Social scholarship for students in 2021: amount, who is eligible, documents to receive

Who is entitled to a social scholarship?

Issues of payment of social scholarships are regulated by the following regulatory framework:

Federal Law of December 29, 2012 N 273 “On education in the Russian Federation”;
RF PP dated December 17, 2016 N 1390 (as amended on April 21, 2018) “On the formation of a scholarship fund”;
RF PP dated 07/02/2012 N 679 “On increasing scholarships...”;
Order of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation dated December 27, 2016 No. 1663 “On approval of the appointment procedure...”.

According to the provisions of these standards, the state social scholarship is paid only to full-time students. Part-time students are not eligible for such assistance, even if their candidacy falls into the categories listed below.

The following can apply for a social scholarship:

Orphans and those who were deprived of parental care. The latter include minors whose parents:
- were deprived of parental rights or limited in them;
are serving a sentence in prison;
unknown;
incapacitated.

This category also includes students without parental care, which was confirmed by the court. They usually enjoy benefits until they are 18 years old, but if they enroll in full-time studies, the grace period is extended to 23 years.

Disabled people. However, not everyone with a disability will be able to apply for a social scholarship. For example, disabled people of group 3 according to the law cannot count on receiving it. Potential recipients are:
- disabled children, that is, persons with disabilities who are under 18 years of age;
disabled people of groups 1 and 2 - persons over 18 years of age who have passed the MSEC and received a disability of the corresponding group.

The moment of receipt of disability does not matter. You can apply for a scholarship even the next day after receiving a disability in the middle of the academic year.

Victims of radiation at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, tests at the Semipalatinsk test site and other radiation disasters.
Students who have completed at least 3 years of service in the troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the FSB of the Russian Federation, under executive authorities, as well as those who have become disabled due to illness or injury received during service.
Poor people. This category refers to persons whose average per capita personal income (if living alone) or family income (if living with family) is below the subsistence level. However, if it increases, the recipient of the funds will have to inform the dean’s office about this, since the basis for paying the scholarship will disappear.

This is a list approved at the federal level. However, for some categories of vulnerable segments of the population not included in this list, social scholarships may be awarded by decision of the authorities at the local level. In particular, such persons include:

disabled people of group 2;
members of large families;
pupils in single-parent families (there is only a mother or only a father);
students caring for sick relatives or disabled people; married student couples;
combat veterans.

It is better to check with the dean’s office about who is entitled to a social scholarship at your university.

Answers to remaining questions will be published later

Question:

Does a federal state autonomous educational institution of higher professional education have the right to refuse to award a social scholarship to a low-income student if the certificate from the department of social protection of the population does not indicate its validity period?
ANSWER:

In accordance with Part 2 of Article 34 of the Federal Law of December 29, 2012 No. 273-FZ “On Education in the Russian Federation” (hereinafter referred to as the Law), students are provided with measures of social support and incentives, including the right to receive scholarships, financial assistance and other monetary payments provided for by the legislation on education.

In accordance with Part 5 of Article 36 of the Law and paragraph 7 of the Procedure for assigning a state academic scholarship and (or) state social scholarship to students studying full-time at the expense of budgetary allocations from the federal budget, state scholarships to graduate students, residents, assistant trainees studying full-time form of education at the expense of budgetary allocations of the federal budget, payment of scholarships to students of preparatory departments of federal state educational organizations of higher education, studying at the expense of budgetary allocations of the federal budget (hereinafter referred to as the Procedure), approved by order of the Ministry of Education and Science of Russia dated August 28, 2013 No. 1000, social scholarships are awarded to students who are orphans and children left without parental care, persons from among orphans and children left without parental care, disabled children, disabled people of groups I and II, disabled since childhood, students exposed to radiation as a result of the Chernobyl disaster nuclear power plants and other radiation disasters as a result of nuclear tests at the Semipalatinsk test site, students who are disabled due to military injury or illness received during military service, and military veterans or who are entitled to receive state social assistance, as well as students from among citizens, have served for at least three years under contract in the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, in the internal troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation, in engineering, technical, road construction military formations under federal executive authorities and in rescue military formations of the federal executive authority , authorized to solve problems in the field of civil defense, the Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation, federal security service agencies, state security agencies and the federal body for ensuring mobilization training of state authorities of the Russian Federation in military positions to be filled by soldiers, sailors, sergeants, foremen, and dismissed from military service on the grounds provided for in subparagraphs "b" - "d" of paragraph 1, subparagraph "a" of paragraph 2 and subparagraphs "a" - "c" of paragraph 3 of Article 51 of the Federal Law of March 28, 1998 No. 53-FZ " On conscription and military service"

In accordance with paragraph 12 of the Procedure, a state social scholarship is assigned to a student from the date of submission of a document confirming compliance with one of the categories of citizens specified in paragraph 7 of the Procedure. The educational organization does not have the authority to assign this payment without the student providing relevant supporting documents.

These documents are issued by authorized bodies and can be either urgent (including with a period limited to the occurrence of a certain event) or indefinite, for example, the validity period of a document provided by a student on the right to receive social assistance is determined either by the document itself (validity period of a social contract, other document on the appointment of social assistance or confirming the right to receive social assistance), or a legislative act of a constituent entity of the Russian Federation on the validity period of this document or, in the absence of legislative regulation, the validity period of the reason for which this document was issued (frequency of calculating the cost of living per capita population and for the main socio-demographic groups of the population as a whole in the Russian Federation and in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, established by paragraph 1 of Article 4 of the Federal Law “On the Living Wage in the Russian Federation”), in addition, the validity period of the submitted document may be revised, since the person is obliged to notify the social protection body that assigned state social assistance about the changes that were the basis for the appointment or continued provision of state social assistance to him (his family) with information about the composition of the family, income and property owned by him (his family) by right of ownership during two weeks from the date of occurrence of these changes in accordance with Part 1 of Article 10 of the Federal Law of July 17, 1998 No. 178-FZ “On State Social Assistance” (presumption of responsibility of the person to whom social assistance is assigned).

Additionally, we inform you that the Standard Regulations on scholarships and other forms of material support for students of federal state educational institutions of primary vocational education, students of federal state educational institutions of higher and secondary vocational education, graduate students and doctoral students, approved by Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of June 27, 2001 No. 487 (hereinafter referred to as the Standard Regulations), declared invalid in accordance with Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of March 29, 2014 No. 245 in terms of scholarships and other forms of material support for students of federal state educational institutions of primary vocational education, students of federal state educational institutions of higher education and secondary vocational education and postgraduate students, it was established that a certificate confirming the student’s right to receive state social assistance should be provided to students annually.

It should be noted that the Model Regulations provided for the frequency of providing the specified certificate for the appointment of a state social scholarship, and not for the period of its validity in a certain period of time. Since the Model Regulations have lost force, documents confirming the student’s right to receive a state social scholarship must be provided by students in accordance with their validity period and the grounds for issuance.

Question:

In paragraph 7 of Section II. Order of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation (Ministry of Education and Science of Russia) dated August 28, 2013 N 1000 states that “state social scholarships are awarded to students... eligible to receive state social assistance.” Please explain: does the words “ entitled to receive state social assistance" gives the opportunity (right) to award social scholarships to students who have provided social security certificates?

ANSWER:

In accordance with clause 7 of Order of the Ministry of Education and Science No. 1000 dated August 28, 2013, students eligible to receive state social assistance are awarded a state social scholarship. The basis for assigning this payment is a document confirming the fact that the student is classified as eligible to receive state social assistance.

Question:

Does the University have the right to decide to award a social scholarship to disabled people of group 3?

ANSWER:

Part 5 of Article 36 of the Federal Law “On Education in the Russian Federation” dated December 29, 2012 No. 273-FZ and paragraph 7 of Order of the Ministry of Education and Science No. 1000 dated August 28, 2013 lists an exhaustive list of persons entitled to receive a state social scholarship. The category “Disabled Group III” is not included in this list; accordingly, the educational organization does not have the right to award a social scholarship to students belonging to this category.

Question:

Are a social scholarship (2010 rubles) and an increased scholarship for 1-2 years taken into account, according to the Decree of the Russian Federation of July 2, 2012 No. 679, when calculating the average per capita family income for recognizing a citizen as low-income and receiving a social scholarship?

ANSWER:

In accordance with Government Decree No. 512 of August 20, 2003 “On the list of types of income taken into account when calculating the average per capita family income and the income of a citizen living alone to provide them with state social assistance,” when calculating the average per capita family income, scholarships paid to students are taken into account, among other things in institutions of primary, secondary and higher vocational education.

Question:

From what date is the social scholarship awarded?

ANSWER:

A social scholarship is assigned from the date of submission of a document confirming compliance with one of the categories of citizens listed in Part 5 of Article 36 of the Federal Law “On Education in the Russian Federation” dated December 29, 2012 No. 273-FZ.

Question:

Until the cancellation of the Standard Regulations on scholarship provision (Resolution of the Government of the Russian Federation dated June 27, 2001 N 487) in accordance with clause 28. “Payment of the state social scholarship is suspended if there is a debt based on the results of the examination session and is resumed after its liquidation from the moment of suspension of payment of the specified scholarships." This point is not specified in the order of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation No. 1000. Does this mean that now the payment of social scholarships is not suspended if there is debt? If so, should the university resume payment of suspended social scholarships to conditionally transferred students who currently have outstanding debts?

ANSWER:

Academic debt is not grounds for termination of payment of a state social scholarship. This norm was contained in Government Decree No. 487 of June 27, 2001 “On approval of the Model Regulations on scholarships and other forms of financial support for students of federal state educational institutions of primary vocational education, students of federal state educational institutions of higher and secondary vocational education, graduate students and doctoral students” ( Currently, the document has lost force in terms of scholarships and other forms of material support for students of federal state educational institutions of primary vocational education, students of federal state educational institutions of higher and secondary vocational education and graduate students (Resolution of the Government of the Russian Federation dated March 29, 2014 No. 245).Paragraph 15 Order of the Ministry of Education and Science No. 1000 dated August 28, 2013 contains comprehensive grounds for stopping the payment of social scholarships to students.

Question:

Is a social scholarship paid to students who are not included in the category of clause 7 of Order No. 1000, who have an average per capita income less than the subsistence level and who have brought certificates from the social protection authorities? Is the payment of social scholarships suspended if there is academic debt?

ANSWER:

Paragraph 7 of Order of the Ministry of Education and Science No. 1000 dated August 28, 2013 lists an exhaustive list of persons entitled to receive a state social scholarship. Students who have an average per capita family income below the subsistence level are classified as students entitled to receive state social assistance upon presentation of the appropriate document from the social protection authorities.

Academic debt is not a basis for suspending the payment of a state social scholarship.

Question:

Is a social scholarship paid to students who are not included in the category of clause 7 of Order No. 1000, who have an average per capita income less than the subsistence level and who have brought certificates from the social protection authorities? Is the payment of social scholarships suspended if there is academic debt?

ANSWER:

Academic debt is not a basis for suspending the payment of a state social scholarship.

Question:

Does an educational organization have the right to suspend accepting applications for scholarships if their number greatly increases (exceeds the norm)?

If the certificate was received by the student in August, and the payment of social scholarships was suspended due to a lack of funds, from what period should the payment be resumed if additional funds are received?

ANSWER:

In accordance with paragraph 5 of Order of the Ministry of Education and Science No. 1000 dated August 28, 2013, “state academic scholarships are awarded to students depending on academic success based on the results of intermediate certification at least twice a year.” In accordance with paragraph 7 of the same Order, “state social scholarships are awarded to students...”. Educational legislation does not regulate the number of students receiving academic or social scholarships. In accordance with Part 10 of Article 36 of the Federal Law “On Education in the Russian Federation” dated December 29, 2012 No. 273-FZ, “the size of the scholarship fund is determined based on the total number of full-time students at the expense of budgetary allocations from the federal budget and standards established Government of the Russian Federation for each level of professional education and categories of students, taking into account the level of inflation.”

The right to suspend or fix dates for the appointment of one or another type of scholarship (except for those expressly specified in Order of the Ministry of Education and Science No. 1000 dated August 28, 2013) is not granted to an educational organization.

How to get a social scholarship?

The provision of such assistance from the state is of a declarative nature. Even if you belong to one of the candidates indicated above, this does not mean that a social scholarship will automatically be sent to your card or account. It is necessary to collect documents for receipt and submit them to the competent authorities. The sequential algorithm of actions is as follows.

STEP 1. Visit to the social security office at your place of registration. Here they will tell you whether you meet the conditions for receiving the payment, as well as what documents are needed for a social scholarship specifically in your situation. Usually this is a certificate of family composition, income (for each family member), education and scholarships, disability (or other document confirming the basis for the scholarship).

STEP 2. Registration of a 2-NDFL certificate at the place of work (study) or on the official website of the Federal Tax Service, in the taxpayer’s personal account (you need to register in your personal account). This form must be taken from the place of work (order a certificate via the Internet) by each family member (pensioners - from the pension fund, unemployed - from the Employment Center). This also applies to cases where the student’s parents are registered at different addresses, but are not divorced.

STEP 3. Contact the dean's office. Here you need to get 2 certificates:

that the student is studying at this institution;
about the scholarship for the last 3 months.

STEP 4. Obtaining a certificate of family composition. It can be obtained in several ways:

in the MFC;
order on the government services website;
in a homeowners association (HOA).

It is valid for only 10 days, after which the document will have to be issued again. To obtain it, you need a passport, a house register and a title document for housing.

STEP 5. Submitting a package of documents and an application to social security. The collected documents must be submitted to social security, where a certificate for receiving a social scholarship will be issued.

STEP 6. Submitting an application and a certificate from social security to the dean’s office (social security only confirms the status of need, but does not assign a scholarship). An application for a social scholarship does not have a strictly established form, but each university offers students a ready-made sample to write. It looks something like this:

To the rector of Moscow State University, prof. A.N. Tupichenko, 2nd year student, 2nd group, Faculty of Law, budgetary form of education, Ivan Sergeevich Levin Tel. 7-979-332-09-76

Statement

I, Levin Ivan Sergeevich, ask you to assign me a social scholarship due to the fact that I am a disabled person of group II. I have attached the necessary documents for registration.

Date Signature

The rules for the appointment of social scholarships provide that the decision on whether to assign this type of assistance to a student or not belongs to the educational institution. It is adopted at a meeting of a special commission. Previously, the issue fell within the competence of social protection authorities.

Scholarship benefits are issued only to those students who can confirm that they have received state social assistance.

When, where and with what documents to apply

Certificates must be taken to the social protection department at the place of registration

First, you need to collect all the certificates for registration and take it to the department for social protection of the population at the student’s place of registration.

List of documents and certificates:

a certificate that provides information about the entire family registered with the student. It is issued at the passport office at the place of registration. It is valid for ten days and is issued with a passport and house register;
certificate of family earnings for the last three months. It should include: salaries, pensions, scholarships, alimony and other white family profits. This is a 2-NDFL certificate, and it is taken at work;
if a child lives separately from his parents or one of them, he still needs to provide 2-personal income tax from his parents.

Is there an academic social scholarship?

The concepts of “academic” and “social” scholarship are separated. These are different types of financial assistance to students.

The academic scholarship is a regular scholarship, which is paid to each student on the budget in case of successful completion of the session with “4” and “5”. Social scholarship is considered additional to the main scholarship, which is not of an incentive, but of a social nature. It is paid to socially vulnerable segments of the population, the categories of which are indicated above. However, their list can be expanded by the university at its own discretion if it has the means to sponsor additional categories.

Why may benefit payments be delayed?

Your main task is to study well

Social scholarship deductions are made monthly and on a set date, or a day or two before it if this date falls on a weekend or holiday.

All non-payments or delays are illegal manipulations. The student needs to contact the dean’s office with the question: “Where is my due?” in order to resolve the situation. If the management is in no hurry to resolve the issue and is in no hurry to pay the scholarship on time, then you can contact the authorities.

This is how the state, although modestly, still helps thirty percent of our student population with social scholarship payments.

And if you or your classmates have the right to such a benefit, do not hesitate to apply for it and postpone the application procedure. Moreover, now you know what is needed for this.

The presence of such help will make it easier to solve life’s difficulties and will provide an opportunity to focus on the student’s main task - to study well.

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Social scholarship amount in 2021

The amount of the scholarship is set by each institution individually, but it cannot be less than the standards established by Decree of the Government of the Russian Federation of December 17, 2016 N 1390 (as amended on April 21, 2018) “On the formation of a scholarship fund,” namely:

In college, lyceum and other institutions of secondary vocational education	809 rub.
In universities (bachelor's, specialist's, master's)	2227 rub.

According to the RF PP dated 07/02/2012 N 679 “On increasing scholarships...” the social scholarship for low-income public sector students of the 1st and 2nd year who study “good” and “excellent” has an increased amount - 6307 rubles .

Payment amount

The amount of the state social scholarship for students depends on the status of the student:

Type of scholarship
For students of technical schools, colleges (secondary special education)	890 rub.
For students of institutions of higher professional education	2452 rub.
For graduate students, assistants, residents, interns	3120 rub.
For graduate students of special technical or natural science specializations	7696 rub.

The increased scholarship, according to the letter of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation No. AK-180/05, is equal to 6307 rubles.

An educational institution may set payments higher than those indicated, but not lower, from its own budget.

Social scholarship during academic leave

Even if a student takes an academic degree, he will continue to receive a social scholarship (as opposed to a regular scholarship!). This is discussed in paragraph 23 of the Order of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation dated December 27, 2016 No. 1663. According to its provisions, a student’s being on academic leave is not grounds for termination of the payment (appointment) of a state social scholarship.

However, if during the academic period the basis on which the scholarship was paid disappears, the student will be deprived of it.

Example . Izmailov K.V. In the middle of the 4th year I took an academic leave lasting 1 year. 9 months after taking leave, he turned 23 years old. Meanwhile, accruals were made to him on the basis that he was an orphan. This category continues to enjoy benefits during their studies until they reach the age of 23. Upon reaching the specified age threshold, Izmailov K.V. stopped receiving payments while on academic leave, and therefore received an appropriate explanatory response from the dean’s office to his official request.

Who is eligible to receive?

Social scholarships at universities and colleges are available to the following categories of students::

Orphans and children deprived of parental care.
Children who have lost both (only) parents during their education.
Disabled people of the first and second groups, disabled children and disabled children.
Victims of radiation disasters.
Students who served in the military and became disabled during the service due to injury or illness.
Students who have completed military service for a period of three years under a contract.
Poor people who have confirmation of their status.

Is a social scholarship available to a group 3 disabled person since childhood? Yes, the law provides for the payment of assistance to such students.

Also, at the local level, other categories of persons who are entitled to social scholarships may be provided (for example, children from large families).

Do session debts affect the payment of social scholarships?

A state social scholarship is not an incentive for a student’s successful completion of an educational program. It acts as a measure of material support for students who find themselves in an unfavorable financial situation.

The condition for awarding a scholarship is one of the grounds specified in Art. 36 Federal Law “On Education in the Russian Federation”. There is no such item as “successfully passing the session” or “no debt” in the article. The law does not provide for the suspension of the payment of state social scholarships if there is arrears based on the results of the session. Therefore, depriving the student of payments will be unjustified. Also, the university cannot prescribe such a condition in its regulations.

How much does the state pay?

Federal legislation fixes the minimum indicator of this payment, below which educational institutions have no right to count the benefit.

The amount of funds provided varies depending on the level of education the student receives.

For 2021, the following state aid standards have been established:

856 rubles monthly - received by students in college, technical school and other secondary vocational educational institutions;
2452 rubles monthly – for university students in specialist, bachelor’s and master’s programs.

The amounts indicated above are only the minimum limit, below which a social scholarship simply cannot be paid. Each educational institution sets its own amount of social benefits for its students.

The amount of funds expected for such material assistance to students is determined by the Government of the Russian Federation and municipal authorities when planning their budgets.
Each application is considered individually by the management of each educational institution, after which the amount of the social scholarship for the student is determined.

Payment procedure

The social grant is paid every month. Every year, the student is required to confirm the existence of grounds for receiving it. Namely, before the start of the academic year, you need to collect documents again and submit an application along with a certificate to the dean’s office.

Payments are terminated only if the basis for its assignment is lost, as well as the student’s expulsion from the educational institution.

If a student has taken academic leave, maternity leave, or child care leave, the payment of the social scholarship does not stop.

According to Article 36 of the Federal Law “On Education in the Russian Federation,” a state social scholarship is assigned from the date of submission to the dean’s office of a document confirming the appointment of state social assistance, for one year from the date of appointment of the specified state social assistance.

This means that the scholarship will be paid on the day the certificate of appointment of the social scholarship is submitted, and it will be paid within a calendar year from the date of submission to the day on which the certificate is dated.

Example . Kolomoytsev T.G. On February 18, 2021, I brought to the dean’s office a document confirming the assignment of state social assistance. It shows an issue date of January 21, 2021. Thus, the scholarship will be paid to him from February 18, 2021 to January 21, 2021.

Peculiarities when assigning scholarship payments?

Current laws provide for situations where social scholarships may be awarded in excess of the required norm.

This advantage is given to needy first- and second-year students studying full-time and on a budget basis, in a bachelor's or specialist program.

In addition, the above students must have Fr. In this case, the student receives financial assistance in the amount of 6,307 rubles (for certain regions, a regional coefficient is added).

An increased social stipend is assigned based on the results of the session.

However, to receive this type of government assistance is provided for low-income families, so it is documented.

Providing social The scholarship is not interrupted even when a student goes on maternity leave for up to three years due to the pregnancy and birth of a child, as well as during academic leave.

In case of loss of a breadwinner

In such a situation, government agencies assign an increased social benefit for each student who finds himself in such a situation.

The scholarship is awarded monthly throughout your studies at the educational institution.

However, in this case, only students who have reached the age of twenty-three can fully apply for an increased social scholarship.

This status can also be assigned to parents who are alive, but have significantly lost their level of income.

For nonresident students

The current legislation, and its specific Federal Law No. 273, determines that students who come from other regions to receive secondary specialized or higher education can fully receive social scholarships.

The only condition is compliance with preferential criteria and the form of training prescribed by law.

In addition to the standard list of documentation, nonresident students will need a certificate of form No. 9, indicating temporary registration in the hostel.
In addition, receipts for payment of the required amount of funds for living in the housing provided must be attached.

✨ Summary

Let's summarize:

The persons listed in paragraph 5 of Art. have the right to receive a social scholarship. 36 of the Federal Law of December 29, 2012 No. 273.
The scholarship amount is 809 rubles. for college students and 2,227 rubles. for university students. This is the minimum amount established by law, but a particular educational institution may change the amount upward.
The package of documents for applying for a scholarship depends on which category of recipient the student belongs to.

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