Thesis financial aid is for eligible students attending Spanish schools who can prove that they have a specific educational support need.
There are two types:
- Students with special educational needs due to disabilities, severe behavioural or communication/language disorders or autism spectrum disorders. These students must be at one of the following stages of education:
- Pre-school education.
- Primary education.
- Compulsory secondary education.
- Baccalaureate.
- Basic vocational training courses.
- Intermediate and advanced vocational training courses.
- Professional art studies.
- “Preparing for adulthood” programmes.
- Other vocational training programmes.
- Gifted students. These students must be at one of the following stages of education:
- Primary education.
- Compulsory secondary education.
- Baccalaureate.
- Intermediate and advanced vocational training courses.
- Professional art studies.
- Age:
- Be 2 years old by December 31, 2023, in the case of students with a disability or severe behavioral disorder or communication and language disorder or autistic spectrum disorder. Exceptionally, aid may be granted to students under the age of two provided that the corresponding teams certify the need for early schooling due to the characteristics of the disability.
- Be 6 years old by December 31, 2023, in the case of students with high intellectual abilities.
- Registration in the municipal register: Yes, in any municipality in Spain.
- Legal residence: EU citizens must provide proof of permanent residence in Spain. Non-EU citizens (except those under 18) must be holders of a valid residence permit as of 31 December 2023.
- Necessary documentation: Spanish national identity document (DNI), identity card for foreign nationals (TIE), passports for all members of the family unit.
- Income: Income will be calculated by adding the incomes of all relevant family members. The following income thresholds or limits will apply based on the family unit’s income during fiscal year 2023:
| Members of the family unit | Income thresold (euros) |
|---|---|
| 1 | 12,534 |
| 2 | 20,416 |
| 3 | 26,811 |
| 4 | 31,801 |
| 5 | 36,089 |
| 6 | 40,229 |
| 7 | 44,143 |
| 8 | 48,031 |
| Additional members | 3,856 |
Income from economic activities or holdings in companies, meanwhile, may not exceed 155,500 euros in 2023.
The following deductions will be made to the family income:
- 50% of the income of any relevant member who is not the main breadwinner.
- 2,000 euros if the applicant is a member of a large family.
- 4,000 euros for the applicant and for each of their siblings with a legally certified disability of 33% or more.
- 1,176 euros for each sibling of the applicant under 25 who is pursuing a university degree in the Spanish education system and does not live at the family home, if there are two or more students living away from the family home to study at university.
- 20% of the family income if the applicant is under 25 and both parents are deceased.
- 500 euros if the applicant is from a single-parent family. A single-parent family is a family composed of a single adult, who is also the sole breadwinner, living with one or more children under 25 years, or older if they have physical, mental or sensory disabilities, or who is responsible for one or more minors in permanent foster care or in custody with a view to adoption.
There are two cases in which financial aid may be awarded even if the family is above the financial thresholds:
- Students from large families with specific educational support needs due to a disability, severe behavioural disorder, a communication and language disorder or autism spectrum disorder may be awarded a transport and school dinner allowance (for the specific amounts, see the “Amount and Frequency” section).
- Students who can prove that they have specific educational support needs will be awarded the fixed-amount allowance for additional general expenses (for the specific amounts, see the “Amount and Frequency” section).
-Assets: Family units are eligible for scholarships if the relevant members do not own urban (or rural) properties (excluding the primary home) with a total assessed value exceeding 42,900 euros as of 31 December 2023.
Furthermore, the sum of all the reduced net income from investments plus the positive net balance of all the capital gains and losses of the relevant family members may not be higher than 1,700 euros.
Incompatibilities:
These scholarships cannot be applied at the same time as any scholarship or financial aid awarded for the same purpose, or as the general scholarships awarded by the Spanish Ministry of Education, Vocational Training and Sports.
Amount and frequency:
Students with specific educational support needs due to a disability, severe behavioural disorder, communication and language disorder or autism spectrum disorder:
- Tuition: up to €862
- School transport: up to €617
- School dinner: up to €574
- School boarding: up to €1,795
- Transport for going home at the weekends (for pupils boarding in special education schools): up to €442
- In-city transport: up to €308
- Books and teaching materials in primary education, compulsory secondary education and basic vocational training: up to €105 (or up to €204 for other post-compulsory education)
- Pedagogical or language therapy: as may be established as necessary and sufficient in each case, up to a maximum of €913 each.
Students from large families with specific educational support needs due to a disability, severe behavioural disorder, communication and language disorder or autism spectrum disorder, who are above the financial thresholds:
- Intercity transport allowance: up to €617
- In-city transport allowance: up to €308
- School dinner allowance: up to €574
Students with specific educational support needs associated with being gifted:
- Participation in specific programmes: up to €913
Students who can prove that they have specific educational support needs will be awarded the fixed-amount allowance for additional general expenses even if they are above the financial thresholds:
- The amount of this financial aid is €400.