In June 2007 twelve students entitled to scholarships signed a petition addressed to the TU/e Scholarship Foundation. It requested compensation of flight tickets for graduates to their homelands. The subscribers received their scholarships for the first time in the academic year 2005-2006, and the amount has meanwhile been raised. New students entitled to the Master scholarship for students from outside the European Economic Area receive compensation amounting to 17,000 euros. After deduction of tuition and fees this leaves an amount of 730 euros per month, as against a monthly payment of 650 euros received by the subscribers. The latter therefore wanted their return trip to be compensated for by the TU/e and filed the petition.
Dr. Karen Ali, head of the TU/e Education and Student Service Center (STU), informs us that the TU/e will not comply with this request. The TU/e scholarship program is developing with the years, like many other scholarship programs. Criteria and amounts are determined annually for each new group of incoming students. Ali stresses that scholarships must for these reasons be regarded as independent items and may not be compared with earlier or later groups. Each student accepting a scholarship has been duly notified of the criteria, she says, and signs a contract with the TU/e Scholarship Foundation including the conditions. Consequently, compensation is out of the question.

In a response to the denial one of the subscribers says that none of them has taken or will take further action to get compensation for the ticket yet.
In the meantime most of the subscribers have graduated and left for their homelands. Those who are still in Eindhoven at present prefer not to be mentioned by name; they would rather leave the matter behind them./.