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National SMART Grant

The National Science and Mathematics Access to Retain Talent Grant, is a federal grant and is also known as the National Smart Grant is available during the third and fourth years of undergraduate study to full-time students who are eligible for the Federal Pell Grant and who are majoring in physical, life, or computer sciences, mathematics, technology, or engineering or in a foreign language determined critical to national security. The student must also have maintained a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of at least 3.0 in coursework required for the major. The National SMART Grant award is in addition to the student's Pell Grant award.

Application Form

Completion of the FAFSA

Residency and Citizenship

Must be a U.S. citizen or eligible non-citizen 

Award Amounts

An eligible student may receive a National SMART Grant of up to $4,000 for each of the third and fourth academic years of study. All annual award amounts for an academic year may be reduced if sufficient funds are not available for all eligible students nationally in an award year.

A student may not receive more than one ACG or National SMART Grant award in each academic year for which the student is eligible.
The amount of the grant, in combination with the Federal Pell Grant, other resources and estimated financial assistance, may not exceed financial need (cost of attendance - EFC = financial need).

Qualifying Program and GPA

• Pell Grant recipient for the same payment period
• Be enrolled full-time or half-time in a degree program
• Be enrolled in a four-year degree-granting institution
• Major in physical, life or computer science, engineering, mathematics, technology, or a critical foreign language
• Have at least a cumulative 3.0 grade point average on a 4.0 scale in the coursework required for the student's major
• GPA is verified every semester
• No rigorous high school program required.

Under the National SMART Grant Program, the college will identify Pell-eligible federal student aid recipients who are majoring in physical, life or computer science, engineering, mathematics, technology, or a critical foreign language. The college will be able to tell you which of their academic programs are designated by the Department of Education as eligible for SMART Grants.

Further information could be obtained from the website:  Federal Student Aid.