All you need to know about the social scholarship – summer term 2023/2024

The beginning of the summer term is a time to remember to apply for a social scholarship – it should be done by those who already receive it (remember, it is granted for one semester only, not for the whole academic year!) and those who would like to apply for this form of support. Here is some important information in connection with the possibility to apply for the summer term 2023/2024, which starts on 21 February 2024.

[If you have not applied for a social scholarship in the winter term 2023/2024]

STEP 1: Complete the 2022 income statement in USOSweb (Tab COMMON SECTION – Applications).
STEP 2: Apply for a social scholarship for the summer term of the academic year 2023/2024.

[If you applied for a social scholarship in the winter term but did NOT receive one]

STEP 1: Only submit an application for a social scholarship for the summer term of the 2023/2024 academic year.

When completing the social grant application, on the [Supplementary Information] screen where the student’s statements are listed, tick all statements that are factually correct. It is particularly important not to make a statement at the same time that the material situation has NOT changed and has changed.

[If you received a scholarship in the winter term]

In this case, do not fill in an income statement for 2022. Only submit an application for a social scholarship for the summer term of the academic year 2023/2024 in USOSweb.

[What if I have applied for a social scholarship and the income in my family has changed since then?]

If your income or the composition of your family has changed, and you have already applied for a social grant in the winter semester, you should write to: bpm@uw.edu.pl or to the coordinator in your unit with a request to allow editing of the income statement. This will allow you to improve your income statement and add documents confirming the changes as attachments to the income benefit for 2022.

A change in income may have occurred as a result:

obtaining the right to parental leave;
loss of unemployment benefit or scholarship;
loss of employment or other gainful work;
loss of pre-retirement allowance or pre-retirement benefit, teacher compensation benefit, as well as retirement or disability pension, the survivor’s pension or social pension, or parental supplementary benefit referred to in the Act of 31 January 2019 on the parental supplementary benefit (Journal of Laws of 2019, item 303);
loss of sickness benefit, rehabilitation benefit or maternity allowance to which a person is entitled after losing employment or other gainful work;
loss of parental benefit;
loss of maternity allowance referred to in regulations on farmers’ social insurance;
loss of the doctoral scholarship specified in Article 209 sections 1 and 7 of the Act of 20 July 2018 – Law on Higher Education and Science

and also as a result of:

beginning or ending of a childcare leave;
deregistration of non-agricultural business activity or suspension of thereof within the meaning of Article 16b of the Act of 20 December 1990 on farmers’ social insurance (consolidated text: Journal of Laws of 2019, item 299) or Article 36aa section 1 of the Act of 13 October 1998 on the social insurance system (consolidated text: Journal of Laws of 2019, item 300);
loss of adjudged child support/maintenance in connection with the death of a person liable for paying these benefits or loss of cash benefits paid in the event of ineffective enforcement of child support/maintenance in connection with the death of the person liable to pay child support/maintenance;

[Deadlines]

To maintain the right to the scholarship for a given month, you must apply by the 18th of the month (In February, May and August 2024, the application deadline is the 20th of the month). For example: in order to be eligible for a social scholarship for May, you must therefore apply by 20 May.

[More information]

You can read more about the social scholarship here: Social scholarship and Everything you need to know about the social scholarship – academic year 2023/2024

Do you have any additional questions? Write to: bpm@uw.edu.pl