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The Momentum Fund
Helping students stay on track to graduation
Even with generous financial aid packages, a seemingly small financial challenge can escalate into a barrier to re-enrolling for next semester. An unpaid tuition balance doesn’t just create financial stress—it can bring a student’s hard-earned momentum along their extraordinary academic journey to a sudden stop. The Momentum Fund helps students overcome short-term financial barriers so they can continue toward graduation.
Your gift helps at student overcome a short-term financial challenge, empowering them to keep building momentum toward graduation and their future careers.
Why it matters
Many UMass Dartmouth students already work full-time while pursuing their degrees. A small financial gap can quickly become an obstacle to re-enrollment—putting their progress at risk.
The Momentum Fund provides one-time grants that help students pay down tuition balances, return to class, and continue their academic journey. Your support provides the boost that students need to overcome temporary financial setbacks and maintain the forward motion they’ve worked so hard to achieve.
What your support makes possible
- Re-enroll for the next semester
- Continue research, internships, and hands-on learning
- Stay on track for graduation
About the Momentum Fund
The Momentum Fund is a grant program supported by a private foundation that helps students overcome financial barriers that could prevent them from graduating.
Grants of up to $2,500 are awarded to eligible undergraduate students nearing degree completion who face unexpected tuition shortfalls. Awards are applied directly to student accounts to maintain enrollment status.