Posted on July 22, 2008
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If you did a search on the Internet today using the key word “scholarships” you would come up with more than 23 million hits. If you used the word “grants” you are looking at more than 80 million hits! OVERLOAD!!!!

It is no wonder that people catch themselves spending countless hours searching and searching for the financial assistance that they hear is out there but seems so out of reach. Sadly, with such tremendous consumer need also comes the “dark side” of this industry and countless sites that promise grants & scholarships for everything from money to “pay off your credit cards” to “purchase your first home”. 

It’s easy in these difficult financial times to hope for that magic bullet but this kind of thinking usually only ends up putting us in the “sights” of those Scammers and potentially in more financial trouble.

Here are five Federal grants available for students of higher learning:

1. Academic Competitiveness Grant. The AC Grant is a relatively new grant, created to supplement Pell grantees based on their academic aptitude or accomplishment. First-year students receive $750 in addition to the Pell Grant; second-year students with at least a 3.0 grade average can receive up to an additional $1,300 a year.

http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ope/ac-smart.html

2. Federal Pell Grant. This is a jumpstart grant to students beginning undergrad work for the first time. Grants for 2008 are approximately $4,731 a year and are based on economic needs and education costs.

http://www.ed.gov/programs/fpg/index.html

3. Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant. The FSEOG is for students with extreme financial need. Lowest income students get first priority for these $100 and $4,000 a year grants.

http://www.ed.gov/programs/fseog/index.html

4. National SMART Grant. Third and fourth-year students who qualify for a Pell Grant and have at least a 3.0 grade point average are eligible to apply for an additional $4,000 a year. To qualify, you must be majoring in the sciences, engineering, mathematics, technology, or in a foreign language determined by the federal government to be critical to national security.

http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ope/ac-smart.html

5. Teach Grant Program. This is the newest grant program, created by Congress’ College Cost Reduction and Access Act of 2007. Students who enroll in undergraduate or graduate-level teacher training programs and who are committed to classroom teaching can receive $4,000 a year in grants toward tuition. You must commit to teach for four academic years in an elementary or secondary school serving low-income students to qualify.

http://studentaid.ed.gov/PORTALSWebApp/students/english/TEACH.jsp

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