Once you have been accepted by Åbo Akademi University to go on exchange studies (after applying in SoleMove) you can apply for exchange studies scholarship in SoleGrant.

In order for ÅAU to pay the scholarship, students need to follow the following instructions:

1. Accept you exchange place in SoleMove after receiving an email from us
2. Fill in the SoleGrant application by latest May 31, for autumn exchanges. If your exchange term is the spring term, then your deadline is October 31.
3. Make sure you are enrolled as attending at ÅAU during your exchange studies

If you go on exchange via our bilateral agreements in Asia, Australia, Africa or North, Central or South America, you will receive 1800€ per semester.

Europe via Erasmus+ is divided into two different categories

• Category 1: 540€ per month – The Nordic countries, Belgium, France, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Germany, Austria and also UK
• Category 2: 490€ per month –  Estonia, Greece, Croatia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Turkey, Czech Republic, Hungary

If you go on exchange to the Nordic countries, you will receive 200€ / month and a travel grant of either 330€ or (660€ to Iceland and the Faroe Islands).

Note! If you are going on exchange within NORDPLUS.

If you are going on exchange within the following networks, you SHOULD NOT APPLY for scholarship in SoleGrant! You will receive your scholarship from a different university and you will receive instructions separately from the network coordinator. You will receive 250€ per month as well as a travel scholarship of 330€ to Denmark, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway and Sweden, and 660€ to Iceland and the Faroe Islands and 1300€ to Greenland.

• Bildkonst
• Filosofi
• Finska
• Informationsvetenskap
• Lärarutbildning (NNTE),
• Lärarutbildning i Norden
• Nordic Early Literacy
• Psykologi
• Slöjdpedagogik
• Teologi
• Volda 

Going on exchange within the following Nordplus networks?
If you are going on exchange with one of the following networks you should apply and choose the Erasmus+ Category 1 scholarship (540€ per month) in SoleGrant.

• NORDLYS
• NOREK (Företagsekonomi)
• NORDLIKS
• NORDTEK
• Statskunskap / Offentlig förvaltning

Instructions for how to fill in the SoleGrant application

1. Log in to SoleMove: saas.solenovo.fi/solemove/.
2. Open SoleGrant – The icon in the bar at the top of the page.
3. Click “Create new application” – there is only one choice.
4. Fill in your Finnish ID number. Check that the information in the tab “personal data” is correct. (Municipality of taxation = the city where you are registered to pay tax).
5. In the tab “Exchange/placement Information” you can edit your exchange dates. The date that is there now is from your exchange application – you know better now what the dates will actually be.
6. Fill in your bank account details in “Grant Information” (IBAN and BIC).
   • Check that the date is the same as the previous tabs.
   • Choose the right grant type for your exchange programme. Read the instructions well that are above in the tab “Grant information”.
   • You do not need to fill in the amount, just click calculate. If this function is not working, please check the correct amounts here.
   • Choose the correct alternative for “Purpose of the grant”.
   • Check that you have clicked both of the conditions boxes to accept the conditions.
7. Submit the application under the tab “Acceptance”.

When your application has been checked, you will see your scholarship decision in the tab Decisions. You can also download your scholarship evidence under Enclosures if needed, the file is called “Grant Certificate”.