Universities partnered with Backpack no longer accept paper checks for scholarship payments. Instead, payments are sent electronically through the Backpack portal, which is faster and more secure for everyone involved.

Let your provider know that your school accepts electronic payments through your school’s Backpack Scholarship Portal. You won’t need to share a mailing address. Instead, you’ll initiate a submission through the scholarship portal and Backpack will email your provider a payment link to complete payment of your scholarship. From there, Backpack walks your scholarship provider through the payment options.

To kick things off, follow our step-by-step guide here:

👉 How to Submit a Scholarship Using the Backpack Scholarship Portal

Before you begin, make sure you have your provider’s email address on hand. That’s how they’ll receive the payment link to complete the transaction.

Still have questions? Reach out to us at [email protected] and we’re happy to help.