Funding Assistance for students impacted by COVID-19

Bobcat Cares is intended to assist students with emergency costs that arose due to the coronavirus or any component of their cost of attendance.

Applications currently closed.

Bobcat Cares grants applications are currently closed. Applications were open January 18 – February 1, 2022. Texas State is distributing $6.5 million in federally-funded emergency assistance for the spring 2022 semester.

To be considered for this grant, you must apply. For eligibility criteria and other important information about the application process, please read the FAQs below.

Awards will be prioritized to those who have not yet previously received a Bobcat Cares Emergency Grant as well as financial need. Students will be notified within two weeks of the application closing whether they will receive an emergency grant.

Texas State is committed to helping Bobcats deal with the financial insecurity the pandemic has caused.