Dear Student, Laziodisu continues in its effort to improve its services and to streamline the procedures for the participation to the call, in order to guarantee the right to education to as many students as possible. Accepting the requests received during the meetings between the students and Commissioner Prof. Carmelo Ursino, Laziodisu canceled the penalty of €500 from the call for the 2015/2016 academic year, which was formerly applied to those students who gave up their accommodation after October 18, and has improved the conditions for unmarried students with children under three years old. In the 2015/2016 call we also introduced some major changes, both in the modality of transmission of the application and in the compilation of the form. As you probably already know, from this academic year the application can no longer be forwarded by registered mail: this will now take place through the PIN. Keep your PIN with care: it is essential for the transmission of the application and of all the required Documents. We have also simplified the form: if you are an Italian student, you will not be asked to enter the value of your ISEE or the equivalence scale of your family anymore. This way, we will reduce the margin of error on your part and we will undertake the necessary checks at INPS. Inside the page on the call, published on the website www.laziodisu.it, you'll also find the link to the guide prepared by INPS to help you compiling the ISEE. Consult it to learn about the changes introduced by the new legislation, but if in doubt you'll want to seek help from your trusted CAF office: please remember, the correct compilation of the ISEE and its signing by September 9, 2015, is an essential requirement of the call. Given the positive feedback about the aid instruments to the compilation of the call, we have confirmed the toll-free number 800723999: you can ask operators general information about deadlines and requirements. The service will be available from 9 AM to 7 PM. To help you correctly fill out the online form, we updated the "step by step" guide we proposed last year. We invite you to read it and use it as a support to prevent those errors that may occur during the compilation and that may deprive you of an opportunity such as a scholarship or the accommodation. If you can't find the answer you are looking for in the guide, or if your situation is not listed among those described in the call and then you need some personalized information, please contact the “Benefits” offices of your territorial ADISU of reference (their addresses are present in the call and in the guide). Finally, do not forget that the Public Relations Office of Laziodisu is at your disposal from Monday to Thursday from 9 AM to 1:30 PM and from 2:30 PM to 4 PM and on Fridays from 9 AM to 1 PM at the number 06.4970241. If you prefer, you can also write an email to [email protected]: the office is committed to answer within three business days, but will still try to shorten the waiting times as much as possible. Remember that Regione Lazio, besides the benefits and services listed in this call, offers other opportunities to students, to make the right to knowledge concrete: for example, the "Torno Subito" and "Act" projects, financed through the funds of the European Union. To learn more, please visit the website of the Region. 2 • CONTENTS TITLE I – General principles, actions and classification of recipients Art. 1 – General principles … p.4 Art. 2 – Definitions … p.4 Art. 3 – Benefits and services on call … p.4 Art. 4 – Recipients of the benefits … p.5 Art. 5 – Duration of the benefits …p.6 TITLE II – Merit requirements and Documents Art. 6 – Determination of the merit requirements … p.7 Art. 7 – Determination of merit requirements for disabled students... p.10 Art. 8 – Bonuses... p.11 Art. 9 – Transfers and new enrollment following a renunciation … p.12 Art.10 – Regional tax … p.13 TITLE III – Income requirements and related documents Art. 11 – Determination of the income requirements … p.13 Art. 12 – Documents related to income for non-EU students - Certificate of the Italian Embassy or Consulate...p.14 Art. 13 – Documents related to the economic requirements for EU students – Self-certification... p. 15 TITLE IV – Benefits on call and services Art. 14 – Classification of the students…. p.15 Art. 15 – Scholarships... p.17 Art. 16 – Accommodation... p.19 Art.17 – Contribution for the international mobility of the students... p.23 Art. 18 – Graduation award... p.24 TITLE V – Presenting and completing the applications Art.19 – Procedures and modalities of compilation and presentation of the applications... p.24 Art.20 – Deadlines... p. 26 TITLE VI – Calculation, publication and movements of the lists Art.21 – Lists calculation criteria... p. 26 Art.22 – Publication of the calls outcome... p. 28 Art. 23 – Causes of exclusion and forfeiture... p. 28 TITLE VI - Checks and revocations, penalties, reporting requirements Art.24 – Checks... p. 30 Art.25 – Information pursuant to Legislative Decree 196/2003... p.31 Annexes 3 • TITLE I – GENERAL PRINCIPLES, ACTIONS AND CLASSIFICATION OF RECIPIENTS Art.1 – General principles In accordance with the provisions of the DPCM (rule-making) of April 9 2001 "Uniform treatment regarding the right to higher education, in accordance with Article 4 of the law on Dec. 2, 1991, n. 390", by Decree of March 29, 2012 n. 68 "Review of the rules and principles governing the right to study and the enhancement of the legally recognized universities, pursuant to the delegation provided for in Article 5, paragraph 1, letter a) second sentence, and d), of the Law of December 30, 2010, no. 240, and according to the principles and criteria set out in paragraph 3, letter f), and paragraph 6", as well as by state and regional law regarding the right to study, Laziodisu governs the access to the benefits on call for the 2015/2016 academic year. The students that apply for the benefits must meet the requirements of both income and merit established by this call. Requests shall be submitted using the self-certification1 concerning the information requested by the on- line form, except as provided for students from outside the European Union. Art. 2 - Definitions For the purposes of this call, the meaning are as follows: a) "University" means the university institutions listed in Annex A and every other state or non-state university, university institutes, higher learning arts and music institutes, with their registered office in the Lazio region, that release educational qualifications with legal value, listed later in this call simply as "University"; b) "student" means a student who is enrolled in courses at the universities mentioned above; c) "winner": the student who meet the requirements of merit and income referred to in this call that qualifies for the publication of the list; d) "eligible non-winner": the student who, even if he/she meets the requirements of merit and income, does qualify for the winners list for lack of availability; e) "freshmen students": students who enroll in the first year of the program (three-year degree, bachelor degree, master degree, graduate schools, doctoral courses, etc.); f) "students enrolled for subsequent years": students enrolled in any year after the first; g) "disabled students": students with disabilities recognized in Italy of at least 66%2, or with a recognition of disability in accordance with art. 3, paragraph 3, of Law February 5, 1992, no.104; h) "local students" students resident in the municipality of the university course of study they attend, and students at online universities; i) "commuter students": students living in the municipalities listed in Annex B of this call or otherwise at a distance of less than 50 kilometers from the seat of the university degree program they attend; j) "non-resident students": students living in regions other than Lazio or in the municipalities listed in Annex C of this call, or otherwise over 50 km. From the seat of the university; k) "calculated commuters": students who, despite having the characteristics required for “non-resident students”, do not own a regular rent contract for a minimum of 10 months, in the municipality where they attend their courses, using public residential facilities or other private accommodation; Art. 3 – Benefits and services on call 1. Scholarships 1 Art. 46, 47, 71, 75 and 76 of DPR n.o. 445/2001 2 DPCM Aprile9, 2001, Art.14 4 Laziodisu, in order to facilitate the skilled and deserving students yet without financial means, provides -subject to the funds available- a scholarship for the attendance of courses. The maximum amounts are set as follows:3 € 1,929.22 for "local" students; € 2,821.67 for "commuter" students; € 5,118.36 for "non-resident" students. 2. Accommodation Laziodisu, in order to reduce the discomfort of the distance from the university seat and to facilitate the attendance to university courses, assigns to the extent of their availability, for a period of up to eleven months, accommodation places at its facilities to those who are enrolled by November 18, 2015. Only "non-resident students" enrolled in Universities with their registered office in Lazio can apply for accommodation. 3. Contributions to international mobility Students benefiting from Laziodisu scholarships, enrolled at the Universities of Lazio, including those enrolled in doctorate courses, are entitled within the limits of the availability of funds to the integration of the scholarship for the participation to the international mobility programs, once for each degree cycle.