Grants and waivers

Grants

• AmeriCorps 
• Berland Opportunity Grant (for adult students who have been out of school at least 3 years)
• Dislocated Worker Programs
• The Dream Fund (to support certain immigrant students with modest grants for emergencies)
• Education vouchers for former youth in care (Minnesota residents who were older children in foster care)
• Employer tuition benefits (Check with your employer. If your employer offers employee tuition benefits, contact Third party billing if your employer will pay.)
• Minnesota Department of Veterans Affairs Surviving Spouse/Dependent Education Benefit
• Minnesota Postsecondary Child Care Grant
• Minnesota Teacher Candidate Grant
• Minnesota Veterans' Dependents Assistance Program (children of POW/MIA)
• National Guard education funds
• Public Safety Officer's Survivor Grant
• Regents Scholarship (For University employees)
• ROTC benefits
• Veterans education benefits 
• Wards of the state (contact the Office of Financial Aid & Scholarships for more information)

Waivers

Tuition waivers may be available to students as part of a scholarship, fellowship, departmental or institutional assistance, outside agency, or University of Minnesota Regents Scholarship for employees. Tuition waivers, regardless of their source, are considered a form of financial aid which may reduce eligibility for student loans.

• Blind and deaf student tuition waivers (forms here)