MIT administers four federal grant programs you’ll automatically be considered for when you apply for financial aid each year. If you’re eligible, we include these federal grants in your aid package.
Pell Grant
– A grant from $400 to $5,350 per year to undergraduates with the greatest financial need. MIT will match your Pell Grant with additional funding over and above any MIT scholarship you receive, meaning that your MIT Pell Matching Grant will be used to reduce or eliminate your self-help.
Academic Competitiveness Grant (ACG)
– A grant of $750 for freshmen and $1,300 for sophomores. Recipients must:
National Science and Mathematics Access to Retain Talent Grant (National SMART Grant)
– A grant of $4,000 for juniors and seniors who are majoring in science, technology or certain foreign languages. Recipients must:
* In order to determine your GPA, you will be required to submit documentation of your hidden grades.
We'll deduct the dollar amount of your Pell, ACG or National SMART Grant from your self-help amount, so you can work fewer hours at your term-time job and/or borrow less in student loans.
Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Award (Federal SEOG)
– A grant of up to $4,000 per year to undergraduates with the greatest financial need.
Since we administer the Federal SEOG program and choose the recipients, we don’t reward you by reducing your self-help; the Federal SEOG reduces your MIT scholarship.
Science, Mathematics & Research for Transformation (SMART) Scholarship
The DoD SMART Program has been established to support undergraduate and graduate students pursuing degrees in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM). The program aims to increase the number of civilian scientists and engineers working at DoD laboratories. The program provides full tuition and education related fees, a cash award and paid summer internships. The current application period closes Dec. 15, 2009. More details are at: http://www.asee.org/fellowships/smart/. Be sure to check out the Army Educational Outreach Program (AEOP) as well.
Need advice on finding an outside scholarship? Check out these tips from the National Association of Financial Aid Administrators.
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