Federal Grants: National Science and Mathematics Access to Retain Talent (SMART) Grant
The National SMART Grant is a federal grant for junior and senior students. The program recognizes high-achieving Federal Pell Grant recipients majoring in particular academic programs.
Details
- A student must be a U.S. citizen who has filed a FAFSA.
- A student must be receiving a Federal Pell Grant (and thus have an EFC of $4041 or less and be working on their first undergraduate degree).
- A student must be a third- or fourth-year, full-time, degree-seeking student.
- A student must be majoring in physical, life, or computer science; engineering; mathematics; technology; or a critical foreign language.
- A student must be enrolled in at least one course each semester that meets the specific requirements of the student's National SMART Grant eligible major, this excludes electives and general education courses.
- A student must be completing coursework at an appropriate pace for their declared major as determined by their academic department.
- Enrollment status is based upon the number of enrolled hours at the end of the first week of classes.
- A student must have at least a 3.0 GPA in their major field of study.
- Eligible students will be identified automatically by major.
- For the 2008-2009 academic year, $4000 is the maximum award for both third- and fourth-year students.
- The SMART Grant is a need-based award and thus counts towards fulfilling a student’s overall need figure.