Student Financial Health

Professional Development Grant

• Criteria: For undergraduate students receiving financial assistance. Kirby Fund for professional clothing and other job search items.
  Contact/Apply: Office of Personal and Career Development
  

Textbook Assistance from Intercultural Center

• Criteria: Each semester the Intercultural Center offers textbook assistance to students with high financial need as determined by the Financial Aid Office.
  Contact/Apply: Dr. Jonathan McElderry at 

WakeWare Technology Grant Program

• Criteria: Undergraduate student who receives need-based, merit, or athletic scholarship funds from Wake Forest during their first two years of enrollment. The grant covers the one-time full cost of a Standard WakeWare laptop, which includes four years of warranty and accidental damage protection and Winston Salem sales tax.
  Contact/Apply: You will be notified of your eligibility to receive a Technology Grant from the WakeWare Program Manager in late May, or whenever you become eligible thereafter. For questions:

Patient Advocacy and Insurance Assistance

• Criteria: Student advocate to assist with insurance questions related to the Student Blue plan.
  Apply/Contact: 

Funds for Psychoeducational Evaluation

• Criteria: Available for undergraduate students with financial need through Learning Assistance Center & Disability Services. Covers a one-time cost of psychoeducational evaluation.
  Apply/Contact: Jackie Friedman at

Emergency Loan Program

• Criteria: Undergraduate, Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, Divinity School students
  Short term institutional loan program for students in emergency situations such as travel expenses to visit family due to death/sickness, etc.
  Apply/Contact: 

Park Loan

• Criteria: School of Business Graduate School Students
  An emergency loan to assist with non-tuition, educationally related expenses
  Apply/Contact: Linda Higgins at 

Hoge Loan

• Criteria: 3rd Year Law School Students
  Selected on the basis of superior academic achievement, outstanding potential for service as a member of the legal profession, and financial need. Preference given to students interested in certain areas
  Apply/Contact: Law School Financial Aid, Chelsea Holdren at 

Study Abroad Scholarships

• Criteria: Departmental scholarship to assist undergraduate students with study abroad costs- transportation costs, fees, etc through Global Programs and Studies.
  Apply/Contact: Janice Claybrook at

Intercultural Center Student Support

• Criteria: A fund for undergraduate students who are studying abroad, participating in a service trip, internship, or other activities as the office deems to be in the best interests of both the University and the student. Recipients must volunteer at an IC-hosted event and provide a summary of their experience.
  Apply/Contact: https://interculturalcenter.wfu.edu/programs-services/resources/

Experiential Learning Stipend

• Criteria: Funding for an unpaid summer internship, up to $3000 open to rising sophomore, juniors, and seniors (if they are not already receiving funding from another source).
  Apply/Contact: https://opcd.wfu.edu/get-ready/tools-for-connecting/grants-for-students/

Travel Stipend

• Criteria: Funding for travel for Wake Forest-sponsored Career Treks and connect events; covers flight, hotel, some food, other misc expenses. Open to undergraduate students through the OPCD.
  Apply/Contact: https://opcd.wfu.edu/get-ready/tools-for-connecting/grants-for-students/

Chaplain’s Emergency Fund

• Criteria: This fund was created to help students, faculty and staff in times of financial hardship.
  Apply/Contact: https://chaplain.wfu.edu/care-support/chaplains-emergency-fund/

• Crisis Control Ministries (Offices in Kernersville and Winston Salem)
• New Communion Mobile Food Pantry
• NC Diaper Bank
• Legal Aid of North Carolina
• Northstar LGBTQ Center
• Sunnyside Ministries
• The Shalom Project Clothing Closet
• The Shalom Project Food Pantry
• The Shalom Project Medical Clinic
• Dress for Success Winston-Salem
• Forsyth County Food Pantry Map
• Forsyth County DSS
• Centenary UMC: Loaves and Fishes Food Pantry
• Family Services