Can I get aid for summer school?

Financial Aid
Summer financial aid applicants must complete and submit the online Summer Financial Aid Request form on GROWL no later than May 1, 2010.
Students must also complete a 2010-11 FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) by March 2, 2010 and submit all documents required to complete your financial aid application by May 1, 2010 in order to be considered for summer financial assistance (an exception to the above deadlines may be made for incoming Teaching Credential students).
The following categories of students are eligible for summer financial assistance:
  • UC Riverside undergraduate students
  • Current Teaching Credential students and new Teaching Credential students who are admitted on a regular or conditional basis for fall quarter 2010
Undergraduate students are required to enroll on a full-time basis (12 units minimum) for financial aid consideration. (Enrolled units for first and second session will be combined to determine your enrollment status.) An exception will be made for seniors who will graduate by the end of winter quarter 2011. Graduating seniors must enroll on at least a half-time basis (6 units minimum) for financial aid consideration.
Aid available to undergraduate students
  • Federal Pell Grants (with qualifying expected family contribution)
  • UCR Grants for students with grant need
  • Federal Direct PLUS Loans for dependent students
NOTES: Students enrolled for all three quarters of the 2010-11 academic year in addition to summer are limited to the annual maximum award limits from the Pell Grant program. No additional Pell Grant is available for summer enrollment.
Financial Aid refunds (for non-fee expenses) will not be available until after the first week of the summer session. Financial aid awarded to students who drop below 12 units (6 units for graduating seniors) will be canceled and the student will be billed for any aid disbursed to pay fees or issued in a refund.
Students must have maintained satisfactory academic progress in order to be eligible for summer funding. Refer to the Satifactory Academic Progress guidelines for more information.
Teaching Credential students who are required by their program to enroll in summer courses may apply to receive federal aid by enrolling in 6 units or more.
Aid available to Teaching Credential students*
  • Federal Pell Grants (with qualifying expected family contribution)
  • Federal Direct Stafford Loans
  • Federal Direct PLUS Loans for dependent students
*NOTE: Teaching Credential students who are concurrently enrolled in the M.Ed. program are eligible for Federal Direct Stafford Loans only.
Teaching Credential students enrolled for all three quarters of the 2010-11 academic year in addition to summer are limited to the annual maximum award limits from the Pell Grant and federal Stafford Loan programs. No additional aid is available for summer enrollment.
Summer Education Abroad Program and Summer UCDC and UC Sacramento participants should NOT complete the Summer Financial Aid Request. The Financial Aid Office will be notified directly by your program of your summer enrollment. If you have completed your FAFSA application and submitted any required documents to the Financial Aid Office by our May 1, 2010 on-time deadline, you will then be awarded any aid for which you may qualify.
The following categories of students are not eligible for summer financial assistance:
  • Part time students (see exceptions above)
  • Graduate students (contact your graduate department about available graduate assistance funds)
  • New Teaching Credential students who are admitted on a provisional basis for fall quarter 2010.