SSS TRIO Application Criteria

SSS is accepting applications from full-time students to join the next cohort. To be eligible, SSS participants must be a U.S. citizen or meet residency requirements to receive federal student aid.

Each SSS participant must meet at least one or more of the following eligibility criteria:

• Have a financial need
• Neither parent or guardian has a baccalaureate degree

OR

• Have a documented disability*

*Disability according to the American with Disabilities Act (ADA), Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, and the University of New Mexico Policy 2310 is defined as a substantial limitation of a major life function. This includes students with visual, hearing, learning, psychological, orthopedic, and chronic health disabilities. Students enrolled in SSS must register with UNM’s Accessibility Resource Center: ARC website for the potential of additional academic services.