Everything you need to know about the social scholarship – academic year 2023/2024 [UPDATED]

[Start, the most important basic information]

What is most important is to submit an application. The earlier you apply, the better position you will be in. Submitting your application by the 18th of the month guarantees that you will be able to apply for the scholarship for that month as well. Example:

student X applied on October 1 – he is entitled to apply for the scholarship for that month as well,
student Y applied on October 19 – this person is not entitled to receive a scholarship for October.

NOTE: In November 2023, February, May and August 2024, the application deadline is the 20th of the month. Example:

student X applied on February 1 – he is entitled to apply for a scholarship for this month as well,
student Y applied on February 21 – this person is not entitled to receive the scholarship for February.

To apply for a social scholarship, you must submit: Income statement 2022 and Application for benefit for winter/summer semester of academic year 2023/2024. The most important is the date of submitting the application, but without submitting the declaration, you cannot complete it!

Applications and statements are submitted via USOSweb. This means that the complete procedure is done online.

Remember to use your UW domain email when contacting our office.

[How do I find out if I am qualified for a social grant?]

In the case of Poles, the most common reason for refusing to grant a social scholarship is exceeding the limit of semesters during which a given person studies:

in the case of first-cycle studies, it is not allowed to study longer than 9 semesters;
in the case of second-cycle studies, it is not allowed to study longer than 7 semesters;
in total, it is not allowed to study longer than 12 semesters.

Each semester started by the student counts towards this number.

In addition, you cannot get benefits:

in first-cycle studies, if the student already has a bachelor’s degree or higher;
in second-cycle studies, if the student already has a master’s degree.

[What documents do I need?]

	Applicant	Applicant’s parents	Applicant’s siblings (adult)	Applicant’s siblings (underage)
Standard documents	1. Certificate from the Tax Office regarding income and the amount of social contribution, 2. Certificate from the Social Insurance Institution regarding the amount of health insurance contribution, 3. Declaration of non-taxable income (available for download in USOSweb when completing the Income statement).	1. Certificate from the Tax Office regarding income and the amount of social contribution, 2. Certificate from the Social Insurance Institution regarding the amount of health insurance contribution, 3. Declaration of non-taxable income (available for download in USOSweb when completing the Income statement).	1. Certificate from the Tax Office regarding income and the amount of social contribution, declaration on non-taxable income, 2. Certificate from the Social Insurance Institution regarding the amount of health insurance contribution, 3. Declaration of non-taxable income (available for download in USOSweb when completing the Income statement). 4. Certificate of learning (from school/university) and/or certificate of disability.	Certificate of learning (from school or university).
Additional documents		If one parent is not included: a sentence or a maintenance settlement or an action with confirmation of submission to the court, death certificate, complete birth certificate (in the case of an unknown father), a certificate from the Police (in the case of a missing parent).
Lost income	Contract or certificate of employment and tax declaration
Earned income	Certificate on the amount of income for the second worked month and the contract. Note that certificates from the US and Social Security cannot be replaced by a PIT or other document.

[When family members own a farm]

In such a case, a certificate from the competent commune office about the size of the farm should be presented – in physical and conversion hectares.

ATTENTION!

The above table does not exhaust all situations and all documents that you may be asked for in the application process, these are only the most common cases. The complete list of documents is included in the Regulations (Annexes 1 and 2). However, do not worry if you forget about a document, because the coordinators always ask you to fill in the gaps. Of course, any lack of documents and the need to supplement may delay the issuance of a decision.

[When is parental income not required?]

In some cases, he does not have to provide the income of other people from his family (you can settle your taxes yourself). This option is possible if:

you are 26 years old,

you are married,

you have dependent children,

you have reached the age of majority being in foster care,

you have a permanent source of income, and your average monthly income in the previous tax year and in the current year in the months preceding the month of submitting the income declaration is higher than or equal to PLN 930.35.

[Why do we need these documents?]

Probably some of you ask yourself this question when completing the application for a social scholarship. The documents are used to confirm the reported income. When thinking about what documents are needed, think about the income you received in 2022 and 2023

[How about an increased social scholarship?]

When applying for a social scholarship, you can apply for it as:

social scholarship,
social scholarship in an increased amount.

Beginning with the 2022/2023 academic year, we have expanded the catalog of conditions entitling an applicant to apply for a social scholarship at an increased rate to include the following:

the applicant is dependent on parents, legal guardians or actual guardians regularly and currently benefiting from one or more of the following benefits: permanent allowance, special purpose allowance, periodic allowance, special purpose allowance, nursing allowance or child-rearing benefit, or is himself regularly and currently benefiting from them,
the student’s daily commute from his permanent place of residence makes it difficult or impossible for him to study.

Remember to have documents that confirm the premise, such as a certificate of receipt of the benefit in question, an application for a place in a dormitory or a certificate confirming the address of residence.

[Application statuses, what do they mean?]

Filled in – the application is in the process of completion, you can freely make changes to the document. Please note that applications and statements with this status will not be verified.

Delivered – at this stage you can no longer make changes to the application/statement. From this point on, the documents are subject to verification. To avoid problems related to the submission of the application/statement, make sure that USOSweb shows your email in the UW domain. Don’t put off submitting your application until the last moment!

Declared incomplete/Declared incorrect – during the verification of the application, the coordinator found errors or missing documents. Most often, you will find detailed information on how to improve your application in a comment visible in USOSweb or in your email inbox.

Ready for consideration – document verification has been completed. The application is ready for processing.

Verified – the status of the application indicates that a decision will be made available soon.

Considered (decision to be delivered) – the decision has been made available in USOSweb. The decision can be found in the “list of administrative letters” tab (log in to USOSWeb -> Common Section, and then on the left in the column find the “list of administrative letters” tab).

[UPDATED October 17]

In October 2023, the welfare stipend was awarded to a record number of people – 266. In comparison, last year the welfare stipend in October was paid to 106 people, and two years ago only 1 person (2022 roku w BPM [Podsumowanie]).

In accordance with the Rector’s decision, at the request of The UW Students’ Union Board, the social stipend has been raised for the 2023/2024 academic year. The social scholarship ranges from PLN 864 to PLN 1728, the base amount (i.e. the amount from which the income per person in the family is subtracted to calculate the scholarship) is PLN 1728, while the increased social scholarship ranges from PLN 1404 to PLN 2268. Detailed information: https://tiny.pl/cj8zh.

Payment deadlines are available in the Social scholarship payment dates tab.