2024-2025 FAFSA Changes

Changes Coming to the 2024-2025 FAFSA studentaid.gov for updates to the FAFSA release. You can use the Aid Estimator Tool to see an estimate of how much aid you may be eligible for. Note: this does not replace the FAFSA and is only meant to be a tool for students and families to better understand […]

Forms Portal – 2026 – 2027 Academic Year

On-Time Financial Aid Deadline Appeal Domestic Consortium Agreement Request Housing Status Change Form Increased Cost of Attendance Form Submit completed forms to the Secure File Upload Consortium Agreement for Students Participating in a Study Abroad Program

FAFSA Frequently Asked Questions

The Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) is the form used by the U.S. Department of Education to determine your Student Aid Index (SAI). The data collected is used to conduct a “needs analysis” based on financial information, such as income, assets and other household information, which you (and your parents, if you are […]

Faculty and Staff

The Office of Student Financial Aid Services offers an Online Scholarship Workflow Platform through Kuali Build! To access the workflow, please go to uconn.kualibuild.com and log in using your Net ID and password. This platform should be used to ensure scholarship awards (funded by KFS and Foundation Accounts) are added to a student’s financial aid […]

Submit Documents

For detailed instructions on how to submit your documents via Secure File Upload, please view the information on this page available in the dropdown menus below. Please Note: The best method to ensure your documents are processed swiftly is to submit scanned copies. For directions on best practices for scanning documents using mobile devices (Android […]

Summer & Winter Programs

Interested in taking summer classes at UConn? You may have Federal Pell Grant or Federal Direct Loan eligibility remaining to assist you with your summer fee bill. Review the Summer Federal Pell Grant for Undergraduate Students and Summer Federal Direct Loan and Annual Loan Limit tabs below to help determine if you have remaining eligibility. You […]

Steps to Aid

I have submitted my FAFSA. Now what? Once a student has been accepted to UConn and the Office of Student Financial Aid Services (OSFAS) has received their FAFSA data, they will receive an email communication after mid-March.    This communication will direct students to access the Student Administration System either to:  Identify what additional documentation […]

Financial Aid Checklist

Complete the FAFSA at http://www.fafsa.gov The FAFSA becomes available on October 1 Students must complete a FAFSA each academic year Enter UConn’s Federal School Code, 001417, on the FAFSA for all campuses The FAFSA must be received by the Federal Processor on or before the on-time FAFSA application deadline of February 15th Students who are […]

Important Information When Receiving Additional Scholarships

When UConn students earn outside private scholarships, the funds supplement the existing financial aid offer unless the student is in a potential over-award situation. In these cases, the financial aid office reduces the least desirable aid program(s) first to resolve the potential over-award (e.g., subsidized student loans). Private scholarships only supplant/replace other forms of gift […]

Other Types of Aid

Scholarships are merit-based or need-based monetary awards that may range from paying a portion of tuition to fully funding the costs associated with a student’s college education. Scholarships do not need to be repaid.  For more information navigate to the Scholarships Page. The following types of funding (hereafter referred to as “scholarships”) must be reported […]