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Understanding Scholarships

In this section:

• Scholarships
• Scholarship Configuration and Reference Data
• Scholarship Versions, Offerings and Offering Instances
• Scholarship in Applicant Portal
• Scholarship Application
• Scholarship Matching
• Scholarship Processing
• Recording Details and Payments for Student Scholarships
• 'Per Credit Point' Scholarships

Scholarships

The Scholarships subsystem handles both undergraduate and postgraduate scholarships.

Note: Scholarships were originally included as part of the Research subsystem of Callista that handles postgraduate Research students. This functionality has been retained. (Note: The Scholarships functionality described below does not interact with this existing functionality in the Research subsystem.) The main difference between the scholarships functionality in the Research subsystem and the Scholarships subsystem, is that Research scholarships are are applicable to postgraduate Research students only and must be linked to a Research course. Further details of this alternative processing of Scholarships can be found in Research.

The Record Scholarship Details form RESF3500) is used to record scholarships linked to a Research course.
Scholarships Details are recorded in the Maintain Scholarship Version form (SCHF0500).

Scholarship Configuration and Reference Data

The Date Aliases used in scholarship processing are defined in SCHF0300. Application Start and End Date values define the window of opportunity for applicants to apply for a particular Scholarship Offering Instance.
Applicant Portal settings for scholarships are found in ADMF0900.

Values available in LOVs in the various Scholarships forms are defined in the forms listed below:
SCHF0310 - Maintain Scholarship Payment Methods - (create values for an LOV in SCHF0610 and SCHF1280)
SCHF0315 - Maintain Scholarship Payment Sources - (create values for an LOV in SCHF0500)
SCHF0330 - Maintain Scholarship Category - (create values for an LOV in SCHF0500)
SCHF0350 - Maintain Scholarship Status - (create values for an LOV in SCHF1200)
SCHF0355 - Maintain Manual Verification Criteria - (create values for an LOV in SCHF0600)
SCHF0360 - Maintain Person Scholarship Verification Status - (create values for an LOV in SCHF1210)
SCHF0365 - Maintain Scholarship Outcome Status - (create values for an LOV in SCHF1020)
SCHF0370 - Maintain Scholarship Offer Response Status - (create values for an LOV in SCHF1020)
SCHF0100 - Maintain Scholarship Application Status - (create values for an LOV in SCHF1020)
SCHF0550 - Maintain Scholarship Maintain Scholarship Applicant Eligibility and Response Options - (create values for an LOV in SCHF0520)

Scholarship Versions, Offerings and Offering Instances

Scholarship Versions are created in SCHF0500 and are created in much the same way as Unit and Course Versions.
Offerings for a scholarship are created in SCHF0510, as are instances of these offerings. Scholarship Offering Instances are made available for selection for applicants by checking the Offered checkbox in SCHF0510, likewise they may be available for selection via Applicant Portal if the SSF Available indicator is selected in SCHF0510.
Eligibility Criteria are used in scoring and ranking Scholarship Applications for each Scholarship Offering Instance. The Eligibility Criteria for a particular Scholarship Offering are defined in SCHF0520.
If a student is offered a scholarship, they may choose to defer. That is, they may accept the scholarship, but for a future Offering Instance that it can be deferred into. For a given Scholarship Offering Instance, the periods available for deferral are recorded in SCHF0395.

Scholarships in Applicant Portal

An applicant, using Applicant Portal, can view the scholarships available to them and can submit Scholarship Applications online.
They may also respond to eligibility criteria questions online and these application details are transferred to Callista SMS tables and can be viewed in the relevant SMS forms. For a full description of scholarships in Applicant Portal see Scholarships in Applicant Portal.
Payment Details for the Scholarship Offering Instance are recorded in SCHF0610 and Verification Criteria are recorded in SCHF0600.

Scholarship Application

A student can be recorded as a Scholarship Applicant in SCHF1010 and the scholarships for which they have applied are recorded in SCHF1020.

Record the responses for various Eligibility Criteria in SCHF1030. Responses to these Eligibility Criteria may be used to rank applicants for a Scholarship Offering Instance. Scores are allocated to the Eligibility Criteria for a selected Scholarship Offering Instance in SCHF1040 and the eligible applicants for a Scholarship Offering Instance can be ranked and made offers in SCHF1050.

Changes to the various statuses of a Scholarship Application define the main stages of processing. System status values during processing are show in the diagram below:

Person Matching

Scholarship applicants, recorded in SCHF1010, are matched to Callista students, recorded in ADMF1213, by the job SCHJ5000.

The matching outcomes of the job can be viewed and administered in ADMF5600. The Applicant to Person link is recorded in ENRF3010, where the Scholarship Application number of the applicant is recorded as the Alternate ID for the Person.

Scholarship Processing

When an offered scholarship in SCHF1020 has the status changed to ACCEPTED, then details for that scholarship are recorded in the Person Scholarship form SCHF1200. These details include the Scholarship Offering Instance and Scholarship Status. As a Person Scholarship can only be created in SCHF1200, if a Person ID exists for the applicant, the user will only be able to update the Offer Response status to a system status of ACCEPTED or DEFERRED if a Person ID exists for the applicant.

Scholarship Management Periods for the awarded Scholarship Offering Instance, are also defined in this form but may be extended if the student intermits or changes to part-time study.

Verification checks must be made for each Management Period over the duration of a scholarship. The verification rules and manual criteria for a Scholarship Offering Instance are defined in SCHF0600. The Verification Process for a student is initiated in SCHF1210. The outcome of these checks affects the value for the Verification Status for the student. A bulk verification job, SCHJ0400, can also be run to perform verification checks on the set of Person Scholarships defined by the job parameters.

Details of a Person's Scholarship Payments for each Management Period are recorded in SCHF1280. In each Management Period for a scholarship, a verification check for a student must have been successful, in SCHF1210, before payments can be processed for that student in that Management Period.

If a Person Scholarship fails verification it may be terminated, the status set to PROBATION or TERMINATED in SCHF1200.
A Scholarship Status for a Person Scholarship, recorded in SCHF1200, can be set to COMPLETED when the Payment(s) for the last Management Period have been completed.
INQF1020 allows view-only access to an applicant's Scholarship details.

Recording Details and Payments for Student Scholarships

Scholarships for a student are recorded in SCHF1200 and details of Scholarship Payments are recorded in SCHF1280.

'Per Credit Point' Scholarships

An institution may award scholarships whose payments are calculated on a Per Credit Point basis.
Payments may be recorded for these scholarships in terms of credit points.

a). Defining Per Credit Point Scholarships

• Query for the student in SCHF1200.
• Select the scholarship code and period.
• Select the Scholarship Status and save.
  
• Record Total Credit Points Payable value and the Related Course for the Person Scholarship.
  The Management Period records in SCHF1200 are inherited from the Person Scholarship offering instances in .

b). Recording a Scholarship Payment

• In SCHF1200, record the Credit Points Paid for the current period and save.
  (The Total Remaining Credit Points value in SCHF1200 and SCHF1280 will automatically update).
• Click on the Payment Activity button to open SCHF1280 with the Person Scholarship record in context.
  The Scholarship Management Period instances are inherited from the Person Scholarship.
  (A lamp displays indicating the paid credit points for this Scholarship Period - Credit Point value is sourced from the Credit Points Paid in SCHF1200).
  
• Record a Payment Processed Date in the Person Scholarship Payment Activity block. Note: Verification may be required if the Skip Verification check box is not selected here.
  (The Related Course Code from SCHF1200 is displayed in the Related Course Code field in SCHF1280
  Note: To update the Related Course Code value in SCHF1280, clear the Payment Processed Date in that form, enter the new Course Code in SCHF1200 and then re-enter a Payment Processed Date value in SCHF1280.
  

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