Zois scholarships

Zois Scholarship is intended for secondary school students, university students, and adult learners as an incentive for achieving outstanding accomplishments and thereby creating added value in the fields of knowledge, research, development, and the arts.

Zois Scholarships are awarded to the most successful applicants who meet the general and specific conditions:

• demonstrate at least one appropriate outstanding achievement,

• achieve the required school or study performance,

• also meet the other required conditions, and

• progress to a higher level of education at which they have not yet received a Zois Scholarship (e.g., transition from secondary school to university), or enroll in a higher year at the same level of education where they have not yet received the scholarship (e.g., transition from the 1st to the 2nd year of secondary school).

Publication of the Call

The Fund publishes the public call for the award of Zois Scholarships each year no later than the end of June.

Scolarship Amount*

	Scholarship amount:	Possible supplements:
for secondary school students	EUR 150.96 per month* abroad: EUR 301.92 per month*	for accommodation: EUR 100.64* for students with special needs: EUR 62.90*
for university students	EUR 176.12 per month* abroad: EUR 352.25 per month*	for accommodation: EUR 100.64* for scholarship holders with special needs: EUR 62.90*

*Scholarship amounts valid as of 1 March 2025. The Zois Scholarship amount is adjusted in accordance with the law governing the adjustment of transfers to individuals and households in the Republic of Slovenia.

Compatibility with Other Scholarships

The Zois Scholarship is not compatible with the Ad futura Scholarship, nor with the Scholarship for Slovenians Abroad and Worldwide.

From the 2024/2025 school/academic year onwards, it is possible to receive a state scholarship simultaneously with the Zois Scholarship. In accordance with Article 19 of the Scholarship Act, a recipient of a state scholarship is not entitled to a performance supplement if they are simultaneously receiving both a state scholarship and a Zois Scholarship. The performance supplement is awarded only to the state scholarship. If the recipient of a state scholarship has already received the performance supplement and is granted a Zois Scholarship for the same school/academic year, they must return the already received performance supplement amounts.

At the same time as receiving a Zois Scholarship, it is also possible to receive a company scholarship (unless prohibited by its terms), a scholarship for shortage occupations, and an Ad futura scholarship for study visits or participation in knowledge or research competitions.

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