Important Dates March 03, 2025 – Summer Semester Registration Opens April 30, 2025 - Priority Deadline for Summer Financial Aid June 30, 2025 - Final Deadline for Summer Financial Aid July 4, 2025 - Summer Census Date How to Apply The Office of Financial Aid will evaluate your eligibility once you have completed the steps below: Register for summer courses. (You must register for summer 2025 courses before your eligibility will be evaluated) Notify us that you are interested in summer aid eligibility by logging into my.uah.edu and following these steps: Click on "Financial Aid Self Service" under the "Financial Aid Heading" In the upper right-hand corner, ensure that the 2024-2025 Award Year is selected. If it is not, select the 2024-2025 award year from the drop-down menu On the home page, click on "View Questions" displayed in red under "Responses Required" Enter the number of hours you are enrolled in for the Summer 2025 semester Click the "Submit" button For Federal Loans and/or Federal Pell Grant, complete the 2024-2025 FAFSA online at www.fafsa.gov. If you have already completed a 2024-2025 FAFSA, you do not need to complete a new one. Once your eligibility has been evaluated, you will receive an email notification in your UAH email account. NOTE: If you change your summer enrollment, you must immediately re-report your hours using step 2 above. Any change in enrollment could affect aid eligibility. Summer Disbursement of Funds Pell Grants will be disbursed in the summer session where the student begins attendance. (i.e. If the student has 3 hours during the summer 1 session and 3 hours for the summer 2 session, the Pell Grant will be disbursed to the student's account during the summer 1 Session. NOTE: In this example, dropping the summer 2 session course before it begins would result in the student owing back Pell Grant money.) Summer loans will be disbursed in the summer session where the student begins attendance. IMPORTANT NOTE: Dropping courses may result in the student owing back money. Any change in enrollment should be reported to Office of Financial Aid. Please review the summer census date information below. Summer Census Date Important information concerning summer census date Eligibility Requirements You must register for summer 2025 courses before your eligibility will be evaluated. You must be fully admitted to a degree-seeking program at UAH. You must be making Satisfactory Academic Progress. You cannot be in default on a student loan or owe a repayment to a Federal Grant. Receipt of additional financial assistance from any source could affect Federal Aid eligibility. Failure to report other sources of aid may result in required repayment of Federal Aid funds. Pell Students must complete the 2024-2025 FAFSA online at www.fafsa.gov. If you have already completed a 2024-2025 FAFSA, you do not need to complete a new one. If you received a Pell Grant during the Fall and/or Spring terms, you could be eligible for a Pell Grant for the Summer 2025 term. You must still be working to earn your first bachelor's degree and meeting all other federal requirements for the Summer 2025 term to be considered. By following the procedures noted above under “How to Apply”, your eligibility for Pell Grant funds will be determined. Loans Students must complete the 2024-2025 FAFSA online at www.fafsa.gov. If you have already completed a 2024-2025 FAFSA, you do not need to complete a new one. You must be enrolled at least half-time (6 UAH hours for undergraduate students / 3 UAH hours for graduate students) to be eligible for a federal student loan. The Office of Financial Aid will evaluate eligibility for federal student loans. Federal loans received in previous semesters for the 2024-2025 academic year will affect Summer 2025 federal loan eligibility. Students who have already received the maximum loan amount(s) for the 2024-2025 academic year will not be eligible for federal summer loans. If a student has progressed a grade level (i.e. Sophomore to Junior) additional funds may be available and eligibility will be evaluated. Students who have reached the aggregate (lifetime) loan limits for their level are not eligible for additional federal loan funds.