Student Emergency Fund

Get help with unexpected emergency expenses.

If you are enrolled at the IU Bloomington School of Education and are facing an emergency related to an unexpected financial difficulty that is impacting your ability to remain enrolled at IUB, you may be eligible to receive emergency funding for expenses such as:

Emergency Housing/Rent/Utilities
Emergency Medical/Dental/Mental Health Related Expenses
Education Materials (e.g. technology, books, hardware or software)
Emergency Childcare
Unexpected tuition/fee expenses

Requesting Emergency Funding

To receive emergency funding, you must meet certain eligibility requirements and go through the application process. Emergency funding is limited to a $1,000 maximum per academic year.

Eligibility Requirements

To be eligible to receive emergency funding, you must:
Be eligible for the additional aid according to the Office of Student Financial Assistance (determined as part of the application process)
Be prepared to provide documentation of emergency expenses

Application Process

Complete the emergency funding request form below.
Monitor your IU email in case a staff member from the IU School of Education needs to discuss your application.
Make sure you have set up Direct Deposit of Bursar Refunds in one.iu.edu

Apply for funding

Important

Funds from the IU Bloomington School of Education Student Emergency Fund must first be applied to any outstanding balance on a student’s Bursar account. If there is a $0 balance on the Bursar account, the emergency funding will be direct deposited to the student’s designated bank account set up via the Direct Deposit of Bursar Refunds app in one.iu.edu.

School of Education

Student Emergency Fund