Emergency Student Loan

The Grenfell Campus Student Union funds an emergency short-term loan to assist undergraduate students who find themselves in a difficult situation.

An application is available at Student Services main office. Please allow at least 24 hours for processing. To avail of this program, students normally must:

• Be registered full time
• Be in clear academic standing
• Not owe any fees from previous semesters
• Must have exhausted all other sources of assistance
• Must demonstrate their ability to repay the loan one day before the registration date
• Allow access to financial and academic information, if necessary, to determine eligibility
• Provide documentation of proof of need, if necessary
• Must agree to meet with staff to discuss their request
• Allow sufficient time to process (normally a day)
• Not exceed $500 per request

Please email gcstudentservices@mun.ca or call 637-6232 for more information. 

Short-term loan application for undergraduates

Short-term emergency student loan questionaire for undergraduates

Grenfell Campus Student Emergency Bursary Fund

This fund will be facilitated through the Student Services/Life Department. Students deemed to meet the criteria for this fund will be referred by the Manager, Health and Diversity to the Campus Registrar/ Director of Student Services for final assessment.

Eligibility

To be eligible, a student must meet the following criteria:

• Be a full time Grenfell Campus student who is experiencing a devastating, catastrophic and/or unforeseen circumstance;
• Display a high financial need. Discontinuation of funding or sponsorship is not applicable;
• Typically, be beyond first year of study at Memorial;
• Provide consent for consultation to occur with the referring party and the Financial Office
• Be continuing studies full-time for the current or upcoming semester (with the exception of students graduating);
• Have been registered for full-time courses in the previous semester (depending on the program, exceptions may be made for the spring semester);
• Maintain acceptable academic status reflecting that academic program progression and completion is a realistic goal.