Deferment
- I need to be gone from OSU for a while. What must I do to retain my scholarship when I return?
- I have a one-year award. May I defer it until next year?
- May I defer a scholarship that was awarded by my academic college?
I need to be gone from OSU for a while. What must I do to retain my scholarship when I return?
If you must be gone from OSU for a time and you wish to retain your scholarship upon your return, you must complete and submit a Request for Deferment available from the Office of Scholarships & Financial Aid in 213 Student Union. An approved deferment request permits you to leave OSU for a time and retain your scholarship when you return provided that you met the terms of the deferment.
Normally, multi-year tuition waiver scholarships can be deferred provided that you meet the conditions outlined below. One-year tuition waivers scholarships are not deferrable. Multi-year cash scholarships offered by the Office of Scholarships & Financial Aid may or may not be deferrable, depending on the requirements of that cash scholarship program.
Deferments are not automatic. You must meet the scholarship retention criteria, including GPA & hours earned (one-half of the required hours if here only one term that year), before you leave to be eligible for a deferment. Attending any other college or university while on deferment WILL result in the loss of the scholarship (some accommodation may be made for programs such as OSU-sponsored Study Abroad programs, OSU-sponsored Co-op programs, etc.).
NOTE: OSRHE Academic Scholars must apply to OSRHE for a leave of absence. OSU will use OSRHE's ruling on any request by an Academic Scholar for a leave of absence.
I have a one-year award. May I defer it until next year?
No. One-year awards are not deferrable.
May I defer a scholarship that was awarded by my academic college?
You'll have to contact the college or department that offered the scholarship to you for their ruling on whether you may defer a scholarship offered by that college or department.
