FuseNet Support of Master Students going on an internship abroad

Applicant types

Individual

Purpose

Mobility and exchange

R&D relevance

1 of 3

Poland eligible

Yes

Country limit

Home university must be in a EUROfusion member state; internship hosts may be worldwide; FuseNet membership conditions apply

Region

Any

Consortium

Single applicant

Readiness level (TRL)

—

Topics

• Fusion research
• International internships
• Research exchanges

Machine-classified from the call text; check eligibility at the source. 23 Oct 2026

Typed facts extracted from the source documents by Scindu's grant-data review. Each value keeps its own conditions. Unknown means unstated, not zero or unlimited.

Applicant restriction

Eligible applicants are MSc students in fusion-relevant study programmes at a university in a EUROfusion member state, where either home university or host internship is a FuseNet member; students must be in the Master phase or graduated within six months, not employed by their university, undertake a fusion-relevant project at a fusion research centre/university in a different country from home university, for at least six weeks. For a graduated applicant, the completed Master must have been completed within a FuseNet member university; this is an additional graduate-specific institutional condition, alongside the home-university-or-host FuseNet membership requirement.

Applicant restriction

For graduate courses outside the Bachelor–Master structure, including the UK MPhys and Croatian integrated master, students are eligible beginning in the summer before their graduate year. The source example states that the Scottish MPhys takes five years and the English MPhys four years, and eligibility for both begins after the third year. This is a course-structure exception within the student-stage eligibility rule, not a general relaxation for other courses.

Application restriction

Application must be submitted at least two weeks before internship start and internship must start no later than six months after application. Decisions are communicated within two weeks after complete submission. Applications are first come, first served while budget remains; the official page currently says the 2026 budget is fully used and new applications are waitlisted. The initial claim requires the travel invoice and associated tickets plus confirmation of arrival/internship at the location; the initial payment includes travel and half of subsistence. The final claim follows completion and requires evidence including the host supervisor’s signed confirmation letter covering attendance dates. Claims and evidence are submitted through the designated FuseNet form within three months after internship end. Payment is only by bank transfer to a valid IBAN. A valid contact address for the Master student’s supervisor must be supplied, and the supervisor is informed of the application outcome. The student must acknowledge the EUROfusion consortium and FuseNet Association in publications resulting wholly or partly from the funded internship, particularly the thesis/report, and provide a photograph plus a short A5-size article summarizing the supported internship/visit for FuseNet website publication. Where eligibility is doubtful, FuseNet Executive Office consults its Academic Council in writing; the Council decision is final and binding and cannot be discussed or changed.

Other condition

The internship origin is normally the student’s home university; travel from another closer origin is accepted. Destination is the city/place of internship. The FuseNet Executive Office determines distance using the Erasmus+ distance calculator and may determine disputed distances without further appeal. This is a travel-distance determination and is separate from eligibility review: the Executive Office checks eligibility and, if requirements are doubtful, consults the Academic Council in writing; that Council decision is final and binding.

Other condition

No other EUROfusion direct/indirect funding or other Horizon Europe scheme may support the same internship. Applicants must disclose other external funding and host salary/compensation; earlier FuseNet award within 12 months generally excludes repeat support, subject to an exception that removes travel support and caps combined subsistence duration at six months.

Other conditionSupported internship period and eligible funded time under Terms and Conditions 2026

Periods of holiday between internship periods are excluded from funding. Except for holiday periods of up to 14 days, the internship should in principle be uninterrupted. If intermittent, the applicant must indicate this in advance and obtain prior written permission from the FuseNet Executive Office. These are timing/funding eligibility conditions, not an extension of the six-month supported period; the internship itself may last longer.

The source states a general uninterrupted-internship rule and an exception only for holiday gaps up to 14 days; intermittent schedule otherwise requires advance disclosure and prior written permission.

Other condition

Internship subsistence support is EUR 500/month up to EUR 3,000 for six months; it is prorated on a 30-day month for part-months. Other support caps subsistence such that total support does not exceed EUR 1,000/month. Career-wide FuseNet travel and subsistence support combined is capped at EUR 5,000. Subsistence has a separate hard component ceiling of EUR 3,000 per student per internship (six supported months). Independently, all FuseNet travel and subsistence support for that student across educational events and/or internships is capped at EUR 5,000 over the student’s study career.

Other condition

Travel support is a fixed unit cost determined by one-way distance from the student’s home university or accepted closer origin to internship location; actual cost does not determine the award. Any other public travel support makes this component void.

Indicative budget

€100,000

Topic budget as stated in the portal's budget table. Lump-sum and per-project limits are in the call conditions.

Funding per beneficiary, maximumAll FuseNet travel and subsistence educational-event/internship support to one student over study career

€5,000

Combined FuseNet travel and subsistence support for educational events and/or internships across the student’s study career. This cumulative cap is separate from the EUR 3,000 internship subsistence component cap and same-internship monthly support ceiling.

Funding per beneficiary, maximumFuseNet internship subsistence support for one student

€3,000

Cap on this internship subsistence component only; based on EUR 500/month and a maximum of six supported months. It is not the distinct EUR 5,000 career-wide combined travel/subsistence ceiling or the EUR 1,000/month same-internship combined-support limit.

Funding per beneficiary, maximumMaximum combined level of all support obtained for the same student internship, including FuseNet support and other support sources.

€1,000

FuseNet subsistence support is adjusted so total internship support does not exceed EUR 1,000 per month. This is a combined support ceiling, not a FuseNet subsistence rate, salary, or an additional grant amount.

Call allocationExact SEDIA record for FuseNet Internship Support; API field `budget`

€100,000

Provider record exposes budget=100000. Do not treat this as current remaining balance, a confirmed operator-wide allocation, or evidence that funds remain: current FuseNet page says 2026 budget fully used and new applicants waitlisted. Preserve this source-field amount with uncertainty.

Rates and allowances

An allowance, cap or unit contribution is not a guaranteed salary.

• Fixed · Stipend · person€500/ month

  Internship subsistence support, pro rata at 1/30 of monthly amount per day for partial months; maximum EUR 3,000/six supported months; adjusted so total same-internship support does not exceed EUR 1,000/month. Not employment pay.

• Fixed · Mobility allowance · person€180/ project

  100–499 km one-way distance band; fixed travel unit cost based on one-way distance, not actual travel cost; unavailable if another public source funds travel.

• Fixed · Mobility allowance · person€275/ project

  500–1,999 km one-way distance band; fixed travel unit cost based on one-way distance, not actual travel cost; unavailable if another public source funds travel.

• Fixed · Mobility allowance · person€360/ project

  2,000–2,999 km one-way distance band; fixed travel unit cost based on one-way distance, not actual travel cost; unavailable if another public source funds travel.

• Fixed · Mobility allowance · person€530/ project

  3,000–3,999 km one-way distance band; fixed travel unit cost based on one-way distance, not actual travel cost; unavailable if another public source funds travel.

• Fixed · Mobility allowance · person€820/ project

  4,000–7,999 km one-way distance band; fixed travel unit cost based on one-way distance, not actual travel cost; unavailable if another public source funds travel.

• Fixed · Mobility allowance · person€1,100/ project

  8,000+ km one-way distance band; fixed travel unit cost based on one-way distance, not actual travel cost; unavailable if another public source funds travel.

• Student

  Basis not stated

  The internship minimum is six weeks, represented in the source unit; the internship itself may last longer than six months. FuseNet subsistence support is capped at six months. Do not convert six weeks to a decimal month.

• Funding for MSc student internships — current FuseNet page

  fusenet.eu

• Support of Master Students going on an internship abroad — Terms and Conditions 2026

  fusenet.eu

Opens

18 Feb 2026

Deadline model

Single-stage

Programme

Euratom Research and Training · 2021 - 2027

Call

FuseNet Support of Master Students going on an internship abroad

Types of action

—

Source

ec.europa.eu

Checked

24 Oct 2026

Portal updated

19 May 2026

Review status

Partial review

Reviewed

24 Oct 2026