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Bright Futures

The Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program is a lottery-funded scholarship program established to reward high achieving Florida high school graduates.

• All seniors at School for Advanced Studies are required to apply for the Bright Futures Scholarship before the winter break in December. The application takes about 15 minutes to complete and can fund a large part of your education.
  
  Scholarship criteria and award amounts are subject to annual legislative review. Therefore, please visit the following websites for the most up-to-date information.
  
  
  • Academic requirements for initial eligibility:   http://www.floridastudentfinancialaid.org/SSFAD/bf/acadrequire.htm
  • Award amounts:http://www.floridastudentfinancialaid.org/SSFAD/bf/awardamt.htm
  • Complete fact sheet:http://www.floridastudentfinancialaid.org/SSFAD/factsheets/BF.htm
  • Application:https://www.floridastudentfinancialaidsg.org/ua/SAWSTUA_uaform.asp   
    
    It is very important that you complete the online application correctly.  Answering certain questions in the wrong way will make it impossible for you to be declared eligible for the scholarship money. Please use the following guidelines to help you complete your application: Tips for some of the FFAA questions
    
    
• NOTE AND CORRECT ERRORS IF MADE; THEN RESUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION.
  
  
  • Print your results.
  • Print the page that states "Your application has been saved" to have verification that your application went through. Sometimes it doesn't go through so please check this.

Please see your SAS counselor if you have any questions or problems completing this application!

The Bright Futures Scholarship can be used at any institution of higher learning in the state of Florida. Private schools too! However, the money given to attend a private school will be equal to what it would have cost to attend a public state university. Even if you think that you will not go to a school in Florida next year, please be aware that the program will hold your scholarship for three years from the time you graduate from high school thus extending the time before you have to start using it. During their senior year of high school many students believe they will not attend a post secondary school in Florida; however, they often wind up at a state or private school in our state.

OTHER FLORIDA SCHOLARSHIPS

Below is a list of State of Florida Grant and Scholarship Programs administered by the Office of Student Financial Assistance.  Each program name will link you to a program description that includes eligibility requirements, application procedures, award amounts, and renewal requirements.

For a complete listing of Florida Student Scholarship Grant Programs: http://www.floridastudentfinancialaid.org/SSFAD/home/ProgramsOffered.htm