NEED-BASED GRANTS (Grants are not repaid.)
By completing the FAFSA, you are automatically applying for consideration of the following grants:
Grants for all Students
Federal funds made available to students with documented financial need.
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Federal Pell Grant - In 2005-06, the maximum grant is $4,050 per academic year.
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Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant -(12 credits required) Maximum grant at Western is $2,000 per year. Funds for this program are very limited and targeted to those students with exceptional need.
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Federal 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 rigorous high school program , 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.
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Federal National Science and Mathematics Access to Retain Talent Grant or National Smart Grant
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.
Need-Based Grants for Colorado Residents
(Funding for the Colorado grants listed below are provided all or in part by the Colorado General Assembly)
State funds made available to Colorado residents with documented financial need.
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Colorado Student Grant -(12 credits required) Maximum grant at Western is $2,000 per academic year.
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Colorado Leveraging Educational Assistance Program -(12 credits required) Grants at Western range from $500- $2,000 per academic year. (Funding for this program provided by a match of Federal and State Dollars.)