Financial Support for Students with Individual Needs

IMSISS has received ERASMUS MUNDUS ‘individual needs’ funding from the EU to support successful applicants with long-term physical, mental, intellectual or sensory impairments.

This is available to both EMJM scholarship students and EMJM self-/other-funded students. The funding total for the four IMSISS editions (in 2026, 2027, 2028 and 2029) is 120,000 euro and students, who are within the ‘individual needs’ group, can apply for support funding of over 3,000 euro and under 60,000 euro. Funding may be used as a contribution towards adapting environments and/or technology, services, assistance by third persons, additional travel/transportation costs or technology.

Please note that apportioning these funds will be at the discretion of the University of Glasgow and may not cover the total amount of the costs for your request but will cover a substantial portion of the costs.

Applicants are required to complete the following application form stating if they are within this ‘individual needs’ group and describe what adaptations, services or travel/transportation support they require to enable them to study on IMSISS: IMSISS Individual Needs Application Form

Applicants will also be required to submit a statement from a competent national authority professional (consultant, doctor, psychiatrist, optician, audiologist, etc.) confirming your condition/needs.

Please return the application to imsiss@glasgow.ac.uk along with all other supporting documentation.

Note: The IMSISS Consortium will only consider a request for individual needs funding by receiving a completed application form and with other supporting documentation submitted. Applicants must provide all necessary details before the programme start date.

Contribution to individual needs of disabled students

Contribution for individual needs are eligible if applicants fulfil the eligibility conditions set out below. They will be used for enrolled disabled students, with or without scholarship, (e.g., long-term physical, mental, intellectual or sensory impairments), such as those related to the acquisition of special items or services (e.g., assistance by third persons, adaptation of work environment, additional travel/transportation costs).

The support to cover such individual needs of enrolled students, will take the form of the following special needs unit costs:

a) 3,000

b) 4,500

c) 6,000

d) 9,500

e) 1,300

f) 18,500

g) 27,500

h) 35,500

i) 47,500

j) 60,000

Calculation of the unit cost contribution per student:

Enrolled students will declare what type of items/services are needed and their cost. The applicable unit cost will be identified as the rate corresponding to or immediately lower than the estimated expenses. This unit cost is a contribution and is not intended to fully cover the actual costs.

NB: costs below the lowest rate (i.e., less than EUR 3 000) will not be eligible for additional support and will have to be covered by the contribution to the institutional costs of the EMJM or by other funding sources of the beneficiary institutions.