Keesee Educational Fund Grant - Advanced Degree Students

This document contains the basic information for the Keesee Grant. This is not a full list of all the requirements for the Keesee Grant, only a list of the basic highlights. If you have any questions, please contact the Financial Aid Office at financialaid@sebts.edu.

You can find the application for the Keesee Grant, as well as the full details of their eligibility requirements on their website.

Below are the basic eligibility requirements for the Keesee Grant:

Residency

• Students from Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Kentucky, or Tennessee may be eligible for the Keesee Grant
• Students must have been a resident of one of the states listed above for a full 12 months prior to beginning a degree at any institution in order to be eligible
• Students cannot establish residency while being a student, either at Southeastern or at another institution

Academic

• Students must be enrolled in the Doctor of Ministry Program in order to be eligible for the Keesee Advanced Degree Grant. 
• Students must maintain a cumulative GPA of 2.5 or higher (new students with a 0.0 GPA are also eligible)

Enrollment

• Grants are not available for doctoral students enrolled solely in online classes
• Students must be enrolled in at least one “Qualifying Class” per semester
  1. The following course types are considered Qualifying Classes: on campus, hybrid, equip, practicum, extension center, intensives
• Only courses within your Keesee eligible degree program will count towards eligible enrollment
• There are some unique requirements around continuous enrollment courses for DMin students. Please contact the Financial Aid Office if you have questions
• Students in the Dissertation/Writing Phase are eligible for grants provided they were eligible to receive a Keesee grant prior to entering the writing phase of their program

Church Membership

• You must be a member of a Baptist church affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention, Southern Baptist Convention of Virginia, Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, Baptist General Association of Virginia, a state or national Baptist Convention or Original Free Will Baptist

    Application Window

• Opens January 1st on each academic year
• Summer/Fall and Winter/Spring Semester for the Academic Year Deadline is May 1st
• Winter/Spring ONLY for the Academic Year Deadline is November 1st