{"id":55,"date":"2020-12-02T18:03:44","date_gmt":"2020-12-02T18:03:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.umflint.edu\/finaid\/?page_id=55"},"modified":"2025-05-06T10:27:48","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T14:27:48","slug":"grants","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.umflint.edu\/finaid\/types-of-aid\/grants\/","title":{"rendered":"Grants"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-umflint-templates umflint-template-default\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover is-light\" style=\"margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--40);min-height:50px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-0 has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#FFF\"><\/span><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-371\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www-s3.umflint.edu\/wp\/blogs.dir\/61\/files\/2025\/03\/Blue.UCEN_.jpg\" data-object-fit=\"cover\"\/><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container has-global-padding 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Students granted the waiver by the state will still be required to cover other costs, such as housing and meals, textbooks, and incidentals.<br><br><em><strong>University of Michigan-Flint Statement Honoring the Homeland and Historical Experiences of Native Americans<\/strong><br>The University community acknowledges that the land where the campus is located in Flint, Michigan is the ancestral, traditional, and contemporary homeland of many Indigenous nations, most recently the Anishinabek (including Potawatomi, Chippewa\/Ojibwe, and Odawa) tribal nations.<br><br>We acknowledge the painful history of genocide, forced relocation, and removal of many from this territory, and we honor and respect the many Indigenous people, including those of the Three Fires Alliance, who are still connected to this land.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.michigan.gov\/mistudentaid\/0,4636,7-372--481218--,00.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tuition Incentive Program<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.michigan.gov\/mistudentaid\/programs\/mi-future-educator-fellowship\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">MI Future Educator Fellowship<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.michigan.gov\/mistudentaid\/programs\/mi-future-educator-stipend\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">MI Future Educator Stipend<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.michigan.gov\/mistudentaid\/programs\/michigan-achievement-scholarship\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Michigan Achievement Scholarship<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-secondary-color has-css-opacity has-secondary-background-color has-background mt-5 mb-5\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading mb-3 has-primary-color has-text-color\">University of Michigan-Flint Grants<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-primary-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size\"><strong>University Grant<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>University Grant is a type of gift aid funded by UM-Flint. The University Grant is a type of need-based aid \u2013 it is available only to students in a certain <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umflint.edu\/finaid\/how-your-aid-is-determined\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">SAI<\/a> range. It is offered to undergraduate students seeking a first bachelor\u2019s degree. Students must be at least half-time status \u2013 students who are not enrolled full-time will have their grants reduced. Students must fill out a <a href=\"https:\/\/studentaid.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">FAFSA<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-primary-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size\"><strong>CGS Women+ Critical Difference Grant<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mb-2\"><em>To be eligible for the CGS Women+ Critical Difference Grant, you must:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Currently enrolled at UM-Flint, either full or part-time<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A returning student is defined as any student, new or continuing, part-time or full-time, who has had at least a consecutive 24-month interruption in her or his education. The interruption may be either between high school and college or during college, or both<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&nbsp;Have a 2.0 G.P.A. or better<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>&nbsp;Have not received a Critical Difference Grant in the past<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Request is to cover unexpected, emergent expense (please note that receipts and other documentation may be requested)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A <a href=\"https:\/\/studentaid.gov\/h\/apply-for-aid\/fafsa\">FAFSA<\/a>* is on file with the Office of Financial Aid and there is unmet need in your budget<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You have not already received Emergency Funds from Women+ in the current academic year<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mb-2\">Unfortunately, we cannot grant Emergency Funds to cover the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>As a replacement for student loans<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Anticipated or chronic funding gap<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Conferences\/training or conference travel<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Study abroad<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>*There may be exceptions to this, such as if you are an international student or an undocumented student, in which case this criterion is waived.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-primary-color has-text-color has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Mary Jo Sekelsky LGBTQ+ Grant<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"mb-2\"><em>To be eligible for the Mary Jo Sekelsky LGBTQ+ Grant, you must:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Currently enrolled at UM-Flint either full or part time<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Applicants must be in good academic standing<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Have not received a Critical Difference Grant in the past<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Applicants must be participants in programs, events, or services offered by the CGS<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.umflint.edu\/finaid\/types-of-aid\/grants\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":0,"parent":51,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-55","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.umflint.edu\/finaid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/55","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.umflint.edu\/finaid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.umflint.edu\/finaid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.umflint.edu\/finaid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.umflint.edu\/finaid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55"}],"version-history":[{"count":41,"href":"https:\/\/www.umflint.edu\/finaid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/55\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1260,"href":"https:\/\/www.umflint.edu\/finaid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/55\/revisions\/1260"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.umflint.edu\/finaid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/51"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.umflint.edu\/finaid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}