The maximum award is $750 for 1st year students and $1300 for 2nd year students. Must be eligible for Pell Grants, U.S. citizens and full-time students. All recipients must have completed a "rigorous secondary program of study", or a state designated scholars program, or completed and received passing grades on the AP or IB exams.
First year students must not have been previously enrolled in a program of undergraduate education and must have graduated from high school after Jan. 1, 2006.
Second year students must have graduated from high school after Jan. 1, 2005 and have a cumulative 3.0 GPA with at least 24 credit hours completed after their first academic year.
Potentially entitled students will be contacted by the U.S. Department of Education.
For more information on student eligibility for
the Academic Competitiveness Grant (ACG), go to or click on the following link: http://www.ed.gov/about/inits/ed/competitiveness/ac-smart.html To download a PDF of the High School Verification of Rigorous Coursework form CLICK HERE.
