The Two-Year College Transfer Grant (CTG) is a program available to Virginia state residents that complete their associate’s degree at a two-year community college before transferring to a four-year institution to complete their bachelor’s degree.
Eligibility Requirements
- Be a first-time entering freshman no earlier than fall 2007
- Be an undergraduate in-state student
- Meet selective service requirements
- Have received an associate’s degree at a Virginia two-year public institution
- Have cumulative GPA of 3.0 on a scale of 4.0 for the associate’s degree
- Enroll full-time into a Virginia four-year public or Virginia four-year private nonprofit college or university by the fall or spring following completion of associate’s degree
- Enroll into a degree program not for religious training or theological education
- Have applied for financial aid by completing the federal Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) or Virginia Alternative State Aid (VASA) by the four-year institution’s deadline
- Have financial need, defined as a calculated Student Aid Index (SAI) of 15,000 or less as provided by either the FAFSA or VASA applications.
- If eligible for the grant, the base award is $500 per semester. A bonus of $500 per semester is available to students in a STEM-N program falling under specific CIP Codes. The list of qualifying CIP Codes can be found on the CTG application.
Deadlines to apply:
To Apply
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Madison Scholarship Hub (Scholarships at JMU)
- For students entering in the fall semester: Applications open August 1st
- For students entering in the spring semester: Applications open December 2nd
If you are having difficulty finding or applying through the Madison Scholarship Hub, a paper application can be completed instead. The link to the application can be found here: Two-Year College Transfer Grant.
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Return the completed form in person (5th floor of the Student Success Center), Secure Upload, by mail, or fax to the Office of Financial Aid and Scholarships:
Secure Upload: Financial Aid Secure Upload - JMU
- Obtain the final, official community college transcript, showing associate’s degree conferred, and send it directly to the Office of Admissions. We are unable to determine a student’s eligibility until the transcript is reviewed.
Renewal
If the student received the College Transfer Grant in the previous academic year at JMU, no further applications are necessary to be considered for renewal. However, to have the award renewed, the student must meet the following criteria:
- Enroll full-time as an undergraduate in-state student
- Maintain a cumulative GPA of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale
- Continued demonstration of financial need (SAI of 15,000 or less) and filing of the FAFSA or VASA application
- Maintain Satisfactory Academic Progress
Note: Failure to maintain the GPA and financial need requirements results in the loss of future eligibility for the program.
Transfer Grant FAQ's
Yes, an application will need to be submitted to be considered for the Two-Year College Transfer Grant either through the Madison Scholarship Hub or via the paper application. Additional information can be found in the “To Apply” section of this webpage.
Please send any and all official transcripts to the Office of Admissions (admissions@jmu.edu). Once they have uploaded the transcript into our virtual system, we can see and review it. Please make sure that you submit a final copy of your official transcript that shows your associate’s degree conferred.
If the transcript sent with the application for Admission is your final transcript and shows that your Associate’s Degree has been conferred, then you will not need to send a new transcript.
An item will appear on your To-Do List in the Student Center of your MyMadison account. Clicking on the item will give a brief description of what is needed. An email may also be sent to your dukes.jmu.edu email address.
Preliminary review of submitted applications happens shortly before the beginning of the semester. However, full review of submitted applications happens a short time after the Add/Drop period has ended and the Enrollment Audit has been completed.
Once the review of students has been completed, the roster is sent to the state office (SCHEV) for approval. We are notified when the roster is approved, and at that point we begin adding the grant to eligible students’ financial aid offers. This generally occurs near the middle of the semester.
Once the roster is approved by the state office (SCHEV) it can take approximately two to three weeks for funds to be received at JMU. This means that the funds may not be received until near the end of the semester.
Per state regulations, if a student is receiving the VGAP or Commonwealth Award, or an equivalent grant (JMU Grant/University Grant), and is awarded the Two-Year College Transfer Grant, the original grant amount must be recalculated to consider the Transfer Grant. This results in a slight reduction of the original grant amount.
Yes. If a student is only ineligible for the Transfer Grant due to less-than-full-time enrollment, then they can be reviewed the following term, under the Renewal criteria.
Unfortunately, once a student is deemed ineligible due to GPA, there is no way to regain eligibility.
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