| Academic Competitiveness Grant will provide up | | | | for each of the third and fourth years of |
| to $750 for the first year of undergraduate study | | | | undergraduate study to full-time students who are |
| and up to $1,300 for the second year of | | | | U.S. citizens, eligible for a Federal Pell Grant, and |
| undergraduate study to full-time students who are | | | | majoring in physical, life, or computer sciences, |
| U.S citizens, eligible for a Federal Pell Grant, and | | | | mathematics, technology, or engineering or in a |
| who had successfully completed a rigorous high | | | | foreign language determined critical to national |
| school program, as determined by the state or | | | | security. The student must also have maintained a |
| local education agency and recognized by the | | | | cumulative grade point average (GPA) of at least |
| Secretary of Education. Second year students | | | | 3.0 in coursework required for the major. The |
| must also have maintained a cumulative grade | | | | National SMART Grant award is in addition to the |
| point average (GPA) of at least 3.0. The program | | | | student's Pell Grant award. |
| will be available for the first time for the 2006-07 | | | | To be eligible to receive a National SMART Grant, |
| school year for first year students who | | | | you must be able to answer YES to all of the |
| graduated from high school after January 1, 2006 | | | | following questions: |
| and for second year students who graduated | | | | 1. Are you a US citizen? |
| from high school after January 1, 2005. The | | | | 2. Are you eligible to receive a Pell Grant? |
| Academic Competitiveness Grant award is in | | | | 3. Are you enrolled as a full-time third or fourth |
| addition to the student's Pell Grant award. | | | | year student in a baccalaureate degree program? |
| If you can answer YES to all of the following | | | | 4. Do you have a 3.0 cumulative grade point |
| questions, you may potentially be eligible to | | | | average? |
| receive an Academic Competitiveness Grant. | | | | 5. Are you currently enrolled in an eligible major in |
| 1. Are you a U.S. citizen? | | | | one of the following categories: Computer |
| 2. Did you graduate from high school after | | | | Science, Engineering, Critical Foreign Languages, |
| January 1, 2005? | | | | Life Sciences, Mathematics, Physical Sciences, |
| 3. Are you eligible to receive a Pell Grant? | | | | Technology, or Multidisciplinary Studies? |
| 4. Will you be enrolled as a full-time first or second | | | | If you answered YES to all of the above |
| year student in a two-year or four-year degree | | | | questions, you meet the initial requirements for |
| program? | | | | these grants. Please choose one of the options |
| A National SMART Grant will provide up to $4,000 | | | | below. |