Financial Aid Resources

This page is designed to distribute information on scholarships and fellowships available. Please visit the websites listed for more information.

Fellowships and Assistantships for McNair Scholars

Institutions offering special assistantships for McNair Scholars - 

List contains the funding possibilities especially for McNair Scholars.ASHE - 

Lumina Foundation for Education and the Association for the Study of Higher Education 

Special Announcements and Opportunities for McNair Scholars

Below are additional, more specialized opportunity announcements for McNair Scholars from specific universities and other institutions.

University of Arizona (Minority Health Disparities, Graduate School Funding)
Rutgers University (for Chemistry and Chemical Biology majors)
New Mexico State University (All McNair Scholars)
Oklahoma State University (All McNair Scholars)
The Jack Kent Cook Foundation (All McNair Scholars)

Useful Financial Aid Websites

These websites offer a lot of information on everything from applying for financial aid to consolidating student loans.

The U.S. Department of Education's PIN site - You will need a PIN number to access the federal web sites lited below. You may use this web site to request or retrieve your PIN.

The National Student Loan Data System (NSLDS) is the U.S. Department of Education's central database for student aid. Use this website to find out information on the feberal student loans you have borrowed while attending college, including how much you have borrowed from the different loan prgrams including Direct Loans, Federal Family Education Loans and Perkins Loans.

Direct Loans Servicing Online - Use this website to gain on-line access for information on your Direct Loans. You may access your account information, view your loan balance, change your address, and download deferment, forbearance, and electronic Debit forms. You can also view your payment history, change your payment due date and select a new repayment plan using the repayment estimator that provides payment amounts using your actual Direct Loan balances in the Direct Loan system.

The Direct Consolidation Loan Information Center - Use this website to obtain information about Direct Loan consolidation.

The U.S. Department of Education's Federal Student Aid website - Use this website to find everything you ever wanted to know about repaying student loans. For example:

• Grace Periods, Deferment, and Forbearance
• Loan Consolidation
• Cancellation and Deferment Options for Teachers
• Loan Discharge (Cancellation)
• The Guide to Defaulted Student Loans

The National Student Clearinghouse Locate the current owners of your federal student loans using "Loan Locator".

The UI Student Loan Office (a division of Student Accounts) administers the Perkins Loan program. Due to the size of the program, UI contracts billing services for this program to Campus Partners (formerly AMS Servicing Group). The Campus Partners web site is: https://www.mycampusloan.com/.

Scholarship and Fellowship Links

UI Financial Aid Scholarships Page - A perfect starting point, with information specific to our institution.

Scholarship Scams - Read the information on this website carefully before you start your scholarship search. Remember: If you have to pay money to get money, it's probably a scam.

Subject-Specific Scholarships and Fellowships

Budgeting

One of the things we'll be discussing throughout your career as a McNair Scholar is budgeting your money and paying for graduate school. In order to get you started, click on the McNair Scholar Budget Sheet and fill in your income and expenses. It's all in an Excel spreadsheet and all the calculations are done for you! For more tips on budgeting and saving money, read Budgeting 101.

McNair Scholar Budget Sheet
Budgeting 101 - by Consolidated Credit Counseling Services, Inc.

How does your credit report look? For credit reports from the top three reporting agencies, go to the following websites. Each organization charges a fee for your report.

Experian
Equifax
TransUnion

Watch for the next UI priority FAFSA deadline is February 15, 2008.

SUBMIT YOUR FAFSA NOW