May 28, 2020
More than 7,000 Iowa State University students applied for assistance from the Office of Financial Aid due to hardship caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Iowa State received $10.8 million in federal CARES Act funding to help students pay for rent, food, child care or technology needs. Financial Aid Director Roberta Johnson says her office has already distributed $7.8 million. They have around 1,300 requests – out of the 7,354 received – to finish reviewing, which will likely exhaust the remaining funding. The application process closed on May 22.