BC Summer Provincial Financial Aid

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Undergraduate and graduate students who are British Columbia (BC) residents can apply for summer financial aid through StudentAidBC (SABC). This provincial financial aid program assists eligible students through a combination of grants and loans.Funding is available for full-time or part-time studies, based on the SABC definitions below:
 
Full-time is defined as at least 60% of a full-time course load for at least 12 consecutive weeks at a designated post-secondary institution. For students with a permanent disability or persistent prolonged disability, this is defined as 40% of a full-time course load. The program of study must lead to a certificate, diploma or degree. 

Part-Time is defined as enrolment in 20% to 59% of a full-time course load at a public or private post-secondary institution for a minimum of six (6) consecutive weeks. For approved students with disabilities, this is 20% to 39% of a full-time course load. 

Review the different options below to determine what you need to do to apply for BC funding for your summer studies.

Undergraduate Students

May – August (taking F and S courses, or taking Y courses): 16 weeks

Eligibility

You are eligible for full-time student funding, because you are enrolled for more than 12 weeks, and in at least a 60% course load.

What to Do

Submit an online SABC summer application AND online Appendix 3.

Eligibility

You are eligible for part-time student funding, because you are enrolled in more than 12 weeks, but less than a 60% course load. 

What to Do

  1. Complete your sections of the SABC part-time application, and upload it to Out-of-Province Request Portal for the University Registrar’s Office financial aid team to complete.
  2. The University Registrar’s Office financial aid team will complete Section 9 of your SABC part-time application. Following this, they will upload it to Out-of-Province Request Portal.
  3. Upload/submit your complete application through your SABC Dashboard. 

May – June (taking F courses): 8 weeks

Eligibility

You are eligible for full-time student funding IF:

  • you received SABC funding for Fall and Winter terms, or Winter term only, AND
  • you did not withdraw or reduce to a part-time course load.

You are not eligible for full-time student funding IF:

  • you did not receive funding for Fall and Winter terms, or Winter term only, OR
  • you had Fall and Winter or Winter-only funding, but you withdrew or reduced to a part-time course load during fall and Winter terms; OR
  • you had Fall-only funding

Your options to become eligible for funding are:

  1. Decrease to 0.5 credits for May-June, to become eligible for part-time funding.
  2. Add credits for July-August, to ensure that you are in at least 1.5 credits for the entire May-August period to become eligible for full-time funding.

What to Do

For full-time funding:

  1. Complete the sections of paper Appendix 3, and upload it to Out-of-Province Request Portal for the University Registrar’s Office financial aid team to complete.
  2. Additionally, you need to complete and submit Appendix 7 Request for Reassessment to your SABC Dashboard, asking for a reassessment due to your extended study period. Copy the ‘Date Classes Start’ and ‘Date Classes End’ from the completed paper Appendix 3 uploaded by the University Registrar’s Office financial aid team after they complete and submit it to SABC.

For part-time funding:

If you decrease to 0.5 credits for May-June term, follow the part-time steps listed in the ‘less than 1.0 credits section’ below.

Eligibility

You are eligible for part-time student funding, as you are in less than 12 weeks of study, with less than a 60% course load.

What to Do

  1. Complete your sections of the SABC part-time application, and upload it to Out-of-Province Request Portal.
  2. The University Registrar’s Office financial aid team will complete Section 9 of your SABC part-time application. Following this, they will upload it to Out-of-Province Request Portal.
  3. Upload/submit your complete application through your SABC Dashboard. 

July – August (taking S courses): 8 weeks

Eligibility

You are not eligible for full or part-time student funding. Full-time funding requires you to have at least 60% course load and enrolled 12 weeks in length. Part-time funding requires you to be enrolled in at least 6 weeks in length and in less than a 60% course load.

Your options to become eligible for funding are:

  • decrease to 0.5 credits for July-August, to become eligible for part-time funding
  • add credits for May-June, ensuring that you are enrolled in at least 1.5 credits for the entire May-August period, to become eligible for full-time funding

What to Do

For full-time funding:

If you add credits in May-June to your July-August courses, you can follow the full-time steps listed in the 1.0 or more credits section in the May to August section above.

For part-time funding:

If you decrease to 0.5 credits for July-August term, you can follow the part-time steps listed in the less than 1.0 credits section below.

Eligibility

You are eligible for part-time student funding, because you are enrolled in less than 12 weeks of study, and less than 60% course load

What to Do

  1. Complete your sections of the SABC part-time application, and upload it to Out-of-Province Request Portal for the University Registrar’s Office financial aid team to complete.
  2. The University Registrar’s Office financial aid team will complete Section 9 of your SABC part-time application. Following this, they will upload it to Out-of-Province Request Portal.
  3. Upload/submit your application through your SABC Dashboard. 

Graduate Students

May – August (taking F and S courses, or taking Y courses)

Eligibility

You are eligible for full-time student funding because you are enrolled in more than 12 weeks of study.

What to Do

  1. Submit online SABC summer application AND online Appendix 3.
  2. The University Registrar’s Office financial aid team monitors the Appendix 3 portal and will complete your Appendix 3. They will notify you via the Out-of-Province Request Portal once your Appendix 3 has been completed.

Eligibility

You are eligible for part-time funding because you are in a part-time program.

What to Do

  1. Request your graduate department to complete this Part-time Course Load Form. Request for the completed form to be returned to you.
  2. Complete your sections of the SABC part-time application. Upload it, together with your completed Part-time Course Load Form, to the Out-of-Province Request Portal.
  3. The University Registrar’s Office financial aid team will complete Section 9 of your SABC part-time application, based on the information in your completed Part-time Course Load Form. Following this, they will upload it to Out-of-Province Request Portal.
  4. Upload/submit your application through your SABC Dashboard.

May – June (taking F courses only): 8 weeks

Eligibility

If you received SABC funding for fall and winter terms, or winter term only, AND you did not withdraw or reduce to a part-time course load, you are eligible for full-time student funding.

You are not eligible for full-time student funding if:

  • You did not receive funding for fall and winter terms, or winter term only. OR
  • You had fall and winter or winter-only funding, but you withdrew or reduced to a part-time course load during fall and winter terms. OR
  • you had fall-only funding

What to Do

If you are eligible for full-time student funding because of previous Fall-Winter funding or Winter-only funding:

  1. Complete your sections of paper Appendix 3.
  2. Upload the Appendix 3 to the Out-of-Province Request Portal.
  3. The University Registrar’s Office financial aid team will complete it.
  4. Complete an Appendix 7 Request for Reassessment, asking for a reassessment due of your extended study period. Copy the ‘Date Classes Start’ and ‘Date Classes End’ from the completed paper Appendix 3 uploaded by the University Registrar’s Office financial aid team.
  5. Upload/submit your application through your SABC Dashboard. 

If you do not meet the eligibility requirements above, you can consider adding credits for July-August, to ensure that you are registered for the entire May-August period. If you add credits in the July-August session, you can then follow the full-time steps listed in the May-August section above.

Eligibility

You are eligible for part-time funding because you are in a part-time program.

What to Do

  1. Request your graduate department to complete this Part-time Course Load Form. Request for the completed form to be returned to you.
  2. Complete your sections of the SABC part-time application. Upload it, together with your completed Part-time Course Load Form, to the Out-of-Province Request Portal.
  3. The University Registrar’s Office financial aid team will complete Section 9 of your SABC part-time application, based on the information in your completed Part-time Course Load Form. Following this, they will upload it to Out-of-Province Request Portal.
  4. Upload/submit your application through your SABC Dashboard.

July – August (taking S courses only): 8 weeks

Eligibility

You are not eligible for full-time student funding as you are enrolled in less than 12 weeks in length.

What to Do

For full-time funding:

If you add credits in May-June to your July-August courses, you can follow the full-time steps listed in the May-August section above.

Eligibility

You are eligible for part-time funding because you are in a part-time program.

What to Do

  1. Request your graduate department to complete this Part-time Course Load Form. Request for the completed form to be returned to you.
  2. Complete your sections of the SABC part-time application. Upload it, together with your completed Part-time Course Load Form, to the Out-of-Province Request Portal.
  3. The University Registrar’s Office financial aid team will complete Section 9 of your SABC part-time application, based on the information in your completed Part-time Course Load Form. Following this, they will upload it to Out-of-Province Request Portal.
  4. Upload/submit your application through your SABC Dashboard.