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The Florida Bright Futures Scholarship Program is comprised of the following three awards:<\/p>\n<p>Florida Academic Scholars (FAS) award<br \/>Florida Medallion Scholars (FMS) award<br \/>Florida Gold Seal Vocational Scholars (GSV) award<br \/>Initial Eligibility Requirements to Receive Funding<br \/>The student will:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Be a Florida resident and a U.S. citizen or eligible non-citizen. A student\u2019s residency and citizenship status are determined by the postsecondary institution. Questions regarding such status should be directed to the financial aid office or admissions office of the institution the student plans to attend.<\/li>\n<li>Not owe a repayment or be in default under any state or federal grant, loan, or scholarship program unless satisfactory arrangements to repay have been made.<\/li>\n<li>Meet specific coursework and minimum grade point average (GPA) and test score requirements which are outlined on the Office of Student Financial Assistance (OSFA) website\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.floridastudentfinancialaid.org\/ssfad\/bf\/acadrequire.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.FloridaStudentFinancialAid.org\/SSFAD\/bf\/acadrequire.htm<span class=\"ae-compliance-indent ae-new-window\">\u00a0Opens in New Window\u00a0<\/span><\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>ATS \u2013 The Academic Top Scholars award, announced by the Florida Department of Education before the end of the fall term after all term one disbursements are reported, is awarded to the Florida Academic Scholar with the highest academic ranking in each county (based on the product of multiplying the Bright Futures GPA and the highest qualifying SAT\/ACT test score). The recipient receives a cost per credit hour award established by the Florida Legislature in the General Appropriations Act in addition to the Florida Academic Scholars award. For current year award amounts visit:<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0<span class=\"ae-compliance-indent ae-new-window\">Opens in New Window\u00a0<\/span><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.floridastudentfinancialaid.org\/ssfad\/bf\/awardamt.htm\">www.FloridaStudentFinancialAid.org\/SSFAD\/bf\/awardamt.htm<\/a>.Complete and submit the\u00a0<em>Free Application for Federal Student Aid<\/em>\u00a0(FAFSA). The FAFSA does not have to indicate financial need; however, must be complete and processed error free prior to a student\u2019s first disbursement. Visit the website at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.fafsa.ed.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.fafsa.ed.gov<span class=\"ae-compliance-indent ae-new-window\">\u00a0Opens in New Window\u00a0<\/span><\/a>for online processing.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Applying for an Award<br \/>For Initial Eligibility the student will:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Submit a fully completed error free\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.floridastudentfinancialaidsg.org\/UA\/SAWSTUA_uaform.asp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Initial Student Florida Financial Aid Application<span class=\"ae-compliance-indent ae-new-window\">\u00a0Opens in New Window\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/em>during the last year in high school (after December 1 and prior to graduation) available online at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.floridastudentfinancialaid.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.FloridaStudentFinancialAid.org<span class=\"ae-compliance-indent ae-new-window\">\u00a0Opens in New Window\u00a0<\/span><\/a>(select State Grants, Scholarships &amp; Applications, then Apply Here). The application gives the Florida Department of Education (FDOE) permission to evaluate the student\u2019s high school transcript and standardized test scores for eligibility for a Bright Futures Scholarship and other state scholarships and grants.<\/li>\n<li>Apply during the last year in high school, before graduation, or forfeit all future eligibility for a Bright Futures Scholarship.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":534,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"100-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-538","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/goecs.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/538","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/goecs.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/goecs.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goecs.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goecs.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=538"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/goecs.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/538\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goecs.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/534"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/goecs.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}