Academic Competitiveness Grant (ACG)
If you are a Federal Pell Grant recipient, your student record will be evaluated for an award of up to $750 for the first academic year of study and up to $1,300 for the second academic year of study from this new, federally-funded gift program.
In addition to being a Federal Pell Grant recipient, you must meet the following eligibility criteria:
- U.S. citizen
- Enrolled full-time in a degree program
- Entering first-year student who has completed a "rigorous secondary school program," as designated by the state in which the student resided when completing the program
- Second-year student who has completed a "rigorous secondary school program," and has a cumulative 3.0 GPA during first year
Annual award amounts may be reduced by the U.S. Department of Education if sufficient funds are not available for all eligible students in an award year.
SMART (Science and Mathematics Access to Retain Talent) Grant
If you are a Federal Pell Grant recipient, your student record will be evaluated for this federally-funded gift program that awards $4,000 for each of the third and fourth academic year of study.
In addition to being a Federal Pell Grant recipient, you must meet the following eligibility criteria:
- U.S. citizen
- Enrolled full-time
- Have at least a cumulative 3.0 GPA
- Be majoring in one of the following:
- physical, life, or computer science
- engineering
- mathematics
- technology
- a critical foreign language
Annual award amounts may be reduced by the U.S. Department of Education if sufficient funds are not available for all eligible students in an award year.
