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Frequently asked questions

    Scholarships are set to open up on October 1st and close on November 30th.

    *There may be a scholarship that requires a different date for specific, pre-approved reasons.*

    Jack Moore, Assistant Director - Scholarships and Financial Aid

    moore25j@cmich.edu

    No, the student sees "Varies."

    We can have it show a specific amount if Faculty/Staff prefer.

    We can create 2 different scholarships; the department awarding the scholarship that year would open up the scholarship and we would leave the other departments closed.

    We can give Scholarship Universe access to any Faculty/Staff member and put them in a committee to review certain scholarships where they can score and make comments about certain applicants that applied.

    Provide name and CMU ID via email to Jack Moore (moore25j@cmich.edu).

    No Scholarship Universe has a feature when reviewing the applicants which shows what type of financial need they are.  

    • When looking under the Candidates tab you can scroll over and see what it says under Financial Need 26FY.
    • You can also use a tool called smart rank which is a tool where you can filter the candidates list by Financial Need, CMU Cumulative GPA, or both.

    The student will not have the scholarship disbursed, and it can then be given to someone else.

    Yes, the student can see the renewal criteria and we can customize it to however many renewal years are required.

    Navigate to Plan > Scholarship, click on the Pencil Icon, and then go to the Candidates Tab.

    Jack Moore, Assistant Director - Scholarships and Financial Aid |  Moore25j@cmich.edu

    No, this is not necessary for 2026 AY and beyond.

    Yes, once the award has been finalized and completed, Scholarship Universe sends an email to the student letting them know they have been awarded. The email is triggered by a direct action from the staff member once they click the "notify award" button.

    Input the student's CMU ID, but with four 0s first. Example: 0000123456

    Yes under the candidates tab under the "award" column you can see how much money in scholarships that student has been awarded so far.

    Using the link listed, then, Scholarship Universe can get it set up and input it into Scholarship Universe Gold.



    Outside Scholarship to SU

    As long as the scholarship has been awarded through Scholarship Universe, you can see the past recipients. Follow: scholarships - find your scholarship - click the pencil "edit" - and click history tab.

    CMU GPA, High School GPA, DOB, Transfer GPA, Degree Level, Credits Completed, State of Residency, Admission Year, Financial Need is data for all students that is pulled in directly from CMU information sources. You can see this for any student if you search their CMU ID in the top right corner (make sure you search with four 0's before their actual ID).

    A student once awarded a scholarship that requires a thank you, will receive an award notification email. In that email there will be a link to write the thank you letter in Scholarship Universe. The student then submits, and we approve or deny the letter. (Denying is very unlikely for most letters).

    Either the founding donor or a successor contact. If neither, the corresponding department becomes the primary contact.


    Yes we can set up a non-CMU employee to be a reviewer.

    External Reviewer

    September 2nd at 2:00 PM and September 5th at 10:00 AM.