How to Apply

The application for the Alaska Performance Scholarship is the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). 

The 2012-2013 FAFSA is now available!

Although the deadline to file the FAFSA for the APS is June 30, it's always best to complete it as early as possible after January 1 of the year you plan to attend school. Many financial aid programs using the FAFSA have deadlines as early as February 1. 

Already applied? Log in to the Alaska Student Aid Portal (ASAP) to verify that ACPE has received your Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) data. If you applied via the FAFSA on the Web, your information should be available in ASAP within five business days.

 

Alaska Student Aid Portal

 

Remember you need to file a FAFSA every year in which you plan to use an APS award. When you file, be sure to list at least one Alaska institution on your FAFSA - the institution you plan to attend should be listed first - and to list Alaska as your state of residency. An alternative APS application is available through ASAP for students attending schools that do not receive FAFSA data.

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 Attention Private School Students

Students who are privately home-schooled or who attend private schools accredited under 4 AAC 04.300 must submit an eligibility determination request to the Department of Education and Early Development to have their eligibility for the APS determined.  Students who graduated from a public high school do not need to submit this form.

Download APS Eligibility Determination Request Form

For a determiniation prior to the upcoming APS award year, the completed form and all supporting documents must be submitted by July 15 to:

Shari Paul, APS Program Coordinator
Alaska Department of Education & Early Development
P.O. Box 110500
Juneau, Alaska 99811-0500

Students who submit the APS Eligibility Determination Request Form must also complete the FAFSA, or the alternative application if attending a non-Title IV postsecondary institution, by June 30 of each year in which the plan to use the award.