- Check your Financial Aid offer and messages - Please review your important messages as they pertain to your Financial Aid eligibility in Banner Self Service.
- Check your requirements - We may need additional documentation to finalize your financial aid eligibility, if applicable. Please review your requirements and upload any outstanding requirements.
- Educational Financing Options - Review our financing options to learn more.
- Upcoming Communications - Be on the lookout for emails from our office and other offices regarding actionable items that may need to be completed. Some of these items may include sibling enrollment verification, completing loan requirements (studentfinancialservices@brown.edu), and in late fall, information from FAFSA regarding the 2027-2028 application.
- Book and Course Materials Support (BCMS) program - If you are eligible to participate in BCMS, your required books and course materials will be available at no out-of-pocket cost. When you use your Brown Student ID at the Brown Bookstore, all required books and materials will be covered. The Brown BCMS team will provide additional details later this summer.
- Student Employment - If you plan to work on campus or need a better understanding of the Federal Work-Study or Campus Employment component of your financial aid offer, please review our website for more information.
- Outside Scholarships - If you have not done so already, please report any external funding (outside scholarships, awards, tuition or veteran benefits, or any other educational resources, etc.) you will be receiving to the Office of Financial Aid by using the 2026-27 External Funding Reporting Form. Please review our website for more information about outside scholarships and options if your outside scholarship affects your Brown scholarship.
- Contact Info - As always, feel free to contact us with any questions.
Undergraduate Financial Aid