The 全球项目办公室 at 宾州州立大学阿宾顿分校 offers emergency funding (subject to availability and application approval) up to $1000 (not exceeding) per international student applied per academic year. The funds are available to international students who are currently enrolled at the 阿宾顿 campus. 该基金是一次性援助. 2023年秋季基金的截止日期是2023年9月29日.
This funding is intended to be a supplemental financial resource when students are unable to meet immediate and essential expenses because of emergency situations. Students may apply for the fund when they have exhausted all other resources (for example, 我们都是宾州州立基金, 等.). Students can receive help from both 阿宾顿 and University Park fund sources if eligible.
国际学生的定义
Penn State has the following definition of an international student: “You are an international student if you require any type of visa to attend Penn State. This includes students 生活 inside and outside the United States”.
学术年
The funds provide support to international students who face a financial emergency during 学年.
拨款用于:
- 战争, 暴力, or political unrest that destabilizes the business and economy of a student’s home country;
- Recorded natural disaster that significantly damaged the business and economy of the area of student’s origin;
- The death and/or severe illness of the financial provider as shown on the financial documents submitted by the student as supporting material for the I-20/DS-2019 process;
- 传染病暴发;
- Victim of a crime or a student in a dangerous situation due to acts of 暴力 or other victimization;
- Traveling of a student or a student's belongings home due to family emergency, crisis, or death;
- Other emergency (temporary emergency 住房 and meals due to displacement by fire/flood or other unforeseen environmental hazard, 其他非由大学提供).
资金不用于:
非紧急, 正常和预期的学习费用(学费), 住房, 费用, 健康保险, 和书籍), 图书馆的罚款, 停车罚单, 与酒精和毒品有关的犯罪, 罚款及律师费, 汽车维修, 娱乐费用, 娱乐, 或非紧急旅行/假期旅行(秋季), 感恩节, 冬天或春天, 夏季), 学生会议, 由于财务管理不善造成的支出, 手机, computer replacement due to negligence or other expenses mistakenly incurred or preventable expenses.
如果学生仍欠学费余额, any emergency funds that are posted to the student's account will go toward the outstanding tuition and will not reach the student directly.
To apply, international students must meet the following criteria:
- 他目前就读于阿宾顿校区
- Demonstrate financial need as a result of extreme unforeseen circumstances (see above)
- 所有其他资源不足或不可用
- 必须有有效的学术和移民身份
- 他们的学期账单上有0美元的学费余额
- Applicants must complete online application and submit supporting documentation
The following supporting materials documenting the emergency should be attached to the application:
- Copies of news coverage of the situation and evidence that your or your financial guarantor’s situation has been significantly impacted by it and that the guaranteed payment cannot be provided.
- 经济担保人死亡的情况下, 应提供正式文件副本.
- 万一得了重病, the student’s guarantor that states he/she is medically unable to carry on his/her business and can no longer guarantee payment. 另外, a support letter from the financial guarantor’s hospital or doctor should be provided if possible.
紧急基金的使用情况:
The emergency funding can only be applied and used under the supervision of the 全球项目办公室 that will make all necessary financial transactions. Only students who meet the eligibility criteria and submitted all required information and supporting documentation will be taken into consideration. Not all qualified applicants will be granted the funds due to the limit of funding available. The selection process is overseen by the Emergency Funding for 国际学生 Committee that consists of Global Advisory Board and 全球项目 staff. The Committee reserves the right to request additional documentation and interview.
我们会考虑以下因素:
- 学生紧急事件的性质和紧迫性;
- 学生可获得或不可获得的其他资源或支持;
- The impacts the emergency may be having on the student's wellbeing, 生活, 学术和移民身份;
- Other information provided by third parties, such as advisors, professors and staff at PSU 阿宾顿.
过程:
- The student applies for the fund using an online application via Forms (posted on PSU 阿宾顿 website/国际学生须知).
- The applications are reviewed by the Emergency Fund Point of 联系 (Global Engagement Coordinator, 通用电气, Olga Moskaleva) regarding applicants’ compliance and academic standing.
- Then, the applications are reviewed by the Global Advisory Board (GAB).
- 申请人经GAB批准后, the Director of the 全球项目办公室 and the Chancellor confirm fund recipients.
- 财政援助办事处 awards funds to the students’ bursar accounts.
在线申请
国际学生 Emergency Funding is administered by the 全球项目办公室 宾州州立大学阿宾顿分校 and provides emergency funding assistance to a limited number of qualified international students. Amounts granted are subject to availability of funds per academic year. 申请人可能无法收到所要求的全部金额. 拨款金额将由 财政援助办事处 到学生的财务账户. For more information, please see 国际学生 Emergency Funding Guidelines. Application deadline – third week of each semester (Fall/Spring).