You'll receive your award notice, listing the types of aid you are eligible to receive, by letter (mailed to your primary address) or email (to your UMKC assigned email address). You must then review and accept your aid package in order for us to process your awards.
Initial award packages for the upcoming Fall term are typically sent in February. Keep an eye on your mail and UMKC email to see your awards as soon as we begin awarding. If you have not received your award notice, check Pathway to make sure we have not requested any additional documents.
Review and Accept Your Awards
Learn more about accepting your aid (PDF)
After you've reviewed your awards, make sure you double-check the following tasks to make sure no additional action is required.
Learn More About Your To Do List
Complete Direct Loan Entrance Counseling
First-time federal Direct Loan borrowers must complete entrance counseling online through Federal Student Aid, an office of the U.S. Department of Education.
Sign a Direct Loan Master Promissory Notes (MPN)
If you are a first-time UMKC Direct Loan borrower, you must also complete an online Direct Loan Master Promissory Note (MPN) to receive your funds.
IMPORTANT! If you have been awarded a Grad PLUS Loan, you must complete an additional online Grad PLUS MPN.
If you accept a Direct Parent PLUS Loan, a Parent PLUS Loan Application must also be completed online by the parent. If approved, the parent must also sign a Master Promissory Note (MPN).
Be prepared to look for jobs! An email will be sent to your UMKC assigned email address before the semester starts with instructions for finding and starting a work-study position. See the Work-Study page for more details.
*Didn't receive a work-study award? Funding for work-study is limited; therefore, it is awarded on a first-come, first-served basis. Simply indicating interest in Work-Study on the FAFSA does not guarantee you will receive the award. If you are not awarded work-study, you should submit a request to be added to the wait list by using our online wait list portal. As funds become available throughout the year, the Financial Aid Office will award students off of this list in order of the wait list request date. Priority will be given to students who have previously been awarded work-study.
If we must adjust any of your awards, you will be notified by email at your UMKC email account that you have a revised award notification available on Pathway. Awards not accepted within 14 days of being offered may be canceled.
If you anticipate receiving assistance from outside sources not listed in you award notice, such as private scholarships, Vocational Rehabilitation, or employee tuition reimbursement benefits, please notify our office as soon as possible. Additional outside awards may impact your eligibility for aid listed on this award notice.
According to federal regulations and university policies, forms of assistance such as external scholarships and other funds you may have received from sources outside your family, including private scholarships offered to you from your high school, church or community; merit scholarships; awards and scholarships from your state; some prepaid tuition plans; and UMKC academic units and departments must be considered among your financial resources when eligibility for need-based aid is determined. They will improve your overall aid package; however, whenever you receive additional assistance, your awards may be adjusted or reduced, even if your aid has already been disbursed to you.
