Grants

Grants are gifts that do not need to be paid back and are granted to students with the greatest financial need. To be eligible for most grants in the fall, you should apply by March 1.

• Federal Pell Grant

  A federally funded grant available to eligible undergraduates. Available for full-time and part-time enrollment. May be available in summer term if you have not already received Pell Grant for three full-time terms immediately preceding summer. Also, some schools offer Pell Grant as the first term of aid at their school. If you receive Pell Grant in summer from such a school, then transfer to PSU, you will have no more than two full-time terms' worth of Pell Grant left for PSU.
  

• Academic Competitiveness Grant (ACG)

  This new federally funded grant program is available to select first and second year undergraduates. In addition to full time enrollment, a student must be a Pell grant eligible US citizen, must have a high school graduation date after January 1, 2005 and must have completed a rigorous high school curriculum. For the purposes of this grant, a first year student is considered to be a student who has between 0 and 45 credits and a second year student is determined by having between 46 and 90 credits. The ACG grant is available for a maximum of three terms at the first-year level ($750/yr) and a maximum of three terms at the second-year level ($1300/yr). For more information on the ACG grant, please visit this page.
  

• National Science and Mathematics Access to Retain Talent Grant (SMART)

  This new federally funded grant program is available to third and fourth year undergraduates. In addition to full time enrollment, a student must be a Pell grant eligible US citizen, must have a cumulative GPA greater than or equal to 3.0 and a declared major in one of the following fields of study: Computer Science or Technology, Engineering, Life Sciences or Physical Sciences, Mathematics, Specified Foreign Languages, or Specified Multidisciplinary Studies. For the purposes of this grant, a third year student is considered to be a student having between 91 and 135 credits and a fourth year student is determined by having between 136 and 180 credits. The SMART grant is available for a maximum of three terms at the third-year level and a maximum of three terms at the fourth-year level (both $4000/yr). For more information on the SMART grant, please visit this page.
  
  
  



• Oregon Opportunity Grant
  

  A state and federally funded grant available to Oregon-resident undergraduates who are enrolled half-time or greater. Not available during summer term.
  

• Oregon University System Supplemental Tuition Grant

  A state-funded waiver available to eligible Oregon-resident undergraduates who are enrolled full time. Not available during summer term.
  

• Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant

  A federal grant available to eligible undergraduates. Available for students enrolled half-time or more. Not available summer term.