ING Program News

2008-09 Payment
2008-09 Notification of Eligibility Available at My Zone
2008-09 Application

2008-09

The FY2009 appropriation for the Illinois National Guard (ING) Grants is $4,480,000.

Payment

At its June 27th meeting, the Illinois Student Assistance Commission approved Rules amendments effective for academic 2008-09.  Among these amendments were additions to the types of fees a recipient is exempted from paying when eligible for the Illinois National Guard (ING) Grant Program.  The two fees added are a matriculation fee and a term fee.  

If the college plans to include the new fees in ING payment requests for 2008-09, the 2008-09 New ING Fees  form must be completed and returned to ISAC on or before October 27, 2008. The completed form can either be submitted via e-mail from the e-mail address of the financial aid director, or mail or FAX it to the attention of the School Services Department.

Notification of Eligibility Available at My Zone

The of Illinois National Guard (ING) Grant Announcement Rosters for the 2008-09 academic year are available online at My Zone. The ING Grant Announcement Roster provides information for each applicant who has applied for the ING Grant with your institution listed as the college of record, and for whom the Illinois Department of Military Affairs (IDMA) has confirmed eligibility as of the date printed at the top of the first page of the roster.

This initial set of 2008-09 rosters (dated August 13, 2008) corresponds to student letters dated August 13th and includes data for complete applications received through the end of May 2008. As a reminder, new announcement rosters are posted at My Zone when eligibility verifications are received from IDMA, possibly each day.

The ING Grant Announcement Rosters, which are designed to assist in the financial aid packaging process by notifying colleges of eligible ING Grant applicants, may be used in place of collecting copies of the Notice of Eligibility letter than ISAC sends to students.

Details regarding the ING Grant announcement roster process, including important reminders, are provided at the Illinois National Guard (ING) Grant area of My Zone.

Application

The 2008-09 Illinois National Guard Grant Application is available to download and print from College Zone. The application priority consideration date for full-year and fall-only awards was October 1, 2008. Applications received after October 1 will be considered only for second semester (second/third quarter) and/or the summer term.