👨‍🎓 Didn’t receive a state grant: what other options do applicants have In 2026, about 127 thousand applications were submitted for state educational grants, and more than 75 received them thousands of applicants. But a state grant is not the only opportunity to study for free. Graduates can apply for akimat and internal university grants, programs of the Kazakhstan Khalkyna Foundation, as well as educational grants from large companies. For example, this year akimats allocated 2,392 grants, Kazakhstani universities - more than 2 thousand internal grants, and the Kazakhstan Khalkyna Foundation - another 350.