The Active Social Fund is a subsidiary social support, which aims to contribute to the consolidation of school careers and stimulation of enhancing the academic and professional qualifications of students, particularly those from holders of aggregates with an average per capita income, in the immediate periphery of current levels maximum eligible income, or other equivalent situations, including those determined by increased financial stress of households, given the increased contribution of the students in the costs of education, with the consequent lowering of disposable income, likely to affect or reflect the normal route school students.
Students must be eligible for their course of choosing, and must be able to show financial need.