Bursar

Scholarship Payments

University of Cincinnati uses Backpack to receive Outside Scholarship payments. Outside scholarships are funded by organizations or individuals other than their parents/guardians. All outside scholarship payments should now be submitted online.

Please click the button below for submission and further instruction.

If your organization has questions, please contact scholarships@backpackpay.com

Students who have been given a scholarship check should complete the Scholarship Check Processing Form and mail all related documents to the address below. 

  • Signature Required: If the check is made out to UC and the student, students must sign the back of the check.  Missing signatures will cause significant delays in posting.
  • Return of Funds: Once the award is posted to a student's account and funds have been disbursed, donor organizations must work directly with the student for the return of any funds
  • Missing or Incomplete Scholarship Check Processing Forms: If we receive a check without a Sholarship Check Processing Form or specific disbursement instructions, we will automatically apply the funds to your account based on the check amount:
    • Less than $4,000: Applied entirely to the current semster. 
    • $4,000 or more: Split evenly between the Fall and Spring semsters. 

Prepaid sponsorship/scholarship checks should be mailed to:

Sponsored Student Accounts
University of Cincinnati
PO Box 210140
Cincinnati, OH 45221-0140

Sponsors can download a signed copy of a W-9 Form completed with UC's data if needed.