GSHI Award Submission

For the upcoming 2025–26 academic year, the Graduate College has been able to secure funding in order to provide a Graduate Student Health Insurance (GSHI) award of 100% of the single-student UC SHI cost. Please note that we cannot guarantee this level of funding for future years. 

Please note that the GSHI Award does not waive the UC SHI charge. You will still see a charge for UC Student Health Insurance on your term bill. The GSHI Award works by posting financial aid funds to your term bill. These funds will be listed in the "Payments Used to Pay Charges in Term" section, as the "Grad Student Health Ins Award."

If you waive UC SHI via the Catalyst To Do item, you are waiving coverage under the UC SHI policy. This means you will not be able to use the insurance, nor will you be eligible to receive the GSHI Award funds. 

Please direct questions about the GSHI Award to gshi@ucmail.uc.edu. Please direct any questions about the insurance policy or enrollment process to studins@ucmail.uc.edu.
 

The GSHI Award does not automatically renew. If you received the award for the 24-25 AY and you will be eligible again for the 25-26 AY, you must submit the form for the 25-26 AY. 

However, if you have not yet received your 25-26 AY offer letter, please wait! It is recommended that you submit your GSHI offer letter to the Graduate College by August 1, 2025, to receive your GSHI funds in a timely manner.

Once you submit your GSHI Award form, you will receive an email notification. Please keep the email notification for your records. 
 

The deadline to submit the GSHI Award form is the last day of the semester for funding for that term. 

• Spring 2025 funding: deadline was May 1, 2025
• Fall 2025 funding (including submissions for funding for the full 25-26 academic year): apply by December 13, 2025
  
• Spring 2026 funding: apply by April 30, 2026

The Graduate College does not offer a GSHI Award for summer-only coverage.