Financial Aid & Scholarships

Application Steps

FAFSA 2025-2026 IS OPEN!

  • The target priority application date is February 28, 2025. Submit your application as early as possible to be considered for institutional aid.
  • We ask that you complete your FAFSA as soon as possible so that we can prepare an award for you as soon as possible.
  • FAFSA Form
  • Watch “Preparing for the FAFSA form” playlist to understand what information and documents you’ll need to fill out the FAFSA form.
  • The 2023 income information will be used on the 2025-2026 application.
  • Be sure to create your FSA ID if you do not already have one.
  • Be sure that your contributors each create their own FSA ID as well. Even if a contributor does not have a Social Security number, they will be able to and will need to create FSA ID.
  • Contributor is a new term introduced on the 2024-2025 FAFSA form. A contributor is anyone (you, your spouse, your biological or adoptive parent, your parent’s spouse) who is required to provide information on the FAFSA form, sign the FAFSA form, and provide consent to have their federal tax information transferred directly from the IRS into the FAFSA form.
  • My contributor does not have an SSN and cannot complete the FSA ID and FAFSA. What should we do? With the changes made beginning with the 2024-25 FAFSA all contributors are now required to create an FSA ID, including contributors without an SSN.
  • For more detailed information on who a contributor is please see this page.
  • Watch this video “Who Is a Contributor on the 2024-25 FAFSA Form?” for more details.

Know the priority filing date

  • The UW Bothell has a priority date of February 28th.
  • This means that the FAFSA or WASFA must be received by the processor on or before February 28th to be consider for priority funds.
  • Use the University of Washington Federal School Code: 003798

**Please note that the Federal Processor for the FAFSA is located in the Central Time Zone and the FAFSA must be received by 10pm Pacific Time, February 28th to meet the priority date.

Apply for the FSA ID

  • Create an FSA ID by visiting Create a New FSA ID.
  • If you are a dependent student, your parents(contributors) will also create an FSA ID in order to sign your FAFSA.
  • A contributor is the student, student’s spouse, or student’s parent/stepparent.
  • For more information on who a contributor is for your FAFSA please go to this page, who is a contributor?

Gather financial information

  • For the 2025-2026 academic year, you will need income information for the 2023 tax year.

Submit your financial aid application

Receive your FAFSA Submission Summary

  • After you submit your application you will receive an email to access your Submission Summary information after you submit your application.
  • Review and make any corrections necessary to your FAFSA/WASFA.
  • Make sure that your name, date of birth, and social security number are accurate.

Award Financial Aid

  • The UW Office of Student Financial Aid will create an award package for you, and you will receive an email instructing you to log into your myUW account.
  • By logging into your myUW account, you can review, accept and or reject your award offer.
  • Your financial aid award may be preliminary until we complete the review of your FAFSA/WASFA information. Please respond to any verification requests as soon as possible to ensure that you receive your final aid notification in a timely manner.
  • Accept your aid as directed even if you are requesting or expecting changes.
  • Unaccepted awards are subject to cancellation.