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Grants
- A grant is gift aid and
does not have to be repaid.
- Grants are awarded based
on financial need, enrollment status, expected family contribution, and
cost of attendance.
- Recipients must maintain
certain
eligibility requirements.
- Penn State
undergraduate students who complete a
FAFSA are automatically considered for the grants listed to below. No
separate applications are required.
Federal Pell Grant Program
- Federally funded student
gift aid that does not need to be repaid.
- Awarded to undergraduate
students who have high financial need and are working on their first
bachelor's degree.
- Awarded based on
expected family contribution and number of credits you have scheduled.
- May be awarded to
students who are less than half-time (six credits).
Once students complete the
FAFSA, they are automatically considered for the grant.
Recipients must meet
federal student aid eligibility requirements.
Academic Competitiveness Grant
- Federally funded student
gift aid that does not need to be repaid.
- Students must qualify for the Federal Pell Grant to be considered.
- Students must be full-time (12 or more credits)
- Once students complete the
FAFSA, they are automatically considered for the grant.
- Recipients must have completed a rigorous secondary school program of
study (after January 1, 2006, if a first-year student and after January 1,
2005, if a second-year student). A
rigorous program of study is established by the state or local education
agency and recognized by the Secretary of Education. Examples include:
Advanced Placement (AP) or International Baccalaureate (IB) courses and test
scores and State Scholars Initiative courses
- Recipients must meet
federal student aid eligibility requirements.
National SMART Grant
- Federally funded student
gift aid that does not need to be repaid.
- Students must qualify for the Federal Pell Grant to be considered.
- Recipients must be enrolled and remain at a minimum of 12 credits per
semester in a degree program at a four-year degree-granting institution.
- Recipients must enroll in
specific majors such as science, mathematics, technology, engineering,
and critical foreign languages.
- Recipients must maintain a minimum 3.0 grade point average (GPA) on a
4.0 scale in course work required for his or her major.
- Recipients must enroll in at least one course each semester that meets
the specific requirements of his or her National SMART Grant-eligible major.
Course schedules will be reviewed before funds are disbursed to student
accounts.
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Recipients must meet
federal student aid eligibility requirements.
Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (SEOG)
- Federally-funded gift
aid awarded by Penn State to undergraduate students with exceptional
financial need who are working on their first bachelor's degree.
- Recipients must be enrolled for at
least half-time (6 credits).
- Once students complete the
FAFSA,
they are automatically considered for the grant.
- Recipients must meet
federal student aid eligibility requirements.
Penn State Tuition Assistance Grant (PSTAG)
- University-funded gift
aid awarded to undergraduate students with high financial need who are
working on their first bachelor's degree.
- Student
must be enrolled full-time (12 credits) in a degree program, and must have a
GPA of at least 2.0.
- Once students complete the
FAFSA,
they are automatically considered for the grant.
- Recipients must meet
federal student aid eligibility requirements.
Pennsylvania State Resident Grant
- State-funded gift aid
awarded by the
Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency (PHEAA) to undergraduate
Pennsylvania residents who demonstrate high financial need.
- Awarded based on
financial need and enrollment status: full-time (12 or more credits) or
half-time (6 credits) for a maximum of 8 semesters to students enrolled in a
four-year program and a maximum of 4 semesters to students enrolled in a
two-year program.
Note: If
students
choose to apply for a Summer PHEAA State Grant, it will be counted towards
the maximum semesters of eligibility.
- If PHEAA receives a
students
FAFSA information by May 1,
they are automatically considered for the
grant.
- Recipients must meet
student aid eligibility requirements.
- PHEAA Grant
regulations state that, for an approved program of study, at least 50% of
the coursework for the minimum program length must be taken through
classroom instruction in order to remain eligible for PHEAA Grant
consideration. This does not include
online or
independent learning courses.
Non-Pennsylvania Resident Grant
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