ACADEMIC COMPETITIVENESS GRANT (ACG)

Eligible students may receive up to $750 during their first academic year and up to $1,300 during their second academic year.

To receive an ACG, you must:

• receive a Federal Pell Grant during the same award year;

• be a U.S. citizen;

• be a first- or second-year full-time undergraduate student in a degree program at a two-year or four-year degree-granting institution;

• have completed a rigorous secondary school program of study; and

• if a first-year student have completed secondary school after Jan. 1, 2006; or
• if a second-year student have completed secondary school after Jan. 1, 2005 and have at least a 3.0 grade point average as of the end of your first academic year of undergraduate study.

For detailed information about the ACG, including a list of recognized “rigorous” programs of secondary school study and the definition of an academic year, visit the “Grants” section at www.fsa4counselors.ed.gov.

NATIONAL SCIENCE AND MATHEMATICS ACCESS TO RETAIN TALENT GRANT (NATIONAL SMART GRANT)

Eligible students may receive up to $4,000 a year during their third and fourth academic years of undergraduate study.

To receive a National SMART Grant, you must

• receive a Federal Pell Grant during the same award year;

• be a U.S. citizen;

• be a full-time student in your third or fourth academic year of an undergraduate degree program;

• be pursuing a major in physical, life, or computer sciences, mathematics, technology, engineering or a critical foreign language as described in the “Grants” section at www.fsa4counselors.ed.gov; and

• have at least a 3.0 grade point average as of the end of the second award year and continue to maintain a 3.0 GPA each payment period (semester) thereafter.