Office will be closed on the following days during Thanksgiving and Christmas: 

11/26/09 - 11/27/09, 12/21/09 - 01/01/10

Regular Hours:

Office:

8:30am – 3:30pm 

Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday

8:30am - 2:00pm

Wednesday

Phone:

9:00am - 3:00pm

Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday        

9:00am - 2:00pm

Wednesday

except State and Federal Holidays

Phone #:  (808) 956-7251         
Fax #:     (808) 956-3985 

Location:

2600 Campus Road
QLCSS Room 112
Honolulu, HI 96822

Email:   

finaid@hawaii.edu

(please include your student ID # in your message)

Federal ACG

The Academic Competitiveness Grant (ACG) program provides grants up to $750 for the first academic year of study and up to $1,300 for the second academic year of study to needy (Federal Pell Grant recipients) U.S. citizens who have completed a rigorous secondary school program of study.

 To be eligible for the ACG Program you must meet the following criteria:  

• Be a U.S. Citizen;

• Be a Federal Pell Grant recipient;

• Be enrolled Full-Time;

• Have completed a rigorous secondary school program of study (after January 1, 2006 for first year, and after January 1, 2005 for second year);

• If a first year student, not have been previously enrolled in an undergraduate program;

• If a second year student, have a UH Manoa cumulative GPA of at least 3.0 on first year credit hours.  First time transfers must have at least a 3.0 transfer GPA on first year credits.

• Be enrolled in either the first or second academic year.  First year students must have completed between 0 and 29 credit hours.  Second year students must have completed at least 30 credit hours but less than 60 credit hours.

 A rigorous secondary school program is defined as completing and passing at minimum the following courses:  

• 4 years of English
• 3 years of Math, including Algebra 1 and a higher level class such as Algebra II, Geometry, or Data Analysis and Statistics
• 3 years of Science, including one year each of at least two of the following: Biology, Chemistry, or Physics
• 3 years of Social Studies
• 1 year of language other than English