Enhance your Education with a Scholarship
A wide variety of annual scholarships are available to you. A few of these are based entirely on academic achievement; however, many are based on your financial need and academic achievement. Application procedures and deadlines vary, so please contact the source of each scholarship for detailed information, including the prospective dollar amount awarded. Scholarship awards are nonnegotiable and criteria are subject to change without notice.
Purdue Fort Wayne Scholarship
Academic scholarships are awarded to incoming undergraduate students who meet specific criteria. You are not required to submit a separate scholarship application. If you qualify, you will be notified by the Office of Financial Aid once you are admitted to the university.
Eligibility requirements for students beginning Fall 2022–Spring 2024:
- Undergraduate students only
- Full-time student (first time or transfer)
- Minimum of 2.5 GPA
| GPA | In-State | Out-of-State | Transfers |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.5+ | $2,000.00 | $3,000.00 | $1,500.00 |
| 3.0–3.49 | $1,000.00 | $2,000.00 | $1,000.00 |
| 2.5–2.99 | $500.00 | $500.00 | $750.00 |
| Semester | Enrollment Deposit Paid | All high school and/or college transcripts must be submitted | Access to Don Dollars on University ID Card |
|---|---|---|---|
| Summer/Fall Admits* | June 1 | August 1 | Second week in August |
| Spring Admits* | December 1 | Thursday prior to the first week of classes | First week of classes |
| Semester | Enrollment Deposit Paid | All high school and/or college transcripts must be submitted | Access to Don Dollars on University ID Card |
|---|---|---|---|
| First term with PFW | End of the first week of classes | End of the first semester | Second week of classes |
*Please note, if you are receiving the 21st Century Scholarship, Child of a Disabled Veteran (CVO) benefits, or an Indiana National Guard Grant, your tuition and regularly assessed fees are already covered in full. For this reason, the PFW Scholarship would not be awarded since it is also applicable toward tuition and regularly assessed fees.
Don Dollar Scholars+
Students who qualify for the PFW Scholarship and meet all required deadlines are awarded $250 Don Dollars their first semester with the university. This is a one-time benefit of earning the PFW Scholarship. Please see Deadline Requirements above to learn when you will have access to these funds.
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PFW Scholarship Information and Renewal Criteria
In-State First-Time Beginner Students
HA and AD admit types
Excludes 21st Century Students and Children of Disabled Veterans
Includes Ohio ReciprocityOut-of-State First-Time Beginner Students
HA and AD admit types
Includes International Students
Includes MSEPTransfer Students
TA and IP admit types
Includes International Students
Excludes 21st Century Students and Children of Disabled Veterans
Applies to all TA/IP admits regardless of number of transfer creditsFor All Purdue Fort Wayne Scholarships
- Award is applicable to tuition and fees only (includes course differential fees, first year program fees, lab fees, etc.).
- Domestic students must be committed (enrollment deposit submitted) by June 1 for every fall entry term.
- Domestic students must submit final transcripts by August 1 for every fall entry term; international students must submit final transcripts by the end of the entry term.
- Cumulative GPA used to determine PFW Scholarship value:
- First time beginner students direct from High School will be from the students official final transcript that includes graduation date.
- Transfer students cumulative GPA will be determined by the most recent college/university attended.
- Students must be registered full-time to receive the scholarship each semester; if credit hours are under full-time enrollment, your scholarship value for the term will be removed from your account.
- The award is renewable as long as you are pursuing your first bachelor’s degree at Purdue Fort Wayne, have been continuously enrolled with the university, have completed 24 resident credit hours at Purdue Fort Wayne each academic year (earned hours), and are in good standing for satisfactory academic progress.
- PFW Scholarships may be funded by existing donor scholarships that may replace the PFW Scholarship amount. Not all scholarships are stackable with the PFW Scholarship. Contact the Office of Financial Aid for clarification.
- Scholarship value is split equally between the fall and spring semesters. This scholarship is not available for the summer terms. Note: If you are a spring admit, you will only be awarded the half value for that term. The full value will be awarded for the next aid year and split equally each term moving forward.
For full scholarship consideration, your application and all required documentation must be submitted by the deadline(s). Actual scholarship awards are based upon official academic records after admission to Purdue Fort Wayne.
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Don Dollars Scholars Terms and Conditions
UNIVERSITY CARD HOLDER RESPONSIBILITY
1. The Mastodon ID Card is the property of Purdue University Fort Wayne and the policies and procedures of the university govern its use.
2. The photo taken for your Mastodon Identification Card is stored digitally by the Campus Credentials & Transportation office, CCT, and may be used for other approved business purposes at Purdue Fort Wayne. Your digital photograph may be used under the following circumstances:
a. For security and identification purposes
b. Your written authorization;
c. To comply with applicable laws, regulations, and lawful orders and requests to produce the photograph, upon direction and approval from the Office of Legal Counsel;
d. For other internal business purposes as approved by Purdue Fort Wayne Policy.
3. A card is issued to assist in the identification of the valid cardholder and is to be presented upon request for securing privileges and services.
4. The Mastodon ID Card is valid only while you are a registered student, active university employee, or university retiree, or until the card is revoked.
- The Mastodon ID Card is non-transferable and does not authorize me to obligate Purdue Fort Wayne in any way.
- Altering or intentionally damaging an ID card, using another person's Mastodon ID Card, or allowing my card to be used by another person may result in disciplinary action and confiscation of the card.
- I am responsible for paying any replacement fee when the Mastodon ID Card is lost, stolen, confiscated, or intentionally damaged, or when any information is changed at my request.
- I should notify the CCT office immediately if a card is lost or stolen. If a confiscated, surrendered, lost, stolen, or otherwise damaged card has a balance on the value stripe, there is no guaranteed refund on the unused balance on the card.
- I am responsible for notifying the CCT office to deactivate the online functionality of the Mastodon ID card should the card be lost or stolen.
DON DOLLARS ACCOUNT DISCLOSURE STATEMENT
1.Consumer Liability. Please notify us AT ONCE if you believe your card has been lost or stolen, or if you believe that an electronic fund transfer has been made without your permission. Telephoning is the best way of keeping your possible losses down. You could lose all the money in your account. If you tell us within 2 business days after you learn of the loss or theft of your card, you can lose no more than $50 if someone used your card without your permission.
If you do NOT tell us within 2 business days after you learn of the loss or theft of your card, and we can prove we could have stopped someone from using your card without your permission if you had told us, you could lose as much as $500.
Also, if your statement shows transfers that you did not make, tell us at once. If you do not tell us within 60 days after the statement was mailed to you, you may not get back any money you lost after the 60 days if we can prove that we could have stopped someone from taking the money if you had told us in time. If a good reason (such as a long trip or a hospital stay) kept you from telling us, we will extend the time periods.
2. Contact in Event of Unauthorized Transfer. If you believe your card has been lost or stolen call:
Campus Credentials & Transportation
Walb Union Room 127
2101 East Coliseum Blvd.
Fort Wayne, IN 46805
[email protected] or (260) 481-6611
You should also call the number or write to the address listed above if you believe a transfer has been made using your card without your permission.
3. Business Days. For purposes of these disclosures, our business days are Monday through Friday. PFW Holidays are not included, for a list please visit: https://www.pfw.edu/offices/hr-oie/pay-information/university-holidays.html.
4. Transfer Types and Limitations. You may use your card for purchases at locations that have agreed to accept for payment. Cash deposits to your card may be made at Mastodon Card Stations. Services may be limited at some locations. Certain locations may have a limit on the dollar amounts of individual purchases. There are no limitations on the number of purchases. No transfers can be made from other Purdue University Fort Wayne accounts. No cash withdrawals can be made, unless you are closing your account.
5. Fees.
Don Dollars We may close accounts when you are no longer enrolled in, or employed by, Purdue Fort Wayne. A fee of $25.00 is charged to close an account. Proceeds from the closed account will be paid through the Office of the Bursar and will be subject to offsets against other debts you owe to Purdue Fort Wayne. The Office of the Bursar will not process a refund of balance for less than $5.00. There is no fee to close an account with a $0 balance. The Don Dollars account does not pay interest. Except as stated above, there are no per transfer charges, fixed charges or minimum balance charges.
Mastodon ID Card There is a fee of $20.00 to replace lost, stolen or damaged cards.
6. Confidentiality of Account Information. We will disclose information to third parties about your account of the transfer you make:
- Where it is necessary for completing transfer, or
- In order to verify the existence and condition of your account for a third party, such as a credit bureau or merchant, or
- In order to comply with government agency or court orders.
7. Receipts. You can get a receipt at the time you make a purchase unless the purchase is at an electronic terminal and is in the amount of $15.00 or less.
8. Periodic Statements. Customers can go online at https://pfw.edu/eaccounts and view statements on demand by logging in with a user name and password.
9. Our Liability for Failure to Make Transfers. If we do not complete a transfer to or from your account on time or in the correct amount according to our agreement with you, we will be liable for your losses or damages. However, there are some exceptions. We will not be liable, for instance:
a. If, though no fault of ours, you do not have enough money in your account to make the transfer.
b. If the terminal system was not working properly and you knew about the breakdown when you started the transfer.
c. If circumstances beyond our control (such as fire or flood) prevent the transfer, despite reasonable precautions that we have taken.
d. There may be other exceptions stated in our agreement with you.
10. Error Resolution. In case of errors or questions about your electronic transfers telephone us at (260) 481-6611, write us at Walb Union Room 127, 2101 East Coliseum Blvd., Fort Wayne, IN 46805 or E-mail us at [email protected], as soon as you can. If you think your statement or receipt is wrong or if you need more information about a transfer listed on the statement or receipt. We must hear from you no later than 60 days after we sent the FIRST statement on which the problem or error appeared.
- Tell us your name and account number (if any).
- Describe the error or the transfer you are unsure about, and explain as clearly as you can why you believe it is an error or why you need more information.
- Tell us the dollar amount of the suspected error.
If you tell us orally, we may require that you send us your complaint or questions in writing within 10 business days.
We will determine whether an error occurred within 10 business days after we hear from you and will correct any error promptly. If we need more time, however, we may take up to 45 days to investigate your complaint or questions. If we decide to do this, we will credit your account within 10 business days for the amount you think is in error, so that you will have the use of the money during the time it takes us to complete our investigation. If we ask you to put your complaint or question in writing and we do not receive it within 10 business days, we may not credit your account.
For errors involving new accounts, point-of-sale, or foreign-initiated transactions, we may take up to 90 days to investigate your complaint or question. For new accounts, we may take up to 20 business days to credit your account for the amount you think is in error.
We will tell you the results within three business days after completing our investigation. If we decide that there was no error, we will send you a written explanation. You may ask for copies of the documents that we used in our investigation.
Don Dollars Account Additional Terms. In addition to the terms and conditions contained in the disclosure statement, the following terms and conditions also apply.
- We may close accounts when you are no longer enrolled in, or employed by, Purdue Fort Wayne. All funds in the Don Dollar Scholars account will not be refunded to students.
- Your Don Dollars account balance will be carried forward from semester to semester as long as you are enrolled in, or employed by, PFW.
- Cash refunds are not made for returned merchandise. Cash withdrawals are not permitted.
- Future changes in terms and conditions regulating use of Don Dollars accounts and cards will apply to all cards in circulation and use at the future date and will supersede the terms and conditions in effect at the time the card was acquired.
- Your Don Dollars account will only be established if you qualify and meet all PFW Scholarship eligibility requirements for awarding.
- You are only eligible for a Don Dollars account while actively on campus. Visiting scholars, temporary employees, and official retirees are not eligible.
Other University Scholarships
For more resources about university scholarships, take a look at the following categories:
ScholarshipUniverse for Current Students