{"id":1629,"date":"2024-08-26T15:46:11","date_gmt":"2024-08-26T19:46:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/financial-aid\/?page_id=1629"},"modified":"2026-08-03T09:59:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-03T13:59:40","slug":"financial-aid-dates-and-deadlines","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/financial-aid\/financial-aid-dates-and-deadlines\/","title":{"rendered":"2026-27 Financial Aid Dates and Deadlines"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Fall 2026<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\n <\/div>\n \n \n \n \n <\/colgroup>\n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n
Date<\/th>Action<\/th><\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
August 31, 2026<\/td>Earliest disbursement date for Federal Direct Student Loans, Parent PLUS Loans, Graduate PLUS Loans. <\/span><\/td> <\/tr>\n
September 23, 2026<\/td>Financial Aid Census Date for Fall 2026 - date on which student enrollment is frozen for financial aid purposes. Financial aid for this term is adjusted to reflect the student's official enrolled credits.<\/span><\/td> <\/tr>\n
September 24, 2026<\/span><\/td>Last day to accept Federal Work-Study if it was offered to the student.<\/span><\/td> <\/tr>\n
September 24, 2026<\/td>Earliest disbursement date for federal grants (Pell, SEOG, TEACH), state grants, merit scholarships, Hardge\/Forleo Grant, Onward We Learn, Narragansett, Ryan\/Verrecchia - Fall 2026.<\/span><\/td> <\/tr>\n
September 28, 2026<\/td>Deadline to appeal SAP (Satisfactory Academic Progress) for Fall 2026.<\/span><\/td> <\/tr>\n
October 1, 2026<\/td> 2027-28 FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) anticipated open date.<\/span><\/td> <\/tr>\n
November 1, 2026<\/td>J term grant aid application opens (estimated).<\/span><\/td> <\/tr>\n
November 16, 2026<\/td>Last day to secure Federal Work-Study job to earn funds through this program.<\/span><\/td> <\/tr>\n
December 1, 2026<\/td>Last day to submit verification documents for students who were selected for verification and are not enrolled for the Spring 2027 term.<\/span><\/td> <\/tr>\n
December 10, 2026<\/td>Deadline to accept Fall Only Federal Direct loans (Subsidized\/Unsubsidized). Last day to complete Federal Direct PLUS loan application and supplemental application. FAFSA must be official by this date for Fall Only students to receive any federal aid (not rejected). We encourage students to ensure this is complete before this date.<\/span><\/td> <\/tr>\n <\/tbody>\n <\/table>\n \n \n \n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n

J-Term 202<\/strong>7<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Date<\/th>Action<\/th><\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
January 2, 2027<\/td>Earliest disbursement date for J-Term aid.<\/td> <\/tr>\n <\/tbody>\n <\/table>\n \n \n \n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n

Spring 2027<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\n \n \n \n \n <\/colgroup>\n \n\n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n
Date<\/th>Action<\/th><\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
January 18, 2027<\/td>Earliest disbursement date for Federal Direct Student Loans, Parent PLUS Loans, Graduate PLUS Loans. <\/span><\/td> <\/tr>\n
February 9, 2027<\/td>Financial Aid Census Date for Spring 2027 - date on which student enrollment is frozen for financial aid purposes. Financial aid for this term is adjusted to reflect the student's official enrolled credits.<\/span><\/td> <\/tr>\n
February 10, 2027<\/td>Earliest disbursement date for federal grants (Pell, SEOG, TEACH), state grants, merit scholarships, Hardge\/Forleo Grant, Onward we Learn, Narragansett, Ryan\/Verrecchia - Spring 2027.<\/span><\/td> <\/tr>\n
February 22, 2027<\/td>Deadline to appeal SAP (Satisfactory Academic Progress) for Spring 2027.<\/span><\/td> <\/tr>\n
April 1, 2027<\/td>Academic Works portal opens for current students to apply for foundation scholarships.<\/td> <\/tr>\n
April 20, 2027<\/td>Last day to submit verification documents for students who were selected for verification and wish to be considered for Spring 2027 aid.<\/span><\/td> <\/tr>\n
April 29, 2027<\/td>Deadline to accept Spring Only and Full Year Federal Direct loans (Subsidized\/Unsubsidized). Last day to complete Federal Direct PLUS loan application and supplemental application. FAFSA must be official by this date for Full Year and Spring Only students to receive any federal aid (not rejected). We encourage students to confirm this is complete before this date.<\/span><\/td> <\/tr>\n <\/tbody>\n <\/table>\n \n \n \n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n

Summer 202<\/strong>7<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Date<\/th>Action<\/th><\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
May 24, 2027<\/td>Earliest disbursement date for summer financial aid, for students enrolled at least half-time in Summer Session 1.<\/td> <\/tr>\n
June 25, 2027<\/td>Deadline to appeal SAP (Satisfactory Academic Progress) for Summer 2027.<\/td> <\/tr>\n
June 30, 2027<\/td>Deadline to submit Academic Works scholarship applications.<\/span><\/td> <\/tr>\n
July 3, 2027<\/td>Financial Aid Census Date for Summer 2027 - date on which student enrollment is frozen for financial aid purposes. Financial aid for this term is adjusted to reflect the student's official enrolled credits.<\/span><\/td> <\/tr>\n
July 5, 2027<\/td>Earliest disbursement date for summer financial aid, for students enrolled at least half-time in Summer Session 2 or a combination of Summer Session 1 and 2.<\/span><\/td> <\/tr>\n
July 28, 2027<\/td>Deadline to accept Summer Federal Direct loans (Subsidized\/Unsubsidized). Last day to complete Federal Direct PLUS loan application and supplemental application for Summer 2027.<\/td> <\/tr>\n <\/tbody>\n <\/table>\n \n \n \n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Fall 2026 J-Term 2027 Spring 2027 Summer 2027<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4686,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-1629","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/financial-aid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/financial-aid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/financial-aid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/financial-aid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4686"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/financial-aid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1629"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/financial-aid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1629\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2795,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/financial-aid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1629\/revisions\/2795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/financial-aid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}