Use your financial aid to buy textbooks early with your CrimsonCard!
If you’re relying on your financial aid refund to buy textbooks, there’s a faster way to get what you need using your CrimsonCard. Click on your campus below to learn how.
Spring 2025 Semester
Don’t wait for your financial aid refund—get a head start on your semester by securing your textbooks early!
Step 1: Sign a Title IV Authorization Form
To use financial aid to pay for your CrimsonCard deposit, complete the Title IV authorization form at one.iu.edu. Note: This form must only be completed once during your college tenure.
Step 2: Make a CrimsonCard Deposit before December 31, 2024
Deposit funds to your CrimsonCash account before December 31 and charge it to your bursar account*. These funds will be available immediately, allowing you to use your CrimsonCard to purchase textbooks online or in-person at the IU Bloomington bookstore at your earliest convenience. *Terms and conditions apply.
Step 3: Financial Aid Disbursement
Your available financial aid may reflect on your student bursar account as early as Friday, January 3, 2025. Primary expenses, including tuition and fees, will be paid first, and any remaining aid may pay for your CrimsonCard deposit.
Spring 2025 Semester
Don’t wait for your financial aid refund—get a head start on your semester by securing your textbooks early!
Step 1: Sign a Title IV Authorization Form
To use financial aid to pay for your CrimsonCard deposit, complete the Title IV authorization form at one.iu.edu. Note: This form must only be completed once during your college tenure.
Step 2: Make a CrimsonCard Deposit before December 31, 2024
Deposit funds to your CrimsonCash account before December 31 and charge it to your bursar account*. These funds will be available immediately, allowing you to use your CrimsonCard to purchase textbooks online or in-person at the IU Indianapolis bookstore at your earliest convenience. *Terms and conditions apply.
Step 3: Financial Aid Disbursement
Your available financial aid may reflect on your student bursar account as early as Friday, January 3, 2025. Primary expenses, including tuition and fees, will be paid first, and any remaining aid may pay for your CrimsonCard deposit.
Spring 2025 Semester
Don’t wait for your financial aid refund—get a head start on your semester by securing your textbooks early!
Step 1: Sign a Title IV Authorization Form
To use financial aid to pay for your CrimsonCard deposit, complete the Title IV authorization form at one.iu.edu. Note: This form must only be completed once during your college tenure.
Step 2: Make a CrimsonCard Deposit before January 15, 2025
Deposit funds to your CrimsonCash account by January 15 and charge it to your bursar account*. These funds will be available immediately, allowing you to use your CrimsonCard to purchase textbooks online or in-person at the IU Kokomo bookstore your earliest convenience. *Terms and conditions apply.
Step 3: Financial Aid Disbursement
Your available financial aid may reflect on your student bursar account as early as January 20, 2025. Primary expenses, including tuition and fees, will be paid first, and any remaining aid may pay for your CrimsonCard deposit.
Spring 2025 Semester
Don’t wait for your financial aid refund—get a head start on your semester by securing your textbooks early!
Step 1: Sign a Title IV Authorization Form
To use financial aid to pay for your CrimsonCard deposit, complete the Title IV authorization form at one.iu.edu. Note: This form must only be completed once during your college tenure.
Step 2: Make a CrimsonCard Deposit before January 15, 2025
Deposit funds to your CrimsonCash account by January 15 and charge it to your bursar account*. These funds will be available immediately, allowing you to use your CrimsonCard to purchase textbooks online or in-person at the IU Southeast bookstore at your earliest convenience. *Terms and conditions apply.
Step 3: Financial Aid Disbursement
Your available financial aid may reflect on your student bursar account as early as January 20, 2025. Primary expenses, including tuition and fees, will be paid first, and any remaining aid may pay for your CrimsonCard deposit.
Spring 2025 Semester
Don’t wait for your financial aid refund—get a head start on your semester by securing your textbooks early!
Step 1: Sign a Title IV Authorization Form
To use financial aid to pay for your CrimsonCard deposit, complete the Title IV authorization form at one.iu.edu. Note: This form must only be completed once during your college tenure.
Step 2: Make a CrimsonCard Deposit before December 31, 2024
Deposit funds to your CrimsonCash account before December 31 and charge it to your bursar account*. These funds will be available immediately, allowing you to use your CrimsonCard to purchase textbooks online or in-person at the IU Columbus bookstore at your earliest convenience. *Terms and conditions apply.
Step 3: Financial Aid Disbursement
Your available financial aid may reflect on your student bursar account as early as Friday, January 3, 2025. Primary expenses, including tuition and fees, will be paid first, and any remaining aid may pay for your CrimsonCard deposit.
Spring 2025 Semester
Don’t wait for your financial aid refund—get a head start on your semester by securing your textbooks early!
Step 1: Sign a Title IV Authorization Form
To use financial aid to pay for your CrimsonCard deposit, complete the Title IV authorization form at one.iu.edu. Note: This form must only be completed once during your college tenure.
Step 2: Make a CrimsonCard Deposit before January 15, 2025
Deposit funds to your CrimsonCash account by January 15 and charge it to your bursar account*. These funds will be available immediately, allowing you to use your CrimsonCard to purchase textbooks online or in-person at the IU South Bend bookstore at your earliest convenience. *Terms and conditions apply.
Step 3: Financial Aid Disbursement
Your available financial aid may reflect on your student bursar account as early as January 20, 2025. Primary expenses, including tuition and fees, will be paid first, and any remaining aid may pay for your CrimsonCard deposit.
Spring 2025 Semester
Don’t wait for your financial aid refund—get a head start on your semester by securing your textbooks early!
Step 1: Sign a Title IV Authorization Form
To use financial aid to pay for your CrimsonCard deposit, complete the Title IV authorization form at one.iu.edu. Note: This form must only be completed once during your college tenure.
Step 2: Make a CrimsonCard Deposit before January 15, 2025
Deposit funds to your CrimsonCash account by January 15 and charge it to your bursar account*. These funds will be available immediately, allowing you to use your CrimsonCard to purchase textbooks online or in-person at the IU Northwest bookstore at your earliest convenience. *Terms and conditions apply.
Step 3: Financial Aid Disbursement
Your available financial aid may reflect on your student bursar account as early as January 20, 2025. Primary expenses, including tuition and fees, will be paid first, and any remaining aid may pay for your CrimsonCard deposit.
Spring 2025 Semester
Don’t wait for your financial aid refund—get a head start on your semester by securing your textbooks early!
Step 1: Sign a Title IV Authorization Form
To use financial aid to pay for your CrimsonCard deposit, complete the Title IV authorization form at one.iu.edu. Note: This form must only be completed once during your college tenure.
Step 2: Make a CrimsonCard Deposit before January 15, 2025
Deposit funds to your CrimsonCash account by January 15 and charge it to your bursar account*. These funds will be available immediately, allowing you to use your CrimsonCard to purchase textbooks online or in-person at the IU East bookstore at your earliest convenience. *Terms and conditions apply.
Step 3: Financial Aid Disbursement
Your available financial aid may reflect on your student bursar account as early as January 20, 2025. Primary expenses, including tuition and fees, will be paid first, and any remaining aid may pay for your CrimsonCard deposit.