Academic
Competitiveness Grant (ACG) and National SMART Grant
Requirements
General Requirements
for either grant
- Eligible for Federal Pell Grant
- U.S. Citizen
- Full-time student
Academic
Competitiveness Grant information
- Up to $750 will be awarded to eligible first-year
students, and up to $1,300 for second-year students.
- Students must have completed a rigorous secondary
school program of study as established by a state
or local educational agency and recognized by the
U.S. Secretary of Education.
- Students must be enrolled or accepted in a two-
or four-year degree-granting institution of higher
education.
- 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 hugh
school after Jan. 1,2005, and have at least a cumulative
3.0 grade-point average (GPA) during their first year
of college.
National
SMART Grant information
- Up to $4,000 will be awarded to eligible students.
- Students must be enrolled in a four-year degree-seeking
institution of higher education
- Students will be eligible if they are pursuing a
major in mathematics, science (including physical,
life, and computer sciences), technology, engineering,
or a critical foreign language.
- Students must have at least a cumulative 3.0 GPA
in college.
Eligible
Programs of study for the National SMART Grant at UTD
are:
School of
Behavioral and Brain Sciences
- Cognitive Science
- Neuroscience
School of
Engineering and Computer Science
- Computer Science
- Electrical Engineering
- Software Engineering
School of
Natural Science and Mathematics
- Biochemistry
- Biology
- Chemistry
- Geosciences
- Mathematical Sciences with majors in Applied Mathematics,
Statistics, Mathematical Sciences
- Molecular Biology
- Physics
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