Consortium/Transient Agreements
A consortium/transient agreement enables students to receive financial aid for their courses at another institution (host institution) while pursuing their degree at UWF (home institution). This allows financial aid eligibility to be based on the total number of credit hours attempted at both institutions for a semester.
In order to receive financial aid for courses at another Florida institution, students must complete a consortium/transient application through the FloridaShines website. Students must indicate "Yes" for the question "Have you been approved to receive financial aid (which includes Bright Futures and scholarships), and do you intend to use it for the requested courses?" on the FloridaShines application in order for the application to be routed to our office for review.
If a student plans to take courses at an out-of-state institution and would like to receive financial aid for those courses, they must complete an Out-of-State Consortium Agreement form in MyUWF for the applicable aid year.
In terms of financial aid, the only financial aid students may potentially be eligible for through the consortium/transient process is Federal Pell Grant, Federal Direct Loans, and/or Bright Futures. Institutional and state aid (Academic Excellence, Florida Student Assistance Grant, etc.) cannot be used towards transient courses. Courses taken at a different institution must be degree applicable at UWF. Courses outside of a student's degree plan would not be eligible for financial aid, except for potentially Bright Futures.
Students are responsible for paying the tuition and fees in advance at the host institution by their fee payment guidelines. UWF will not send payments to other schools and will only update enrollment hours once the host school has confirmed enrollment/attendance.
Students may not receive financial aid from two institutions at the same time. Students must decide which of the two institutions is the primary school at which they are degree-seeking (i.e. the home institution) and apply for aid there. Any inaccuracy will result in a mandatory repayment to one of the two schools for the overpayment.
If UWF is a student's host institution, more information about becoming a Non-Degree Seeking student may be found on the Undergraduate Admissions webpage.