to €1,735 (8,000 km or more). You apply for this automatically with your main application.
• Language course grant: 80% of the cost of a language course linked to your stay abroad, up to a maximum of €365. If the course lasts at least two weeks immediately before your stay begins, you also get one extra monthly grant payment. This is paid out after you successfully complete the course.
• ERASMUS+ combination: If you go abroad through ERASMUS+, you can receive both this grant and your full ERASMUS+ funding at the same time.

Eligibility

Check each point below — you need to meet all of them:

• Current Austrian student grant: You must already have an approved Austrian Studienbeihilfe (domestic student grant) at the time you apply.
• Eligible nationality or residence status: You must be an Austrian citizen, an EEA citizen with permanent residence or worker status, a third-country national with permanent residence rights, a family member of an EU/EEA worker, or a recognised refugee.
• Study type: You must be studying at a university, private university, university of applied sciences (Fachhochschule), university of education (Pädagogische Hochschule), private higher education institution, or theological college. Students at conservatories are not eligible.
• Stage of study: You cannot receive this grant during the first two semesters of a Bachelor's degree. Applications can only be submitted from the third Bachelor's semester onwards.
• Equivalent study abroad: Your courses abroad must be comparable to your supported study programme in Austria.
• Academic work abroad only: Work placements (internships) abroad are not funded — the only exception is the clinical-practical year in human medicine.

How to Apply

• Deadline: Submit your application no later than three months after the start of your time abroad. Late applications are rejected. ERASMUS+ students are advised to apply before they leave.
• How to apply: Online (using ID Austria) at stipendium.at/antrag/online-antrag, or using paper form SB AS 1 (downloadable at stipendium.at).
• Who processes your application: The regional scholarship office (Stipendienstelle) in your Austrian city — Vienna, Graz, Innsbruck, Salzburg, Linz, or Klagenfurt.

What You Must Show Afterwards

After your stay abroad, you must provide proof of attendance and academic progress — at least 3 ECTS credits per month of your stay. Submit this by the application deadline of the semester following the end of your time abroad. If you do not provide proof in time, you may have to pay the money back.