You are eligible for financial assistance from the Student Assistance Fund if you meet the requirements of Section 7.51 of the WHW Act relating to Student Assistance Fund (Profileringsfonds): you are officially registered as a student of Hanze UAS + you pay statutory tuition fee + you are entitled to student finance from DUO. Furthermore, you are only eligible for financial assistance if your enrolment does not exceed the normal length of study plus two years from the day you first registered at an institution of higher education.

If you do not have Dutch nationality or are not treated as a Dutch national on the basis of statutory provision and are not entitled to a performance-related grant under the Dutch Student finance Act 2000 or the student loan system, you are also eligible for financial assistance as referred to in Appendix 1-3 Student Assistance Fund of the Hanze UAS Student Charter.

Financial assistance is not usually taxed. However, a portion of the assistance is viewed as taxable income in certain exceptional cases, specifically when the monthly amount in financial assistance exceeds the maximum monthly amount that can be borrowed from DUO. The portion that exceeds the maximum monthly amount that can be borrowed from DUO must be declared as taxable income to the Tax and Customs Administration.

Every two years the Executive Board determines the level of financial assistance to be provided. The amounts for 2020–2021 are as follows:

Student Assistance Fund I, Force Majeure: €312,52 per month (+ supplemental grant and allowances);

Student Assistance Fund II, Student Officer/Representative: €444.20 per grant month (€694.20 for student facilities);

Student Assistance Fund III, Sports Bursaries: €2,000 per academic year.