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Student Financial Aid > Grants > National SMART Grant

 

The National SMART Gant is available to junior (60-89 credit hours) and senior (90+ credit hours) Pell Grant-eligible students who:

• Demonstrate financial need as calculated by the UND financial aid award package;  students must complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).

• Are enrolled in a minimum of 6 credit hours (effective July 1, 2009) as of the last day to add a full-term course; audited courses and preparatory courses like Math 102 do not count toward the enrollment requirement;

• Are U.S. Citizens or eligible non citizens (effective July 1, 2009);

• Have earned at least a 3.0 cumulative institutional GPA as monitored prior to disbursement of the award each term;

• Have declared an eligible major* and are enrolled in coursework leading to completion of a program in physical, life, or computer science, mathematics, technology, engineering or a designated foreign language (i.e. Chinese, Russian).  Students must be enrolled in at least one course within the eligible major each term as monitored prior to disbursement of the award; and

• Are progressing in an eligible program of study.

UND Majors eligible for the National SMART Grant:

Atmospheric Sciences Geological Engineering
Biology Geology
Biology/Pre-Health German
Chemical Engineering Industrial Technology
Chemistry Information Systems
Civil Engineering Mathematics
Classical Studies Mechanical Engineering
Computer Science Natural Science
Electrical Engineering Norwegian
Environmental Geoscience Occupational Safety & Environmental Health
Fisheries and Wildlife Biology Physics
French Spanish

*For a complete listing of National SMART Grant eligible majors go to: www.ifap.ed.gov/dpcletters/GEN0909.html.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
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Student Financial Aid Office
Twamley Hall Room 216
264 Centennial Drive Stop 8371
Grand Forks, ND 58202-8371
tel: 701.777.3121 or 1.800.CALL.UND (ext.73121)
fax: 701.777.2040
hours: [M-F 8AM - 4:30PM]
email: sfa@mail.und.nodak.edu