Grants
Academic Competitiveness Grant (ACG)
An Academic Competitiveness Grant will provide up to $750
for the first year of undergraduate study and up to $1,300 for the second year
of undergraduate study to full-time students who are U.S citizens, eligible for
a Federal Pell Grant, and who had successfully completed a Recognized Rigorous Secondary School Program of Study
, as determined by the state or local education
agency and recognized by the Secretary of Education. Second year students must
also have maintained a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of at least 3.0. The
program will be available for the first time for the 2006-07 school year for
first year students who graduated from high school after January 1, 2006 and for
second year students who graduated from high school after January 1, 2005. The
Academic Competitiveness Grant award is in addition to the student's Pell Grant
award.
If you can answer YES to all of the following questions, you may potentially
be eligible to receive an Academic Competitiveness Grant.
- Are you a U.S. citizen?
- Did you graduate from high school after January 1,
2005?
- Are you eligible to receive a Pell Grant?
- Will you be enrolled as a full-time first or second year student in a
two-year or four-year degree program?
If you answered YES to
all of the above questions
and you have already submitted a FAFSA form, please contact the Financial
Aid Office to identify yourself as a potentially eligible student.
If you could not answer YES to all
of the above questions, you do not qualify to receive an Academic
Competitiveness Grant. However, you may still qualify to receive other types of
federal student financial aid. If you have not completed a FAFSA
(Free Application for Federal
Student Aid), please apply today.
National Science and Mathematics Access to Retain Talent Grant (SMART)
A National SMART Grant will provide up to $4,000 for each of the third
and fourth years of undergraduate study to full-time students who are U.S.
citizens, eligible for a Federal Pell Grant, and 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.
To be eligible to receive a National SMART Grant, you must be able to answer
YES to all of the following questions:
- Are you a US citizen?
- Are you eligible to receive a Pell Grant?
- Are you enrolled as a full-time third or fourth year
student in a baccalaureate degree program?
- Do you have a 3.0 cumulative grade point average?
- Are you currently enrolled in one of the
following SJSU designated majors:
- Aerospace Engineering
- Applied Mathematics
- Biology
- Chemical Engineering
- Chemistry
- Chinese
- Civil Engineering
- Computer Engineering
- Computer Science
- Earth Sciences
- Electrical Engineering
- Engineering
- Engineering Management
- Geology
- Industrial Engineering
- Japanese
- Materials Engineering
- Mathematics
- Mechanical Engineering
- Meterology
- Natural Sciences
- Physical Sciences
- Software Engineering
If you answered YES to all of the above
questions and you have
already submitted a FAFSA form, please contact the Financial Aid Office to
identify yourself as a potentially eligible student.
If you could not answer YES to all of the above
questions, you do not
qualify to receive a National SMART Grant. However, you may still qualify to
receive other types of federal student financial aid. If you have not completed
a FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid), please apply
today.
Federal Pell Grant
For undergraduate and teaching credential students
only, and primarily low-income students. This grant is based on the Expected
Family Contribution (EFC) and prorated according to full time, three-quarter
time, or half-time enrollment. The maximum Pell Grant award is $4,050, the
minimum is $400. To receive a grant, the EFC cannot be higher than $3,850. The
Pell Grant provides a foundation upon which other aid can be added for the
highest need students. You may also receive a Pell Grant to attend a
teaching credential program. You can receive only one Pell Grant a year,
and cannot receive Pell Grant funds to attend more than one college at a time.
State University Grant (SUG)
This grant is for undergraduate and graduate
California residents who have an EFC of $4,000 or less. The amount of the award
varies according to the awarding campus' priorities, but it generally covers at
least a portion of the California State University fees. For the neediest
students who are not receiving a Cal Grant, the State University Grant
coves at least the full amount of the assessed state university fee. It is
not available to students whose registration fees are being paid by Cal Grant,
or other programs that pay fees. Grant amounts range from $2,520 to $3,102.
Educational Opportunity Program Grant (EOP)
The Educational Opportunity Program at California
State University campuses provides grants, counseling and tutorial services to
low-income and educationally disadvantaged undergraduate students. Counseling
and tutorial services are offered through your EOP office, and grants are
provided through your college's financial aid office. Students must be
accepted by the Education Opportunity Program at the time of their admission to
SJSU and must have an EFC of $4,000 or less. Grant amounts range from $200 to
$1,200. There is a maximum eligibility of 10 semesters.
Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (SEOG)
SEOG is for undergraduate students who have an EFC of
0. This grant is a supplement to the above Pell Grant and is very limited. At
SJSU this grant is $600.
Cal Grant
Cal Grants are free money for college. There are two
Cal Grants awarded at SJSU - Cal Grant A & B for Entitlement and Competitive
awards. Both do not need to be repaid.
Funding for Cal Grant A and B awards is available for up to four years for
students pursuing a bachelor's degree, and may be extended an additional year
for teaching credential or other mandatory five-year programs.
- Cal Grant A
Cal Grant A assists with tuition and fees at
public and independent colleges, and some occupational and career colleges. At
the University of California and the California State University, the award
covers up to full system-wide fees. These state grants are for undergraduate
students who are California residents. The eligibility criteria is established
by the
California Student Aid Commission .
Eligibility is based on GPA and financial need. Your coursework
must be for at least two academic years. Cal Grant A pays $2,520
per academic
year.
- Cal grant B
Cal grant B provides a living allowance
and tuition and fee assistance for low-income students. Awards for most
first-year students are limited to an allowance of up to $1,551for books and
living expenses. When renewed or awarded beyond the freshman year, the award
also helps pay for tuition and fees. The awards for tuition and fees are the
same as those for Cal Grant A. For Cal Grant B, your coursework must be for
at least one academic year. Cal Grant B pays $1,551 for the first
year awards, and $3,885 for 2nd, 3rd and 4th year
recipients.
There are two Cal Grant B awards: Entitlement and Competitive
Every graduating high school senior who has at least a 2.0 GPA, meets the
financial and eligibility requirements and applies on time will receive a Cal
Grant B Entitlement award.
Other eligible students who have at least a 2.0 GPA may apply for a Cal
Grant B Competitive award. Selection is based on a composite score that takes
into consideration your family's income, parents' educational level, GPA, time
out of high school and other factors, such as whether you come from a
single-parent household or are a former foster youth.
TEACH Grant Program
Through the College Cost Reduction and Access Act of 2007, Congress created
the Teacher Education Assistance for College and Higher Education (TEACH) Grant
Program that provides grants of up to $4,000 per year to students who intend to
teach in a public or private elementary or secondary school that serves students
from low-income families.
Student Eligibility Requirements
To receive a TEACH Grant at San Jose State, you must –
- Complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid
(FAFSA), although you do not have to demonstrate financial need.
- Be a U.S. Citizen or eligible non-citizen.
- Be enrolled in a credential or graduate program
leading towards teaching in a public or private elementary or secondary school
that serves students from low-income families.
- Be enrolled in coursework that is necessary to begin a
career in teaching or plan to complete such coursework. Such coursework may
include subject area courses (e.g., math courses for a student who intends to
be a math teacher).
- Meet certain academic achievement requirements
(generally, scoring above the 75th percentile on a college admissions test or
maintaining a cumulative GPA of at least 3.25).
- Sign a TEACH Grant ATS (Agreement to Serve (see below
for more information on the TEACH Grant Agreement to Serve).
- Complete the Entrance Counseling Requirement as specified on the
Department of Education's ATS Website.
There are conditions to receiving this grant that are not placed on
other grants. Please make sure you understand these conditions prior to
receiving the money.
Conditions
In exchange for receiving a TEACH Grant, you
must agree to serve as a
full-time teacher in a high-need field in a public
or private elementary or secondary school that serves low-income students. As a
recipient of a TEACH Grant, you must teach for at least four academic years
within eight calendar years of completing the program of study for which you
received a TEACH Grant.
IMPORTANT: If you fail to complete this service obligation, all amounts of
the TEACH Grants that you received will be converted to a Federal Direct
Unsubsidized Stafford Loan. You must then repay this loan to the U.S. Department
of Education. You will be charged interest from the date the grant(s) was
disbursed.
High-Need Field
High-need fields are the specific subject areas identified below –
- Bilingual Education and English Language Acquisition.
- Foreign Language.
- Mathematics.
- Reading Specialist.
- Science.
- Special Education.
- Other identified teacher shortage areas as of the time you begin teaching
in that field. These are teacher subject shortage areas (not geographic areas)
that are listed in the Department of Education’s Annual Teacher Shortage Area
Nationwide Listing at http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ope/pol/tsa.doc.
Schools Serving Low-Income Students
Schools serving low-income students include any elementary or secondary
school that is listed in the Department of Education’s Annual Directory of
Designated Low-Income Schools for Teacher Cancellation Benefits at https://www.tcli.ed.gov/CBSWebApp/tcli/TCLIPubSchoolSearch.jsp.
Teach Grant Agreement to Serve
Each year you receive a TEACH Grant, you must sign a
TEACH Grant Agreement to Serve that is available at www.teach-ats.ed.gov.
The TEACH Grant Agreement to Serve specifies the conditions under which
the grant will be awarded, the teaching service requirements, and includes an
acknowledgment by you that you understand that if you do not meet the teaching
service requirements you must repay the grant as a Federal Direct Unsubsidized
Loan, with interest accrued from the date the grant funds were disbursed.
Specifically, the TEACH Grant Agreement to Serve will provide that –
· For each TEACH
Grant-eligible program for which you received TEACH Grant funds, you must serve
as a full-time teacher for a total of at least four academic years within eight
calendar years after you completed or withdrew from the academic program for
which you received the TEACH Grant.
· You must perform the
teaching service as a highly-qualified teacher at a low-income school. The term
highly-qualified teacher is defined in section 9101(23) of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act of 1965 or in section 602(10) of the Individuals With
Disabilities Education Act.
· Your teaching service must
be in a high-need field.
· You must comply with any
other requirements that the Department of Education determines to be necessary.
IMPORTANT REMINDER
If you receive a TEACH Grant but do not complete the required teaching
service, as explained above, you will be required to repay the grants as a
Federal Direct Unsubsidized Stafford Loan, with interest charged from the date
of each TEACH Grant disbursement
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