Financial Aid

Federal Pell Grant
This Pell Grant is a federally funded grant program which provides awards to undergraduate students. Students must complete the Free Application for Federal Financial Aid (FAFSA) as the starting point to determine eligibility. This application must be completed EACH academic year.

Award amounts are based on family contribution (as determined through the FAFSA) and unit enrollment. Students must be enrolled in an eligible AA, AS, Transfer or certificate program and meet all other federal eligibility requirements, including maintaining satisfactory academic progress standards (SAP). More information on the SAP standards is available on the Satisfactory Academic Progress link.

Students who are first-time Pell Grant recipients in the 2008/2009 award year or after will be limited to 18 semesters (full-time equivalent) of Pell grant eligibility.

Awards range from $400 - $5,550 per year.

"Cross -Over Payment Period" is any period that includes both June 30th and July 1. For the purposes of federal financial aid programs, this period must be assigned to a specific financial aid award year. These years begin each July 1.

College of the Redwoods generally has a number of summer sessions of differing lengths in an effort to be responsive to the needs of the student body. For the purposes of all federal aid programs, the separate sessions are combined into one "Cross-over" Payment Period.
The 2010-2011 Free Application for Federal Student Aid ("FAFSA") will be used to determine eligibility for Pell Grant for the 2011 summer semester. Students who are entering College of the Redwoods for the first time during the 2011 summer session should complete the FAFSA online at www.fafsa.gov.