Overview
Students facing serious temporary financial difficulty can request a one-off CROUS specific allowance after social assessment; for 2026–2027 a single award can reach the equivalent of CROUS scholarship echelon 2 (€3,071), with cumulative one-off aid capped at twice that amount (€6,142) within the academic year.
Complete grant details
The one-off specific allowance addresses serious temporary financial hardship. Students contact the CROUS social service, which evaluates the request and presents it to the relevant commission. The official rules cap one one-off payment at the annual amount of scholarship echelon 2. Based on the official 2026–2027 CROUS scale, echelon 2 is €3,071. Several one-off awards may be granted during the year, but their cumulative amount may not exceed twice that echelon-2 amount, or €6,142 for 2026–2027.
Eligibility requirements
Applicants must be enrolled students experiencing serious temporary financial difficulty and must meet the scheme’s conditions after CROUS social assessment. The official page normally limits applicants to under 35 on 1 September of the academic year, except students recognised as disabled.
Tips for this grant
Practical Job and Scholarship guidance. These tips do not replace official rules or create new eligibility requirements.
- Check eligibility, funding coverage, study/project level and every required document before investing time in the application.
- Prepare transcripts, references, language tests, proposal/motivation statement and proof documents early.
- Separate the scholarship deadline from any university/program admission deadline; they may be different.
- Treat “fully funded” as a source fact only when the official provider explicitly confirms the covered costs.
Verification notes
Primary Étudiant.gouv.fr specific-aid page and current 2026–2027 national scholarship scale verified 6 September 2026. One-off aid is capped at the annual echelon-2 amount, currently €3,071, with cumulative awards capped at twice that amount. No national closing date is stated; deadline remains null. Repository search found no matching current record.
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