Academic Competitiveness Grant (ACG)
by Cathy Robert
January 19, 2010
This grant is awarded during an eligible student’s first and second academic years. The maximum award the first year is $750 and the second year it is $1,300.
Requirements:
* Receive a Federal Pell Grant during the same award year;
* Be a full time or half-time student
* Be a first-or second-year full-time undergraduate student in a degree program at a two-year or four-year degree-granting institution
* Allows states to define a ‘rigorous program’.
If a first-year student:
- Have completed secondary school after Jan. 1, 2006
- 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 the first academic year of undergraduate study.
For a list of recognized Rigorous Programs of secondary school study go to: http/www.ed.gov/admins/finaid/about/ac-smart/2008/state-programs-08.html.
For more information, visit www.studentaid.ed.gov or phone
1-800-4-FED-AID.
