15.01 General Principles.

15.01.1 Institutional Financial Aid Permitted. A student-athlete may receive scholarships or educational grants-in-aid administered by (see Bylaw 15.02.1) an educational institution that do not conflict with the governing legislation of this Association. (See Bylaws 15.01.6.1, 16.3, 16.4 and 16.12.)

15.01.1.1 Financial Aid to Attend Another Institution. An institution may not provide financial aid to a student-athlete to attend another institution, except as specifically authorized by NCAA legislation.

15.01.1.1.1 Exception -- Scholarship to Attend Vocational School -- Basketball and Bowl Subdivision Football. In basketball and bowl subdivision football, a conference or an institution may provide a scholarship to a student-athlete to attend a vocational school.  Such a scholarship may be provided in addition to a full grant-in-aid and shall not be limited.

[15.01.2 through 15.01.4 unchanged.]

15.01.5 Eligibility of Student-Athletes for Institutional Financial Aid. A student-athlete must meet applicable NCAA (see Bylaw 14), conference and institutional regulations to be eligible for institutional financial aid. If these regulations are met, the student-athlete may be awarded institutional financial aid during any term in which a student-athlete is in regular attendance [was enrolled initially in a minimum full-time program of studies as defined by the certifying institution during that term (see Bylaw 14.2.2.1.3 for final term exception, Bylaw 14.2.2.1.4 for final term before experiential learning requirement exception and Bylaw 15.2.8 for summer-term exception)] under the following circumstances:

[15.01.5-(a) through 15.01.5-(b) unchanged.]

[15.01.5.1 through 15.01.5.2 unchanged.]

15.01.5.3 Exception -- Former Student-Athletes -- Basketball and Bowl Subdivision Football. In basketball and bowl subdivision football, a conference or an institution may provide a post-eligibility scholarship to a former student-athlete to complete an undergraduate or graduate degree at any school.  Such a scholarship may be provided in addition to a full grant-in-aid and shall not be limited.

[15.01.5.3 renumbered as 15.01.5.4, unchanged.]

15.01.6 Maximum Institutional Financial Aid to Individual. An institution shall not award financial aid to a student-athlete that exceeds the cost of attendance that normally is incurred by students enrolled in a comparable program at that institution (see Bylaw 15.1), except as specifically authorized by NCAA legislation.

[15.01.6.1 unchanged.]

[15.01.7 through 15.01.8 unchanged.]

16.1 Awards.

[16.1.1 through 16.1.3 unchanged.]

16.1.4 Types of Awards, Awarding Agencies, Maximum Value and Numbers of Awards. Athletics awards given to individual student-athletes shall be limited to those approved or administered by the member institution, its conference or an approved agency as specified in the following subsections and shall be limited in value and number as specified in this section. Awards received for intercollegiate athletics participation may not be sold, exchanged or assigned for another item of value, even if the student-athlete's name or picture does not appear on the award. Each of the following subsections is independent of the others so that it is permissible for an individual student-athlete to receive the awards described in all subsections. [R]

[16.1.4.1 through 16.1.4.4 unchanged.]

16.1.4.5 Academic or Graduation Awards or Incentives -- Basketball and Bowl Subdivision Football. In basketball and bowl subdivision football, the NCAA, a conference or an institution may provide a student-athlete an academic or graduation award or incentive that has a value up to the maximum value of awards an individual student-athlete could receive in an academic year in participation, championship and special achievement awards (combined) listed in Figures 16-1, 16-2, and 16-3.

[16.1.5 through 16.1.7 unchanged.]

16.3 Academic and Other Support Services.

[16.3.1 through 16.3.3 unchanged.]

16.3.4 Specific Benefits Related to Education -- Basketball and Bowl Subdivision Football. In basketball and bowl subdivision football, a conference or institution may provide the following benefits related to education without limitations:

(a) Computers, science equipment, musical instruments and other tangible items not included in the cost of attendance calculation but nonetheless related to the pursuit of academic studies;

(b) Tutoring;

(c) Expenses related to studying abroad that are not included in the cost of attendance calculation; and

(d) Paid post-eligibility internships.