Deadline: Ongoing
The National SMART Grant

The National SMART Grant provides up to $4,000 for each of the third and fourth years of undergraduate study. 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 a US citizen; be eligible to receive a Pell Grant; be enrolled as a full-time third or fourth year student in a baccalaureate degree program; have a 3.0 cumulative grade point average; be 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.

Deadline: Ongoing
Academic Competitiveness Grant
The Academic Competitiveness Grant (ACG) provides up to $750 for the first year of undergraduate study and up to $1,300 for the second year of undergraduate study.  The ACG award is in addition to the student's Pell Grant award.  To be eligible for an ACG each academic year, a student must be a U.S. citizen; be Federal Pell Grant eligible; be enrolled full-time in a degree program; be enrolled in the first or second academic year of his or her program of study at a two-year or four-year degree-granting institution; 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); if a first-year student, not have been previously enrolled in an undergraduate program; and if a second-year student, have at least a cumulative 3.0 grade point average on a 4.0 scale for the first academic year.