{"id":8,"date":"2021-10-20T09:49:33","date_gmt":"2021-10-20T13:49:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/financial-aid\/?page_id=8"},"modified":"2026-04-01T14:59:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T18:59:53","slug":"apply-for-aid","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/financial-aid\/apply-for-aid\/","title":{"rendered":"Apply for Aid"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-boxout-wrapper\"><div class=\"cl-boxout  \"><h1>What you need to do<\/h1>\n\n<ol id=\"block-245f6bda-3b14-4a14-8468-c0a63a262551\" class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (<a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.proofpoint.com\/v2\/url?u=https-3A__studentaid.gov_h_apply-2Dfor-2Daid_fafsa&amp;d=DwMFaQ&amp;c=dWz0sRZOjEnYSN4E4J0dug&amp;r=3egRdQM_x5GrMSqp7mvcoQ&amp;m=7bmdnK8d6jJxuuvfHsB3s8YZ9eEkVIUmbzDeSH1eOHcoqBWu50wzPFe_Qmh0o7Eq&amp;s=z-Rr7oUrFt41rTumpizieCDlOQyO8vmY35AWihPcIx4&amp;e=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">FAFSA<\/a>) each academic year to be considered for all federal, state and university aid.&nbsp; The application is open until June 30, 2026.\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Create an account and username (<a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.proofpoint.com\/v2\/url?u=https-3A__www.youtube.com_watch-3Fv-3DiTb7hMVtzco&amp;d=DwMFaQ&amp;c=dWz0sRZOjEnYSN4E4J0dug&amp;r=3egRdQM_x5GrMSqp7mvcoQ&amp;m=7bmdnK8d6jJxuuvfHsB3s8YZ9eEkVIUmbzDeSH1eOHcoqBWu50wzPFe_Qmh0o7Eq&amp;s=aD-JukyJV1xtwfweYNLGQljcZ_O1NUYceaanXo-o29E&amp;e=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">FSA ID<\/a>) for StudentAid.gov.&nbsp; Your contributors (e.g. parent for dependent students) will need their own FSA ID as well.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&nbsp;URI\u2019s School Code: 003414<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Check Award Status\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>First Year and Transfer students will receive an email from Admissions telling them when their award is ready for review. This process will begin in late February 2026.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Returning students will receive a URI e-mail notification in late June which can be view in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ecampus-cs-prd.uri.edu\/psp\/saprodstu\/?cmd=login\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">e-campus<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&nbsp;Check your URI e-mail and your To Do List in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/ecampus-cs-prd.uri.edu\/psp\/saprodstu\/?cmd=login\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">e-campus<\/a>&nbsp;for any missing information required to complete the awarding process. <\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/tuition-billing\/view-your-e-bill-and-make-payment\/\" target=\"_blank\">E-Bill\u2019s<\/a>&nbsp;will be available for First Year and Transfer Students in mid-July.<\/p>\n\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<section class=\"cl-wrapper cl-boxout-wrapper\"><div class=\"cl-boxout  \"><h1>For contributors with no Social Security Number (SSN)<\/h1>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Here is guidance on how to fill out the FAFSA if the Contributor(s) does not have a Social Security Number. Please click on the following link for more information: <a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.com\/v3\/__https:\/\/studentaid.gov\/announcements-events\/fafsa-support\/contributor-social-security-number*not-started__;Iw!!Jh1S!givZWxINOxZ3-FoTRy-Xap8qu6k21X3xA6wVjzBP3UW46FIEkCvRP0aV1nGLHniP24hWdh1xn7S5QpL6LHRbmWNJXA$\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/studentaid.gov\/announcements-events\/fafsa-support\/contributor-social-security-number#not-started<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Contributor:<\/strong> Someone who has been asked to help a student fill out the 2026-27 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA\u00ae) form. Contributors may include the student\u2019s parents, the student&#8217;s stepparents, or the student&#8217;s spouse.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><a class=\"cl-button   prominent\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/financial-aid\/cost-of-attendance\/\" title=\"\">Undergraduate cost of attendance<\/a>\n\n<a class=\"cl-button   prominent\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/financial-aid\/graduate-cost-of-attendance\/\" title=\"\">graduate cost of attendance<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\"><a class=\"cl-button   prominent\" href=\"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/financial-aid\/apply-for-aid\/ineligible-students\/\" title=\"\">Financial Aid for Undocumented Rhode Island Students<\/a>\n\n<a class=\"cl-button   prominent\" href=\"https:\/\/app.meadowfi.com\/uri\" title=\"\">Net price calculator<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":581,"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-8","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/financial-aid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8","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\/581"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/financial-aid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/financial-aid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2583,"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/financial-aid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8\/revisions\/2583"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web.uri.edu\/financial-aid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}