Here are a few things to keep in mind before creating your award cycle:

1. Application Period Dates may not overlap another cycle's application period dates. You will receive an error explaining what dates are overlapping, if there are conflicts.

2. Application Default dates are "hard dates." Scholarships will not be available until the Default Application Open Date and they will not be available after the Default Application Close Date. If you have scholarships that do not fit into these application dates, you can adjust these dates on that specific scholarship.

Creating a New Award Cycle

Head to Settings in the main navigation menu, and select the Award Cycles subtab.

The admin navigation menu with Settings highlighted and its Award Cycles sub-item highlighted beneath it, showing the path to the award cycles page.

Under "Create New Award Cycle" section, enter the Award Cycle Name, Award Cycle Dates, and Default Application Dates, then click the Create Award Cycle button.

Note: Once you set the Award Cycle Start Date, the system will automatically set default dates for the remaining dates required, but you can edit them to fit your needs.

The Create New Award Cycle panel filled in for a cycle named FY2027, showing the award cycle start and end dates, the default application open and close dates, a required First Disbursement date under Disbursement Schedule, and an optional Payment Schedule, with the Create Award Cycle button highlighted below. The existing FY2026 and FY2025 cycles are listed above it.

Your new award cycle will appear in the 'Existing Award Cycles' section of the page!

Configuring Award Cycles

Creating a New Award Cycle