Many students volunteer in various projects. In doing so, they often have to make tight calculation in order to be able to realize their intention at all. The Studierendenwerk West:Brandenburg promotes cultural and social projects of students for students.
In case you have a project that needs to be promoted, please read our Directive on the allocation of funds from semester fees to students and student projects in advance. Please send us the project application via E-Mail to presse[at]stwwb.de.
Students from universities in our area of responsibility or their student representatives (AStA or Studierendenrat) can apply for project funds.
The Studierendenwerk West:Brandenburg supports cultural and social student projects outside university. We do not fund projects that are primarily created and implemented in the context of university courses and activities.
We have funded for example:
For applications of up to 1,500 €, the management of the Studierendenwerk will decide on the project application at any time – there are no deadlines, and applications can be submitted at any time. For higher amounts, the approval of the Board of Directors is required. The Board makes its decision during one of its three annual meetings. Please note that all documents must be received by us at least six weeks before the meeting date in order to allow for timely review and decision-making.
Next meetings Board of Directors: 29.06.2026, 30.11.2026
Deadline for student project applications (more than 1.500 €): 18.05.2026, 19.10.2026
If you are planning to apply for project funding, please read our Directive on the allocation of funds from semester fees to students and student projects. Send the project application with the appropriate documents to presse[at]stwwb.de.
Requirements:
Please note: Project applications submitted by email should not exceed a file size of 10 MB. Otherwise, the application may not be delivered.
The Studierendenwerk West:Brandenburg must be mentioned as a sponsor together with our logo. Otherwise, we will deduct 10 % of the funding.
We als need a short project evaluation containing information on number of visitors, financing, media coverage, feedback. The eveluation can be sent to presse[at]stwwb.de.
The project funds must be settled as quickly as possible, at the latest 2 months after the end of the project.
We need from you:
1. A tabular list of all expenses
2. The following attachments to the tabular list
Original documents (or copies, if originals are not available) for all items, provided with the serial number from the table
A proof of payment for each item:
If necessary, the original documents can be sent back to the project managers after the examination.
For questions about project billing, please contact our accountancy.
Privacy Policy Project Funding
We take the protection of your private data very seriously, i.e. we treat the data entrusted to us in strict confidence in accordance with the applicable data protection regulations and handle it responsibly. Therefore, we would like to inform you here about how we implement data protection regulations at the Studentenwerk Potsdam and which personal data we process for the our project funding service.
1. Name and contact details of the data controller and the company data protection officer
The Studentenwerk Potsdam, Babelsberger Straße 02, 14473 Potsdam (referred to as “we” in the text), is the controller in the sense of the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). Our company data protection officer can be reached at datenschutz@stwwb.de.
2. Collection and storage of personal data and the nature, purpose and use thereof
We process data related to your application for funding of a student project in the social, health or cultural field in order to check the requirements for the application and to provide payments. If you do not provide the necessary data, it will not be possible to make a decision on the matter and pay out financial aid.
We only process your personal data for the fulfilment of the public tasks assigned to us in accordance with § 81 Para. 3 of the Brandenburg Higher Education Act (BbgHG) for preventive health care, care or treatment in the health or social sector and for general advice and information. The processing is based on the following legal grounds:
The legal basis for the processing of your personal data is Art. 6 Para. 1 lit e) GDPR. According to this provision, the processing of personal data by public bodies is permissible if it is necessary for the performance of the task covered by the competence of the controller or in the exercise of official authority vested in the controller. Furthermore, data processing is carried out on the basis of your consent (Art. 6 Para. 1 a) GDPR) in the context of preventive health care or care or treatment in the health and social sector (§ 22 Para. 1 No. 1 b) Federal Data Protection Act (BDSG)) or to fulfil a legal obligation (Art. 6 Para. 1 c) GDPR).
Should the data be required for any legal action after the conclusion of the procedures, data processing may be carried out on the basis of the requirements of Art. 6 GDPR, in particular to safeguard legitimate interests pursuant to Art. 6 Para. 1 lit. f) GDPR. Our interest then consists of asserting or defending claims.
According to Art. 6 Para. 1 P. 1 lit. c GDPR, we may store your data for up to 10 years due to tax and commercial law retention and documentation obligations as well as professional retention periods.
3. Passing on data
Your personal data will not be transferred to third parties. Internal bodies shall only be granted access to data for which they are responsible for processing or within the scope of their tasks. Furthermore, personal data is processed on our behalf on the basis of contracts pursuant to Art. 28 GDPR, which ensure that the data processing is carried out in a permissible manner. A transfer to a third country does not take place and is not intended.
4. Your rights
You have the right to:
5. Necessity of providing personal data
The provision of personal data is neither mandatory nor are you obliged to provide it. The provision of your data is, however, necessary for optimal and tailor-made counselling for you.
6. No automated decision making
There is no automated decision making in individual cases within the meaning of Art. 22 GDPR.
