- ANNOUNCEMENT -
National
Science and Mathematics Access to Retain Talent (SMART) Grants
To
meet the growing need for improved math and science instruction, on
Feb. 8, 2006 President Bush signed into law two new student grant
programs—the Academic Competitiveness
Grants and National Science and
Mathematics Access to Retain Talent (SMART) Grants.
General Requirements
To
qualify, students must be:
- Eligible
for Federal Pell Grants;
- United
States citizens; and
- Full-time
students.
National
SMART Grants will be available to students for their third and
fourth years of college.
- Up to $4,000 will be awarded to eligible
students per academic year.
- Students must be enrolled in a four-year
degree-granting institution of higher education.
- Students will be eligible if they are
pursuing a major in mathematics, science (including physical,
life, and computer sciences), technology, engineering, or a
critical foreign language). Information
on qualifying WSU majors may be found here.
- Students must have at least a cumulative
3.0 GPA in college.
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