Winter/Spring Certification/Reimbursement Requests Now Open
Institutions may begin certifying awards/requesting reimbursements for the Winter/Spring 2026 term/semester now! Institutions may also continue certifying awards/requesting reimbursements for the Fall 2025 term/semester.
Michigan Achievement Scholarship Reminder
Students must have their Fall certification completed in order for Winter/Spring certification to process correctly in MiSSG. Please be sure to complete all Fall certification for Michigan Achievement Scholarship prior to certifying for Winter/Spring.
Winter/Spring Certification/Reimbursement Requests Deadline, February 17, 2026
The 2nd quarter payment date is scheduled for February 18, 2026. To be included in the 2nd quarter payments, awards must be certified and reimbursements requested by the deadline of 5:00 p.m. on February 17, 2026. Only accepted requests that are submitted prior to the payment date will be included in the 2nd quarter payments. Accepted requests that are processed after the 2nd quarter payment date will be included in the 3rd quarter payment.
For institutions submitting requests via file upload, here are some helpful tips:
- Review the MiSSG File Formats.
- Do not delay! You will need time to review your upload results, which may require evaluating any errors and re-uploading your file.
You can review your errors by selecting, ‘The File has been processed but errors were found.’
- You may review the students who were successfully included in the payment request on the ‘Ready to Pay Roster.’
The following State financial aid programs will be included in the 2nd quarter payment:
- Children of Veterans Tuition Grant
- Fostering Futures Scholarship
- Futures for Frontliners
- Futures for Frontliners Path 2
- Michigan Achievement Scholarship
- Michigan Competitive Scholarship
- MI GEAR UP
- Michigan Reconnect Scholarship
- Michigan Reconnect Expansion
- Michigan Tuition Grant
- Police Officer’s and Fire Fighter’s Survivor Tuition Grant
- Tuition Incentive Program
Notes:
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2nd quarter payments for Children of Veterans Tuition Grant, Michigan Achievement Scholarship, and Tuition Incentive Program are expected to be delayed 1-3 business day while supplemental funding requests are authorized by the Legislature and the State Budget Office.
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Payments for MI Future Educator Stipend are processed weekly.
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Payments for MI Future Educator Fellowship, Michigan Achievement Skills Scholarship, and Non-public Dual Enrollment are processed monthly.
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Review the Program Payment Schedule for important dates throughout Academic Year 2025-26.
The Michigan Department of Lifelong Education, Advancement, and Potential is not affiliated with National Merit Scholarship Corporation or its registered trademarks National Achievement®, Achievement Scholarship®, or Achievement Scholar®.
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