Financial Aid Summer Form

Financial Aid Summer Application

The Financial Aid Summer Application form at the bottom of this page is for students who currently do not have summer aid. Please check to ensure that you do not have summer aid on myLSUS showing in the summer column before completing this form. You can check this by following these steps:

• Login to myLSUS
• Navigate to “Financial Aid”
• Navigate to “Awards”

Online accelerated graduate students do not need to complete a summer aid application. 

Groups to be Awarded Financial Aid for the Summer

All Students (Excluding TOPS Recipients)

You must have completed a 2025-26 FAFSA.

You must be making Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP). Visit the SAP web page to learn more.

Pell Grant Recipients

You may have remaining Pell Grant funds available for the summer semester. If you wish to use only the Pell Grant for summer, you do not need to complete a Summer Data Form.

Once you enroll in your summer classes, your Pell Grant will be awarded within 5 - 7 business days.

Student Loan Applicants

If you borrowed the maximum loan amount allowed during the 2025-26 academic year you will not have remaining funds.

Below is a table outlining the annual loan amounts for different classifications of students who are either dependent or independent.

If eligible, you must be enrolled in at least 6 credit hours.

Traditional graduate students must be enrolled in six credit hours of graduate coursework.

If you are applying for a student loan for the first time, you must complete Entrance Counseling and a Master Promissory Note at studentaid.gov.

TOPS Summer Criteria

A student may be elligible to use TOPS benefits for the summer if one of the following conditions are met:

• Student has earned at least 60 hours prior to summer session, or
• Summer session is required enrollment in the degree program and student is enrolled in no less than the minimum number of hours required for that degree, or
• Degree program’s graduation requirement can be completed during the summer session, or
• Course taken is required for graduation and is only offered during summer session, or
• Summer session is conducted for nonacademic program a student is enrolled in.

Email finaid@lsus.edu if you meet the above criteria and would like to use TOPS for the summer. However, summer funding has not been confirmed at this time.

Additional Information

Visiting students are not eligible for financial aid

For Financial Aid purposes, summer enrollment status for undergraduate students is defined as follows:

• Full-Time Enrollment = 12 credit hours
• Half-Time Enrollment = 6 credit hours

Financial aid will be awarded after you have registered for summer classes. You must be enrolled in at least 6 credit hours to receive student loans. Therefore, you will not be awarded a loan if you are registered in less than 6 credit hours for the summer. If your enrollment plans change after you have been awarded, contact the financial aid office immediately.