Code of Federal Regulations (Last Updated: July 5, 2024) |
Title 34 - Education |
Subtitle B - Regulations of the Offices of the Department of Education |
Chapter VI - Office of Postsecondary Education, Department of Education |
Part 691 - Academic Competitiveness Grant (ACG) and National Science and Mathematics Access to Retain Talent Grant (National Smart Grant) Programs |
Subpart A - Scope, Purpose, and General Definitions |
§ 691.1 - Scope and purpose.
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§ 691.1 Scope and purpose.
(a) The ACG Program awards grants to help eligible financially needy first- and second-year undergraduate students, who complete rigorous secondary school programs of study, meet the cost of their postsecondary education.
(b) The National SMART Grant Program awards grants to help eligible financially needy third-, fourth-, and, in the case of a program with at least five full years, fifth-year undergraduate students who are pursuing eligible majors in the physical, life, or computer sciences, mathematics, technology, or engineering or a critical foreign language meet the cost of their postsecondary education.
[71 FR 38004, July 3, 2006, as amended at 74 FR 20221, May 1, 2009]