Types of External Award Data

In most instances, external awards are already determined for a student by an external entity. However, information about a student's external award must be accounted for and posted to a student's award package to determine the effect on a student's total financial aid package and financial need.

External award or resource data can originate from various sources:

• State agencies providing data on state grant awards.

• Internal academic departments providing data on departmental scholarship awards.

• Students directly providing information about outside or private scholarship and grant awards.

• Student financial department providing payment transactions that have already been acknowledged on a student's (SF) account, such as waivers or third-party contract payments.