Bright Futures Program
Requirements

WHAT'S REQUIRED TO RECEIVE THE SCHOLARSHIP?

To Be Considered for a Florida Bright Futures Scholarship You Must:

1. Apply for a Bright Futures Scholarship by completing the Florida Financial Aid Application during your last year in high school. You may apply on-line at www.FloridaStudentFinancialAid.org. This application gives the Florida Department of Education (DOE) permission to evaluate your high school transcripts for eligibility for a Bright Futures Scholarship.
   
2. Earn a Florida standard high school diploma or its equivalent.
   
3. Not have been found guilty of, or pled no contest to, a felony charge.
   
4. Meet the Academic Requirements for the award you would like to earn.
   

The Office of Student Financial Assistance (OSFA) of the Florida Department of Education, in Tallahassee, has an excellent website that explains the Bright Futures Scholarship program in great detail.

A student must be enrolled in at least 6 non-remedial undergraduate (or combination of undergraduate and approved graduate) hours in order to receive any funding.

Two exceptions to this policy
Florida Bright Futures will allow students to enroll in less than six semester credit hours to receive funding if the student:

1) needs less than six semester credit hours to graduate

If the student needs less than six hours to graduate, they will need to have their academic advisor send us a memo on letterhead indicating this situation. The memo should include:
-Student's name, PID and SSN
-Name of course(s) needed for graduation
-Name of the undergraduate degree to be received.
OR

2) has less than six semester credit hours of eligibility remaining on his/her Bright Futures Scholarship.

Approved Graduate Hours
Florida Bright Futures will allow our office to add in graduate hours that will count toward an undergraduate degree. These graduate hours will be added in with the existing undergraduate hours and the award will be calculated at the undergraduate rate. Students will need to have their academic advisor send us a memo on letterhead indicating:

-Student's name, PID and SSN
-Name of the graduate course(s)
-Name of the undergraduate degree these courses will count toward.