Federal Pell Grant

Students must be enrolled in an undergraduate degree program and cannot have already earned a bachelors degree.  The Federal Pell Grant Scheduled Award is determined by the Cost of Attendance (COA) and the Expected Family Contribution (EFC) as calculated by the U.S. Department of Education through the financial aid Application Process.

Semester award amounts for part-time students (enrolled in fewer than 12 credit hours) are prorated based on the students' enollment status.  Your enrollment status for Pell Grant purposes is determined by the number of credit hours in which you are enrolled as of the end of the scheduled Drop/Add period for the term or the date you completed the Application Process, which ever is later.  If you are enrolled in:

• twelve or more credit hours you are eligible for your full-time Pell amount for the term.
• nine to eleven credit hours, you are eligible for three-fourths of your full-time Pell amount for the term.
• six to eight credit hours, you are eligible for one-half of your full-time Pell amount for the term.
• fewer than six credit hours, you are eligible for one-fourth of your full-time Pell amount for the term.

A student cannot receive a Federal Pell Grant from more than one school for the same enrollment period of time.  Should this occur, the student will be required to repay the Federal Pell Grant funds received from either UGA or the other school.

We must receive your electronic Student Aid Report (SAR) from the U.S. Department of Education with a Federal Pell Grant eligible EFC before the end of your last term of attendance for the financial aid award year in order for you to be considered for the Federal Pell Grant for that award year.

Historically, students who received their full Federal Pell Grant Scheduled Award during the Fall and Spring terms did not have any remaining Federal Pell Grant eligibility for the Summer.  However, effective Summer 2010, otherwise eligible students who receive full-time Federal Pell Grant disbursements in the preceding Fall and Spring semesters and earned 30 hours during the Fall and Spring semesters combined may still be eligible to receive Federal Pell Grant funds in the Summer if they enroll in at least six hours.  Once Summer registration begins, we will monitor registration activity to identify eligible students and award them the Pell Grant as appropriate.