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Federal and State Grants

State Grant

The PHEAA State Grant is for Pennsylvania residents who are enrolled full-time (12 or more credits) or part-time (minimum of 6 credits) in an undergraduate program (matriculating) and have demonstrated financial need. Current students must file their FAFSA by May 1 to be considered for a state grant. Students that reside outside of Pennsylvania should check with their respective State Boards of Education to see if there are any grant programs available. More info

Federal Pell Grant Program

This federally funded program is for matriculated full and -time undergraduate students. Recipients must have demonstrated exceptional financial needs More info

Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (FSEOG)

This is a federally funded grant program awarded to full and part-time students. Recipients must have demonstrated exceptional financial need

Academic Competitiveness Grant

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.

• Are you a U.S. citizen?
• Did you graduate from high school after January 1, 2005?
• Are you eligible to receive a Pell Grant?
• Will you be enrolled as a full-time first or second year student in a two-year or four-year degree program?
  

National Science and Mathematics Access to Retain Talent Grant or National 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:

• Are you a US citizen?
• Are you eligible to receive a Pell Grant?
• Are you enrolled as a full-time third or fourth year student in a baccalaureate degree program?
• Do you have a 3.0 cumulative grade point average?
• 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). http://ifap.ed.gov/dpcletters/attachments/GENO615Attach1.pdf