Timeline

Dates & Deadlines

  • New Freshmen, transfer students and graduate students must be accepted and activate their NinerNET account before they can login to NinerScholars.
  • The university projects scholarships with the Feb 15 Early Action deadline for new freshmen enrolling Fall 2025 will be awarded prior to the May 1 National Intent to Enroll deadline.
  • The university has limited scholarship opportunities for Transfer students at this time. To access those opportunities, Transfer students are encouraged to login to NinerScholars as soon as they’ve received their admission decision, to find scholarship opportunities they may be eligible to apply for. Deadlines vary.
August 1
  • Undergraduate admission application opens.
  • Applying for admission does not automatically qualify you for scholarships. For scholarship eligibility, you must apply in the NinerScholars portal.
  • Students must be accepted to UNC Charlotte before they can apply for scholarships.
Late October

The NinerScholars Portal opens for students admitted for the fall 2025 semester to begin applying for scholarships that will be credited to the student’s account for the 2025-26 academic year.

January 13

Students admitted for the spring term may now apply for scholarships.

February 15
  • Early Action deadline for a select offering of scholarships open exclusively to incoming freshmen.
  • Some scholarships open to freshmen and continuing students have a Regular Action deadline of April 1.
  • Be sure you have submitted all letters of recommendation, essays, or other documentation by the stated deadline.
April 1
  • Regular Action deadline for scholarships open to freshmen, transfers, continuing and nontraditional students.
  • Regular Action deadline for most graduate level scholarships administered by The Graduate School or Graduate Programs.
  • Be sure you have submitted all letters of recommendation, essays, or other documentation by the stated deadline.
April
  • The university projects select scholarships with the Feb 15 Early Action deadline for new freshmen enrolling Fall 2025 will be awarded prior to the May 1 National Intent to Enroll deadline.
May – July
  • Most scholarships for the upcoming academic year are awarded.
  • The university projects scholarships with the Feb 15 Early Action deadline for new freshmen enrolling Fall 2025 will be awarded prior to the May 1 National Intent to Enroll deadline.
  • Check the NinerScholars Portal and University Scholarship Office website for specific deadlines and status updates.
July 30

Deadline for scholarships open to most reentry students.

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