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APPLICATION FOR NATIONAL GUARD EXTENSION SCHOLARSHIP (NGES)

State Form 53414 (R / 3-09)

STATE OF INDIANA

STATE STUDENT ASSISTANCE COMMISSION OF INDIANA (SSACI)

NATIONAL GUARD EXTENSION SCHOLARSHIP

Eligibility for the National Guard Extension Scholarship (NGES) began May 3, 2007, at the Governor’s signing of the law. Any former Guard

member applying for NGES must have terminated from the Guard on or after this date. Students have one year from their termination date to turn

in the Application form and a copy of their DD214 and NGB Form 22 for NGES consideration.

Leaving the Guard is called termination and there can be only one termination date. Students who leave the Guard and then return to the Guard

will be eligible for 48 total units (eight semesters) of SSACI Frank O’Bannon Grant/National Guard Supplemental Grant/National Guard Extension

Scholarship in any combination provided on time and correction application is made.

Student must have been in good standing upon leaving the Guard: an honorable discharge is required in order for the student to be eligible for the

NGES. The Guard will be responsible for verifying discharge status before submitting the application to SSACI.

The date at which a Guard member leaves active duty is called the date of separation and a student may have several start and separation dates,

listed as start and end dates on the Application. For the purposes of calculating available units, the oldest eligible active duty start date extends not

further back than September 11, 2001.

The definition of active duty is any Title 10 deployment, or any Title 32 out-of-state deployment of 30 days or greater (e.g., Hurricanes Katrina and

Rita or Operation Jump Start).

NGES recipients must have applied for and used a National Guard Supplemental Grant (NGSG) prior to termination from the Guard. SSACI

determines prior NGSG use. Award history may be viewed at the SSACI eStudent website, , Award History tab.

Students must complete a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) by the March 10, receipt date deadline and make any necessary

FAFSA corrections by the May 15, correction receipt date deadline. Both dates are subject to change in the future.

Check the SSACI website at

for current application and correction receipt date deadlines. The FAFSA must be on file with SSACI at least thirty (30) days prior

to the first day of classes. The FAFSA may be obtained at

To determine eligibility for the NGES, Frank O’Bannon Grant eligibility is calculated first. The NGES acts as a supplemental grant to the Frank

O’Bannon Grant in the same way as the NGSG. If the former Guard member is also a Twenty-first Century Scholar, the calculation of these two

scholarships in combination with the Frank O'Bannon Grant will be guided in the same way as for the NGSG, meaning that the Twenty-first Century

Scholarship takes precedence.

The NGES will be based on current year tuition and fees as is the NGSG. No summer tuition and fees will be covered. Part-time use of the NGES

will not be permitted. The applicant will be expected to conform to present regulations applying to National Guard scholars and Frank O'Bannon

Grant recipients (including but not limited to: Eight semester limit, maximum of 15 credit hours per semester, Indiana residency, undergraduate

status, high school graduate, satisfactory academic progress (SAP), Title IV requirements, institution restrictions, etc.) A one-time Application will

be required of the student instead of Guard recertification prior to each term. Former Guard members will need to keep their NGB Form 22 and

DD214 in case of audit. The minimum NGES award allowable after the Frank O’Bannon Grant determination will be $20 per semester, the same as

for the NGSG award.

10) If the student intends to apply for the NGES after termination from Guard service, the student must secure an Application from the SSACI website,

The student must return the completed Application to the National Guard Education Office

address indicated on the Application with the required DD214 and NGB Form 22. The Indiana Army National Guard Education Office will record

the Application’s receipt, verify all information, determine eligibility, and then provide the information to SSACI. SSACI will administer the NGES

scholarship. The Guard and SSACI reserve the right to change any terms in this program at any time. Changes will be posted with the rules and

application on the SSACI website.

11) The student receiving NGES designation must be enrolled full time and use consecutively all semesters of eligibility once enrollment begins,

excluding summer sessions.

12) A conversion table of years, months, days of active duty to SSACI units is provided below. Six units of eligibility equals one semester of enrollment

at a semester-based public college. SSACI offers up to 48 units, the equivalent of four years (eight semesters) of funding to eligible students.

Students with active duty time between Length Begin and Length End receive:

Length Begin

Length End

Number of NGES Units eligibilty

Years/Months/Days

(out of 48 total units)

0/0/1

0/6/0

0/6/1

1/0/0

1/0/1

1/6/0

1/6/1

2/0/0

2/0/1

2/6/0

2/6/1

3/0/0

3/0/1

3/6/0

To cover active duty service dating from September 11, 2001, up to 48 units of maximum eligibility when combined with any past, present, or future Frank

O’Bannon Grant/National Guard Supplemental Grant/National Guard Extension Scholarship funding.

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