Loans & Grants

• Up to full Illinois tuition / fees.
• Open to Illinois residents with financial need.
• FAFSA needs to be filed online by March 1st (SIUE preferred filing date).
• Award based on financial need as defined in the state formula.
• For more information, contact the Illinois Student Assistance Commission (ISAC).

• Annual award of $400 to $4731.
• Open to U.S. citizens or eligible non-citizens with financial need.
• FAFSA needs to be filed online by March 1st (SIUE preferred filing date).
• Award based on financial need as defined in the federal formula.
• For more information, contact the Illinois Student Assistance Commission (ISAC).

• Annual award of $200 to $2,200.
• Open to U.S. citizens or eligible non-citizens with financial need.
• FAFSA needs to be filed online by March 1st (SIUE preferred filing date).
• Award based on financial need as defined in the federal formula.
• For more information, contact the Illinois Student Assistance Commission (ISAC).

• Annual amount up to $500.
• Open to Illinois residents for first year of baccalaureate program.
• FAFSA needs to be filed online by March 1st (SIUE preferred filing date).
• Must have a zero expected family contribution (EFC) as defined in the federal formula.
• For more information, visit the Illinois Student Assistance Commission (ISAC) Web site.

• Grant covers tuition and mandatory fees.
• Open to Illinois residents who have served honorably in the U.S. Armed Forces.
• For more information, contact the Illinois Student Assistance Commission (ISAC).

• Grant covers Illinois tuition and activity fees.
• Open to Illinois residents after one full year of service in the Illinois National Guard as an enlisted person or company grade officer up to captain.
• For more information or application, contact the Illinois Student Assistance Commission (ISAC) by October 1st.

Science and
Mathematics
Access to
Retain
Talent Grant
(SMART)

• Eligible students may receive up to $4000 for each of the third and fourth academic years of study.
• Must be a U.S. citizen.
• FAFSA needs to be filed online by March 1st (SIUE preferred filing date).
• Must be a Federal Pell Grant recipient.
• Must be enrolled in a four-year degree program.
• Must be enrolled full-time.
• Must have least a cumulative 3.0 G.P.A. on a 4.0 scale in the coursework required for the student's major.
• Must be in third or fourth academic year.
• Must be pursuing a major in science, mathematics, technology, engineering, or a critical foreign language.
• For more information, contact the Illinois Student Assistance Commission (ISAC).

Academic
Competitiveness
Grant

• Eligible students may receive up to $750 for the first academic year of study and up to $1,300 for the second year of academic study.
• Must be a U.S. citizen.
• FAFSA needs to be filed online by March 1st (SIUE preferred filing date).
• Must be a Federal Pell Grant recipient.
• Must be enrolled full-time in an associate's or bachelor's degree program.
• Must have completed a rigorous secondary school program.
• May not have been previously enrolled in an undergraduate program.
• Must have a cumulative 3.0 G.P.A. on a 4.0 scale for the first academic year.
• For more information, contact the Illinois Student Assistance Commission (ISAC).

• Grant covers tuition and some fees.
• Open to the spouse and children of the Illinois police or fire personnel killed in the line of duty and to spouse and children of State of Illinois Department of Corrections officers killed or 90% disabled in the line of duty.
• For more information or application, contact the Illinois Student Assistance Commission (ISAC).