ACG (Academic Competitiveness Grant)

This new Federal grant requires students to enrolled full-time, be a U.S. citizen and a Pell Grant recipient.  To qualify for this grant, students must also have completed, with passing grades, a rigorous secondary school program of study (defined below) after January 1, 2006 for the first-year award of $750.

Second year awards are $1,300.  To qualify, students must have completed the rigorous program after January 1, 2005 and must have at least a 3.0 GPA.

Students must complete the FAFSA and also provide proof from their high school that they meet the rigorous program definition using the ACG Rigorous Course of Study Verification form.