If a student meets the requirements for the Academic Competitiveness Grant or National SMART Grant, will the student automatically receive one? Or is it competitive?
The availability of the these new categories of Pell Grants are based on eligibility criteria contained within the new legislation, including, but not limited to, such factors as high-school coursework, high-school grade-point average, previous postsecondary GPA, and cost of attendance. The legislation does not identify any type of competitive process for awarding the grants.
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- If a student meets the requirements for the Academic Competitiveness Grant or National SMART Grant, will the student automatically receive one? Or is it competitive?
- What are the Academic Competitiveness Grant and the National Science and Mathematics Access to Retain Talent (SMART) Grant?
- What is the difference between the National SMART Grant and the Academic Competitiveness Grant (ACG)?
