Grants & Scholarships (TAP) Overview Topics

The Grants and Scholarships Programs provide tuition assistance to eligible New York residents attending in-state post-secondary institutions.

In the site, you can:

Verify the status of a student's application for any grant and/or scholarship awarded the student.
View specific details of a student's grant and/or scholarship award.
Determine the status of a school's certification for student's grant and/or scholarship awards.
Determine if a specific student's certification has processed or errored (if authorization for this function has previously been granted).
View static and dynamic reports.
Static Reports - these are existing reports that a user requests to see by submitting request parameters.
Dynamic Reports - these are customized reports that are created at the time a report request is submitted.

HESC HelpDesk
Call the HESC Help Desk at 1-866-431-HESC (1-866-431-4372) for assistance. The Help Desk is staffed 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Eastern time, Monday through Friday. Leave a message during unstaffed hours and someone will return your call.