KENTUCKY STATE UNIVERSITY
and approval. The University offers a variety of nonacademic Grants-In-Aid for both first year and continuing students. Details of these opportunities are provided below. Kentucky State University commits to maintaining scholarship/grant-in-aid programs of financial assistance. All institutional scholarship/grant-in-aid awards shall be processed by the Office of Financial Aid for compliance with the following University policies:
- All scholarship and grant-in-aid recipients must have a completed Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) on file.
- All non-academic scholarship candidates must be enrolled full-time with the University and meet the University's criteria for the award of institutional aid.
- Each non-academic scholarship candidate must meet the minimum requirements for admission to the University. Individual scholarship programs may require higher academic grade-point averages and/or test scores.
- All candidates for institutional scholarships/ grants-in-aid must file appropriate applications for institutional, state and federal programs for financial assistance. Failure to complete such applications or to finalize awards is grounds for termination of an award.
- The maximum amount of an institutional scholarship/grant-in-aid award will be adjusted downward to reflect any appropriate federal, state, institutional, or other awards received by the candidate.
- Each full-time institutional scholarship/ grant-in-aid recipient must remain a full-time student during each semester and must successfully complete a minimum of 30 non-repeated semester credit hours during each academic year. Renewal requirements for individual scholarships/grants may be more stringent.
Scholarship Appeal Process
Students who do not meet the minimum criteria for renewal may appeal to the Scholarship Committee once during their academic career, unless they have met the maximum 8 semesters/4 years. The Scholarship Appeals committee considers appeals based on a variety of extenuating circumstances such as personal illness or injury, death of an immediate family member, or other evidence of mental or physical hardship. Students wishing to appeal have 10 days from receiving status notification to submit the following documentation:
- A typed letter stating the extenuating circumstance;
- Supporting documentation written by a professional on the student's behalf on official letter head, containing the student's name and KSU ID number; and
- Complete an Academic Scholarship Appeal Form.