If you are experiencing financial strain due to circumstances beyond your control that may require additional support, there are several resources that may be available to you. Please note: The University cannot provide emergency support due to financial strain caused primarily by a student supporting others.
Short Term Loans
Student Short Term emergency loans offer temporary financial assistance to URI students facing immediate and unexpected financial hardships, ensuring they can address urgent needs without hindering their academic progress. These loans provide a lifeline during times of crisis, fostering resilience and enabling students to navigate challenges with greater stability and support.
Short Term Loans
Students First Fund
The Student First Fund was developed as an initiative between the Division of Student Affairs and the URI Foundation in 2014 to provide emergency financial support to URI students with demonstrated need.
The aid provided is intended for unforeseen emergencies (i.e. car accidents, fires, travel home following a traumatic loss, health/safety concerns). *Applications are subject to committee review and are not guaranteed to be funded*.
Eligible applicants must:
- be in good academic standing (2.0 cumulative GPA),
- have applied for financial aid and not have lost aid due to any actions of their own,
- have exhausted all financial aid options (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized loans),
- have sought employment,
- not be enrolled at another institution.
Financial Literacy
Money Basics supports students by offering virtual financial literacy modules to help with your financial decisions while at URI. The virtual center can help you learn about financial resources, how to create a budget and ways to save.
URI Money Basics
Graduate Students
The Graduate School, in conjunction with Graduate Assistants United (GAU), has a fund intended to assist graduate students in times of an emergency hardship. Hardship can be caused from exceptional expenses or unplanned academic situations beyond what a student’s income or savings can support. Students with graduate, research, or teaching assistantships will be prioritized, but all graduate students matriculated in traditional programs are eligible.
URI Graduate School Short Term Emergency Hardship Fund