The Assembly Learning Grants (European University Institute) (Wales) Regulations 2009

Grants for living and other costs

16.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), an eligible student qualifies in respect of an academic year for the grants for living and other costs specified in and calculated in accordance with paragraphs (3) to (7).

(2) An eligible student does not qualify for any of the grants payable under this regulation if paragraph 9 of Part 2 of Schedule 1 is the only paragraph of Part 2 of that Schedule into which the student falls.

(3) An eligible student qualifies for a grant for living costs of 18,099 euro in relation to an academic year beginning on or after 1 September 2010.

(4) An eligible student qualifies for a grant for travel home of the amount determined by the Welsh Ministers to be the reasonable cost of one return journey from the student’s home address to the Institute.

(5) An eligible student qualifies for a grant for college travel of the amount determined by the Welsh Ministers to be the reasonable cost of travel from the student’s residence whilst attending the Institute to the Institute.

(6) Subject to the prior agreement of the Welsh Ministers before costs are incurred, an eligible student qualifies for a grant for research travel of the amount determined by the Welsh Ministers to be the reasonable cost of travel incurred for the purposes of completing periods of research authorised by the Institute during the academic year in respect of which support is being applied for.

(7) An eligible student qualifies for a grant for medical insurance of the amount determined by the Welsh Ministers to be the reasonable cost of insuring the student against liability for the cost of medical treatment provided outside the United Kingdom where the ordinary duration of the course is more than one academic year.