The Academic Competitiveness Grant (ACG) and the National Science and Mathematics Access to Retain Talent (SMART) Grant are federal programs available to students who are:

• Pell eligible
• U.S. citizens (Permanent residents and other non-citizens are not eligible.)
• Enrolled full time (The grant is cancelled for eligible students enrolled less than full-time. It cannot be prorated like other types of aid.)

Additional program-specific requirements are below.

In addition to the general requirements above, the ACG is available to students who:

• Are in their first or second year of study.
• Are recent high school graduates.
• Have completed a rigorous secondary school program of study.
  • UT Austin awards the ACG to Texas residents who completed the Recommended and Distinguished high school plans.
• Have a 3.0 cumulative GPA for renewal in the second year.

In addition to the general requirements above, the SMART Grant is available to students who:

• Are in their third or fourth year of study.
• Cannot have more than 96 credit hours.
• Must be pursuing a major in mathematics, science (including physical, life, and computer sciences), technology, engineering, or a critical foreign language, such as Arabic, Chinese, Korean, Japanese and Russian, determined critical to national security.
• Must demonstrate enrollment in at least one core course in a National SMART Grant-eligible major.
• Maintain at least a cumulative 3.0 GPA.