{"id":22352,"date":"2025-08-21T10:45:39","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T10:45:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/studentenwerk-frankfurt.net\/?p=22352"},"modified":"2025-08-21T11:00:39","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T11:00:39","slug":"study-start-up-aid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/studierendenwerk-ostbrandenburg.de\/en\/study-start-up-aid\/","title":{"rendered":"Study start-up aid"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_section][vc_row margin_top=&#8221;-70px&#8221; margin_bottom=&#8221;50px&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Photo \u00a9 pixabay<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]Studienstarthilfe is a separate funding instrument within BAf\u00f6G and is aimed at first-year students receiving social benefits who have not yet reached the age of 25 at the start of the training period and who have enrolled for the first time at a university in Germany, in an EU member state or in Switzerland.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column]<blockquote class=\"text-big shortcode-blockquote block-style-widget\"><h4>\u2192 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bafoeg-digital.de\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Apply for study start aid<\/a><\/h4>\n<\/blockquote>[\/vc_column][\/vc_row][\/vc_section][vc_row][vc_column css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1724842930769{margin-top: 40px !important;}&#8221;][vc_tta_accordion active_section=&#8221;0&#8243; title=&#8221;FAQ Study start aid&#8221;][vc_tta_section title=&#8221;Which social benefits entitle me to apply for study start-up assistance?&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1724841182636-1c13448f-b3c8&#8243;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Benefits according to the Second Book of the German Social Code (&#8220;citizen&#8217;s allowance&#8221;),<\/li>\n<li>Assistance with living expenses in accordance with the Third Chapter of the Twelfth Book of the German Social Code (&#8220;Social Assistance &#8211; Assistance with Living Expenses&#8221;),<\/li>\n<li>Basic security benefits in old age and in the event of reduced earning capacity in accordance with Chapter Four of Book Twelve of the German Social Code (&#8220;Basic security benefits in old age and in the event of reduced earning capacity&#8221;),<\/li>\n<li>Benefits for living expenses in accordance with Section 93 of the Fourteenth Book of the German Social Code (&#8220;Benefits under social compensation law for living expenses&#8221;),<\/li>\n<li>Supplementary assistance with living expenses in accordance with Section 145 (1) of the Fourteenth Book of the German Social Code in conjunction with Section 27a of the Federal Pension Act in the version applicable on December 31, 2023,<\/li>\n<li>Benefits under the Asylum Seekers Benefits Act<\/li>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\"><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>In addition, people who receive the study start-up grant before the start of their studies<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>themselves or whose parents receive the child supplement under the Federal Child Benefit Act,<\/li>\n<li>receive housing benefit themselves or as a household member in accordance with the Housing Benefit Act or<\/li>\n<li>receive a child and youth welfare benefit specified in Section 91 (1) of Book Eight of the German Social Code and whose parents are not required to contribute to the costs from their income.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=&#8221;What do I have to bear in mind when applying for study start-up aid?&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1724841182656-43645314-2e8f&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]The study start-up grant can only be applied for electronically via \u2192 <a class=\"RichTextExtLink ExternalLink\" title=\"External link \" href=\"https:\/\/www.bafoeg-digital.de\/ams\/BAFOEG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BAf\u00f6G Digital<\/a> &#8211; independently of any BAf\u00f6G application. An application deadline applies to the application for study start-up aid: An application for study start-up aid can only be submitted by the end of the month following the month in which the course begins.<\/p>\n<p>Please note that you will need a BundID to submit an application. The BundID is the federal government&#8217;s central account for identifying applicants when submitting an online application. Further information on the BundID can be found on the \u2192 <a class=\"RichTextExtLink ExternalLink\" title=\"External link Your access to digital administration. (Opens in a new window)\" href=\"https:\/\/id.bund.de\/de\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">BundID website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u2192 <a class=\"RichTextIntLink Publication FTpdf\" title=\" Information sheet on data protection when applying for study start-up aid (Opens in a new window)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.xn--bafg-7qa.de\/bafoeg\/shareddocs\/downloads\/formblaetter\/v2022\/hinweisblatt_datenschutz_studienstarthilfe.html?nn=888646#download=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Information on data protection<\/a> when applying for study start-up assistance in accordance with Art. 13 and 14 of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=&#8221;How much is the study start-up grant?&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1724841527043-bf06d377-e59a&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]The start-up grant is a one-off subsidy of 1,000 euros and is used to finance expenses typically associated with the start of studies (e.g. IT equipment, teaching and learning materials, rent deposit, relocation costs). BAf\u00f6G is available for the regular costs of living and learning materials incurred during the course. Students entitled to Studienstarthilfe should therefore also apply for BAf\u00f6G, as they are probably also entitled to BAf\u00f6G. There is no offsetting of income or offsetting of Studienstarthilfe against other social benefits, so that the start-up grant of 1,000 euros is available in addition in any case.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=&#8221;Does the study start-up grant have to be repaid later?&#8221; tab_id=&#8221;1724841573920-fa6087a5-19aa&#8221;][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]The study start-up grant is a subsidy and does not have to be repaid. This does not apply in the event of misuse of the application, e.g. if the start-up grant has been applied for and paid out several times or if the conditions for granting the start-up grant were not met and this was misleading, for example.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_accordion][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":22364,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[173],"tags":[247,225,255,256],"class_list":["post-22352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-geld-en","tag-financing","tag-geld-en","tag-hardship-loan","tag-loan","category-173","description-off"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/studierendenwerk-ostbrandenburg.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22352","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/studierendenwerk-ostbrandenburg.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/studierendenwerk-ostbrandenburg.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studierendenwerk-ostbrandenburg.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studierendenwerk-ostbrandenburg.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22352"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/studierendenwerk-ostbrandenburg.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22352\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26026,"href":"https:\/\/studierendenwerk-ostbrandenburg.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22352\/revisions\/26026"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studierendenwerk-ostbrandenburg.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/studierendenwerk-ostbrandenburg.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studierendenwerk-ostbrandenburg.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studierendenwerk-ostbrandenburg.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}