Appeal Submission Deadline: August 20, 2012

If you lose your scholarship you may submit an appeal. A Scholarship Appeal is not necessary if you are currently meeting your Scholarship's GPA and UA unit renewal requirements.

Students must follow the process below to appeal a scholarship that has not been renewed.  The UA Scholarship Appeal Committee members include staff from the Admissions Office, Honors College and various academic advisors from across campus. OSFA staff are not voting members. The UA Scholarship Appeal Committee's decision is final and cannot be overturned or re-appealed.

ELIGIBLE AWARDS
This policy relates to the following scholarships:

• Arizona Assurance
• All Arizona Academic Team
• Arizona Excellence
• Baird Scholarship
• Flinn Finalists
• Marshall Women’s Scholarship
• National Merit Semifinalist
• National Achievement
• National Hispanic
• National Merit Finalist
• Phi Theta Kappa
• Presidents Award for Excellence
• Regents High Honors Endorsement Award (AIMS)
• Transfer Academic Achievement Award
• UA Phi Theta Kappa Scholarship
• Wildcat Excellence
• Sonoran Tuition Award
• Raytheon Tuition Award

For any scholarship not listed here, contact the awarding department/donor to learn about their appeal policies.

REASONS FOR APPEAL:
Common examples include, but are not limited to:  

• *Student’s own medical or physical illness or injury or disability –see process below
• Family, including death of a family member
• Other extenuating circumstances that are beyond the control of the student

REQUIREMENTS FOR SEEKING APPEALS: Reasons other than student’s own mental or physical illness or injury or disability:
Students seeking an appeal for other than mental or physical illness or injury or disability must:

• Attach a personal statement explaining the circumstances of the request, which should be no longer than one page in length;
• Attach supporting documentation (e.g., third-party statements, police reports, an obituary or death certificate, court documentation, or a letter from an attorney or other professional, detailing the reasons for the student’s inability to meet Scholarship Requirements).
• Complete the Scholarship Appeal Request form in its entirety  

Student’s own mental or physical illness or injury or disability:
*Students seeking an appeal based upon his/her own mental or physical illness or injury or disability must complete the Scholarship Appeal Request Form in its entirety and: Obtain medical documentation from a licensed health care provider, or a letter on that health care provider’s letterhead, which contains the following information:

•   The approximate date of onset of the mental or physical illness or injury or disability giving rise to the circumstances surrounding the request for appeal, and the dates through which such condition is reasonably expected to continue;
•    The general nature of the mental or physical illness or injury or disability that gave rise to the request for appeal;
•   The date on which the student anticipates being able to resume his/her scholarship.

Provide the letter or medical documentation to Campus Health Service to the attention of:

Harry McDermott, M.D.
Executive Director, Campus Health Service
P.O.Box 210095
Tucson, AZ 85721
FAX: 520-621-8412

Campus Health Service will review the documentation and, if it determines that meets the conditions for appeal based upon the student’s own mental or physical illness or injury or disability, it will issue a “Verification of Health-related Reasons for Appeal of Scholarship” form.  The Verification form will include the dates of onset of the condition and the dates through which such condition continued, but will not include information related to the nature of the condition. The student must attach the “Verification of Health-related Reasons for Appeal of Scholarship” form to his/her Scholarship Appeal Request form and submit both to OSFA. The University reserves the right to modify this policy at any time.  Submission of an appeal request does not guarantee approval.