{"id":138152,"date":"2022-03-24T12:22:31","date_gmt":"2022-03-24T11:22:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/?p=138152"},"modified":"2025-12-19T11:26:13","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T10:26:13","slug":"cabinet-considers-basic-grant-of-255-euros","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.erasmusmagazine.nl\/en\/2022\/03\/24\/cabinet-considers-basic-grant-of-255-euros\/","title":{"rendered":"Cabinet considers basic grant of 255 euros"},"content":{"rendered":"

As of September 2023, students will receive a basic grant again. Tomorrow Minister of Education Robbert Dijkgraaf wants to send a letter about this to the Dutch Parliament, but some of the plans have been leaked via the AD newspaper.<\/p>\n

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The new basic grant would be lower than before, but the supplementary grant would be higher. This is intended for students from low-income families. The supplementary grant would amount to a maximum of 419 euros if the parental income is below 34,600 euros (the old limit was around 33 thousand euros).<\/p>\n\t

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Living away from home<\/td>\n255<\/td>\n312<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Living at home<\/td>\n91<\/td>\n112<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Supplementary grant<\/td>\n419<\/td>\n299<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

New: according to AD. Old: basic grant according to DUO.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\t<\/div>\n

The government has also calculated other possibilities, the AD reports, so that the Lower House can make a proper assessment.<\/p>\n

It is not yet known whether the basic grant will only apply to new first-year students, who start in September 2023, or also to students who already start next year. The universities of applied sciences in particular want clarity on this quickly to prevent lower numbers of enrolment.<\/p>\n\n\t

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