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Academic
Competitiveness Grant (ACG)
An Academic
Competitiveness Grant will provide up to $750 for the first
year of undergraduate study and up to $1,300 for the second
year of undergraduate study to full-time students who are
U.S. citizens, eligible for a Federal Pell Grant, and who
had successfully completed a rigorous high school program,
as determined by the state or local education agency and
recognized by the Secretary of Education. Second year
students must also have maintained a cumulative grade point
average (GPA) of at least 3.0. The program will be available
for the first time for the 2006-07 school year for first
year students who graduated from high school after January
1, 2006 and for second year students who graduated from high
school after January 1, 2005. The Academic Competitiveness
Grant award is in addition to the student's Pell Grant
award.
If you can
answer YES to all of the following questions, you may
potentially be eligible to receive an Academic
Competitiveness Grant.
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Are you a U.S. citizen?
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Did you graduate from
high school after January 1, 2005?
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Are you eligible to
receive a Pell Grant?
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Will you be enrolled as
a full-time first or second year student in a two-year
or four-year degree program?
If you could
not answer YES to all of the above questions,
you do not qualify to receive an Academic Competitiveness
Grant. However, you may still qualify to receive other types
of federal student financial aid. If you have not completed
a FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid), please
go to
www.fafsa.ed.gov and
apply today.
If you
answered YES to all of the above questions,
you meet the initial requirements for the grant. Please
choose one of the options below.
National
Science & Mathematics Access to Retain Talent (SMART)
Grant
A National
SMART Grant will provide up to $4,000 for each of the third
and fourth years of undergraduate study to full-time
students who are U.S. citizens, eligible for a Federal Pell
Grant, and majoring in physical, life, or computer sciences,
mathematics, technology, or engineering or in a foreign
language determined critical to national security. The
student must also have maintained a cumulative grade point
average (GPA) of at least 3.0 in coursework required for the
major. The National SMART Grant award is in addition to the
student's Pell Grant award.
To be eligible
to receive a National SMART Grant, you must be able to
answer YES to all of the following questions:
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Are you a US citizen?
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Are you eligible to
receive a Pell Grant?
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Are you enrolled as a
full-time third or fourth year student in a
baccalaureate degree program?
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Do you have a 3.0
cumulative grade point average?
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Are you currently
enrolled in an eligible major in one of the following
categories: Computer Science, Engineering, Critical
Foreign Languages, Life Sciences, Mathematics, Physical
Sciences, Technology, or Multidisciplinary Studies?
(Please click below to view complete list of eligible
majors).
If you could
not answer YES to all of the above questions,
you do not qualify to receive a National SMART Grant.
However, you may still qualify to receive other types of
federal student financial aid. If you have not completed a
FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid), please go
to
www.fafsa.ed.gov and
apply today.
If you
answered YES to all of the above questions
and you have already submitted a FAFSA form, please contact
the Financial Aid Office at your school to identify yourself
as a potentially eligible student.
Click Here For
a Complete List Of Eligible Majors
http://ifap.ed.gov/dpcletters/attachments/GENO615Attach1.pdf
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