1. (a) Awards to students made under this program shall be designated as UNIQUE scholarships.
2. (b) Awards made under the New Hampshire UAAP shall be made only to academically qualified, needy, residents of the state pursuing eligible programs at eligible postsecondary institutions.

3. (c) Award recipients shall:

   1. (1) Have an EFC no higher than the amount most recently determined pursuant to Csp 602.01(b);
   2. (2) Be eligible to receive aid under the federal Title IV programs; and
   3. (3) Be enrolled as a full-time or part-time undergraduate student as defined in Csp 601.02 during the academic year or its equivalent.
4. (d) Disbursement of awards under this program shall be made as indicated in Csp 602.02 (g). No student shall receive more than the equivalent of 4 full-time academic years worth of awards, as defined in Csp 601.02(a). Awards for a student shall not be required to be consecutive.
5. (e) Awards under this program shall be treated by the institution in the same manner as the state grants for purposes of financial aid packaging.
6. (f) Any funds received by the institution that remain after all eligible undergraduate students have been awarded shall be returned to the endowment trust fund established in RSA 6:38 prior to the end of the fiscal year.
7. (g) Grants may be used to attend summer sessions or other sessions of shorter duration than a semester, but the total amount of grant award for the academic year or its equivalent shall not exceed the award amount determined by the commission for the fiscal year.

Source. #7339, eff 8-3-00; ss by 8622, eff 5-4-06; ss by #9220, eff 8-1-08; ss by #11098, eff 5-17-16