Home > Accept Your Scholarship Award             Instructions for accepting your USA Scholarship Award:   Please indicate your plans to accept or decline this award.  You are encouraged to do so within 30 days of receiving your scholarship award notification letter.  Enter the PAWS link and complete the following steps:       Sign into PAWS secure area (http://paws.usouthal.edu) Click on Student Services & Financial Aid Click on Financial Aid Click on My Award Information Click on Award by Aid Year (second option in list) Click on academic year you will begin at USA (your academic Award Aid Year) and Submit Click on Accept Award Offer (last tab) Accept or Decline the award and Submit Decision       Click here to enter PAWS and accept your award now!       Always remember to Log Out of PAWS when you ready to leave the website.