Summer Financial Aid

Planning to take classes this summer? You may be eligible for financial aid to help cover your educational expenses. Explore summer funding options, including Federal Pell Grants, student loans, Florida Bright Futures, and the Summer Transient Program.

Summer Aid

During the Summer semester, students may be eligible for the PELL grant, loans, the transient program and the Florida Bright Futures program.

Eligible students who received 100% of Federal Pell during the FALL and SPRING semesters now qualify for an additional Pell Grant of up to 150% of the award amount for the academic year.

Eligible students who did not receive 100% of Pell during the FALL and SPRING semesters may be eligible for the remaining award amount. Pleas visitwww.StudentAid.Gov - Federal Pell Grants to see your maximum Pell usage.

Once logged in, navigate to your "My Aid" dashboard to see the exact percentage of your lifetime Pell Grant limit

The Pell Grant Lifetime Eligibility Used (LEU) limit is 600%.

Eligibility for summer loans will be determined based on the difference in the amount of loans borrowed during the FALL 2025 & SPRING 2026 academic year from the annual loan limit per classification.

Please visit www.StudentAid.Gov - Federal Student Loans to view the maximum loan eligibility amount per grade classification and the total amount of loans taken.

Students who will attend a school other than FAMU for Summer 2026 (Transient):

If attending another Florida institution, check with the Office of Financial Aid to confirm your eligibility. You must also complete the consortium process online via the Florida Shine website at https://www.floridashines.org/

If attending an institution outside of the State of Florida or studying abroad, you must confirm with your department and complete the paper consortium process by submitting a transient form (Registrar’s Office) and Consortium Agreement to the Office of Financial Aid.

Please note: You must pay the school attending per their deadline out of pocket. Students are responsible for all fee requirements to the host institution.

Financial aid is disbursed after Verification of Enrollment (VOE) is received and confirmed. The VOE is the “Unofficial Transcript” from the host school. VOE must be submitted to the home institution (FAMU) at financialaiddocs@famu.edu after the add/drop period for the Summer.

All funds are based on eligibility and will not be released until the Verification of Enrollment is confirmed.

Bright Futures Florida Academic Scholars (BFAS) or Bright Futures Florida Medallion Scholars (BFMS)

All eligible BFAS and BFMS students can use their awards in Summer 2026. You must be enrolled in six credit hours or more to be eligible