Accepting Your Financial Aid Award Online
The Office of Student Financial Aid & Scholarships assumes that all students wish to accept all grant and work-study funds. As a result, "Accepted" is the default setting for these funds. Also, if your parents are offered a Federal Direct Parent PLUS Loan, they must complete and return the Federal Direct Parent PLUS Loan Application Form. This means that only student loans can be accepted using DuckWeb.
New Students:
If you do not have a valid Personal Access Code (PAC) number, you cannot accept your award through your DuckWeb account. You must sign and return the Financial Aid Award Letter to the Office of Student Financial Aid and Scholarships.
To Accept Student Loans Using DuckWeb
Begin by going to DuckWeb. Complete the following steps:
Click on: STUDENT MENU → FINANCIAL AID INFORMATION MENU → MY AWARD INFORMATION → ACCEPT AWARD OFFER BY AID YEAR
Choose the Aid Year from the drop down menu and click on SELECT AID YEAR.
Carefully read the TERMS OF ACCEPTANCE. For additional information and explanations of the UO Office of Student Financial Aid and Scholarships policies, refer to the My Award Letter section of our website.
Click on: I ACCEPT THESE CONDITIONS after you have read and understand all terms and conditions of your award. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the Office of Student Financial Aid and Scholarships before submitting your award notification.
You have several options available for accepting your award
- You may accept the entire award as you see it by clicking on ACCEPT FULL AMOUNT ALL AWARDS.
- You may accept or decline any fund individually by using the drop down menus under ACCEPT/DECLINE.
- You may also request a decrease in any award by typing the revised amount in ACCEPT PARTIAL AMOUNT.
Important Information You Need to Know:
You must either accept or decline all awards. If you are not sure if you want to accept a particular award, it is better to accept it now and decline it later after you make a final decision. Because many funds are limited, if you decline an award now, we may not be able to reinstate it later.
Carefully review your selections before submitting your award acceptance online. Corrections cannot be made online once you submit your online award letter. To make corrections to your award after you have submitted it online, you must either email a request to the Office of Student Financial Aid and Scholarships or submit a written request.
If you have outstanding requirements, you will be taken to the Student Requirements page. Review this page carefully. You may have notes to read regarding a particular requirement. If so, you will see an asterisk next to the name of the requirement. Click on DETAILED REQUIREMENT NOTES to review. Payment of aid will not be made to your account until all requirements are complete.
