Students Entitled to Award

There is hereby established the Access to Higher Education Financial Assistance Program. The award shall be made available to any student meeting the qualification herein, for the purpose of supplementing the cost of attending the University of Guam. To qualify for these awards, applicants must meet the following criteria:

(a)The applicant must have a minimum 2.50 high school Grade Point Average

(GPA)or 2.50 undergraduate GPA;

(b)the applicant must be a United States citizen, a permanent resident alien, or a non-immigrant alien admitted into Guam under the Compacts of Free Association between the United States and the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of the Marshall Islands, and the Republic of Palau, who has been a resident of Guam for a continuous period of not less than four

(4)years immediately preceding June 15 of the year the award is to be given, and must not be incarcerated;

(c)the applicant must be pursuing their first undergraduate degree (grant is not available for students pursuing a second undergraduate degree or a graduate level COL6/24/2021 CH. 28 STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS FOR HIGHER EDUCATION degree);

(d)the applicant must be enrolled as a full-time student at the University of Guam; and

(e)the applicant must have completed the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and an Access to Higher Education Financial Assistance Grant application by a date to be determined by the Board.