Year-Round Pell FAQ

To be eligible for the additional year-round Pell Grant funds, a student must be otherwise eligible to receive Pell Grant funds for the payment period (summer 2018 term) and must be enrolled at least half-time in the payment period(s) (summer 2018 term) for which the student receives the additional year-round Pell Grant funds.

ASU will make your Year-Round Pell available in mid-April 2018. The available amount will be calculated based on your Pell Grant usage and remaining eligibility at the 100% scheduled award plus the additional 50% year-round Pell.

The amount of year-round Pell Grant award may vary per student. Below are a few examples to help illustrate how year-round Pell will be received:

Scenario 1:

• Student A has a zero EFC and is eligible for a full Federal Pell Grant for the 17-18 aid year. Student A was enrolled full time for the fall and spring semesters and received full Pell disbursements based on credits enrolled. With the new implementation of SUMMER PELL; the student will now be eligible to receive a full disbursement in SUMMER.

  	Fall 2017	Spring 2018	Summer 2018
  Enrollment	12 credit hours Full-Time	12 credit hours Full-time	12 credit hours Full-time
  EFC	0	0	0
  Pell Awarded	$2960 (50%)	$2960 (50%)	$2960 (50%)

Scenario 2:

• Student B has a zero EFC and is eligible for a full Federal Pell Grant for the 17-18 aid year. Student B was enrolled full time for the fall and spring semesters and received full Pell disbursements based on credits enrolled. Student B is enrolled half-time in summer 2018. With the new implementation of SUMMER PELL; the student will now be eligible to receive a full disbursement in the SUMMER based on eligibility for 6 credits.

  	Fall 2017	Spring 2018	Summer 2018
  Enrollment	12 credit hours Full-Time	12 credit hours Full-time	6 credit hours Full-time
  EFC	0	0	0
  Pell Awarded	$2960 (50%)	$2960 (50%)	$1480 (25%)

Scenario 3:

• Student C has a zero EFC and is eligible for a full Federal Pell Grant for the 17-18 academic year. Student C was enrolled full-time for the fall semester and received a full disbursement and was enrolled three-quarter time for the spring semester and received a three-quarter time disbursement. With the new implementation of YEAR ROUND PELL, the student will now be eligible to receive a full disbursement in SUMMER if enrolled in twelve credit hours.Students must use 100% of initial Pell Grant in fall and spring in order to expand to 150% Pell Grant Eligibility for the summer.

  	Fall 2017	Spring 2018	Summer 2018
  Enrollment	12 credit hours Full-Time	9 credit hours Full-time	6 credit hours Full-time
  EFC	0	0	0
  Pell Awarded	$2960 (50%)	$2220 (37%)	$1480 (25%)

Scenario 4:

• Student D has a zero EFC and is eligible for a full Federal Pell Grant for the 17-18 academic year. Student D was enrolled full-time for the fall and spring semesters but only enrolls for four credit hours during the summer semester. Student D is not enrolled at least half-time and therefore is not eligible for additional Pell Grant funds for SUMMER.

  	Fall 2017	Spring 2018	Summer 2018
  Enrollment	12 credit hours Full-Time	12 credit hours Full-Time	4 credit hours Less Than Half-Time
  EFC	0	0	0
  Pell Awarded	$2960 (50%)	$2960 (50%)	$0

Expected Family Contribution (EFC):

Used in the college financial aid process in the United States to determine an
applicant's eligibility for need-based federal student aid such as Pell Grant.

Full-time Enrollment

(Undergraduate): Registered for 12 or more credit hours in a given term.