University World News reports a record 270,000 EU grantees in 2012-13. The European Union hopes to double the percentage of student mobility by then end of the decade and has already launched Erasumus+, which increases the grants budget by 40 percent. According to the article, "The Erasmus+ programme will provide grants for four million people, including two million higher education students and 300,000 staff over the seven years to 2020."