Corona Bridging Assistance: WERK

You are enrolled at a state-approved university or technical college
You study full-time and are not being on leave
You are NOT studying at a Technical College for Administration or a Bundeswehr University
You are NOT completing a part-time study, studying alongside your job or are a guest student/auditor
You are demonstrably in a financial distress due to the corona crisis
There are less than 500,- Euro on your bank account at the time of the application for interim aid

✔ You were able to check all of the points?

Great, that’s the basics. Now of course you want to know how much money you can get. You can file your application directly online. You’ll get a feedback very soon on all the information on your new application.

✘ You had to negate one or more points?

Contact us and get advise by our social consultants on how we can help you with other financial tools. Remember: The exception proves the rule. We’d love to help you.

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Application stage

In just a few steps you submit your apply for interim aid via this application stage. Clear, quick, paperless! Info: Doesn't work with Internet Explorer

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Frequently asked questions
FAQ for students

In a nutshell

The Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) is reactivating the interim financial aid for the winter semester, i.e. the months of November 2020 until end of September 2021, in order to help again those students who are demonstrably in an acute, pandemic-related (economic or financial) emergency and require immediate support.
You can apply for interim financial aid if you are a German or international student enrolled at a public-funded and government-recognised higher education institution in Germany.
Those already receiving loans, grants or other support during the reference month may nevertheless obtain interim financial aid. Depending on proven need, you could receive between 100 € and 500 € as a non-repayable allowance.
Those with more than 500 € in their bank account at the time of submitting an application will not receive this interim financial aid and should please not file an application.
Applications can be submitted from November 2020 on, and must be renewed for each further month one at a time
Please submit your application online to the local student service organisation (Studierendenwerk or Studentenwerk – STW). Based on the details you have provided in your application, the STW will decide whether aid is granted within the limits of the budgetary funds available. The order of processing of applications is generally guided by the time of receipt of the complete documents by the respective student service organisation.
You are not legally entitled to the award of interim financial aid. You confirm this when you submit your application by recognition of the ancilliary provisions.
Applications must be submitted online. Please use the most recent version of Internet-Browsers Chrome, Firefox or Opera, or the current standard browsers of mobile devices. If you use Edge as a browser, please update to Edge Chrome version 83.x. or higher. The system does not support versions of Internet Explorer.
Applications are submitted to the student service organisation (STW) operating for the higher education institution in Germany that you are studying at. In the case of an institution with several locations, the student service organisation where the head office of your higher education institution is located will be responsible for processing your application. In the case of higher education institutions without relevant student service organisations, the German National Association for Student Affairs (Deutsches Studentenwerk – DSW) will determine which student service organisation is responsible.
If you cannot find your higher education institution in Germany (only higher education institutions – but no other schools – are eligible) in the following list, please send an Email to ueberbrueckungshilfe-studierende@studentenwerke.de