Applications for Summer Loan Extensions are only available on our website from April 1 to July 15.

If you are applying for funding to complete a clinical, placement or internship, submit a separate application (not an extension application) and provide an Application for Spring/Summer Session - Confirmation of Program form. Please note your previous application may have included funding for the clinical, placement or internship as part of your program. For example: if you were funded for 42 weeks of study on your fall/winter application your costs would have been included. If this situation is not applicable, continue with your extension application.

You will not be required to send a Pre-study report however you must report your income for your pre-study period (not in class) and study period (in class).

Each total of 12 weeks of study in an extension is counted as a semester of study, or half year in your total program. (For example: if you received 6 weeks of funding for a summer extension in 2009 and you receive 6 weeks of funding for your extension for 2010, your program length will be reduced by a semester.)

Dropping courses or switching courses may affect your eligibility for funding through the extension period that may result in over awards.

You must submit a copy of your transcript showing successful completion of your extension period to the Nova Scotia Student Assistance office no later than October 1^st of the year of your extension period.

To be eligible for an extension on your most recent application, the following statements must all be TRUE.

In the winter semester:

• You were a full-time university student
• You applied for assistance through the Province of Nova Scotia for that semester
• Your application for student assistance was processed and an assessment was completed
   
• You will be taking at least 1 full credit or 2 half credit course(s) beginning within two months of your winter semester ending
• If you are taking a course(s), it will be credited to the same program you were taking during the winter semester
• If you are taking courses, you will be:
  • attending the same university as you did in the winter semester; OR
  • attending classes at a different university, using a letter of permission from your 'home' university

If you are on a letter of permission:

• You will be eligible for an extension only if your home university agrees to sign the loan document.
• You will be required to send a copy of your letter of permission as part of your application.
• If your university will not sign the document, you may be able to apply on a new application.  See the Application for Spring/Summer Session - Confirmation of Program for the course load requirements.

There is a deadline to apply.  If your last extension course ends anytime in June, you must apply before May 15th; if your last extension course ends anytime in July, you must apply before June 15.  See the table below:

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