The Studentenwerk has set up an aid fund for students who find themselves in financial hardship due to rising energy prices. This is possible thanks to the emergency aid from the state of Lower Saxony for the Studentenwerke, which was decided at the end of 2022.

If you meet the following requirements, you can apply to us for an energy cost assistance:

• Your financial hardship was triggered by increased energy costs
• You are enrolled at one of the universities in Göttingen and you have your residence in Germany
• You do not live with your parents or in a dormitory of the Studentenwerk
• Your monthly income is less than 800 euros
• You do not receive BAföG. (Since the subsidy is public funding, it would be fully counted towards BAföG and thus deducted. In addition, BAföG recipients have already received a heating cost subsidy at least once, depending on the period of entitlement (2022: 230 euros, 2023: 345 euros).
• You have not received housing allowance for at least one month from September 1st, 2022 to December 31st, 2022 (and therefore no heating cost subsidy in the amount of 415 euros).
• Attention! Even if you have already submitted an application for the federal government’s energy cost allowance (www.einmalzahlung200.de), you can take advantage of our energy cost subsidy!

The following documents are to be submitted:

• complete application with signature
• Certificate of enrollment SoSe 2023
• Copy of identity card or passport + registration certificate or residence permit + registration certificate
• Bank statements for the last two months

The energy cost allowance is a one-time fee of 300 euros.

Applications can be submitted by mail to energiekostenbeihilfe(at)studentenwerk-goettingen.de. 

Attention: for reasons of data security, we cannot receive Word or Excel files. PDF files and image files are possible.

Start: April 1, 2023.

Please note that our emergency fund resources are limited. Once these have been used up, no further assistance can be requested.

Here you can find: Hinweise zum Datenschutz § 13 DSGVO.