Don’t limit yourself to UNK scholarships, applying to outside (or non-UNK) scholarships could potentially provide you with thousands of dollars towards your college education. Research your local community organizations, businesses, and religious organizations to find locally offered scholarships. Another great research tip is to look at your county community foundations, such as the Kearney County Community Foundation, that will list local scholarships.
There are many scholarship databases to search for state-wide or nation-wide scholarships provided by corporate and non-profit organizations. Always take caution when applying for outside scholarships.
Always trust your gut and use caution when applying for outside scholarships. If you have a question about the legitimacy of a scholarship, ask your school counselor or a UNK Financial Aid Administrator for help.
If you are awarded an outside scholarship, it is important that you let us know. Students can notify UNK of their outside scholarships in MyBLUE on the Financial Aid main page by selecting the Outside Scholarship Notification hyperlink on the right-hand side of the page. See our document for instructions.
Clicking on the Outside Scholarship Notification link will bring up a form to complete that will ask:
For a walk through on what to do when you are awarded an outside scholarship watch the video below.
There is a question on the form asking if the donor needs verification of enrollment sent to them. If so, please mark the semesters in which you would like UNK to send a letter to your donor. This will let them know that you are enrolled as a full-time student. See our document for instructions.
Our office will only send a letter to inform them that you are enrolled and where they will send the funding. This can only happen if you include the donors physical address or email address on the donor information page. If that information is not included, no letter will be sent.
If you are needing a transcript or schedule sent to the donor, you will need to contact the Registrar’s Office or print your schedule from MyBlue and they will send that information directly.
If you receive a check made payable to you, the student, please endorse that check and bring it in to our office for processing. All outside scholarship checks must be reported as financial aid to our office. When we receive the scholarship check, we will apply it to your financial aid package. If possible, have the donor make checks payable to UNK.
By law, UNK must adjust federal aid if outside scholarships result in excess awards. If financial aid is changed, UNK will send an updated offer letter via email.