Scholarships

Federal regulations require students to report any scholarships, grants, loans, and other types of assistance received from various outside sources. Report outside resources as soon as you are aware of the award directly to your financial aid advisor using the email us link.

Total financial aid awards received through scholarships, grants, work-study and/or loans may not exceed the cost of attendance at FGCU for one year. Receiving a scholarship may cause a reduction in other financial aid. If possible, loans will be reduced. However, it is sometimes necessary to reduce work-study, grants (with the exception of Federal Pell Grant), and/or scholarships. This policy is in accordance with federal regulations and institutional policy. If your financial aid must be reduced due to receipt of a scholarship, you will receive an email notification.

The Office of Financial Aid & Scholarships refers requests for enrollment verification to the Office of the Records & Registration.  You may complete the Enrollment Certification Request form to obtain this information.

All requests for an invoice should be directed to the Student Account Services.

To ensure proper credit to your account, please ask the donor to include your full name and University identification number (UIN) on the scholarship check.  

Scholarship checks should be made payable to "Florida Gulf Coast University" and sent to:

Florida Gulf Coast University
Office of Financial Aid & Scholarships
10501 FGCU Blvd S
Fort Myers, FL 33965

 If you receive a scholarship check made co-payable to you, (i.e. payable to FGCU & [Your Name]), endorse (sign) the back of the check before mailing or dropping off the check to us. Please make sure your name and University ID number (UIN) are sent with the check. Checks which are not endorsed, cannot be deposited and credited to your account.

 Once the check has been received and processed, it will appear in your financial aid award section on Gulfline.