What is a preliminary award?
Your award notice will inform you if your award is preliminary or final. If you see the indication ‘preliminary award’, then this means we need more information (such as a tax return or asset information) from you to confirm your eligibility for aid. Once we receive and process the necessary documentation, we will send you a final award notice that may vary from the original preliminary award. Please take into account that a preliminary award is subject to change and is an estimate of your eligibility. We cannot release aid to you until we have calculated your actual eligibility. If you have a preliminary award and are not sure what we need from you to finalize your award, then please contact us for more information. Please provide the necessary documents to us as soon as you can so we can finalize your award package. If you have recently turned in documentation to us we may not have been able to review it yet and will be in touch with you at a later date. • How long does it take for y
