Southern University and Agricultural and Mechanical College

Office of Financial Aid

Scholarships & Grants

New scholarship opportunity

Black College Dollars

Outside Scholarship Opportunities

Foot Locker Foundation, Inc-UNCF
Scholarship 2011

Ford EEOC Scholarship

Fall 2013 Chancellor Need-Based Scholarship Application Form

Grants

Grants are awarded to students with significant financial
need in combination with work and loans as part of an
aid package. Normally, financial need is determined from
information provided on the Free Application for Federal
Student Aid or FAFSA.

Federal Pell Grant

• Annual award of $400 to $4310.
• Open to US Citizens or eligible non-citizens with
  financial need.
• File FAFSA online by March 31 (SUBR preferred
  filing date).
• Basis for award: need as defined in federal formula.

Federal Supplemental Educational
Opportunity Grant (SEOG)

• Annual award of $200-$4,000.
• Open to U.S. Citizens or eligible non-citizens with
  financial need.
• Basis for award: need as defined in federal formula.
• Primary consideration will be given to Pell Grant
  recipients who have the lowest EFC.

Academic Competitiveness Grant (ACG)

Students who meet the following criteria may potentially be
eligible to receive the ACG.

• be a U.S. Citizen
• have graduated from a high school after January 1, 2005.
• be eligible for a Pell Grant
• be enrolled as a full-time first or second year student in a
  2 year or 4 year degree program
• must have successfully completed a rigorous high school
  program, as determined by the state or local agency and
  recognized by the Secretary of Education

National Science and Mathematics Access
to Retain Talent Grant (SMART)

Students who meet the following criteria may potentially be
eligible to receive the SMART grant.

• be a U.S. Citizen
• be eligible for a Pell Grant
• be enrolled as a full-time 3rd or 4th year student in a
  baccalaureate degree program
• have a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher
• be currently enrolled in an eligible mahor in one of the
  following categories: Computer Science, Engineering,
  Critical Foreign
  Languages, Life Sciences, Mathematics, Physical Sciences,
  Technology or Multidisciplinary Studies

TEACH GRANT PROGRAM

NOTE: For the TEACH Grant Fact Sheet, click here.

Through the College Cost Reduction and Access Act of 2007,
Congress created the Teacher Education Assistance for College
and Higher Education (TEACH) Grant Program that provides
grants of up to $4,000 per year to students who intend to
teach in a public or private elementary or secondary school
that serves students from low-income families. If, after
reading all of the information on this fact sheet, you are
interested in learning more about the TEACH Grant Program,
you should contact the financial aid office at the college where
you will be enrolled.

Conditions

In exchange for receiving a TEACH Grant, you must agree to
serve as a full-time teacher in a high-need field in a public or
private elementary or secondary school that serves low-income
students (see below for more information on high-need fields
and schools serving low-income students). As a recipient of a
TEACH Grant, you must teach for at least four academic years
within eight calendar years of completing the program of study
for which you received a TEACH Grant. IMPORTANT: If you fail
to complete this service obligation, all amounts of TEACH Grants
that you received will be converted to a Federal Direct
Unsubsidized Stafford Loan. You must then repay this loan to
the U.S. Department of Education. You will be charged interest
from the date the grant(s) was disbursed. Note: TEACH Grant
recipients will be given a 6-month grace period prior to entering
repayment if a TEACH Grant is converted to a Direct Unsubsidized
Loan.

Student Eligibility Requirements

To receive a TEACH Grant you must meet the following criteria:

• Complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid
  (FAFSA^SM), although you do not have to demonstrate
  financial need. 
• Be a U.S. citizen or eligible non-citizen. 
• Be enrolled as an undergraduate, post-baccalaureate, or
  graduate student in a postsecondary educational institution
  that has chosen to participate in the TEACH Grant Program. 
• Be enrolled in course work that is necessary to begin a
  career in teaching or plan to complete such course work.
  Such course work may include subject area courses
  (e.g., math courses for a student
  who intends to be a math teacher). 
• Meet certain academic achievement requirements (generally,
  scoring above the 75th percentile on a college admissions test
  or maintaining a cumulative GPA of at least 3.25). 
• Must complete TEACH Grant Initial and Subsequent Counseling
  each year before completing your Agreement to Serve (ATS) for
  that year at https://teach-ats.ed.gov.
• Sign a TEACH Grant Agreement to Serve (see below for more
  information on the TEACH Grant Agreement to Serve).
• Potential Awardees will be selected and forwarded via the
  SUBR College of Education.  For more information on this
  process, please contact them at (225) 771-2290.
• Must complete TEACH Grant Exit Counseling prior to leaving the Institution at www.dl.ed.gov

High-Need Field

High-need fields are the specific areas identified below?

• Bilingual Education and English Language Acquisition. 
• Foreign Language. 
• Mathematics. 
• Reading Specialist. 
• Science. 
• Special Education.
• Other identified teacher shortage areas as of the time you begin
  teaching in that field. These are teacher subject shortage areas
  (not geographic areas) that are listed in the Department of
  Education's Annual Teacher Shortage Area Nationwide Listing.
  To access the listing, please go to http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ope/pol/tsa.doc.

Schools Serving Low-Income Students

Schools serving low-income students include any elementary or secondary school that is listed in the Department of Education's Annual Directory of Designated Low-Income Schools for Teacher Cancellation Benefits. To
access the Directory, please go to https://www.tcli.ed.gov/CBSWebApp/tcli/TCLIPubSchoolSearch.jsp.

TEACH Grant Agreement to Serve

Each year you receive a TEACH Grant, you must sign a TEACH Grant
Agreement to Serve that is available electronically on the TEACH Grant Agreement to Serve Web site. The TEACH Grant Agreement to Serve
specifies the conditions under which the grant will be awarded, the
teaching service requirements, and includes an acknowledgment by you
that you understand that if you do not meet the teaching service
requirements you must repay the grant as a Federal Direct Unsubsidized
Loan, with interest accrued from the date the grant funds were disbursed. Specifically, the TEACH Grant Agreement to Serve will require the following:

• For each TEACH Grant-eligible program for which you received TEACH Grant funds, you must serve as a full-time teacher for a total of
  at least four academic years within eight calendar years after you
  completed or withdrew from the academic program for which you
  received the TEACH Grant.
• You must perform the teaching service as a highly-qualified teacher
  at a low-income school. The term highly-qualified teacher is defined in section 9101(23) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of
  1965 or in section 602(10) of the Individuals With Disabilities
  Education Act.
• Your teaching service must be in a high-need field. 
• You must comply with any other requirements that the Department
  of Education determines to be necessary. 
• If you do not complete the required teaching service obligation,
  TEACH Grant funds you received will be converted to a Federal Direct Unsubsidized Stafford Loan that you must repay, with interest
  charged from the date of each TEACH Grant disbursement.

IMPORTANT REMINDER

If you receive a TEACH Grant but do not complete the required
teaching service, as explained above, you will be required to repay
the grants as a Federal Direct Unsubsidized Stafford Loan, with interest charged from the date of each TEACH Grant disbursement. 
                       

Louisiana "Go Grant" Program

Initial Eligibility

In order to be eligible for the LA "Go Grant", the student must:

1. Be a resident of Louisiana; and
2. Receive a Federal Pell Grant; and
3. Be an undergraduate student (first-time) seeking a Certificate or
   Degree; and 
4. Have an Educational Cost Gap (ECG) greater than $0; and
5. a.   Be a student (any age) who entered college as a first-time
   freshmen during academic year 2007-2008 or later; OR
   b.   Be a student who is age 25 or older and not having enrolled in
   a college or university in credit bearing courses for at least one
   academic year (two consecutive regular semesters, excluding
   summer terms).
6. Have financial need
7. Not have a criminal conviction, except for misdemeanor traffic
   violations
8. Not be in default of an educational loan

Continued Eligibility

Students are generally selected during the Fall semester and may
continue to receive a LA "Go Grant" Award for the proceeding Spring
semester provided the recipient meets the following criteria:

• Meet all of the initial eligibility criteria listed in the above 
• Must continue to receive the Federal Pell grant or financial need
  grant.
• Must still have an education cost gap greater than $0, as
  determined using the ECG formula.
• Must maintain Satisfactory Academic Progress as defined by SUBR's Satisfactory Academic Progress standards, in accordance with
  the Higher Education Act of 1965.

Maximum Award Amount:

1. The maximum annual award for any student is $ 2,000 per academic year.  
2. The annual award amount for students who enroll less than full time
   shall be prorated based upon the actual registered hours.  Actual disbursement amounts will be based upon the student's enrolled
   hours as of the 14^th day of class for each semester or 7^th class day
   for the summer term: 
3. The maximum total lifetime award amount for any student is $10,000.

*For more information on the Louisiana "Go Grant" Program, please visit  www.osfa.state.la.us/go_grant.htm 

Leveraging Educational Assistance Partnership (LEAP)
or Special Leveraging Educational Assistance Partnership (SLEAP)

Individual grants range from $200 to $2,000; the amount is determined by
the financial aid officer and is governed by the number of applicants and
the availability of funds.

Participating schools may establish eligibility criteria in addition to that established by LOSFA and listed below:

Leap applicants must meet all of the following criteria:

• Be a U.S. Citizen or national or eligible noncitizen
• Register with Selective Service if required
• Be a resident of Louisiana for at least one year prior to July 1 of the award year
• annually submit the FAFSA or Renewal FAFSA by the state deadline.
• Have a high school diploma with at least a 2.00 cumulative grade
  point average, or a minimum average score of 45 on the General Educational Development (GED) test, or an ACT composite score of
  at least 20, or a postsecondary grade point average of at least 2.00
  from the most recent term.
• Be selected and certified by the school for receipt of a LEAP award, contingent upon final approval by Louisiana Student Financial
  Assistance Commission.
• Meet any additional selection criteria established by the individual institution participating in the LEAP Program.
• Be certified as a full-time undergraduate student in an eligible
  program at an eligible postsecondary institution, and either:
• Have substantial financial need of at least $199.
• Be in compliance with the terms of other federal and state aid
  programs.
• Not have a criminal conviction, except for misdemeanor traffic
  violations.
• Agree that the award proceeds will be used exclusively for
  educational expenses.
• Not be in default of an educational loan

Maintaining Eligibility

To continue receiving a LEAP Award, the recipient must meet all of the
following criteria:

• Meet all of the initial eligibility criteria listed in the above
• Maintain a cumulative postsecondary grade point average of at least
  2.00 calculated on a 4.00 scale by the conclusion of the spring term.

for more information, please visit the Louisiana Office of Student Financial Assistance

Tuition Opportunity Program for Students

Louisiana's Tuition Opportunity Program for Students (TOPS) is a
comprehensive program of state scholarships and one of the most
innovative and progressive student assistance programs in the nation.
TOPS has four award components. Click here for further details on TOPS.

Louisiana National Guard Program

• Up to fill Louisiana tuition/fees.
• Open to Louisiana residents after one full year of service in the
  Louisiana National Guard as an enlisted person or company grade
  officer up to the rank of captain.
• Apply through your local Louisiana National Guard Recruiting Officer.