AGNR is still accepting applications for the Catherine M. Brinkley Fund which provides interest-free loans to students who are legal residents of Maryland pursuing majors in the College of Agriculture & Natural Resources. Students may download the application. The Office of Financial Aid determines eligibility and award distribution and you must have submitted the FAFSA.
To be eligible, students must:
Questions? Please visit the website at https://agnr.umd.edu/admissions/financial-aid or contact April Brohawn at abrohawn@umd.edu.
To be eligible, students must:
- Be a legal resident of the state of Maryland
- Be enrolled in a major in the College of AGNR
- Have submitted a FAFSA to the University
- Amount is not to exceed the limit on financial need determined by your FAFSA application.
- Repayment begins 9 months after ceasing to be at least a half-time student at the University of Maryland and ending 10 years later.
- Monthly payments for the first two years of repayment will be $25.
- The remaining payments will be fully amortized over the final eight years.
- If the loan is not paid in full by 10 years, a 5% annual finance charge will be assessed on the unpaid balance.
- Revenue from loan repayments will be returned to this fund to assist other students in achieving their academic goals.
Questions? Please visit the website at https://agnr.umd.edu/admissions/financial-aid or contact April Brohawn at abrohawn@umd.edu.