Travel environmentally friendly with Erasmus +
Travel environmentally friendly with Erasmus+ and extend your stay with a trip through Europe. You get an extra grant from Ersmus+ and with HVL's Environment Grant to top it up, you can afford an interrail ticked across Europe.
Terms of participation
- The draw is open to HVL students who have been granted a place on an exchange through Erasmus +. This applies to students regardless of the length and type of the exchange.
- You can participate once per exchange you do.
- Bus, train, bike and carsharing are considered as environmentally friendly transport. If you plan to use other environmentally friendly means of transport, please contact international@hvl.no.
You can use a travel calculator, like for example Travel and Climate to see how you can make your exchange as climate friendly as possible.
How do you participate?
Register your environmentally friendly trip in the app within 1 February (for exchanges in the spring semester) and within 1 september (for the autumn semester).
Send travel documents or receipts after they have been purchased. The travel route and date of travel must be visible on the travel document.
Allocation
From autumn 2025 the grant is at 3,000 NOK.
Payment
To receive payment please for send your receipt of environmentally friendly travel to international@hvl.no before 10th August (for exchange in the previous spring semester) or 10th February (for exchange in the previous autumn semester). If you have not made the return trip within these dates, a receipt for the planned trip can be sent in.
Any receipts received after this will not be considered valid. HVL may withhold payment of grants if proof of completed travel is not sufficient or credible.