2025-26 NES Payment Requests Being Accepted

09/25/2025

Links in this message are to corresponding pages at the Illinois Student Assistance Commission (ISAC) website (isac.org), unless otherwise noted.

ISAC is accepting fall-term payment requests (claims) for the 2025-26 Nursing Education Scholarship (NES) Program.

Submit Payment Requests

The 2025-26 NES payment processing cycle has begun, and colleges may submit claims for the fall term via the NES system.

The first payment run of the 2025-26 academic year will take place tonight, and payment will continue to run on a nightly basis every weekday.

• Payment records that have been saved display a "U" status.
• Payment records that have been submitted display an "S" status.
• Only "S" status records will receive payment results.
• A Payment Results Summary and Invoice Detail Report can be viewed or printed by selecting the Report tab in the NES system the day after a payment request has been processed. The report includes payment requests, payment exceptions and invoice detail.
• The Payment Results/Exceptions report should be reviewed the day after submitting payment requests to see if any requests did not process as expected.

Schools are urged to submit payment requests as soon as possible. The fall-term NES priority claim deadline is December 31, 2025.

Details regarding the payment process are available via the Nursing Education Scholarships Payment page and the NES User Guide.

Watch for Updates

Program updates will be announced via our usual means of communication: the FAA Message Board, the NES Program News page, and/or this e-Messaging system.

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If you have any questions, please contact School Services by sending an e-mail to [email protected] or calling 866.247.2172.