financial Support for students (FOBOS)

1. illness (including psychological problems);
2. pregnancy and childbirth;
3. a physical, sensory or other impairment;
4. special family circumstances, such as:
    a. relationship problems,
    b. housing or social problems,
    c. illness or death of your partner, parents, children, brother or sister,
    d. divorce of your parents,
    e. problem adapting to Dutch culture and customs,
    f. informal care,
   g. maternity leave for partners;
5. an insufficient feasible educational programme;
6. recognized top-level athletes of top-level artists;
7. other circumstances then mentioned above which, if a request for financial support
    based on these circumstances were not to be granted, should lead to extreme
    unfairness;
8. Non-renewal of accreditation of the degree programme;

That is only possible in the C+1 period. C+1 = nominal course duration plus one additional academic year.
This applies both for the Bachelor and Master and is calculated from the first start of the degree course (bachelor's or master's degree) at the UT.  
For the bachelor: the first 4 years.
For a one-year master: the first 2 years (and longer for a longer master).

When following a ‘ double master’ consisting of two diplomas’, the C+1 period is calculated over the duration of just one master programme.

The C+1 period will be calculated from the first moment of enrolment for a degree course (bachelor or master) at the Univerity of Twente. So if you switch study during your bachelor or master degree course, the C+1 period will be calculated from the moment you've entered the first bachelor or master degree course at the University of Twente.

1. You need to report your circumstances to your study advisor as soon as they occur.
    Necessary adjustments will be discussed (e.g. modified study plan).
2. When you are lagging behind due to the circumstances, you must notify the student
    counsellor within 3 months.
3. Within 3 months after your delayed period, you can submit an application via the
    online application form.
    If your circumstances still persist, but your enrolment stops within a short time or you
    are at the end of your C+1 period, you must submit the application in the last
    month of registration or in the last month of your C+1 period.

You are only eligible for a force majeure allowance for recognized circumstances during the C+1 period. You need to apply ultimately in the last month of your C+1 period.

If your circumstances persist, you need to apply for a force majeure allowance ultimately within the last month of enrolment.

No, an extra year study finance from DUO will not affect your force majeure allowance. 

Only in case of a proven insufficient feasible programme. But, for other circumstances, you are not eligible for a force majeure allowance.

No.

The C+1 period starts at the first moment of enrolment at the University of Twente. So, in this case, C+1 started when you were enrolled in your previous study programme. This means that the period at the UT in which you are eligible to grants is shorter.

An organization is only eligible for activism grants when they are recognised by the Student Union (SU) and also meet the conditions listed in Appendix B of the FOBOS regulation.

A request for SU-recognition can be filed at the Student Union. The SU determines whether an organisation can be Union-recognized, and at the same time, whether the organization qualifies for activism grants. 

As soon as the Student Union has recognized an organization, they will discuss with the CPO registry how many grants will be allocated. At first, these grants are taken from the category 5 grants budget (formerly called additional and ad-hoc grants). At the biennial assessment, the organization may be added to FOBOS, Appendix B.

Appendix B of the FOBOS scheme holds a list of organizations that qualify for activism grants (basic list), as well as the grants available grants for extra and additional activities.

Every year the Student Union assess the members' count on 1 November preceding the relevant calendar year. Based on that result, the allocation of activism grants may be adjusted.

If you are on the board of a Dutch political youth organization or a Dutch national organization that engages in activities that are important for higher education, you may be entitled to a national government grant. The organization can apply for this at DUO (information in Dutch).

After the calendar year, until the 1st of April, an eligible organization can submit the application online.

The organization appoints 1 student who will take care of the application (= applicant). This must be a bachelor- or master student who still has a valid student account.
The name and student number of that student need to be passed on to the CPO registry. The registry ensures that the student in question gets clearance to log on to the web application. The applicant will receive an automated e-mail as soon as login is possible.

Name and student number of all students from the organization, who are eligible for grants for the concerning calendar year and per student the number of grants requested. They may therefore be the members of two boards if there has been a change of board.
Mind! the maximum number of grants per person and the period during which the student served on the board during the relevant calendar year (see Appendix B of the FOBOS-regulation). Depending on the moment of the board change, you may have to take into account both the previous and the current board.

If grants are allocated from the basic list (Appendix B of the FOBOS-regulation) as well as additional- and ad-hoc grants, please indicate per student how many grants are requested from the basic budget and how many from the extra budget.

The application can be saved and altered. However, once the application has been submitted (send), changes can only be made via the CPO registry.   

Only full-time UT bachelor- or master students are eligible for grants. Pre-master students or students enrolled for a post-initial programme (except those enrolled in the two-year Master's programme Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation) are not eligible.

When the Board changed during the calendar year, the members of both the previous and the current board should be mentioned on the application (use a distribution formula: x/12th for the previous board and x/12th for the current board). The exact period in which the student served on the board during the calendar year in question must be stated and no more than one grant can be awarded per active board month.

Students must have a positive Binding Recommendation (BSA) for their programme before the period for which activism grants are applied.

Students must have paid tuition fees at UT and have no previous degree.

The calendar year of the application must fall within the C+1 period of the bachelor's or master's (C+1 = nominal study duration plus 1 extension year, counted from the first moment of enrollment at the UT). For a member of the University Council, the C+1 period does not apply.

A student is only entitled to a maximum number of 12 grants per calendar year and a maximum number of 24 grants for the entire enrollment period at UT.
Note: 1 grant is compared to 1 month. Therefore, if a student was enrolled for less than 12 months during the calendar year or part of the period in the board does not fall within the C+1 period, he/she can never receive more grants for that calendar year than those who fall within the C+1 period or for which he/she was enrolled.

The FOBOS, Appendix B, indicates exactly how many grants an organization is eligible for. It also indicates the maximum number of grants per person.

No, credits earned are not taken into account.

Yes, credits obtained during the period for which you apply for the activism grants may influence the grants to be awarded.

For 5 credits obtained, 1 grant less is awarded (equal to 1 month's tuition fee). Exception: a maximum of 2 resits up to 10 credits.
If you obtain 15 credits or more, the grants to be awarded will be converted into part-time grants. Exception: if you obtain 15 credits for a board/team minor, 3 grants will be deducted, but the grants will not be converted to part-time grants. If, in addition to the board/team minor, 5 credits or more are obtained, the full-time grants are still converted into part-time grants.

FOBOS, Appendix B, indicates the size of the board, on which the allocated grants are determined, and also the number of grants per person. If this does not match with the size of your board the following applies:

Smaller board: only the maximum number of grants per person can be applied for. Therefore, it is possible that not all allocated grants can be used. The remaining grants will be transferred to the category additional and ad-hoc grants.

Bigger board: the total number of grants allocated to your organization can be divided (in whole numbers) amongst the lager number of board members.

Please note: different rules apply to performance teams.

The Student Union decides, in consultation with the umbrella boards, at the end of every calendar year which organizations qualify for the additional and ad-hoc grants and inform the CPO registry about it. When you fill in the application form, you can see exactly how many grants are available: the number of grants for the basic budget and the extra budget stands apart. You need to indicate per student how much grants are applied for from the basic budget and/or the extra budget.

You have done (or are still doing) a board function with a recognized organization (see FOBOS, Appendix B) to which activism grants have been allocated.

During the period on the board, you were enrolled as a full-time bachelor's- or master's student, paid UT tuition fee and received a positive binding recommendation (BSA) before the period for which you apply for activism grants. Pre-master students are not eligible for activism grants.

The period in the board was within the C+1 period. This is for the:
Bachelor: the first 4 years counted as from the first moment of enrolment for a bachelor traject in higher education;
Master: the first 2 years of a one-year master as from the moment of enrolment for master's traject in higher education. For a two- or three-year master, the C+1 period is respectively 1- or 2 years longer.
For a member of the University Council, the C+1 period does not apply.

As soon as the organization has submitted their group application, every individual student on that application will receive an automated email (UT mailbox). You will be asked to complete the application with your personal data (IBAN) and to approve the application.
The application will be handled as soon as all students on the application have completed it with their data and approved the application.
If grants are applied for you, and you no longer have a UT-mail account, please contact the CPO registry.

The CPO registrar checks if everyone meets the conditions of the regulation. If that's the case, all individual students will receive a decision per email, which states the total amount and the date it will be transferred to your bank account.
If one or more students don't comply with the conditions of the regulation, the registrar will contact the student who filled the application, in order to discuss whether the application can be adjusted.

Please contact the CPO registrar.

If you have submitted (send) the application, in the application system under 'my applications' you will see 'concept'. As soon as all student on the group application has completed their part, the status of your application changes into 'handling'. If the application has been handled, the status changes into 'decision".

Fulltime activism: the amount per grant is equal to the average tuition fees paid in the recognized period
Parttime activism: the amount per grant is set every calendar year (2023: €180, 2024: €188, 2025: €206)

No.

No.

The C+1 period is the nominal course duration plus one extension year per study phase. This is for the:
Bachelor: the first 4 years counted as from the first moment of enrolment for a bachelor traject in higher education;
Master: the first 2 years of a one-year master as from the moment of enrolment for master traject in higher education. For a two- or three-year master, the C+1 period is respectively 1- or 2 years longer.

When you graduate within the C+1 period, the period for which you are eligible for activism grants ends.

For a member of the University Council, the C+1 period does not apply.

The C+1 period starts at the first moment of enrolment at the Univerisity of Twente. So, in this case, C+1 will start on the first moment you have been enrolled in your previous study programme. This means that the period at the UT for your second programme is shorter.

When you have received activism grants for a calendar year and then over (a part of) that period apply for a force majeure allowance, the CPO will take this into account.
So for example, if you were sick or had to do with special family circumstances, you can get a force majeure allowance. The CPO, who will make a decision in determining the support will deduct the number of activism grants awarded from the calculated force majeure allowance.

Yes, the maximum number of grants per year is 12 (activism grants, top-level sports and/or top-level arts grants and force majeure allowance months included).
However, if you were registered for less than 12 months during the calendar year in question, you can never receive more activism grants for that calendar year than the number of months registered.

Yes, the maximum number of grants for the whole enrolment period on the UT is 24 (up to a maximum amount of € 8,000; activism grants and top-level sports and/or top-level arts grants included))

No, an activism grant is a compensation out of the Profiling Fund (WHW 7.51) which is not taxable.

Check de MoMi regulations. There is stated if MoMi standard can be adjusted based on your activities.

These are students active as:

• student member University Council
• student member University Committee for Education
• student member Faculty Council
• student member Programma Committee
• student assessor Faculty Board

See Participation Compensation Scheme.

You can apply for the following:

• student member University Council:
  
  • activism grants: max. 5 part-time grants per calendar year. The University Council will apply for the grants after the concerning calendar year. You will be informed automatically.
  • attendance fee: see Participation Compensation Scheme. Please contact the registrar University Council.
• student member of University Committee Commissie for Education:
  • activism grants: max. 6 part-time grants per calendar year. You can apply for the grants at the end of the calendar year. Please contact the registrar of the Personal Circumstance Committee.
• student member Faculty Council:
  • attendance fee: see Participation Compensation Scheme. Please contact the registrar of your Faculty Council.
• student member Programme Committee:
  • attendance fee: see Participation Compensation Scheme. Please contact the registrar of your Programme Committee.
• student assessor Faculty Board:
  • attendance fee: see Participation Compensation Scheme. Please contact the registrar of your Faculty Board.