To configure a Special Fund Application, you will first need to create a new scholarship. Click here for instructions on adding a new scholarship. Please be sure to designate the new scholarship as a Special Fund by checking the box under the Application Dates section.
Afterwards, you'll be able to proceed with the following steps to customize it your needs.
Note: Special Fund Applications do not support pre-application qualifications or eligibility settings. If you need applicants to meet specific criteria, those cannot be enforced as gate requirements for SFAs.
Visibility tab
Select the desired applicant visibility from the drop down menu:
Everyone - allow all applicants to see the application on their dashboard by default.
Everyone – Code Required - allow applicants access via their dashboard only if they have a special code (given by an administrator, faculty member, guidance counselor, etc.). This code is set when visibility is selected (the code is case sensitive).
Selected Applicants - allow visibility on an individual, as-needed basis, with access controlled by the Administrator. When choosing this type of visibility, you'll need to search and select applicants from the drop down menu (additional students can be added at any time).
All students who have been added to the selected applicants list will appear under the dropdown menu.
To remove an applicant from the selected applicant list, click the trash icon next to the applicant's name.
Additional Requirements tab
Under 'Special Funds Application Questions' click the 'Add Question' button.
Since SFAs cannot enforce qualifications, the Additional Requirements section allows you to gather eligibility-related information through applicant responses, which can be reviewed during the award process.
If you'd like to reuse a question from the general application, simply click into the search box of questions to locate an application question, and select it (know that this means the question is shared, which includes the student's answer).
Shared questions will have an application icon in their title bar and will not be editable in this screen.
If you'd like to create a new question that is unique to the Special Fund application that you're configuring, simply click on the 'Add Question' button and choose any of the available question types (to learn about different question types, click here).
To save the question you are creating, click 'Create Question'.
Your Special Funds application is now ready for applicants!