Summer Federal Work-Study Program allows students to earn funding toward educational expenses for the upcoming academic year. Students interested in working during the Summer semester should email us at wkstudy@temple.edu around mid-April.
Students who have secured an approved Federal Workstudy position can email us to request to be reviewed for the workstudy grant. Please review the eligibility requirements below.
Eligibility Requirements:
- Student must have a valid FAFSA on file for the current year and the upcoming academic year (2021-2022 & 2022-2023)
- Student must also have submitted all Financial Aid requirements for 2022-2023. You can locate this in the Cost & Aid tab of TUPortal.
- Student must qualify for Title IV Aid.
- Student must have unmet financial need- This is determined by the FAFSA Application(s) on file.
- Student must be either enrolled for Summer Session or pre-registered for the upcoming Fall 2022 term.
- Students enrolled in Summer session must submit the FWSENR form located in the forms section.
Awarding Information
- Summer 2022 Federal Work-study awards are posted on Summer 1. We then run a process to carry forward any unused Summer 1 funding over to Summer 2 for students that qualify. We do not carry forward balances from Fall or Spring over to summer.
- Student Financial Services will determine a student’s eligibility for a summer Federal Work Study award based on 2021-2022 & 2022-2023 FAFSA (s), summer registration eligibility and the upcoming fall pre-registration. Amounts awarded are determined based on available funding and unmet financial need as determined by the FAFSA.
- Students enrolled in courses for the Summer I or Summer II sessions must complete and submit the Summer Federal Work Study Request Form to SFS. That form is located at: SFS forms
- Students that are not enrolled during the summer session(s), but are pre-registered for the upcoming fall semester are required to adhere to the federal regulation that governs FWS. The regulation requires a portion of summer earnings be used to meet educational expenses during the upcoming academic year. These attributed earnings are considered a resource offsetting calculated need for the upcoming FAFSA award year.
Employment Information
Students working On-Campus will be hired through the department posting the position via careers@temple. Students can apply for on-campus positions via TUPortal.
Students looking to work Off-Campus must contact Student Financial Services.
- Off-Campus workstudy postions must with an approved employer that SFS currently has a current contract with. Temple's Off-Campus workstudy program only contracts with local non-profits that provide services to the community. We do not contract with private organizations or organizations that do not meet our community service definition.
- Students who begin working without prior authorization off-campus will not be paid through the Federal Workstudy Grant. Please note that outside organizations do not have access to Temple's HR or payroll system .
- Please note that having a workstudy award on your account does not guarantee that it can be used towards an internship position. As stated previously workstudy awards can only be used towards Temple contracted non-profit organizations. Students should contact us at wkstudy@temple.edu prior to working off-campus.
Summer 2021 & Fall 2021 Federal Work-study Dates:
- Summer 1- May 7th
- Summer 2- June 18th