The Maryland Higher Education Commission is happy to announce that the 2023-2024 Maryland State Financial Aid Application (MSFAA) is now available! Students can access the MSFAA through their MDCAPS accounts. Initial applicants must create a student login.
OSFA will begin to identify potentially eligible GA applicants based on the income information reported on the FAFSA/MSFAA from the 2021 tax year.
The 2023-2024 Guaranteed Access Grant (GA) has the following priority deadline dates:
· March 1, 2023 – Final deadline date to complete the 2023-2024 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). Applicants can complete the FAFSA using the following link; https://studentaid.gov/.
· OSFA urges all applicants to complete the FAFSA as early as possible. The 2023-2024 FAFSA became available on October 1, 2022.
· March 15, 2023 – Priority filing date – all required documentation is due.
· Applicants who submit all required documents prior to March 15, 2022 will receive an award notification by April 15, 2023
· As a reminder, students will not be able to upload their high school transcript until after 01/01/2023.
· May 15, 2023 – Final date to submit all required documents.
· Applicants who do not submit all required documents by this date, become ineligible for the grant.
As a reminder, students will not be able to upload their high school transcript until after 01/01/2023.
