Reduced functional ability

The information below apply for those who are in an education that entitles to basic support. If you are in upper secondary school and receive the grant for course materials or housing grant, you cannot receive this grant.
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For those who cannot work

If you have reduced functional ability and are unable to work beside your studies, you may be eligible for an additional grant.

The grant is NOK 4,572 per month, or NOK 50,292 for an entire academic year if you have support for eleven months. If you are studying part time, the grant is based on the number of credits you will be taking.

In order to be entitled to the grant, you must be able to study but unable to work besides your studies, because this will have a negative impact on your academic progress. A physician or specialist must confirm this in the application.

You may not have any salaried employment 

You may not have any salaried employment at all as long as you receive the additional grant. If you receive payment for holding office in an organisation or for an internship related to your studies, or if you do unpaid voluntary work, you can still receive the grant.

If you receive benefits from Nav, you may also receive the grant, but if your social security benefits or your assets exceed Lånekassen’s limits, part or all the grant, may be converted into a loan.

Go to the application for the additional grant
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Grants and loans in summer

If you are unable to have a summer job because you have reduced functional ability, you may be entitled to grants and loans for twelve months.

This means that you receive basic support and grants according to the normal rates during summer as well, even if you are not studying then. You may also receive the additional grant due to reduced functional ability in the summer.

Use a separate form to apply for grants and loans in the summer

In order to be entitled to grants and loans in the summer, you must have a disability the prevents you from holding or acquiring a summer job. A physician or specialist must confirm this in the application.

You may not have any salaried employment at all in the summer if you receive summer support, and you have yo continue your education the following autumn. You may not receive summer support after you have finished your education.

Application deadline

The application deadline for the summer of 2026 is 15 August 2026. 

Go to the application for summer support
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Have you been delayed due to reduced functional ability?

If the teaching environment or study situation is not adapted to your reduced functional ability, you may in certain cases receive the basic support as a grant while you make up the delay.

If you can prove that your education has been delayed because the educational institution has failed adapt teaching for you, you do not lose the right to grants and loans, even if you are delayed in excess of 60 study credits. You will also receive the basic support as a grant for the period you spend making up the delay.

To submit documentation, you must first log in with BankID.

Ordinarily you may only receive loans and grants for a total of eight years. However, if you are delayed due to disability, you may receive loans and grants for more than eight years.

How to apply