{"id":265,"date":"2017-10-06T19:35:24","date_gmt":"2017-10-07T02:35:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nau.edu\/office-of-scholarships-and-financial-aid\/?page_id=265"},"modified":"2026-10-26T21:36:57","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T21:36:57","slug":"federal-pell-grant","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/office-scholarships-financial-aid\/types-aid\/grants\/federal-pell-grant\/","title":{"rendered":"Federal Pell Grant"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"nau-block nau-block-left-nav-top-bound\">\n    \t<button id=\"left-nav-toggle-btn\" onclick=\"toggleNav();\">\n\t\tON THIS PAGE \n\t\t<i id=\"chevron-icon\" class=\"fas fa-solid fa-chevron-down\"><\/i>\n\t<\/button>\n\t<div id=\"left-nav-menu-track\">\n\t\t<div id=\"left-nav-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"rfi-above-anchor-tags\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"ri-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/nau.edu\/admissions\/request-information\/\" id=\"request-info\" class=\"btn bg-true-blue 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href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\">IN<\/a><span class=\"breadcrumb-chevron\" aria-hidden=\"true\">&gt;<\/span><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/office-scholarships-financial-aid\">OSFA<\/a><span class=\"breadcrumb-chevron\" aria-hidden=\"true\">&gt;<\/span><\/li><li class=\"current\">Pages<\/li><\/ol><\/div><h1 class=\"entry-title text-left \">Federal Pell Grants for NAU students<\/h1><hr class=\"h1-hr  text-left \" role=\"none\"><\/header><!-- .entry-header --><\/section><!-- <section class=\"nau-block left-nav-section grid-md-12\">\n    <header class=\"entry-header\">\n        <h1 class=\"entry-title text-left \" tabindex=\"0\" id=\"h1-first\">Dummy H1<\/h1>\n        <hr class=\"h1-hr  text-left \" role=\"none\">\n    <\/header>\n<\/section> -->\n\n<section class=\"nau-block left-nav-section grid-md-12\">\n    <div class=\"page-content\">\n        <div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<h2 id=\"studentswithfinancialneed\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Additional funding for students with financial need<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Federal Pell Grants are awarded to students with financial need who are pursuing their first bachelor\u2019s degree. With rare exception, they do not need to be repaid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"howtoapply\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Eligibility and how to apply<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first step in being offered a federal Pell Grant is filing your Free Application for <a href=\"https:\/\/studentaid.gov\/h\/apply-for-aid\/fafsa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Federal Student Aid<\/a> (FAFSA). The information on your FAFSA will determine whether you are eligible for a Pell Grant and for what amount. NAU will communicate to eligible students on their financial aid award offer and in their LOUIE accounts whether they are Pell-eligible and for what amount.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<!-- removed margin utility classes pt-0 mb-0 mb-md-70 mb-lg-100 -->\n<section class=\"nau-block headline-image-wysiwyg  color-scheme-blue \">\n    <header class=\"hiw-head-and-hero-wrapper\">\n\n        \n        <picture>\n            <source media=\"(min-width: 1100px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/390\/2023\/10\/5582_academic_achievement_20181006-2000x1125.jpg\">\n            <source media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/390\/2023\/10\/5582_academic_achievement_20181006-1200x900.jpg\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/390\/2023\/10\/5582_academic_achievement_20181006-800x600.jpg\" alt=\"A photo of people walking on the N A U campus.\">\n        <\/picture>\n    <\/header>\n\n    <div class=\"hiw-innerblockwrapper  \">\n                    <p class=\"is-style-eyebrow\">Federal Pell Grant eligibility<\/p>\n        \n        <!--h3><\/h3-->\n\n        <div class=\"wp-block-columns\">\n            <div class=\"wp-block-column\"><p>A student&#8217;s eligibility for the Pell Grant is based on the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Financial need<\/li>\n<li>Cost of attendance<\/li>\n<li>Student Aid Index (SAI)<\/li>\n<li>Enrollment intensity<\/li>\n<li>Plans to attend either the full academic year or less<\/li>\n<li>Meeting <a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/office-scholarships-financial-aid\/satisfactory-academic-progress\/\">Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For more information about any of these terms, please see the <a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/office-scholarships-financial-aid\/types-aid\/glossary\/\">Office of Scholarships and Financial Aid glossary<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>                    <\/div>\n\n                \n        <div class=\"wp-block-buttons alignright\">\n                    <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<h2 id=\"howmuchcanirecieve\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">How much money can I receive<\/h2>\n\n\n<section         class=\"nau-article-block-simple-color-text-photo bg-twilight \">\n    \n\n    \n        <hr role=\"none\" class=\"hr-clearspace-20 d-none-md\">\n\n                        <p>Amounts can change yearly. The maximum Federal Pell Grant award is $7,395 for the 2026\u201327 award year. Not all students will receive the maximum amount. The amount each student will receive is based on the eligibility factors listed above.<\/p>\n<p>NAU\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/app.meadowfi.com\/nau\">Net Price Calcuator<\/a> is a great way to estimate whether you are eligible for the Pell Grant, as well as what other scholarships and financial aid you might receive.<\/p>\n\n    \n\n<\/section>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pell census<\/h2>\n\n\n<section         class=\"nau-article-block-simple-color-text-photo bg-gold \">\n            <figure>\n            <picture>\n                <source srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/390\/2026\/10\/Enrollment-Intensity.png\" media=\"(min-width: 768px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/390\/2026\/10\/Enrollment-Intensity.png\" media=\"(min-width: 1100px)\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/390\/2026\/10\/Enrollment-Intensity.png\" alt=\"Enrollment Intensity\"  \/>            <\/picture>\n                    <\/figure>\n    \n        <hr role=\"none\" class=\"hr-clearspace-20 d-none-md\">\n\n                        <p>Federal guidelines require schools to carefully monitor Pell Grants to ensure students receive the correct amount. One of the factors that determines the amount of Pell Grant students can receive is enrollment intensity. \u00a0Enrollment intensity is the percentage of full-time enrollment at which a student is enrolled, rounded to the nearest whole percent.<\/p>\n<p>Each fall and spring term, after financial aid has been disbursed, NAU will evaluate Pell Grant recipients&#8217; awards and make adjustments if their enrollment intensity changed since aid initially disbursed.<\/p>\n<p>Pell recipients will be sent two email alerts before their awards are evaluated: the week before Pell census and the week of Pell census.<\/p>\n\n    \n\n<\/section>\n\n\n<h2 id=\"pellgrantaward\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Year-round Pell<\/h2>\n\n\n<section         class=\"nau-article-block-simple-color-text-photo bg-true-blue \">\n    \n\n    \n        <hr role=\"none\" class=\"hr-clearspace-20 d-none-md\">\n\n                        <p>In certain situations, an eligible student can receive up to 150 percent of their Pell Grant award for an award year.<\/p>\n<p>For example, if you were eligible for a $2,000 Pell Grant for the year and are enrolled full-time for both fall and spring term, you\u2019d likely receive $1,000 in the fall and $1,000 in spring. However, under certain circumstances (such as attending the summer term), you might be eligible to receive up to an additional 50% (in this case, $1,000). <a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/office-scholarships-financial-aid\/contact\/\">Contact us<\/a> for more details.<\/p>\n\n    \n\n<\/section>\n\n\n<h2 id=\"moreinfo\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">More information<\/h2>\n\n\n<section         class=\"nau-article-block-simple-color-text-photo bg-sunset \">\n    \n\n    \n        <hr role=\"none\" class=\"hr-clearspace-20 d-none-md\">\n\n                        <ul>\n<li>Find more information about the Pell Grant on <a href=\"https:\/\/studentaid.gov\/understand-aid\/types\/grants\/pell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Federal Student Aid<\/a>. It&#8217;s a great resource to learn more about eligibility and how the grant works.<\/li>\n<li>In addition, we\u2019re always here to help you better understand your grant and aid eligibility. Give us a call at <a href=\"tel:9285234951\">928-523-4951<\/a> or email <a href=\"mailto:financial.aid@nau.edu\">financial.aid@nau.edu<\/a>\u00a0to get started.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n    \n\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<div class=\"nau-block nau-block-left-nav-bottom-bound\">\n\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":7400,"parent":390,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ring_central_script_selection":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-265","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/office-scholarships-financial-aid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/265","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/office-scholarships-financial-aid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/office-scholarships-financial-aid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/office-scholarships-financial-aid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/office-scholarships-financial-aid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=265"}],"version-history":[{"count":54,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/office-scholarships-financial-aid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/265\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14445,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/office-scholarships-financial-aid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/265\/revisions\/14445"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/office-scholarships-financial-aid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/390"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/office-scholarships-financial-aid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7400"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/office-scholarships-financial-aid\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=265"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}