Accepting Award Offer

Review your award to accept or decline the offer. Grants are automatically accepted.

Step 1

Check your Eligibility Requirements to see if you have any outstanding student requirements, holds, or an unsatisfactory academic progress status that could prevent you from being awarded and/or receiving financial aid.

  1. Log into ECU Pirate Port.
  2. Find and select the “Financial Aid Self Service” card.
  3. Any Financial Aid Holds will be visible on the “Home” screen.
  4. Any outstanding requirements will be listed on the “Home” screen.
  5. Select “Satisfactory Academic Progress” to review that status.

Step 2

Review and Accept Your Financial Aid Award Offer

  1. Log into ECU Pirate Port.
  2. Find and select the “Financial Aid Self Service” card.
  3. Select “Award Offer.”
  4. Any awarded grants or scholarships are automatically accepted on the student’s behalf.
  5. To accept offered Stafford Loan funds or Federal Work study (if offered), scroll down and “Take Action” on the particular item, then click “Submit.”
  6. If this is your first time accepting loans while enrolled at ECU, you will need to complete a “Direct Entrance Counseling” and “Master Promissory Note” at www.studentaid.gov. These items will show at outstanding items on the “Home” section of the Financial Aid Self Service card, and loans will not be able to pay out until they are completed.

Step 3

Complete Credit Balance & Title IV Authorization
The Credit Balance & Title IV Authorization is maintained by the Cashier’s Office, however we do provide a link to the form. Questions about this authorization should be directed to them.

  1. Log into ECU Pirate Port.
  2. Find and select the “Financial Aid Self Service” card.
  3. Select “Resources”.
  4. A link to the Title IV Authorization is one of the blue text boxes on that screen

Step 4

Notify ECU Office of Student Financial Aid if you will be receiving additional financial assistance.

Report additional financial assistance such as scholarships, Vocational Rehabilitation Grants, North Carolina Veterans Administration (NCVA) Scholars, Golden Leaf, ECU Residence Hall Advisor (RA), Faculty/Staff Tuition Waiver, Other Tuition Waivers, etc. by completing the Additional Aid and Other Resource Information Form for the appropriate academic year in which you will receive the assistance. Be sure to mail all scholarship checks to ECU Cashier’s Office, G120 Old Cafeteria Complex, Mail Stop 230, Greenville, NC 27858.

Step 5

Review & Pay Your eBill

  1. Log into ECU Pirate Port.
  2. Select “Tuition Statements, 1098-T Statements & Payments.”
  3. Select “My Account”
  4. Select “Account Activity”
  5. Select appropriate term to view your account activity and balance.
  6. Select “Authorize” from the drop-down menu for each consent you wish to provide.
  7. Select “Submit.”

Step 6

Choose a TouchNet eRefund Option

  1. Log into ECU Pirate Port.
  2. Select “Tuition Statements, 1098-T Statements & Payments.”
  3. Select the “Refunds” tab.

Right to Cancel: Federal regulations require the University to notify the student borrower (or parent of a Parent PLUS Loan) of the right to cancel all or a portion of your loan(s). To do so, you must submit a written request to our office and include the following information: type of loan to be canceled, amount of loan to be canceled, date of request, and signature of the borrower(s).