2024-2025 Includes Fall 2024, Spring 2025, and Summer 2025

Federal Verification Forms

Applications 

Unusual Personal Circumstances Forms

Income-Based Appeals

Please allow 2-3 for processing of income-based appeals

Other Appeals

Loan Revisions

Private Loans

Students are strongly advised to exhaust federal aid before applying for private loans. Students applying for a private loan but not completing a FAFSA must complete the Alternative Loan Counseling below.

2025-2026 Includes Fall 2025, Spring 2026, and Summer 2026

All 2025-2026 forms will be available in 2025 check back soon

Federal Verification Forms

Applications 

  • 2025-2026 Aid for Part Time Study
  • J-Term 2026 Aid Application (Available November 2025)

Unusual Personal Circumstances Forms

  • 2025-2026 Independence Appeal Form
  • 2025-2026 Homeless Youth Verification 

Income-Based Appeals

Please allow 2-3 for processing of income-based appeals

  • 2025-2026 Loss of Income (Use for Job loss, work hour reduction, retirement, or job change)
  • 2025-2026 Special Circumstances (Use for all of special circumstances not included on loss of income appeal)

Other Appeals

Loan Revisions

Private Loans

Students are strongly advised to exhaust federal aid before applying for private loans. Students applying for a private loan but not completing a FAFSA must complete the Alternative Loan Counseling below.

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Financial aid offices are permitted to share a student's FAFSA data with organizations that meet certain criteria, provided the student has provided the school written consent to do so. Buffalo State is authorized to share FAFSA data with the following organizations:

  • Scholarship providers
  • Tribal organizations
  • Any organization "assisting the applicant in applying for and receiving Federal, State, local, or tribal assistance that the applicant designates to assist the applicant in applying for and receiving financial assistance for any component of the applicant's cost of attendance."

Release or Records Written Consent Form

Students can also share their data directly using one of the following two (2) ways:

  1. Print your SUNY Award Letter from Banner: Your SUNY Award Letter displays all the awards received at Buffalo State and your Student Aid Index (SAI). Access the award letter under Financial Aid > Awards > View Aid for Aid Year > Select Appropriate Year > Accept Award Offer Tab.
  2. Print your FAFSA Submission Summary (FSS), formerly SAR: Obtain your FSS by logging in to your StudentAid.gov account, selecting your processed FAFSA submission from the My Activity section, select View FAFSA Submissions Summary

Cross Registration

Cross Registration Buffalo State students to cross register for an additional course at another approved institution during the fall and spring semesters. Please see the Registrar’s Office for additional information.  

Consortium Agreements

Buffalo State students who are participating in a National Student Exchange Program or an International Exchange Program approved by the Office of International Education will have their eligible federal and state financial aid processed by Buffalo State. Students may only receive federal and state aid from one institution per semester. Once our office has been notified that you have been accepted into an approved program, we will notify your host institution by sending them a consortium agreement that you will receive your aid through Buffalo State. Please note it is the responsibility of the student to pay all charges accrued at the host institution. Buffalo State does not forward any aid on behalf of the student.

For incoming students to Buffalo State on an approved program, if your home institution requires you to have our institution complete a consortium agreement, please use the following contact information:

Buffalo State Financial Aid
1300 Elmwood Ave – Moot Hall 230
Buffalo, NY 14222
Fax: (716)878-4903

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